Random Poll o' the Week: What are you afraid of?

I think I have the exercise down so far - I love it. This isn't to say it will never be an issue, but I feel a little more hope in this area.
Food choices? not so much. I do fine for a while making good choices of dense proteins and such.... and then I have training at work and I eat cookies and donuts and feel like I am starving all day.
I am at my very first stall and just shy of my 1yr mark - so I don't know if I am done losing or just stuck. I really would like to be out of size 14 jeans.

 I have such admiration for you. You are honest and determined and kind and so many things that I think will get you far in your "bariatric afterlife."

I also believe with that new bike you are going to ride yourself right to goal. 

Thanks, Nik. This literally brought tears to my eyes - and that is no small feat.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to be on a strict diet the rest of my life. I guess I went into this assuming the smaller pouch would prevent me from eating too much and that would be enough. I want to eat healthy, but I don't want to have to avoid carbs forever.

I'm afraid that I'll be one of those who never get down to goal weight... that I'll lose a little and then stop losing. Or worse - gain it back - I'm actually more worried about how others will look at me if I ever gain weight again.

I agree with some of the others, I'm afraid I'll get lazy and stop taking care of myself again.

I am one of those people who have been overweight for as long as memory serves. So since I was six years old. I have never been fit, trim, thin, skinny, whatever you want to call it. My biggest fear is that once I am on the other side, I won't know who I am. am I the funny fat girl, or am I just funny? I am afraid that a lot of my personality is a defense mechanism and once I don't have anything to hide behind (the fat) then I won't know who I am. With this in mind, I wonder if I may self sabotage and gain the weight back on purpose, just because the fat is comfortable. Its who I've been for twenty years, how do I change that? 

IDK, this is something that I am working on, as I will need a game plan since surgery is next week. 

Right now, honestly I'm afraid that I won't get to goal and since I worry about that I worry that I'll have a bounce back and never make to to where I want to get. I know that I've made it here, and though I am happy where I am now, and would be happy if i stayed here, I worry that I won't stay here and gain back to where I am not at a healthy BMI.

 *snort*

Why didn't cha ask me this nine years ago?

RE: WLS.... Afraid that I'll gain all my weight back.

Not worried about appetite, not worried about rules, not worried about calories. Just worried that suddenly doing all the right things won't be enough. (which, right now, is dead on).... but did I worry about it earlier out? I think had greater long-term faith in this surgery than it perhaps merited.

Other than that? Heights and spiders. Yep.... can't stand heights and spiders.

 I"m afraid that I will lose my hair, I am afraid that I will hate my body and all the saggy skin, I am afraid that my husband won't be able to handle me losing all this weight, I'm afraid I'll never be able to eat anything ever again without being nauseous...  

I'm afraid that I will fail at this pretty much like everything else. Using food to deal with stress and depression. Going from one extreme to the other. Little eating to eating whatever I want. Not even enjoying it. Still think I'm heavy and not feeling good about self. Work right now is really stressful and I'm starting to drink some to deal with it. Once I'm on the no or little eating roll, I'm afraid to eat.

Julie