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on 10/5/17 5:56 pm
This has got me thinking ... since yesterday..being overweight ...massively overweight versus a life changing difficult and painful surgery... was the most difficult and easiest decision of my life- yes hard and easy.. 2 sides of the coin... Easy part: I'm tired of being overweight that's it in a nutshell... all the things that I can't do ..of all the things that I can't wear... all the places I can no longer go... vs a painful delicate surgery that may allow me to live a full life again.
Choosing to give up my frenemy... food.. that's the hard part.. Food was there when I was happy, sad, celebrating ....now I have to say goodbye for a while. And I have to say goodbye to that relationship and that's the part that I think people find so difficult it's the kind of relationship that we have all formed with food that has to change and that is scary!
Ms COffee,
you post reminds me of my partner who gets so excited when we talk about the future
"you'll be able to zipline, and hike, and camp and play with your godkids!" cripes she practically bounces with joy at the thought of all i will gain. by all i will lose
its good to remember all we will gain when we lose
I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday!
Highest weight 311/ Weight day of surgery 271/One Month 257/ Two Months 247.5 / Three Months 241/ Four months 234/ Five months 228
Hello Linda - I read your posts and all of the reactions and when they get so obviously personal like that I just leave it all be. I love the motto "take what you like and leave the rest" ... don't let any of it discourage your posting as we all get to make a choice of what we read, what we digest, and how we react to it. xo Happy Thanksgiving!
referral: early June 2016; surgery Feb 21, 2017
Thank you Leeann. It's all good. Happy Thanksgiving!
Orientation: June 29th, 2016, Surgery March 22, 2017. Pre-surgery: 16 lbs, (Size 2x, 18/20), M1: 19 lbs. (Size 1x, 16/18), M2: 13 lbs. (Size 16, XL) M3: 10 lbs. (Size 14/16, large). M4: 6 lbs. (Size 14, large/medium). M5: 10 lbs. (Size 14, solid medium - lol), M6: 9 lbs. (Size 12, medium). M7: 8 lbs. (Size 10/12 and small/medium). M8: 7 lbs. (Size 10 and small/medium). M9: 2 lbs. (Size 8/10 - small/medium). Lost 100 lbs by Month 9! M10: 5 lbs. M11: 4 lbs. One year: 6 lbs. Total 111 lbs. lost!
The judgeing is why I left this site for a while and stay in the periphery. I enjoyed your post, sometimes despite how far we have come we need a reminder what we have put in our past, you did that.
Too bad the people who say they support us, try to tear us down.
Surgery: RNY April 12/2017 - Humber River Hospital
Current Weight: 225 lbs
Thanks B. For the most part I find this to be a supportive, encouraging and informative site. I look to those who are further out than me for advice and appreciate their sharing. The gal from Brooklyn is not someone whose posts I have ever read before and although you may write with the best intentions in mind, some may read it in a negative context as, I guess, was the case for her. No offence taken, for the most part on my behalf and I do believe everyone has a right to their opinion. I would prefer the kind approach and I hope you know that you will find a lot of support and encouragement from members who do care and want to cheer you along your journey.
Keep participating - it's good for all of us.
Orientation: June 29th, 2016, Surgery March 22, 2017. Pre-surgery: 16 lbs, (Size 2x, 18/20), M1: 19 lbs. (Size 1x, 16/18), M2: 13 lbs. (Size 16, XL) M3: 10 lbs. (Size 14/16, large). M4: 6 lbs. (Size 14, large/medium). M5: 10 lbs. (Size 14, solid medium - lol), M6: 9 lbs. (Size 12, medium). M7: 8 lbs. (Size 10/12 and small/medium). M8: 7 lbs. (Size 10 and small/medium). M9: 2 lbs. (Size 8/10 - small/medium). Lost 100 lbs by Month 9! M10: 5 lbs. M11: 4 lbs. One year: 6 lbs. Total 111 lbs. lost!
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