Reply to "Im sorry if I've stepped on anyone's toes."

I've read everyones replies to your post and I have a thing or two or three to say (lol)... I understand from being where you are (pre-op) as most of us do... that you have done your homework and are trying the foods you are going to have to eat after surgery to get an idea of what you like before hand and you have it all worked out in your head and on paper that this is the way you are going to do things and that no matter what you arent going to eat the things you are told you shouldnt, and thats great... But, We have ALL told ourselves these things (trust me)... But there are going to be those days where you are upset, depressed, hormonal, lonely, didnt plan, or away from home, or whatever the situation might be and you either feel hungry (and you do get that hungry feeling back after time) or you can tell your energy level is down from lack of food and you need something NOW, you too will make a quick and probibly stupid or bad choice to eat something you shouldnt (we all have) and for someone to say they have "never" taken a small nibble of something that they shouldnt have are probibly not being truthful to themselves... And yes I agree that people have a addiction or relationship with food and that we need counciling for it to find out why we eat, when we eat and how to change the way we think about food, but if that was a "fix it all" then people wouldnt be getting the surgery, we would all have phsyciatrists and no one would be over weight... But this is the point im trying to make, No the surgery is NOT a "fix it all", they make our stomach's smaller so we cant eat as much, and they give us wonderful nutritional guidelines but we still have cravings, and thanks to this wonderful world we live in we meet temptation every day and that is something the Dr. cant fix, and yes going to a Phych and finding out your reasons for eating are great too but you have to leave thier office some time and they cant be with you all the time, and everyone has reasons they eat... So no matter how good your intentions are or how strict you are on yourself there will be a day that you too will make a poor choice because if you could be that strict on yourself you nor I or anyone else would be where we are/were in our weight... And this is my oppinion... but for you to critisize what, when or how people are eating is like someone who has never had kids trying to tell someone who does how to be a parent. God Bless you in your weight loss journey.

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