Five years ago today my life changed

Thank you and congratulations on your own success.

Thank you for posting this, we seem to hear from the people who have
not had long term success and I wish more of the long term success people
would post.
You give me hope.
Congratulations on all your hard work.

Hi Stacey,

I hope that is will give you hope to know that the percentage of people that you see posting that have not had long term success is NOT indicative of the percentages of people who do not have success in the general WLS population. In my support group meeting this past weekend some of our members mentioned that while they had been 'addicted' to OH before their WLS and during their weight loss, they found that they had gotten 'busy' with their new lives after they reached maintenance. I think that this is much more common than not. While I agree that it would be helpful to hear from others that were successful, please do not think that most people are not successful; to the contrary, most are successful, so successful that they 'move on' to other aspects of their lives. 

Wishing you continued success in your own journey,

I echo Stacey's sentiments and Barbara, I'm so glad you came back with what you said. I need hope and inspiration and your post did it. Thank you!

Elizabeth,

Thank you and I wish you all the best in your own journey.