WLS is not always the cure. So there. Go Carnie.

I hated carbs when I had my band unless they were properly "lubed".

I don't know why she waited so long to get something redone,  she can afford to have any surgery she wants so why suffer being overweight again if you can do something about it.  I can assure you if I was rich my thighs would be the first thing to get the axe okay well the scapel.  lol

 Me too.  But, then again -- her motivations had to be there - yanno?

 I wondered that too.  But her youngest child is only two, so maybe she wanted to wait until she was done having babies and done with nursing.  Just a guess, tho.

I was banded and carbs and I are not exactly the best of friends, lol.

Carnie's choice just reminded me yet again how tough this journey is on a day-to day basis. Like right now I am procrastinating about getting going on my run by posting here. And I want to eat what I want to eat.

There is no cure for the disease of obesity- damn! Gotta do the work, which I don't think I will ever stop hating in spite of all the brain training and retraining I do and have done.

The payoff is worth it, but I sure wish I could turn my head off.

Off for my run... groan, ***** and otherwise complain...

With my band all I "could" eat was carbs, couldn't eat healthy food till I had it emptied. If she thinks a band will keep her from eating carbs she's in for a big let down. Ask any bandster, carbs slide right on down! Except for doughy stuff like bread and pasta, they'll stick. What she really needs is serious therapy for her past family issues and for crap sake don't be a baker!!!! It's like an alcoholic running the liquor store!!!!

I don't think of WLS as a cure but as a repair job. My digestive system was broken. I had too much ghrelin and too little leptin and the part of my brain that registers satiety was weak.

WLS fixed two of those problems to the point where I now have normal levels of hormones. (Or maybe even slightly lower than normal as I sometimes have to make myself eat when my activity level is high.) I still have issues with realizing I am satisfied but just by paying more attention, I am okay most of the time. If my ghrelin was still wildly out of control, I don't think that would be true.

I was lucky because I hadn't been obese forever and I had surgery as a lightweight. So there was less to repair and the surgery did a really good repair job. But for some people maybe the surgery only gets them 70% of where they need to be so they are still hungrier than they need to be to maintain a normal weight or they have so many fat cells that they look fat even though they've lost as much as they can and only PS will get rid of what is left.

It's the difference between being a vase with 3 big cracks in it and one that was shattered. It's a lot easier to repair the first vase than the second and there is no reason to judge the second vase for being a little leaky. 

I wish Carnie nothing but the best.

I also understand the baking. Surgery doesn't change who we are. I loved to cook/bake before I had WLS; surprisingly, I love it even more post op. It's how we HANDLE the baking that determines whether it will impact our weight. My family can't keep up with my desire to produce goodies, so I give a LOT of them away. Hell, I baked my vet a banana bread when he did surgery on my dog!! I also now love altering recipes to make them healthier. And I have a one serving limit on anything I make.

Again, best of luck to Carnie!