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Excellent! That is a good frame of mind to start this procedure, treat your body as well as you can because if it wears out, you won’t have any place to live! This means learning what full really feels like, knowing that stomachs make growly noises for reasons other than hunger, that you deserve to eat small portions of the freshest fruits, vegetables, lean meats. That you can eat on the road by stopping at a deli for 5 cooked prawns or 3 thin slices of roast beef and an orange or carrot sticks, most things in a bun at a drive thru defile your body. It is all about taking the best care of you, and you do deserve it!

Thanks Judy!!! A wonderful Friday morning pick me up!

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No, this was a reply I received on my personal email. I just thought the words were very encouraging and might benefit those still sitting on the fence about having the surgery done. I know they gave me a little umph on this Friday morning. :)

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