Would you do it again?

I agree with some of you that said I'm still early out and of course I'm going to have mixed emotions about what I did.  I think it's understanding to that I have never ever in my life had surgery, so this was a big thing for me...the pain, the stiffness, the needing help with just about everything.  Now two weeks out I feel better than I did the first week I was home.  There are still some things I can't quite do yet but every day is a challenge!

I don't miss any foods I was eating except for my grilled chicken ceasar salads and my fruit....like honeydew and cantaloupe.  But I don't miss the foods that were tempting....like ice cream, Ruffles (which were my favorite chips), ribs, fried chicken etc.  Now I can watch food commercials without getting mad!  So yes I agree that once I lose more weight and see a big difference in my health my emotions and way of thinking about what the hell did I just do will change.


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 Absolutely I would do it again. It is the best thing I have every done. Like Lora I regained  the weight I lost on all different diets  and ended up being 310lbs at my heaviest. I didn't trust myself to keep the weight off  as I am the queen of yo-yoing. I have lost 147lbs since april 1st  2010 (I lost 42lbs of this weight loss prior to surgery.)

It is slow going - Yikes I am loosing at a snails pace.So far I have lost only 11/2 lbs ithis month.  I ended up going on a low carb diet a couple of months ago because I was loosing weight so slowly.  I did loose 10lbs in June but this month I have been on this plateau from hell. I am just continuing to do what I have done -log all my food, count calories, and continue to exercise 6 days a week.  My nut. advised me to up my calories to 1600 a day as I exercise so much. I LOVE how my body feels when I exercise.

 Having had gastric by pass surgery I would do it again. I only wished I had made that decision years ago.

Sarah

i hope my answer would be yes. i havnt had mine yet . but i have gained-lost-re-gained  ALL of my entire life. im sick , my body hurts. i have high blood pressure that, i cant keep down even with 4 different meds. i cant sleep comfortably. i stay tired every day . i have did the zone, the south beach. ive taken the phenterimine, i did the ephedra when it was legal. i have walked, i have joined gyms. i have did atkins. i have done low fat . i just cant do it and stay to it . im just a failure at weight loss and this time with my re-gain. i have been sicker than i have ever been in my life. depression to boot . so i think surgery is a great thing for some. although i get mad at myself because i will think some days . why didnt you get out and walk more?
why did you shove 2 twinkies down your neck?
why dont you get off the computer?
why do u let ppl make you emotionally eat?
i think sometimes some of us just need a boost to get modivated and make us get up and realize we got a lil help and to work it with everything we have . if i could lose about 40 lbs right now. im sure it would save my life. but if i didnt feel so bad from being overweight , that could possibly be done i had a dr once tell me . if your gonna be big-be big
if your gonna be thin-be thin. but this yo-yo stuff was more unhealthy then just remaining big. i bet i have lost massive amounts of weight . 5 times in my life. and here i am once again. sometimes we just cant do it on our own . we need a push. a big push . somebody push me.

definitely, except the next time around i'd get a ds.

my only regret is i didn't do it 10 years ago.  i yo yo dieted for 30+ years and the RNY has saved my life!!!  no looking back!  i'm loving my skinny little size 4 butt!!!  yep....i'm a 52 year old grandmother but i, like a previous post, want to be skinny/tiny!!!

hope you feel better really soon!!!

ABOLUTELY - knowing the chances of diabetes is greatly reduced was my #1 reason.  I have been lucky and had very few "complications/struggles". 

I am LOVING the fact that I can actually get up and DO the things I want to do without being out of breathe and exhausted at the smallest exhertion. 

100% yes!

a million and one times YES! i have struggled with my weight my whole life. i tried so many diets, only to lose a little and gain it plus more back. diabetes runs in my family big time...i have pcos and my dh and i tried to conceive for over 2 years resulting in a miscarriage. i have lost 100 lbs and my cycles are regular (they have NEVER been regular). sometimes it is difficult...i have to think about what food i can eat, measure it out, eat it slowly and chew chew chew...and even then i still get nauseous a lot of the time. but you know what, i'm learning. it takes time to change your way of eating, your though process about anything...i ate the previous way for 30 years, it's gonna take time for me to learn the new way. i am so happy with my decision to have surgery and i would do it again in the blink of an eye.

In a New York minute I would do it again! It changed my life, and I am only 8 months out and still losing! No more diabetes, no more insulin (was taking 5 shots of insulin a day plus oral meds), no more high blood pressure, cholesterol is 50 (the bad one), feel great! Require less sleep! More energy!