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Lauren well said! I am now 2 months out and having some of the same thoughts. I have fears of loosing control and going backwards. The VSG surgery has been a good experience on the whole with a few exceptions.
Since the surgery my sense of smell has increased tremendously. Cooking invokes memories of the enjoyment of taste. The head hunger can be overwelming at times. My fear is over time going back to over eating and stretching my new stomach. Right now I could not eat even if I wanted to, just do not want to go backwards.
Today our office is collecting funds for charity. Someone brought in 6 boxes of hot donuts... Smell thru out the office. Man hot krispy cream! I know its head hunger and drank my protien drink. 2nd or 3rd sip the smell and head hunger went away.
Everyday has it new struggles, but I have been given a gift of a healthier body. It has all been worth it. I will work thru the head hunger and move on. Yes the dr and I set a weight goal, but my true goal is to be healthy and to feel even better than I do today.
Thank you for your inspriation and Cheers to your health!
Since the surgery my sense of smell has increased tremendously. Cooking invokes memories of the enjoyment of taste. The head hunger can be overwelming at times. My fear is over time going back to over eating and stretching my new stomach. Right now I could not eat even if I wanted to, just do not want to go backwards.
Today our office is collecting funds for charity. Someone brought in 6 boxes of hot donuts... Smell thru out the office. Man hot krispy cream! I know its head hunger and drank my protien drink. 2nd or 3rd sip the smell and head hunger went away.
Everyday has it new struggles, but I have been given a gift of a healthier body. It has all been worth it. I will work thru the head hunger and move on. Yes the dr and I set a weight goal, but my true goal is to be healthy and to feel even better than I do today.
Thank you for your inspriation and Cheers to your health!
lost 140 lbs
Extended TT 12/072009 Plastic Surgeon Mitchell Krieger
My tip: Measure and Think! Though the scale may not be moving, other good things are happening.
Measuring helps me realize that though the scale may be "stuck," my body is changing in other ways.
The thinking part: Where I would have freaked in the past because the scale wasn't moving, now I stop and appreciate all of the good things that have been happening with me, such as improved health, being able to work out and not stroke out doing it, walking distances without gasping for breath...running up the stairs without realizing I am doing it!
Going through these makes me look at the scale in a different light -- it is a part, but increasingly small part, of my new life. :)
Measuring helps me realize that though the scale may be "stuck," my body is changing in other ways.
The thinking part: Where I would have freaked in the past because the scale wasn't moving, now I stop and appreciate all of the good things that have been happening with me, such as improved health, being able to work out and not stroke out doing it, walking distances without gasping for breath...running up the stairs without realizing I am doing it!
Going through these makes me look at the scale in a different light -- it is a part, but increasingly small part, of my new life. :)
Cindy 
5'9" 347/200/186/180
5'9" 347/200/186/180
....Helen Keller
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