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I wrote this blog post for anyone interested in Must-Have Kitchen Gadgets for Weight Loss
https://www.endobariatric.com/weblog/2020/06/17/must-have-ki tchen-gadgets-for-weight-loss/
Regards
Dr. Alvarez
on 6/19/20 4:47 am - WI
Therapy.
WLS fixes your stomach...not your head.
HW 270 SW 236 GW 160 CW 145 (15 pounds below goal!)
VBG Aug. 7, 1986, Revised to RNY Nov. 18, 2010
I'm not really an emotional eater, but many of us are. Several people on here work with therapists to deal with that...
I am an emotional eater. If I have bariatric surgery and can't eat my feelings what do I do with them? What have you fine that works?
many who are overweight eat feelings. Many of us have had great lunch going to therapy to find out WHY we eat our feelings and learn ways to deal with those feelings that are more appropriate than eating.
that is what I would suggest to you and to start therapy even now as you are considering what to do about surgery.
I am sure! Right now they said they are not spending any money on marketing and did budget cuts! I will be able to speak at the seminars. I am in school right now but for Human resources management, not dietician. I spoke to the dietician at my practice and she told me it wasn't worth it. I wanna help people though and give them the help I found after surgery and what helped me through everything. I feel like it is my calling though, but so many people have their Facebook's, YouTube's, Instagrams, and such maybe it is a dream. Thank you for your response.
I had surgery back in 2008. A lot of people who had surgery around the same time had aspirations of finding a career to help promote weight loss surgery or work in a surgeon's office. Honestly, none of them were successful. I think many of us get excited about losing the weight and want to save the world.
If you have not already done so, reach out to your surgeon and volunteer to help his practice in some capacity- perhaps you can speak at their seminars, when they start back up again. You can ask your surgeon for suggestions on what to do to become involved and actually get paid- maybe you can go back to school to become a registered dietician or some other career that helps bariatric patients.
Good luck.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
I am an emotional eater. If I have bariatric surgery and can't eat my feelings what do I do with them? What have you fine that works?
Ah yes, the meds. I've been on antipsychotics for over a decade. It's just that much harder to lose and keep weight off. I'm not sure I have any advice to offer, I just wanted to say I feel your pain on the meds.
I have zero regrets, but the issue of loose skin will hit most of us at some point. For me, as a man, it's not so bad. I like the way I look in clothes, compression clothing helps with that if I'm ever trying to look extra nice. However, there are times where I look at my skin and am not filled with the most positive of feelings. It's worse for my girlfriend, she had a higher starting weight than me. It's harder on women on general, I feel, for a number of reasons. She doesn't regret her choice at all either, but she still claims she liked her body better when it was huge as compared to "deflated". That's just where she is now psychologically, and in time that could change. It's hard to convey just how fast our bodies change, and there's going to be an adjustment period.
But I don't want to scare you off because that is just one negative in a sea of positives. This surgery changed my life. I'm a different person, and probably a better one as well.
