"Where are they now" ... 4 year 8 month VSGer
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
What a great post. Thank you.
I noticed not long ago that I was starting to forget what it felt like to be almost 300lbs, and it's only been 18 months. I wrote earlier today that I think one of the reasons regain creeps in at 3-6 years post-op is that the memory of the emotional and physical pain that come with being MO or SMO that motivate us so much early on fade over time while the reality of maintenance is with us forever.
Carolyn (32 lbs lost Pre-op) HW: 291, SW: 259, GW: 129.5, CW: 126.4
Age: 45, Height: 5'2 1/4" , Stretch Goal: 122 
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 blunt informative post
I am having some of the same issues you are with food. Yes I have restriction but it is very possibel to eat a dozen cookies just not all at once.
I am a sugger addicts I think and I know I can keep loosing if I just cut it out but like you said so well it is really really HARD to do. If it was easy we would have never got to our heavest weights.
God bless you and keep up the fight.
I mean cookies 
Thank you for the blessings and God bless you and your addiction that sugar is so flipping HARD!!
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
Ms Shell, you have said everything that's been rattling around in my (thick) head! Thank you for always being so honest and 100% real!!! I know for myself, one bite = the whole thing **** cream, chips, cookies, etc)...abstaining is my moderation. You have a fantastic plan and I know you're gonna do fantastic!
Glad you're back :)
Jean 
I'm 45, 5' 4-1/2" -- 315/272/230 -- 43 lbs lost pre-op
"Progress, not perfection..." ~Dr. Roger Gould
Breast reduction & lift - 11/11/11 (sooo wonderful!!!)
Yes I am BACK...right now one day at a time!!
"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
"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
