TUESDAY GRATEFUL POST

Good Tuesday Everyone,

Hope your having a good week so far. Mine is going alright. I am grateful it is going as well as it is considering the things that Ive been going through lately. Everyday of our life we should be grateful....after all we woke up alive and we have internet or wifi or we wouldn't be on Obesity Help...right?? SO see....life isn't all that bad. We should all wake up everyday with a grateful heart that the good Lord has given us another day to make better choices than the day before and life the life we've always dreamed of. Today I am grateful for Obesity Help. I've been on OH for a very long time....I think close to 9 1/2 or 10 yrs. and I am grateful everyday for the support and encouragement I've gotten and given over the years, grateful for my WLS and all the choices of different surgeries today that I didn't have a choice of, grateful for my health, family, weight loss and maintenance, grateful for God's grace, love and answered prayers. Grateful for all of the amazing and kind people here on OH helping others out with advice everyday. PLEASE share if you will what you are grateful for today and have a blessed day.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

It's like I told my surgeon the day of my pre-op appointment, July 11.  I am grateful for WLS even though I am not grateful for the band.  The PROCESS of being a successful (for a period of time) WLS patient is responsible for me keeping 75 lbs off, even with lapses in behavior....this is the longest I've kept 75 lbs off my body EVER.  I used support groups, here and in real-life.  I went to therapy.  I exercised.  I became a bari-athlete.  I took what was available to me and I ran with it...literally.  I am grateful for the support of the people LIKE me who struggle with metabolic issues, disordered eating.....and the seeming permanence of obesity.  Now I KNEW how to keep 30 of those 50 lbs at bay (the others came back despite a low-carb diet and massive exercise)....but I made bad choices and then I punished myself for the bad choices with food.  DAMN cycle is so STUPID. So...............I am so thankful for my revision and my chance to "do over" before I sabotaged myself into gaining more!  

I came back to the LW board because, well, many of these other boards are scary, just like they were years ago.  Thanks LW.