Your WLS story... in 3 words!
Be ever vigilant.
I agree with so many of the other folks here about theirs: It's been easy. It's been hard. It's been amazing. It's been scary. It's been exciting. I lost weight. I gained confidence. etc, etc, etc. But above all else, that **** can come back so fast and therefore I need to be always 'on' to prevent that.
VSG: 1/17/17
5'7" HW: 283 SW: 229 CW: 135-140 GW: 145
Pre-op: 53 M1: 22 M2: 12 M3: 12 M4: 8 M5: 10 M6: 11 M7: 5 M8: 6 M9-M13: 15-ish
LBL/BL w/ Fat Transfer 1/29/18
One last time
Never gave up
Kept it moving
The other side
New Life Challenge
One last time is my original, not often used screen name. When I first set up an account OH asks for a screen name. I couldn't think of anything else other than I'll give this weight loss thing a shot one last time. Cuz frankly after this I figure I might as well hang it up.
Never gave up is for all the stalls & food funerals, head hunger, etc that I was going thru as I worked my way down
Kept it moving is for all the times when I did fall or was less than perfect in my eating, or the drama that would go in in my head, cuz some of the **** really was only in my head. So I allowed myself my pity party, then got back on track & Kept it moving.
The other side is living the life I always wanted & couldn't. I'm not at my ideal weight, but I'm loads better than what I was b4. The life I'm living now is way better now than b4. I still have my inner demons to deal with, but I get better all the time.
New Life Challenge is the brief stint I had with maintenance, found out I sucked at it. I'm getting off the regain, but maintenance will probably always be a pita, at least for a little while.
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another.
T-Rebel
