shelly W.

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this is a question that i've never thought about not even all those years ago when i had GBS. i never even considered it until i started pursuing a primal lifestyle and i read something that said, FOOD IS FUEL. i was like SERIOUSLY??? no it isn't! food is for when i am feeling happy, food is for when i am feeling sad, food is for celebration food is for comfort and food is for yumminess. food is for a lot of things to me but it has never, ever been considered JUST FUEL.  this difficult concept was even more driven home in my mind one day as i was TRYING (real hard) to eat some kale last year and i was in dismay cuz it tastes like ish! i thought about it and posed the question to some girlfriends i was in an fb weight loss group with, 'why does every bite you put in your mouth have to be the yummiest bite ever?' if you embrace the concept that food is for fuel then you eat the kale, fill your tank and keep it moving but if you live the way that sooooooo many of us here at OH have been born into, then woe unto you who attempts to eat and love kale. LOL. this has been a GREAT week for me as i have gotten back to the basics as my surgeon, Dr. Madura, suggested all those years ago when he said, "every now and then, get back to the basics and go on liquids." I have gone on partial liquids with a Jamba Juice smoothie for brunch and an extremely sensible (veggie and protein only) dinner. one thing i have been extremely cognizant of during this week is my water intake attempting to get in the 64 ounces daily. I AM A JUNK FOOD JUNKIE (another post for another time) but this week has helped me curb that tremendously, i will even not lie and say a couple of nights i DID have a half a cup of Pop chick a Pop Pop Kettle Corn which i believe speaks volumes about the nature of addiction but like i said another post for another time. last night i did not feel the need to snack because i ATE ENOUGH CHICKEN AT DINNER. i think that's where most people make mistakes because they feel by restricting calories and starving to death they will lose. they might but it's painful. i'd like to see people eat REAL FOOD and fill up and still lose. fighting a one woman battle. i ask my patients all the time, WHAT IS FOOD FOR? HOW DO YOU USE FOOD? some of them seem taken aback when i ask this, some of them smile and nod. i think it's a question that anyone whose ever attempted to change their food relationship, shift their food paradigm needs to ask themselves and honestly for me, the answer changes daily. 

sooooooooo here i am two days from my ELEVEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY of RNY. boy oh boy has ALOT changed. YEP my pouch still works! weight loss surgery is one of those things that works if you work it. BUT it is only a TOOL and this is the thing that we ALL need to be care of, it's a tool, just like a blender for smoothies or a mat for yoga, having a smaller stomach is something that one uses in their arsenal against the battle of the bulge. when i began this journey i was 270 and today i weigh 187. no i'm not ecstatic with this number but man am i pretty darn pleased with a lot more things about myself today than i was in 2003. man if i'd known THEN what i know now. i could have changed the GAME on this entire weight loss scenario. i NEVER EVER WOULD HAVE PUT ANOTHER JUNKY CARBOHYDRATE IN MY MOUTH. i stopped eating wheat in 2012, January 31, and i've never looked back. i am attempting albeit hesitantly towards no 1) potatoes and 2) corn. Lastly I will only eat Coconut sugar, ever. i make every attempt to try and live my life PRIMALLY for i KNOW this is the way that in addition to what i did 2003 will ensure a life time of health and wellness. man reading over these early entries has been like a breath of fresh air for me, i read that dr. madura told me that every now and again, i should get back to the basics and put myself on a liquid diet, wow hadn't thought about going liquids since reading pouch rules for dummies that ADVOCATES no high calorie liquids additionally i'd grown to be AGAINST liquid diets because i want to teach my body to eat and appreciate REAL FOOD as my primary fuel source. i think liquids might be an essential get back to the basics tool helping me to emphasize water and really get it in, i will also order some bone broth, to assist in this journey! i'm excited...