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Before I made my decision to get WLS I will admit, I was one of the critics. My boyfriends mother had the bypass quite a few years ago and she always tryed to give me diet advice, I used to get SO upset because she "cheated" I guess growing up with very traditional, strict, and thin parents and family members It was taught to me that if you make yourself fat its your fault, and either live with it or diet and excercise and lose weight "the right" way. 6 months ago I came to the conclusion that I didnt care if i had to cheat to get there, I was guna lose this weight and not care what anyone thought about it, I asked myself do i want to be fat the rest of my life and look at those that had WLS and say "o they cheated" or do I just want to lose this weight and say who cares how I got here.. Anyway I never actually thought that hey, WLS patients still have to work their BUTT off to lose that weight. I am now 6 weeks post op and I now realize this is NOT easy. There is absolutely Zero difference between strictly dieting and excercising without the surgery. The only difference is, that when that stall comes we dont have the option to take the "F it" attitude anymore. We still have to work really hard to get this weight off and I guess in the end it will make it that much sweeter for me when it does all come off, I will know that I didnt cheat and that I earned and deserved every lb that I lost.

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That's true there is a lot of work involved and we still have to watch what we eat and exercise. The sleeve just offers a great tool to aid weight loss but we are the ones that have to steer the wheel and drive the car, so to speak. I used to feel the same way when my sister had a band years ago, because I lost my weight dieting and exercising. Then I put on a ton of weight and ate my words...

The reason why I couldn't diet at the mass weight I was, was because my big stomach let me down on the hunger side EVERY time. I am still exercising and watching what I eat now and doing all the work but the sleeve is there to make the outcome possible. Good luck x

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