PixTheCakeDestroyer

I'm not trying to shut you up, I'm trying to point out that while your surgery is permanent the restrictions you have and feel are not. Obviously the programs you have around you are insufficient because I was keenly aware that the first six months would be filled with restrictions that I wouldn't necessarily be facing for the rest of time. Yes, your feelings are yours, but what I'm trying to tell you is that all the things you are saying you regret will become things you shouldn't do, not that you CAN'T do. At five years out I can drink and eat, I can chug Water, I can eat a Quarter Pounder from McDs while driving and finish it in the time it takes to drive from the window to the street. I shouldn't do those things but I CAN and most likely after the original healing period and what some like to call the "honeymoon" period you will be able to too. Working would be a healthy, happy maintained weight, and if you are going to go back to doing all the things you miss as based on this post, you won't achieve that. Sent from my SM-J320P using the BariatricPal App

BUT what you don't seem to understand as you go on and on about your regret is that what you are feeling now, experiencing NOW at 9 weeks, isn't what you will experience at 5 years. There are people who are reading this who are on the fence about saving their life, and may not do it because they think that what you are saying is true, and it IS NOT. All the things you "regret" will freaking change before you hit year one, all of them will have a work around for you when you are fully healed. You seem bound and determined to not make it work, and that's fine its your life, but seriously, live it a little before you spend so much energy regretting it. Good grief. Sent from my SM-J320P using the BariatricPal App

I am 5 years out, lost 190 lbs in the first six months, got down way to low and then gained back to a healthy weight, been in maintenance within a 15 lbs range since getting to goal. Sent from my SM-J320P using the BariatricPal App

Wait, 9 weeks out and this much regret? You are putting a whole bunch of stock in what is just a small adjustment period. Sad that in two years you didn't take the time to learn that the first 6 months are an adjustment, and then generally things go back to normal. I'm 5 years out, I eat quickly, I drink coffee (and tea), I eat meat and salad, I've gotten used to not drinking with my meals and learned that if I want results I have to approach life a certain way. Seems like you did a lot of "research" and very little listining. And I died, twice, from complications from my Lap Band, had a feeding tube for months, still have residual issues. You may have been cleared for surgery, but you were obviously in no way prepared. Sent from my SM-J320P using the BariatricPal App

Nope, I do all that stuff and have a way better time, and I managed to ditch the fake friends along the way. Sent from my SM-J320P using the BariatricPal App

Brand? Some have workout enhancers or things that promote quick recovery and to get the full effect it needs to be consumed in a certain time. Not that it matters for us bc of our altered guts lol Sent from my SM-J320P using the BariatricPal App