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Go to the gym at least 2 times a week.

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lose 120 pounds

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Kfir Ben-David
Some people absolutely love him. I didn't have such a positive experience. From his horrible cold bed side manner to seeing him in the office and him telling me that he would "cancel" me as a patient, I never once felt like he actually cared about me or my life. He didn't care if I lost the weight, and he didn't seem to care about any of the issues that I was having.....and due to his lack of concern I still have the same issues.
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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
Before learning about bariatric surgery I was on a constant up and down battle with my weight. I would try fad diets only to lose a few pounds only to gain even more back. The diets I was trying was not healthy, most included dangerous drugs; prescription and over the counter. Most were not healthy nutrition wise; they would cut out important food groups, or limits calorie intake to unbelievably low levels just to lose a few pounds. Once you get off the diet the weight would come back on times 10. And with that added weight came the added mental and emotional stress of being a failure.
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Inspiration/Motivation
posted on 7/11/11 6:48 am

"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake..."

~ Marie Beyon Ray ~

"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success."

~ Norman Vincent Peale ~

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

~ St. Francis of Assisi ~

What motivates you?  What makes you want to get up everyday and go through the motions of going to work/school, eating right, counting those calories, getting on that treadmill?  What is your inspiration?  What keeps you from just giving up and falling back to old habits?  This is a very important subject to me because I find that I get "off track" probably a little easier than others.  I am very easily tempted to do things that might not be the best where food is concerned.  So this weekend when I found myself sitting at the bowling alley with a rather large plate of loaded french fries in front of me I started thinking about this subject again.  I wish I could say that I didn't have one yummy cheese and bacon covered fry but that would be a lie.  I did have some....and yes I regreted it later.  The bloating, the gas pains, the queezy feeling...it was all there and stuck around for quite some time I might add.  So was it worth it??  In my opinion NO.  But it was a choice that I made anyway.  So what is my motivation?  I realized that this weekend also while sitting at the bowling alley when this bright cheery full of energy little 7 year old came running up to me wanting me to play video games with him.  My son is my inspiration and my motivation.  I have to keep that in mind and on my mind at all times.  He needs me more that my job needs me, more than my BF needs me, he is my #1 priority and to be honest he deserves to have a mother that is not only healthy but also happy.  So today I am of course back on track...no more loaded fries in my future LOL.  I am planning a 100 pounds gone party for myself and my girl friend.  Together we have lost over 207 pounds...that is a PERSON!!!!  

I went shopping this weekend.  One would think that after losing 100 pounds shopping would be fun....NOT!  It was miserable.  Things I really liked were all too small, I have become very self-conscious about my weight, my body, and the way I look in my clothes.  My BF of course wants me to wear something tight, I wanted something totally different from anything I would have ever wore in the past.  But low and behold the next to last store I went in (which I walked past the day before saying "only skinny people shop there") had something perfect.  It is so me, more fitting then normal and with my skinny jeans is going to look great.  And not only that but I will be comfortable in it.  And my son....loved it which made it the perfect outfit!!!


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