Newbie Appreciation Post

 Cuz I know we get on you guys a lot.

One thing I will say that I appreciate about newer post-ops is the fact that some of the neuroses you have (and yes they are neuroses sometimes) are totally healthy and necessary in order to work the changes in your hearts and minds that will keep you successful in the long term.

So…not that anybody died and made me WLS Jesus or anything but…in my estimation it is ok if you go through cycles of:

-Scale obsession (altho I wish I could save you from that, yes, it is a phase and it can help you in the long term)

-food fear

-Carb-phobia

-Exercise addiction

-hypersensitivity about calories/carbs/protein

-The “never again!" posts

-Hell even the “gone forever!" posts

 

I have said it before and I’ll say it again. The story you tell yourself in this process is IMPORTANT. And at some point I’ve told myself nearly all those stories listed above (except the gone forever…I never have ever posted that).  

If you are working the mental aspect along with the physical you’ll come to realize which stories need editing and which ones can continue untouched in your lives.

But by and large most of the newbies I see here are doing ok. So much as us vets love to rail you, keep on keeping on. We do it out of love. But you really are doing a good job, most of ya!

 :) 

 

 wanted to type "like" besides the clapping hands!  As a newbie, I've learned a lot from all you veterans...so...

thanks! 

I have all those neuroses and then some! 

You forgot the biggest one.....will I lose all the weight?  Will I get to goal??  what if I am the only one this doesnt work for!!

2 thumbs up Nik ... This is a wonderful reality post, and as a newbie I'm dealing with every item on this list except the "gone forever" bcuz I feel it' still to easy to fall back to the old habits, and the minute I drop my guard, I'll be looking a weight gain issues again. Anyway sure is nice to know I'm normal and not just out of control ... That my madness Is part of a healthy process

Raises hand!

That's me, admitted carb-phob!

No matter how many times I read that it's a 'good carb' I still can't bring myself to try quiona ... and I shudder a bit when I track greek yogurt and see the milk carbs lol.

I admit it and try to laugh at myself though!

 :)

Have you read the carb series on Bariatric Foodie? That helps de-mystify a bit:

http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.com/2011/03/bf-basics-carb-c onfusion.html 

 

Ok, well the scale obsession and "gone forever" things REALLY (and I mean really, really, really) get on my nerves, so I can't agree to anything that supports those in any way, LOL...  BUT... 

Yes, for the most part, the newbies here are doing just fine.  They are committed to making changes in their lifestyle, want to be successful and make good decisions to help them be successful (amd want to be educated about those decisions), and are open to anything that will assist them with being successful.  The newbies also have much to offer the folks who have been he for a while... I sometimes very much appreciate their enthusiasm about the journey they have just started on.  After 5 years, when life and maintenance have settled back in, I am still enthusiastic a out my surgery and the anges in my life now that I am a normal size, but it is nice to be reminded of the true elation I felt when I got my insurance approval and surgery date, when I lost the first 100 pounds, etc..  

Lora