YES - I WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN

 I find I do best if I eat a LOT during the day. when I am working it's easy to just a bit when I am hungry but then at the end of the day it is easier to over eat. I feel like I "deserve" more which is dumb.

but if I eat a bunch of good, satisfying food all day it's better in the evening. more likely to just eat normal and then stop is what I mean.

are you a nurse?

 no, but I work in rehab so it's health care.

In your post,  you said:" The gym did not change my body - my surgeries changed my body - exercise and activity are only a tool to help me keep my body tiny. Who would have ever thought i would think of myself as tiny! HA! your RNY is a tool the gym is a tool and your heart and soul are what drive both if you buy a hammer and throw it out into a field - dont be mad when it doesnt build a house - you have to pick up that hammer and use it - or it wont build anything."  That should posted in every bariatric surgeons office and should be the mantra that we all repeat.

HA!  ya - but, after i thought about it - i realized that i probably mis stated it - the surgery IS what changed my body - but, if you dont use it - u wont get any benefit from it - so, the surgery alone did not change my body - but, it forced me into compliance which changed ME

 AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME post!!!!! Congratulations!!! Oh I am so copying these words for my empowerment journal...thank you sooooooooooooooo much for sharing your experiences ... my heart and soul will remain at the wheel indeed ... 

" RNY is a tool the gym is a tool and your heart and soul are what drive both if you buy a hammer and throw it out into a field - dont be mad when it doesnt build a house - you have to pick up that hammer and use it - or it wont build anything!"

 It's definitely getting printed and put on my fridge too!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing it.