Family - not happy

My mom was the same n i wish i have listed to her . Im 3 wks post op n everybody is telling it will get better but i dont feel i made the rite decision. I did cux i wanted to loose weight that was my only reason. So if u doing just to loose weight think about it carefully. I can stress the importance of researching everything the illness u can get if u dont follow ur diet n take ur vitamins . But at the end is u that need to make ur own decision. I wish u the best and this is my own experience. Im hoping down the line i can say i made the rite decision! But now just taking it day by day .
Wish u luck!

It is a personal decision, and despite what others may say or think, they do not have to live in your body, you do. Make the decision you want to make. Having Surgery is a big step, but at the same time staying obese is a huge risk to your health.

If I can offer any advise at all it would be to accept that is is only a tool, just like a any other. A hammer may help put a house together, but you still have to build it.  Be completely honest with your self and commit to staying on plan and following your surgeons directions no matter how crazy/pointless you might think they are.

Track all of your food, all of the time. From the day you leave the hospital, write down every bite you take, even when you mess up. I swear this is the one thing that has kept me accountable and maintained me weight. Because I know if I eat a McDonald's French fry, I have to track it and I don't want to see 400 calories of crap on my daily food log because it makes me feel awful.

It's true people gain weight after Gastric Bypass, but you do not have to. If you follow your surgeons plan, commit to your self that you will try every day, every meal to live your new "lifestyle" you can be successful.

 

This is kinda shallow, and maybe a bit wrong, but  one thing that feels pretty much better than any other feeling in the world is when I see all those people who thought I would gain all of the weigh back, thought I shouldn't have surgery, talked crap on me, and behind my back wished and hoped for my failure.  Walking into the room and the look on their faces when they see that  I am thin, and maintaining my loss at almost 5 years out! Ohhhhh it is the BEST feeling EVER!  

Sometimes when they start in about, how little I eat, or not eating dessert or trying to talk me into having a glass of wine and I turn it down. I just think to myself "You go ahead, I'll stay right here in my size 6 pants". Bad, I know, but true :)