Gentile reminder... From my soapbox to your heart...
Hi all, 
I am sending this message out of pure love and concern, so please take this as it is meant, only for encouragement.
So many times I see people who have had WLS looking backwards rather than forwards. We do this by experimenting with foods to see what we can sneak into our digestive system that wont make us sick. We "need" to try something that tastes good. I for one have seen too many of us loose the weight that boggs down our life only to start gaining it back when our pouch starts to stretch becuase we are falling back on our old ways that got us into this mess in the first place. Trust me, eating one M&M will turn into a bag later. I sadly see it all the time.
Okay, so I am not the WLS Sage with all the answers, but I can tell you that trying junk foods because you just can't live without them will catch up with you. I am amazed at how many people tell me that they can tolerate sugar just fine. When someone tells me this, I just want to scream AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! All I can ask is why. Why do you even know that? If you don't push to see what you can eat, and you don't test your pouch to see how much you can eat before you either feel like you will explode or you just throw it all up, then you wont have to worry about gaining the weight back.
Now let me say here that I like food. I love all the goodies known. I have probably eaten everything at least once, and if I liked it, I ate A LOT of it. Close to 400 pounds worth to be exact. It's just that this surgery is a pretty drastic thing to do to yourself if you aren't willing to walk away from food to a new understanding of eating. If you aren't willing to use it like the tool that it is meant to be, than please don't have this surgery.
I was lucky. I had more surgery complications than 10 people. I seriously almost died to loose my weight. You all know that 1 in 200 do die. My complications kicked me hard in the behind, so hard in the right direction that I don't EVER want to know if I can tollerate sugar. So hard that I now truly love every minute of this life that I have. A much thinner MUCH improved version of life.
If I come across as pushy or mean I truly apologize. I just want to seriously make each of you think. Think about what it is really like to be fat and unhappy because of it. Think about living life to an extended age with nothing holding you back. Think about how good it feels when you loose the weight. Food isn't your best friend and it never will be, but you can be your own best friend. You are worth it, and you are awesome.
I will step off this soapbox for now, but please take this with you today. Put it in your heart and your head and turn away from bad food towards a great future. Be your own best friend.
I wish everyone wonderful holidays and an early Healthy and Happy New Year.
Blessings to all,
Amy 
I am sending this message out of pure love and concern, so please take this as it is meant, only for encouragement.
So many times I see people who have had WLS looking backwards rather than forwards. We do this by experimenting with foods to see what we can sneak into our digestive system that wont make us sick. We "need" to try something that tastes good. I for one have seen too many of us loose the weight that boggs down our life only to start gaining it back when our pouch starts to stretch becuase we are falling back on our old ways that got us into this mess in the first place. Trust me, eating one M&M will turn into a bag later. I sadly see it all the time.
Okay, so I am not the WLS Sage with all the answers, but I can tell you that trying junk foods because you just can't live without them will catch up with you. I am amazed at how many people tell me that they can tolerate sugar just fine. When someone tells me this, I just want to scream AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! All I can ask is why. Why do you even know that? If you don't push to see what you can eat, and you don't test your pouch to see how much you can eat before you either feel like you will explode or you just throw it all up, then you wont have to worry about gaining the weight back.
Now let me say here that I like food. I love all the goodies known. I have probably eaten everything at least once, and if I liked it, I ate A LOT of it. Close to 400 pounds worth to be exact. It's just that this surgery is a pretty drastic thing to do to yourself if you aren't willing to walk away from food to a new understanding of eating. If you aren't willing to use it like the tool that it is meant to be, than please don't have this surgery.
I was lucky. I had more surgery complications than 10 people. I seriously almost died to loose my weight. You all know that 1 in 200 do die. My complications kicked me hard in the behind, so hard in the right direction that I don't EVER want to know if I can tollerate sugar. So hard that I now truly love every minute of this life that I have. A much thinner MUCH improved version of life.
If I come across as pushy or mean I truly apologize. I just want to seriously make each of you think. Think about what it is really like to be fat and unhappy because of it. Think about living life to an extended age with nothing holding you back. Think about how good it feels when you loose the weight. Food isn't your best friend and it never will be, but you can be your own best friend. You are worth it, and you are awesome.
I will step off this soapbox for now, but please take this with you today. Put it in your heart and your head and turn away from bad food towards a great future. Be your own best friend.
I wish everyone wonderful holidays and an early Healthy and Happy New Year.
Blessings to all,
Amy 
AMEN, SISTER! Amy you are very wise and have put to words exactly what I was thinking. Why test the pouch? I assume I'll dump and that is way I'll think till I die! I was a diabetic before surgery and don't plan on ever going back if I can help it. I haven't had real sugar for years and don't plan to try it now. I don't even miss it. With all the sugar replacements if I need an occassion sweet taste I'll stick with them! Haven't really even had a need for that yet.
Chip
Dear Amy,
That was brilliant. 
Though I'm not going to be having the surgery, your words spoke to me also. To try to sneak in a bit of this, or a bit of that; just to see if I can, is pure sabatage. It won't bring me closer to my goal, and it does nothing but prolong the agony I'm trying to get away from.
Thank you for you kind, profound words.
Jessica 
Though I'm not going to be having the surgery, your words spoke to me also. To try to sneak in a bit of this, or a bit of that; just to see if I can, is pure sabatage. It won't bring me closer to my goal, and it does nothing but prolong the agony I'm trying to get away from.
Thank you for you kind, profound words.
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