My RANT!

You, Hollirose, just made my whole friggin' day! I think I love you!!

*Heart* You are awesome.

Kairk,

"Being fat is easy! There, I said it. Yes, for me, being fat was a easy. I ate without a thought. I stuffed my emotions with food: Pissed, eat. Sad, eat. Celebrating, eat. Distraught, eat. I loved the party of flavor in my mouth and could eat impulsively with only mild guilt. I was sick and getting sicker, but it was easy.

This VSG life is work. And guess what? I don’t care. I wouldn’t trade the work I do with food everyday for anything. I can move. I can breathe. Hell, I can RUN! I can fold my body over like a jack knife. I can lie down flat on the floor with my legs bent back at the knee like a freakin’ gymnast! But the best is that I feel good about who I am. I am proud of who I am becoming. I am finding the strength to be who I was meant to be all along. And everyday I have to do the work that keeps me here"

OK...so who told you that it was OK to steal someone's thoughts???!!! LOL!!

OMG!! I read this part over and over!!! Being fat is easy!!! SOOOOOO TRUE!! All of it!!

I can't fold myself into a jack knife, or bend like a gymnast. (YET) But I NEVER would have thought that I MIGHT be able to someday...BUT since VSG...I think I actually just might be able to!!!

The way to get there is so eloquently put in your rant!!! For me, I see "The basic three VSG ingredients for success": 1)Protein 2) Water 3) Vitamins. I do these three day in and day out...for 4.5 months and this week I hit 100# lost ( Pre/Pre-surgery diet)! I know this will slow down soon...so I'm doing EVERYTHING I can to lose EVERYTHING I can before the slowdown. Then what will I do? More of this and roll my sleeves up and work it!!! I am in this to win this...for my LIFE!!!

Thanks for the loud and proud realness of your post!!!

Also, Slimpickins...LOVE Lance!!

Peace all!!

~Deb

I take the folks who have lost what I need to lose seriously on this forum. I read through the posts everyday, and I am amazed at how many posts read as though people are approaching this life changing event (surgery) as another diet they will go on, lose weight, and then eat like "normal" weight people.  It kinda scares me for them. I have 158 pounds to lose in order to be where I would like to be.  I have no delusions about this being a temporary diet plan until i can eat again- I have done dozens of those from Atkins to Zone- a-z literally....and here I am.  2 weeks to surgery that is not going to restore me to a normal weight, but is going to help me transform to someone I have never been able to be....a normal weight person. Thank you for your respectful rants.

Thanks Kairk! I haven't check in here in a while and I feel like I've been slipping - not so much eating things that I shouldn't, but THINKING about eating things I shouldn't. I know it's only a matter of time before my thoughts become actions. So THANK YOU. Thank you for getting my head straight again.

Anna

Thanks!  This is my favorite line:

But if you look for ways to not do the work, I believe you are looking for a way to fail yet again, not for the path to success.

Doing the work.  That's the bottom line.  And the work is easy to define, harder to do:

1. Dense Protein (up to 100 g)

2. Few veggies (if you have room)

3. Lots of water (up to 100 oz)

4. Exercise (anything, just get off your butt)

Not saying that I get it right every day, and I'm still learning.  But it's a big change to go from fat to "normal-sized", and I think that the info I got  pre-op was really just words on paper until I had to learn to live them. 

And I can say, that overall, I've had to change EVERYTHING about my relationship with food -- and I didn't really understand the full impact of the changes I needed to make until post op.

That's why I am so grateful for the vets on the board who tell is like it is!

Kairk, Thank you. I am a newbie and you said exactly what I was feeling as well. Thanks for ranting for the both of us. You signed up for the lifestyle change, get over it. The End.

Well said...and Yes, being fat is very easy hence why so many people are.

I love it, the NEW Normal.... awesome!

Ok, so I totally love you with all of my heart, now I am totally gonna have to show up at your place wearing my uniform and FMP's in order to try and get you to switch teams, in the hopes that you will one day marry me  a girl can dream right? LOL

Seriously though, dead on.