I finally get it!!!

Hi again all i just wanted to write and share what has been going on with me hopefully someone cares lol! When i first decided i was getting this surgery i had in my mind that it was a golden ticket to weightloss and that i would not have to put effort in these 6 month before surgery, well needless to say i gained 8 pounds in a month and was not very happy when my dr frowned at me. Thats when i had appifany that if i wanted and needed this surgery bad enough i was going to have to whip my fat butt into the mode that this is my life and that i control my own destiny. I am so glad i did because i have been going for pretty intense walks everyday and the results are great, i've already loss the 8 pounds i gained and now i would like to lose a few more, oddly enough my dr told me that i cant lose to much weight or i will not be able to be approved for surgery but im am so siked that i finally realized what i need to do in order to be happy and go through with my surgery. I really cant wait till im on the otherside and hopefully in onederland!    Thanks for reading!!!!

 let me share a bit of my history with you.  back when i was 31, i tried to have the surgery......but i am so grateful that i didn't have it then and I had it later because if i had had it back then, I would have been a miserable failure at it because my brain was not wrapped around the process at all.  6 years later....i finally knew what i had to do and took the bull by the horns and did it.  I am so glad I waited so i could "get the clue"  I'm glad you got it too :)

Thanks, i am really excited about this. I've just found out ive already lost 13 pounds in a week, it's unbelievable, i am feeling so good. I would definatley like to come down and mabye go bike riding or some other workout Keep up the great work. It definatley is paying off. 

You are more than welcome here ;)

 Way to go and keep up the good work!!!

Thanks you too, i can tell you are going to be even more sexy when your at goal.

Congrats on realizing that.  It's huge!  Some people go into this thinking that the WLS is the end all be all fix to obesity and that we don't have to do much at all.  Non-WLS people can be judgemental about WLS thinking that we don't have any will power or are weak because we chose surgery.  Well, I'm really glad that you realized that it is a lot of focused work to navigate thru this WLS journey.  WLS is truly just a tool and quite honestly, I don't think it's the most important tool in this journey.  I honestly think therapy is the most important tool.  Look... we all became super morbidly obese (or some variation of that) over time in our lives. We need to really take a look at and deal with all of the reasons that caused our obesity and really conquer them all in order to be successful.  Many people have lost the weight with WLS and have gained it all back.  Those of us that are really dealing with what caused us to be obese and conquer them are the ones that are successfull - both short term and long term.

So congrats on this major first step!  Keep up the great work!

Thanks, there deinatly is a stigma with people that get wls are taking the "easy" way out

U know some people have the idea, that we took the easy way out, and I have had people tell me this all the time.. I told them, yes this gave me a jumpstart, but its very hard work, and u must maintain, cause u can gain and be a failure.. I didnt do it till I knew I was 110% ready!!!  Good Luck!