The Easy Way.......

[mytime 21]

So....have heard from so many people that this is the easy way . It truthfully pisses me off. I didn't tell everyone I was having the surgery so I was talking to my sister which is normally very supportive but she said when they ask how you lost the weight are you gonna lie are you going to tell them you did the easy way out. I told her but this is the hardest saying that I've ever done in my life. I never realized how much food was apart of my life. Does anybody else have this problem......

[Cheryl Barfoot 69]

people just have no clue unless they go through it themselves!!!

[kisersassy 369]

OMG I haven't had surgery yet and just trying to lose the weight required and to not gain a pound during this time is Soooo hard!!! It is in no way easy!!

[TinyMamiOf3kids 1,280]

This is no easy way out & it's no ones buisness how you lost it or what you had done. I told a few ppl & everyone been supported. As time passes I just say diet & exercise. The entire world don't need to know I had surgery.

[mytime 21]

This is no easy way out & it's no ones buisness how you lost it or what you had done. I told a few ppl & everyone been supported. As time passes I just say diet & exercise. The entire world don't need to know I had surgery.

That is how I feel ....I don't want anyone else to know...

[nannon32 28]

Same here i juss tell ppl i change my life style.. I eat right and exercise...and ur right this the hardest thing i ever down my family and close friends are supportive but ppl i havent seen in awhile i dnt feel the need to tell them.. We no what we have been thru and dnt need anyones justification...

[LosingItForMe2011 320]

You tell them the truth....you're eating healthier foods and in smaller portions, drinking plenty of Water and exercising. They don't need to know about surgery unless you feel you want them to.

THIS RNY is far, far, away from any diet I've ever been on. It's taken pre-mental work, pre-research, pre-testing etc and now all the post stuff...post mental stuff, post appointments, blood work, Vitamins etc. Far from easy! We're just fortunate in that we don't feel the hunger that we did prior to the surgery. For a while anyway but, even that will come back but, hopefully we have all the good eating habits we need by then

[mytime 21]

Thanks everyone this has been a struggle for me......by far the hardest thing ever......

[Vicki Loichinger 444]

EASY craziest thing ever said. THis is not easy. Losing weight is not easy no matter how someone goes about it. I don't know why anyone would think that. Surround yourself with positive encouraging people. tell who you want what you want and know you are doing this for you and it will be a very hard and very rewarding experience, I sure don't think of wls as easy, I think it takes bravery.

[mellissaamber 9]

I totally agree this is NOT the easy way at all. I'm 3 weeks post op and some days I think what did I do? I miss food and I miss drinking a 12 oz glass in minutes not hours! Lol I thought I knew but I had no idea.

[cheri keller 1]

I totally agree this is NOT the easy way at all. I'm 3 weeks post op and some days I think what did I do? I miss food and I miss drinking a 12 oz glass in minutes not hours! Lol I thought I knew but I had no idea.

Amen, I read, I researched nothing prepared me for this. I don't regret the surgery. But can anyone tell me will I ever be able to enjoy a meal again. I am six weeks past surgery. I can't eat any meat, I sip Water all day. I haven't had any problems but I so tired of puréed soft foods. Someone tell me please this will get better?

[michelecaples 224]

Amen' date=' I read, I researched nothing prepared me for this. I don't regret the surgery. But can anyone tell me will I ever be able to enjoy a meal again. I am six weeks past surgery. I can't eat any meat, I sip Water all day. I haven't had any problems but I so tired of puréed soft foods. Someone tell me please this will get better?[/quote']

Check with you dr. But at 6-8 weeks you should be able to begin a modified regular diet

[MissKIYoung 0]

You guys ill be three weeks tomorrow and I could never imagine that it would be this hard. Stay focus and remember why you did it. I'm 25lbs down since surgery on Sept.10th

[cjoyce 187]

This has been the absolute hardest and most rewarding (other than having my babies) thing ever in my life. One person that I work with made a comment about me taking the easy way out when I was preop....I let it out on her and asked her what the heck her definition of easy was....she kept saying I should just do weight watchers which I had done before....this really pissed me off because watched her lose and gain for the past 5 yrs on And off of WW. she apologized a day or 2 later and now that I'm 3+ months out she completely sees how 'easy' this has been for me..my whole life has changed.....wouldn't change it for anything! Don't worry about the people that don't get it...we are here for ya!

[JustJenn 542]

I was really unsupportive of moms RNY surgery 2 years ago. I told her she was taking the easy way out... Fast forward to present time I have repeatedly apologized for not being there 110% for her, this is by no way the easy way out. I was uneducated and jealous. People don't understand.... Its the hardest and best decision of my life.

Surgery 7/25/12