No, you are not a failure.
Very well said.
My last 5 lbs of regain took me 6 months to lose... But in that 6 months I developed eating style that is helping me maintain my weight .... So far so good.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
One thing I have learned is that I only fail when I stop trying.
I failed my first surgery and I learned so much from the whole experience and now I know the warning signs to watch out for.
I am not perfect and I am learning all the time. I have never been a normal size for this long so I have no experience to draw on but I have a wealth of resources here on OH from people who have.
I make a lot of "mistakes" but I never let them cause me to give up. I just resolve to do better next time. My goal is to just do the best I can and move on. I have learned that sometimes that doing a little is better than doing nothing.
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
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