KMO22

You can't out-train a lousy diet. Stop buying and cooking slider foods. Make a vow to throw them out or at least eat them all up and don't buy them again. Physical exercise is very important but it's not the end of losing weight. Google other gyms in your neighborhood. Buy a bike, get a tae-kwon-do or other martial arts membership. Join a spin class. Pilates. Stop whining and get your butt out there and work it off
My version of the half-time talk to Dallas Cowboys players. If you live in the Dallas area there are so many things you can do other than sit around pining over a silly workout session. I highly recommend martial arts. It's a great workout and you learn so much about yourself. Good luck.
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I am on the fence as well... Love the result of how easy it appeared to lose weight, when in fact we still work very very had to lose it.
if it didnt come with all the emotional and mental crap it would be an easier yes than no.

Yes, good and bad days are a part of any journey.
I am guessing you don't see the weight loss because your body image isn't accurate. The majority of overweight people have a very hard time "seeing" themselves as they really are. Most see themselves far worse than they really are,
I was banded 3 1/2 months ago and have lost 73 pounds, yet I barely see a difference in myself. I can feel a huge difference but when I look in the mirror I struggle to see it. I'm still wearing the same clothes I did pre-surgery and weight loss even. They're huge on me and about 3-4 sizes too big, but I don't know, I'm comfortable in them.
I finally "saw" a glimpse of the difference only after I just saw a pic of myself taken this last week next to a pic of me taken a couple weeks before surgery. WOW. Then, and only then, did I go "holy crap I look a lot thinner!" It was almost a surreal experience.
My best advice is to be patient and forgiving with yourself, but take pics. You will be so glad you did later when you can look back at your pics and really "see" the difference as you go.

Thats what I was worried about.....at first I was just going to tell my family, (you know, you have that little fear that you will fail...then everyone would think you can't even lose the weight with surgery).
Then I thought but if im successful, I would surely want to share what made it possible.....and if you tell one person, you might as well tell them all...because people just can't keep a secrete. And I'm not good with the half truth thing I just couldn't face people that kept asking me How I'm loosing the weight and I tell them eat right and exercise....then they find out I had a wsl surgery.....I would feel wrong.And besides, whats wrong with it...we act like its something to be a shamed of. Most people paticipate in some activity that is bad for them....smoking (would we look down on them if they went to be hypnotised?), Drinking (would we look down on them for seeking help?) I'm proud of ourselves!! we took control...we are doing what is neccesary to save our lives!! and if one other person can learn something from it ....then that would given be better.
You have every right to keep it private!! But I hope that you have a few good people around you that will support you and cheer you on.
Good luck!

When I was told, oh you don't need that.... my response really? Well, thanks for thinking so, but my doctors disagree.
Easy way out? So...If I needed cardiac bypass surgery or be miserable and at risk of a heart attack, I should not take the medically proven treatment to get better? I need a kidney transplant, once becomes available, but I should not accept it because dialysis is fine and a transplant is the easy way out?????
Many in our society see obesity as a sign of laziness, not a of medical condition. So, I don't "deserve" to get well? I don't deserve to get my blood pressure under control? Or my blood sugar. I don't deserve to avoid losing limbs to diabetes?
Easy way out? I have to eat carefully for the rest of my life. For the rest of my life, I will have an implanted medical device inside me that I need to be concerned about. Having yearly tests to be sure all is well. So, by having abdominal surgery, wrapping a ring around my upper stomach that will forever change my relationship with food. It has also changed my relationship with my husband, and will some friends.
I have taken the easy way out. Easy way out from what? Endless diet attempts that all end up in the same place? With me heavier that I was before it began? My joints hurting worse as I put more pressure on them. Taking meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and a couple years from diabetes.
I say, it might not have been the right choice for you, but after all my research, it was for me. Thank you for your concern.
(crawling off my soap box now)

I just dont see any reason not to tell them you had the surgery?
The surgery saved my life!!! I was pushing 600, just my opinion on it

It's tough, and it's something we all go through.
I still feel fat sometimes, my clothes don't alway feel they fit right. They feel tight and hard to button my pants sometimes.
But then I have to tell myself I'm not wearing XXL's anymore, but I'm struggling with MEDIUMS!!!
Every now and then I will put on a old shirt, one that I forgot to throw out, and it looks like a TENT!
You will get over it with time. KEEP LOOKING IN THE MIRROR! Eventually you will realize that different person you see is you!