A weird 'wow' moment.

Hi Monica and thanks for sharing.  It is not a weird "wow" moment, it is a wonderful and inspriational "wow" moment.  It is great that you were able to talk to your friends and run as it not only shows that you chose mind over matter, but that you are in control. Congrats.

Terry

WOW!  what a great WOW moment........ you are so right....the way we deal with stress is so different now..  I am sorry that you are going thru so much, but so happy that you have such great coping skills now....... who would have thought  (before surgery) that we could release so much stress by being active.....  Congrats




Linda
 

that is such a great wow moment!   i too have had a couple horrible days and it has  been rough to stay on my pre-op liquid diet.. but dammit I  did and Im proud of myself.  I have a whole lot of changing to do and Im ready :)

You guys are so great to talk about the issues! Thanks and congrats to you!!

Hugs,

Jackie

What a great example of how to deal with life the healthy way.  It's very inspirational.  I started working on seeking out different ways to deal with stress, anxiety, and anger around 4 years before surgery.  I have found just talking with a friend or even coming to the California board here and posting frustrations really stops the process of seeking out food.  Getting the thoughts out of my head from becoming bigger than what they are lessens my anxiety so much and then the need to medicate with food goes away. 

I really think more attention needs to be paid to the emotional side of WLS.  I've had counseling and years of belonging to an eating disorders support group before my surgery.  If I hadn't had those experiences, I couldn't even imagine how difficult the past 6 weeks would have been for me. 

MsBlues