~~POUNDS....GONE FOREVER............

Hello My AMOS Family Here is a Post from the Main Board~~~ ----Gone Forever http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/messageboard/postdetail/998450.html?vc=0 Stay Warm

hi alive what a wonderful post. it is the other side that we all need to remember so we stay on track. i hope the woman's daughter can get the support she needs to start her journey again... shea

Shea~~I hope that she gets the help and support too! We have to make choices and sometimes is not easy!!

As always, you provide a good source of information. I've been against the "gone forever" from the get go. Perhaps some of the long timers who have stayed at goal for over a year or two could tell some of us their secrets - every one has different things that work for them. Mel

Alice: Thank you for posting that link. As you know, I have not yet been scheduled for surgery (waiting for insurance approval), but I have the fear of not losing or regaining lost weight. I have already done some changes to my eating habits, but I think I should start keeping a food journal now. Thankfully, I have never eaten a lot of sweets, I like meat and potatoes. I never drank much soda or caffeine. At present, I do not drink any caffeine at all. Just decaf tea and water. My 2 sisters had the VBG surgery more than 20 years ago. One lost weight, but rarely eats anything. The other sister weighs over 350 pounds as she out ate the pouch. Thank you for the wake up call. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Brenda

Thanks Alice I know to stay focused, cause my time has come.... Thank you Christine

Hey my Alice! It seems like I have not posted since last year. Wait a minute I haven't posted since 2004! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Thanks for the link to that post! I never agreed with the "I lost this much weight and it's gone forever" phrase. Because I know people who have had WLS and have gained the weight back and more on top of that. I get really nervous when I hear about another post-op gaining all that weight back after such a sacrifice of going through that risky surgery! I just cannot understand the logic? I for example cannot even begin to imagine gaining back all the weight I have lost and be back to where I was before, No way! I am going to hop back on that protein train and get my behind on check!!LOL Thanks again for always being there for all of us!! Love Marilyn

Alice, Thank you so much for sharing that post w/ all of us. Boy is that an eye opener. Makes you realize hey you better be really careful cause it can creep right back up on you before you know it. I joined the Gym on Monday and I am going to go at least 3 days a week I have no excuse not to go it is only like 2 1/2 blocks from my house!!!!!!! Thank you again for the wake up call! Love ya Alice Evelyn 247/143/past goal