Yeah. I just couldn't wrap my head around "giving it to your higher power" since that felt too much like an abdication of personal responsibility to me.

I get that it works well for people, I am just not one of those people.

Holly, to update my progress, I weighed in lat Friday and was down 4 pounds over the last week. That's 85 pounds net from my high 18 months ago.

In your first post on the subject, you included a link to check on BMR.

***No need to reply.***

Jenni, when taken in context wheat I said was that some people see WLS as a microwave solution, in other words they see it as a "lose weight fast plan". You will never see me saying that it is because I know different from the people that I interact with n a daily basis.

Liz, please show me where I indicated that WLS is easy because you won't find it. It's very hard. I was just speaking with one of our patients this evening before class and she was telling me that after multiple attempts to "fix" various issues she is going to have to have her surgery corrected and is starting almost at square one. In our orientation seminars we always stress that surgery is NOT the easy way out and I have never said anything to the contrary. I am exceedingly blessed to have none of the issues so many morbidly obese people deal with: no diabetes, no hypertension, no cholesterol problems, no joint issues, none of the health issues normally associated with people who weigh what I weigh, and the reason I demanded to be put in our Weight Loss program was because I knew exactly how lucky I was/am and I was smart enough to know that I was on borrowed time. Just from talking with our surgery patients and attending support groups I know how hard it is. I opted for the Medically Managed Program our clinic offers because I had to learn how to have a healthy relationship with food and exercise. I absolutely can commiserate wu=ith people such as yourself with so many issues that it makes an already hard task that much harder, and I can sympathize with you and genuinely feel sorry for your situation.