"Where are they now" ... 4 year 8 month VSGer
You get the gold medal for most thoughtful useful post in quite awhile. So good to see a message from you and then its a very valuable one.
Yeah, our stomachs get changed in about 2 hours, our bodies in a year or so but our minds are a lifelong project. We all have our reasons for our food addictions and its well worth understanding them but the solution is pretty much the same - find a way to live without misusing food for the rest of our lives. Some days I wonder how in the H i am going to keep this regimin up for 30 some more years. But the answer is one day at a time, one foot in front of the other.
Weighing and measuring food, keeping healthy stuff around and prepared and all the stuff we go through is not easy. its work. but being a brittle diabetic or spending life in a wheel chair due to chronic joint pain or living with the aftermath of a stroke would all be hard work too. So we have to put it in perspective.
YOu are actually doing very well according to statistics so don't beat yourself up for the regain. Just fix it. You know you can do it. You are so smart and able that you can get there. please stay in touch. Your thoughts are so valued here.
Diane
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There it is RIGHT there...
Oh I am FULLY aware that "statistically" I am PERFECT...well we all know I "think" I'm perfect regardless, but it's the 5 years from now. I can't keep gaining weight ya know. So yeah fixing it and getting it together.
I will be around MORE!!
Ms Shell
"WLS is only for people who are ready to move past the "diet" mentality" ~Alison Brown
"WLS is not a Do-Over (repeat same mistakes = get a similar outcome.) It is a Do-BETTER (make lifestyle changes you can continue forever.)" ~ Michele Vicara aka Eggface
You'll be hearing from me!!
Ms Shell
"WLS is only for people who are ready to move past the "diet" mentality" ~Alison Brown
"WLS is not a Do-Over (repeat same mistakes = get a similar outcome.) It is a Do-BETTER (make lifestyle changes you can continue forever.)" ~ Michele Vicara aka Eggface
Thank you for your honesty and extra hugs for the loss of your mom...
JenniferI'm 5'4" ~ HW: 308 SW: 305 CW: 211 GW: 140 
Ha I can so related...it is THAT right there that STARTED my downward spiral. I'm realizing NOW almost 2 years later that while it is a "diet" it's one that's NOT depriving me, but LOVING me for LIFE!!
When I say no to a food a dessert a whatever, it's not a "punishment" like I had been thinking, but it's saying YES to loving myself and honoring my health.
Ms Shell
"WLS is only for people who are ready to move past the "diet" mentality" ~Alison Brown
"WLS is not a Do-Over (repeat same mistakes = get a similar outcome.) It is a Do-BETTER (make lifestyle changes you can continue forever.)" ~ Michele Vicara aka Eggface
