LifeStarts WLS
Hello, I'm Shelley
shelleyq
on 9/30/11 11:35 pm
on 9/30/11 11:35 pm
Hello, I'm Shelley.
I am from Ontario Canada. I had WLS in 2000. I lost 135lbs. I felt for the first time, at peace with food. I attended a local support group and attended therapy. When I was about 155-60 lbs, I started the night shift and also had a lot of very high stressful events happening in my life. I started to not be able to hold food down and turned to crackers and milk or plain tortillas and milk to settle my stomach. I started vomiting a lot. I went to my surgeon who said there was nothing he could do to help. Even though I was vomiting several times daily, I started to regain my weight. The harder I tried to eat healthfully, the quicker the weight came back on and the angrier I became. I regained about 100lbs.
I have tried many ways to get back on track. I have had limited success and slow weight loss with those periods. Even eating correctly for 6-9 months, the weight loss was very slow. It seemed that I would be eating healthfully and some major stress would happen and no matter how hard I tried to deal with it myself, with help from others and asking God, I would slip back into my old ways. At times I have felt like giving up. But each day I have gotten up and said, I will try again today only to have my willingness slip out the window at some point in the day.
Recently, I had another very traumatic event but instead of drowning in excess food, I prayed even more feverently to have God help me take care of myself. I thought, "God, there must be a group somewhere of others who have had WLS and have regained the weight back or maintained it and we can support eachother.
Earlier in the week, I found out about the obesity help website through a friend of a friend. Here I found the Life Starts WLS group. I also got a call from a family member who is trying to eat healthfully and needed some support so we decided to support each other.
I am beginning my 4th day of eating healthfully. I can't tell you what a gift it is. Next October is our 10th anniversary for my husband and I. My goal is to fit into that wedding dress. I know that I have a good chance to fit into it if I stick to my healthy eating plan every day.
Thank you for letting me join your group.
I am from Ontario Canada. I had WLS in 2000. I lost 135lbs. I felt for the first time, at peace with food. I attended a local support group and attended therapy. When I was about 155-60 lbs, I started the night shift and also had a lot of very high stressful events happening in my life. I started to not be able to hold food down and turned to crackers and milk or plain tortillas and milk to settle my stomach. I started vomiting a lot. I went to my surgeon who said there was nothing he could do to help. Even though I was vomiting several times daily, I started to regain my weight. The harder I tried to eat healthfully, the quicker the weight came back on and the angrier I became. I regained about 100lbs.
I have tried many ways to get back on track. I have had limited success and slow weight loss with those periods. Even eating correctly for 6-9 months, the weight loss was very slow. It seemed that I would be eating healthfully and some major stress would happen and no matter how hard I tried to deal with it myself, with help from others and asking God, I would slip back into my old ways. At times I have felt like giving up. But each day I have gotten up and said, I will try again today only to have my willingness slip out the window at some point in the day.
Recently, I had another very traumatic event but instead of drowning in excess food, I prayed even more feverently to have God help me take care of myself. I thought, "God, there must be a group somewhere of others who have had WLS and have regained the weight back or maintained it and we can support eachother.
Earlier in the week, I found out about the obesity help website through a friend of a friend. Here I found the Life Starts WLS group. I also got a call from a family member who is trying to eat healthfully and needed some support so we decided to support each other.
I am beginning my 4th day of eating healthfully. I can't tell you what a gift it is. Next October is our 10th anniversary for my husband and I. My goal is to fit into that wedding dress. I know that I have a good chance to fit into it if I stick to my healthy eating plan every day.
Thank you for letting me join your group.
Today, I thank God for this beautiful body and all the creations of this earth, for the blessings I am given and reminding myself that I will honour God and His creations and myself by consuming only enough to sustain life.
Welcome Shelley .... I replied to your email . I so look forward to getting to know you and to assist you any way that I can .
You can do this .. just keep your eye on the prize .. and that is a healther YOU !
Love and blessings,
Tink
You can do this .. just keep your eye on the prize .. and that is a healther YOU !
Love and blessings,
Tink
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