Reflections A Year After WLS: 222.4 Pounds Lost (Pic Included)
Hi pinkjellybean!
I too have followed your journey from when you started on OH. You are one of the faces I look for on the list of avatars because I know you will have something funny or inspirational to say and always pertinent to this process. I had my surgery in September and am currently in "stall" mode. Reading your post really hit home...
"WLS is 5% about the food and 95% psychological. The food and nutrition plans are dictated and handed out to you – the amount of success you will have with your tool is not about the food – it’s about YOU. You are in the driver’s seat with the capacity to turn your car anyway you choose. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY food will be everywhere tempting you, enticing you, begging you to be friendly with it….but EVERY. SINGLE. DAY you have to be psychologically strong enough to stand up to it, stare it in the face, and say not today."
You said exactly what I needed to hear! Thank you, thank you! Here's to continued success - yours, mine, and all those other OH members!
Cheers,
Sandy
Jenn
Referral to Guelph: 3-May-11 Orientation: 22-Mar-12 Nurse & Dietitian: 30-Apr-12 Sleep Study: 2-May-12 Social Worker: 9-May-12 Upper GI: 14-May-12 Ultrasound: 17-May-12 N, D, SW (2nd. appt.): 4-Jul-12 Post Op. Class: 9-Sept-12 Surgeon: 24-Oct-12 Optifast: 22-Nov-12 PAT: 30-Nov-12 Surgery: 6-Dec-12
