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If You Can Dream It You Can Do It

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Lauracat

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alot of my freinds think i took the easy way out why don't you just deit and excizes why did you need to do something so extream. I have deit and excized i go to the gym 5 to 6 days a week i try and watch what i eat nothing. I know how i got hear but i also konw that nothing else was working. I had hip pain all the time back pain and knee pain it get in the way of what you want to do when it hurts to walk up the stairs becuse you hip and kneese hurt to do it it makes you want to do less. I was one poit away from being debitic i had high blood prusser took meds for it I sleep with a sleep apena michen and i had acid reflex that i could not control.

 

I also had lost 2 freinds this year to Obsety realted illiness they both had massive heart attacks and they were in there 40's and early 50's. I did not want to be like that I want to live for were i can do things. I dream of camping with my kids but when you bigger it not possble to do these things. I wanted to walk up the stairs with out stopping to catch my breath and thinking about my knees and hips. So yes this is extreamIt not for everyone but it is for me. I need the control I get with my band In a little over 2 weeks i lost 21.5 lbs and just that 20 lbs make my hip not hurt when i walk up the stairs I can walk up a full fight with out stopping to catch my breath.

 

I know i can get my dreams of being heathy again and reclaming the me I want to be Thats why i did this

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You go girl. Keep up the good thoughts and you will get what you want. No one knows your body better than you do.

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I know how you feel... I actually had a young teacher ... size 5 to tell me that all I needed to do was to come out jogging with her... That may work for some, but I need more. Since then, I have decided to let only a select number of people in on my plan for weight loss... There is no 1 size fits all diet... You have to do what's best for you... Hang in there!!!

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it absolutely drives me crazy when people say that having surgery was the "easy way out".... ughhh i could just punch them in the face.

You own no one any explanation as to why you chose to have the LB surgery. This was your choice and your health. I know in my experiences the people that said that too me... were one of a couple things.... Fat and didn't want me to lose weight, they wanted to keep their "fat" buddy..... or very thin and didn't want the competition....

I did what made me happy.... even my husband didn't want me to have it done...but i did it anyway...

You keep on doing what makes you happy and the next time someone tells you that. Say ohhh really.... when was the last time you at a hamburger on bun, pizza, hot dog.... drank while eating a meal... ...tell them to then go one week with out all the things i have to give up and see how "easy" it is.

Ask them what they think of Weight watchers, jenny Craig, nutra-system.... then say, would you join any of them and not follow the program.... would you join WW and not count the points... or the other and not eat the meals...... LB is the same... it's a tool just as those other are... then if the keep on ... tell them to screw off...

Keep up the great work....

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