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WLS is more than about losing pounds

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  • Name: Emma Bella
  • City: Washington
  • Region: Arkansas
  • Country: United States

My Weight Loss

Height: 162.6cm
Start weight: 248.00lb
Current weight: 145.00lb
Goal weight: 145.00lb
Lost to date: 103.00lb
Remaining: 0.00lb

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Really Simple Syndication
06/06/2007 21:52

wonderland or OZ..do they supersize?

lost in wonderland or is it OZ.  my little guy has been cast as a lollipop guild munchkin in a play our county is producing.  i sit there night after night and watch the children and adults.  i really enjoy it and tonight i thought about the whole yellow brick road.  i can't wonder where on am on the yellow brick road?  that is the yellow brick road to my health.  i have also recently while shopping at K-mart and also Walmart passed the "diet" supple isle and guess what?  at least one person stood there gazing at the shelf of this and that....lose lose lose....buy buy buy....promise promise promise you will lose the weight w/ their product.

 
so i wonder where am on the yellow brick road. i have stood in that isle probably if counted would equal months, maybe even years.  then i think i was in a dream world looking for that quick fix that would last the rest of my life.  which brings me to my next topic.  my decision to have gastric bypass.  most people think i'm still looking for that quick fix and i found it.  well its not so quick. i have spent two plus years researching and continue to research.  by no means is this the dream road or the easy way.  its just another road i will travel where i will have to be committed and more than ever watch and control my eating and choices.
 
i am scared of the unknown related to having the procedure done but i am equally scared of a future where my weight keeps increasing and my health keeps declining. my decision has been made through years of heavy thinking. it is not a quick fix or the easy way out. i am soooooooo tired of people treating me negatively when they find out of my decision and ask me if i know what i'm doing. it makes me mad that they ask that when they them selves don't know all the facts and the benefits. the pros and cons and that the pros out weight the cons for me.
 
well i just felt like i needed to express my feelings. i am worried that after the three months the insurance still deny my request. i know its in Gods hands but i can't help but worry. 

Posted By: Emma Bella
Comments to this post:
06/07/2007 09:32

Easy way out? Yeah, RIGHT!

Before I had my surgery, I wondered if I was still looking for the quick-fix.  You know, something that I wouldn't have to work at but would make me lose weight with no effort.  I can tell you from experience now that this is as hard work as any diet I've ever done (and, BOY!  Have I done a lot!).  I constantly watch what I eat, watch what I drink, I take vitamins and supplements EVERY DAY, think of calories, avoid bad carbs, count my grams of protein and exercise.  You know what the only difference is?  Thanks to the surgery, I am FINALLY seeing results. 

This surgery and the post-op way of life is anything but the easy way out!  You will work HARD to be a success at it, but you will finally get somewhere.  Don't worry about what everyone is saying, sweetie.  Listen to that little voice inside you.  THAT'S the one that knows the truth....

Posted By: Khym
06/07/2007 22:24

Definitely not a quick fix!

my cousin's husband had it done and seening what he had to go through - way, way harder than any diet or exercise program I can imagine.  But I understand why you're doing it.  Don't let anyone talk you out of this if it's what you really want to do!

Posted By: carryingon



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