New Post-op Tip of The Day

I know that some of you thought that when you had surgery that all of your weight problems would be over. Well I would be less than honest if I said that wls is 100% effective. Wls is a tool and that tool allows the majority of us to lose 80% and above of our excess weight. What many of you have realized is that losing the weight during the first few months is the easy part due to our restriction. The hard work comes in when we are able to eat regular food and more of it and start making poor choices due to having an addiction to food. This is something we all have to face at one point in our journey so now is the time to prepare ourselves and learn to make the right choices.

Just because you lost the weight doesn't mean that it's gone for good. You will never see me post 100 lbs gone forever because I know that if I don't make the right choices in this journey , I can gain those pounds back. I saw a lady a couple of weeks ago that had surgery a few years ago and she told me that everyone who had surgery around the same time that she did had gained their weight back!!!!  That is a scarey thought.  We need to be on top of things.

I didn't post this to be a "negative nellie" but to be a realist.  Wls is awesome and has saved my life but I have to work at keeping my weight off because now I can choose the wrong foods. Enjoy your journey but learn all you can about along the way.

Shooot - you betta PREACH to these newbies!!!!  LOL

It's a constant FIGHT - I have struggling to fight back 200 before I get cut next week - I am retaining fluid like a damn boat for some reason - this stomach fix is for more than vanity......

HOWEVER - AFTER it's done - you BEST believe I am ON IT - not that I ain't already, cause ya girl is on the calorie count and intake montioring for SHO - but ain't no way in HEYL I get cut THREE times to blow back the **** up.........

you yea - moral to the story - it's a grind - you know it, so STAY THE HEYL ON IT!!!!!

Girl the Carb Monster has entered my house and needs an eviction notice !!!!!!  I know about this personally, I've been within 4 lbs of my goal weight and it hasn't happened yet. Keep those carbs away as long as possible.

As a newbie...I thank you!
I have read story after story of people regaining their weight....even know a few people personally....

This is a lifestyle change....and we had our stomachs operated on, not our heads....so if we don't get the mind right from the gate...we will be fighting this same battle again in a few years...
I refuse!!!!!

I almost DIED on that table and i will NOT go back...God is my witness....he has brought me too far through too much for me to get careless later on and slip back up to almost 300 pounds!

Thanks for your words and wisdom....we must all be careful....like MM said this is a grind for life...stay on it!

Alicia   

you know I like that honesty..'preciate that! For me it's even more so around "that time" of the month...I be wanting ice cream & chocolate. So I know I must find a alternative before I got post-op! Lord help me...thats serious business right there!