I have a different mindset it seems

[swmassey126 10]

There are many journeys that had us arrive at the pre-op weight that we were. For me, I was a stick in grade school, high school and college. I was soooo active, I remember eating a Big Mac and two hambeurgers (in one sitting) on a regular basis. Back then, I could not gain weight at all.

However, as I am sure this resonates with some...I started slowing down, drinking alcohol...but in some respects I never changed my eating habits (well, except for loathing fast food).

Pre-op, did I eat the wrong things?? I am sure I did, however, my biggest weakness was Portion Control. I was never a big sweets guy...only would partake on occasion.

Now that I am sleeved, I am forced to change some of my habits.

I was sleeved almost 6 weeks ago...and I can relate to what Laura-Ven stated, about mind set. I have evolved in just the past two weeks.

It is commonly held, that it takes approx six weeks to make a habit change permanent. There are things that I have chosen not to re-introduce, as I see them as a threat to my overall goal...slider foods are one of them. Do I believe that everyone needs to follow that?? Absolutely not! I do believe that we should all become as knowlegable as we can, then try to objectively weigh the risks and choose what you want to do.

Cindy, I am happy it is working for you! And I wish you success in the future, and I think everyone on this forum is or should be rooting for all to succeed!

[daadelishopeful 64]

You know you just made me think of another aspect we all deal with differently. The "aftermath" for lack of a better word, of surgery.

How our body reacts to this surgery is the luck of the draw! You, as I remember had a rocky start and your intake is limited even at 10 weeks. Whereas some come out of surgery with "sleeves of steel" (me) and can handle everything. Our sleeves are all different. I had a girl several months ago here gasp in shock that at 7 months out I can eat a whole banana, she was almost 2 years out I think? There is also the fact that some of the vets throw up if they eat to much, and some of us don't.

I would imagine if you have the throw up thing happening it would keep a person in check pretty well alshano. That's why I always kid around that I got jipped because I didn't get the automatic emergency shut off valve

Ok Cindy back to you original topic! Sorry about the hijack

That is it! Laura you are correct, I am one of the ¨ lucky"ones whose initial experience in the form of an ¨ emergency shut off valve¨ . Thanks for giving me an appropriate title for it, because I tend to call it something a little less polite most days. But I truly believe that if I´d had an easier transition to my sleeve, I may not have had as much weightloss in these 10 weeks. I figure this is just a part of my personal journey... trust me, those first 9 weeks I envied everyone who celebrated their easy transition. I had a few pttty parties and had to find a way to accept my reality because the other side would have left me reeling with my new shut off valve talent. Sorry Cindy for my hijack... back to the topic at hand.