The Easy Way Out. So!?

So very, very true!! I am going to save this quote from you-it's perfect!!

Peace,
T

Face it wls is a diet that works, with little effort in the begining at all, perhaps the whole first year.  People see that and react to it, never realize after awhile its up to you to maintain or you end up gaining back weight.  My surgery made it so I can NEVER eat a pint of Ben & Jerrys again without feeling like I am going to die.  That is a huge deal for me because if I could live on Cherry Garcia I would.  Some people need wls, I sure did, I was diabetic and it wasn't getting any better, my weight was going up no matter what I did.  Could I have dieted and lost weight, no I never could, for whatever reason I could never stick it out.  So easy, hard whatever for me it was the Only way out.

I love this..forget the EASY way out-it was the ONLY way out for me too!!!

Hugs to you!
T

Love all the comments on this post. wt loss has no easy way out, no matter what the method, it's all hard work and good choices. I too may use the cell phone reply,8 days to surgery!



Roxy

Oh you are counting down! YAY! It's hard to imagine for you now, probably-but you are SO going to change and it WILL be a wonderful thing indeed!!

Peace,
T

Hi Miss Redd, I totally agree with what you say also. I am two years post op
and I feel that it is not going to be easy for me on this journey. Sometimes I wonder if I made a mistake by having the surgery at such a young age . .26 years old. .  .and then I VERY QUICKLY come back to reality and see how it was the BEST thing that I have EVER done for myself. It will be tough for me to try to maintain my weightloss of 131 pounds and eat the right things, it will be very tough to resist the temptations of the bad foods and bad habits that I used to love and that gave me comfort and made me feel good and satisfied. It is not easy  to have to work on this every single day of our lives, work on not going back to what we used to be, not letting temptation get the hold of us, and pushing ourselves to work out or be active. Those are some things that people who say we took the easy way out don't realize.. .. they don't realize that it is still going to be hard, but its WELL WELL worth it and I thank GOD that I will have this struggle and that I will have to put all my effort into staying healthy and fit. . .and I would not go back ever. If I had to do the surgery all over again I would do it in a heartbeat.   

 Hi Monica ,

Agreed!! Totally worth it! And you have done an amazing job!!! Congrats!
Peace
T

I only had 2 people so far tell me surgery was the easy way out....one girl is a 150% hater and is obese herself.
the other girl is what got me...she cornered me in the stairwell at work and asked me "how did you lose so much weight so fast?" I was honest with everyone and told her about my surgery...her reply..and I QUOTE "I lost 50 lbs the hard way a couple years ago...ya know, diet and exercise" and I said "oh...I lost 50 lbs once, and then gained back 65. How did it work out for you" She said "not to well...now I'm going to get  a lapband..that's not so much like cheating"......I was floored. She's still obese and now has a lapband that isn't getting her anywhere except to the dentist because her teeth are rotting from all the vomiting.

 Yes, it does seem that those *****sent any success live to throw " the easy way" around!!

Peace, 
T

I really don't get the comment at all.  I am fortunate to be surrounded by intelligent and supportive people and nobody has ever made this comment to me.  If baffles me why someone would ever think that choosing to have surgery, going on a very low calorie diet and then maintaining through healthy eating and/or exercises for life, is the easy way out.  It is doable, where just simple diet and exercise have not been doable long term for me, what else is there to say?