Back On Track Together
has anyone read Dr Matthew Weiner's book A Pound Of Cure?
At the risk of sounding like a fanatic, please watch this video http://youtu.be/fL5-9ZxamXc. Dr. Tim Noakes explains brilliantly what is going on in our bodies, and explains why we can so easily regain weight after WLS. WE've fixed our stomachs, but we haven't fixed our livers, which (in obese people) are wired to over produce glucose. Losing the weight doesn't cure the carb intolerance that causes an overproductive liver, so if you continue to stimulate the liver with carbs and sugar, you will the weight back.
I'm sounding like a zealot right now because I'm annoyed that my own doctors never explained this to me in this way. Had I understood what was going on physiologically, and the damage that I could do to my entire body just by sneaking in a few carbs (and a few more, and a few more), I never would have allowed myself to get here. Hoping that if I continue to beat the drum it will help someone else who is struggling.
I'm right there with you. I put 40 lbs back on and I never even came close to goal. So, I'm turning it around. Down 5 lbs so far. Join me! You can do it too!!
Jen, i hope you don't mind i quoted you as a response to someone else. It was easier that typing it myself.
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/5309944/Question-about-weight-loss-percentage/#44603996
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Thank you both ladies for your posts.
Edie