Fear of Failure (especially for newbies)
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
~Be the change you want to see.
Gandhi
As much as it was a nasty thing to say, it made me realize that I can't just rest on my successful weight loss and improved health. I need to continue my healthy ways and NOT go back to the ways of life that got me to the point that I needed the surgery. I will always remember that day at the buffet table hearing those words. I will also remember her plate overloaded with pastas and sweets and mine with a couple slices of roast beef and cheese.
High 250/Consult Weight 245/Surgery 205/Now 109
Height 5'4.5" BMI 18.4
In maintenance since June 2009
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
Thanks!
Sheila
It is possible to eat around the surgery, no matter what surgery you have. Many many years ago I had and aunt get "the jaw wiring surgery" She could only drink liquids. Well she discovered that shakes and malts are liquids. This was before the internet. She ended up gaining so much weight with her jaw wired shut that she stood up and broke her femur. It is the strongest bone in the body. When it healed she repeated it with the other leg. That was when I decided I needed to research WLS. I took ten years to research and my insurance would only pay for RNY. So I took it and ran with it...lol. I have lost a lot of weight. I still have a bit more to go. I eat normal sized portions for the most part. Sometimes I have big pouch days and sometimes small pouch days. It all depends on grumpy the pouch. She kinda rules my life, but that's great, cause I wasn't doing that great a job before her...
Kelly's posts should be mandatory ready for newbies, and those of us who are farther down the line should read them too. They are always informative.
Great job Kelly!!!!