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[Karyanne77 1]

wow!!! thanks so much for all the positive feedback.. went to my first support session tonight and really walked away feeling more comfortable and happy with my decision. Just need to get back on my meal plan. Thank you all so much!!

[gettingslim 86]

The fact is most healthy people only eat 1200-1500 cal a day. I used to handle that in one meal sometimes having up to 7000 cals a day. Snacks really add up plus a double meat whatever burger with cheese and bacon a large fry and a large coke. Pushing 2000cals at lunch. It all adds up. My taste buds have changed in the four days that I have been sleeved. I think its because my body needs nutrients. Im craving shrimp right now. This surgery gives you the ability to stop at 1200cals a day rather than over indulging. It might just be me but when everyone else was full I was on seconds or thirds. In my opinion this gives me the help I need to eat "normal".

[jody521 7]

I'm gonna be a bit of a "Tough Love Tammy" here' date=' if I may. It's my way of being supportive.

What you give up for this surgery is not so bad when you really step back and think about the alternative: continuing to overeat and gain weight, which most likely will eventually lead to chronic, debilitating and deadly illness. To be frank, dying of heart disease, diabetes, or another obesity related disease is far more miserable than not being able to pig out at the occasional barbecue anymore, for you and your family. If I were you I'd repeat that, verbatim, to your husband.

Consider this also: do you measure your food now? Are you eating the correct portions sizes in your usual diet? Most people (even thin people) overeat - consciously or subconsciously. If you were determined to lose weight without the surgery and keep it off you wouldn't be able to overeat anymore anyway.

I can tell you that since my surgery I no longer get that "low blood sugar" hypoglycemia feeling, which I used to get every day. I get hungry sometimes, sure, but much prefer to drink fluids on these hot summer days. I can tell you also that, for me, the pre-op diet was much more difficult than post-op. My stomach was still the same size and still pumped out the same excess of hormones - of course it's hard! I didn't do very well on my 3 month supervised diet, so I worked out like crazy to make up for it.

When I got to the 2 week pre-op liquid diet I was dead set on doing everything right because I believe my life is worth taking back from the grips of obesity, and the perilous future ahead of me if I stayed the course. I didn't have food funerals because I didn't want to look back at what I could no longer have or do, I was determined instead to embrace what I could do with my new life. So far it has been smooth sailing for me. Will there be bumps or roadblocks down the path? Sure. But I trust that I now have the tools (physical and mental) to push forward until I achieve my goals.

Make the right choice for your health and your life. All the best to you.[/quote']

So positive thanks!