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I think the retreat would be wonderful, but for me, like any fad diet I have been on as soon as I leave the retreat all would go out the window......
I would still have the surgery because it is a tool that helped me greatly.
It gave me that jump start that I needed and I know I won't gain the weight back that I have lost.
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I think the retreat would be wonderful, but for me, like any fad diet I have been on as soon as I leave the retreat all would go out the window......
I would still have the surgery because it is a tool that helped me greatly.
It gave me that jump start that I needed and I know I won't gain the weight back that I have lost.
Interesting topic
Joyce----Today is the first day of the rest of your life
"Out the window" is exactly where I'd be sneaking.... lol
Karen
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a friend of mine did something like this, a hospital based, inpatient weight loss thing, where she was in hospital for 6 or 8 weeks, did lots of talk therapy, restricted diet, etc. Worked welll while she was there, but she ended up having the surgery a few years after that.
I think its something to try, but i dont think it would have worked for me. I needed the restrictive and malabsorptive properties of WLS.
I think its something to try, but i dont think it would have worked for me. I needed the restrictive and malabsorptive properties of WLS.
If you are having doubts about surgery then I would recommend you do this. Do I think it will work? Absolutely not.
When I first came to this site several years ago it kind of scared me with the talk of plastic surgery etc. I thought these people were crazy. I tried another "diet" one that I thought would work, a sort of "last chance" for me.
It didn't work, and as usual I gained more weight afterwards. Somehow I was ready after that. I had tried almost everything and knew I couldn't do it without help.
WLS was a gift from the gods for me. Yes, I can eat fat and I can eat sugar. Not in the amounts I used to. If I wanted to I could graze on these things all day. And yes I would gain the weight back. You are still going to be following a diet so to speak but you won't feel like you are going to rip someones head off or go to the store and freak out and buy a bag of cookies and eat the entire pack. (that's me anyway). With the 'tool' it's much easier.
It stops you from grossly overeating and binging. I wouldn't go back!
Good luck with your decision.
When I first came to this site several years ago it kind of scared me with the talk of plastic surgery etc. I thought these people were crazy. I tried another "diet" one that I thought would work, a sort of "last chance" for me.
It didn't work, and as usual I gained more weight afterwards. Somehow I was ready after that. I had tried almost everything and knew I couldn't do it without help.
WLS was a gift from the gods for me. Yes, I can eat fat and I can eat sugar. Not in the amounts I used to. If I wanted to I could graze on these things all day. And yes I would gain the weight back. You are still going to be following a diet so to speak but you won't feel like you are going to rip someones head off or go to the store and freak out and buy a bag of cookies and eat the entire pack. (that's me anyway). With the 'tool' it's much easier.
It stops you from grossly overeating and binging. I wouldn't go back!
Good luck with your decision.
Thank you everyone! I'm not having doubts about the surgery, infact I know what I want...but I will always be exploring thoughts and ideas. I have found the people on here are so great to offer their honest thoughts and opinions and that is what I need.
At the end of the day what I would like is a VSG. Now I know that the chances of that are not as good as the RNY but I'm am forever collecting information to support why I want to have a VSG.
As for the retreat idea, as I said before it was brought up to me, but I think that if that was ever to work for me I would have to live out of home for 6 months then be re-introducted to my "normal" life over 6 months! LMAO - NOT! I would never be away from my little girl for that long...oh yeah and my husband..lol jk!
At the end of the day what I would like is a VSG. Now I know that the chances of that are not as good as the RNY but I'm am forever collecting information to support why I want to have a VSG.
As for the retreat idea, as I said before it was brought up to me, but I think that if that was ever to work for me I would have to live out of home for 6 months then be re-introducted to my "normal" life over 6 months! LMAO - NOT! I would never be away from my little girl for that long...oh yeah and my husband..lol jk!
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