jamijolpn525

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Hi everyone.  I was a member of this site back in my RNY beginnings of 1999/2000 but evidently all my information got purged since I hadn't been on this site for years.  I'm back now because I have a regain of 30 pounds and I refuse to go any further.  For those of you who are checking out information and deciding what to do, let me tell you, I have NO regrets.  I lost a total of 130 pounds and it was the best decision of my life outside of asking Jesus to be Lord of my life.  I can't begin to tell you how my life has been improved because of this surgery.  I thank God everyday that I had the opportunity of this surgery.  However, I do have a few issues even still to this day.  I have hypoglycemia attacks if I eat too much carbohydrates.  I guess some can say its dumping syndrome.  Even with that, I am grateful for the surgery.

The biggest piece of advice I can give to anyone is not to forget where you came from.  Plan on eating the rest of your life like you do right after surgery.  I forgot that and began to think I could eat the way everyone else could.  Slowly over the years, I began to let protein not be as important and began to eat more and more slider foods and drink more alcohol.  I tried weight watchers, HCG, calorie counting, thinking I could eat anything and anyway I wanted.  Something finally brought to my mind that I have a beautiful tool that I have been neglecting and that was what brought me back to this site.  I need support now more than ever.  I am trying to gain the motivation to get back to the basics and over the last couple of days, I have gone back to a really high protein, low carb, small meal diet and I can already begin to feel the tightness of my pouch again.  I am even trying the 30 minute rule of drinking fluids.  So guys, heres to you and all of your successes.  We need each other for the duration.  If you want to stay successful, stay close to the vest and never forget where you came from.  Don't let friends tell you to put those before pictures away, never to look at them again.  I was influenced by a very well meaning friend and put my before pictures away.  I have a disease of morbid obesity and I am out of remission.  My goal is to put this disease back into remission.  My goal is to get as excited about my RNY as I was right out of surgery.  

Thank you for taking time to read my post.  I hope to hear from you!

Jami Jo