☠carolinagirl☠

heck no i am looking forward to the holidays i am gonna eat some of this and some of that and drink me some wine...and enjoy being w/my hubby 3500 calories is a pound ate or drank whether its Christmas or July 4th if we eat more calories than we burn off, we will gain..holiday or not.. so if we over do it calorie wise, get right back on it one heavy meal wont make us gain 20 pounds.... enjoy it....i know i am

i suggest to the my fellow bandies and anyone with WLS to eat a bit of everything...eat slow and enjoy and DONT stress over it we are not on a DIET we are merely eating and we need to eat to LIVE that does not mean we have to clean out the mashed potato bowl and if you go overboard a bit, its OK...the world will continue to spin...GUARANTEE IT one (over indulgence) will not make you gain a zillion pounds one (meal of lettuce) will not make you at goal tomorrow its day in and day out eating 3500 calories ate/drank is a pound so this thanksgiving or christmas EAT let your WLS and your common sense say when (stop signals)

the only thing i would add is that YES YOU CAN.......if you TRULY want too the WLS is merely a (helper).....the tool that brings one success if the one we already have ourselves

mind over matter is how i see this just because its there does not mean we have to eat the whole bowl have a couple, enjoy and move on..(3500 calories is a pound/ate or drank) we are stronger than we know or give ourselves credit for we are not dieting, we are living..

alex i cleaned my plate because i wanted too and went back for 3rds, 4ths until it was all gone..GLUTTON that is the truth...now my WLS wont allow me to do that so now since i cant do that (clean a plate eat a lot (which is what i did) you dont get up to a BMI of 62 by eating a small side salad btw i make sure i eat good things for me (lean Proteins, veggies/fruit)...i do not deprive but let my WLS of choice say when i am done...(*it tells you if you listen*) great post my friend

BOOM I strongly believe that all procedures are safe and effective and that the choice of weight loss procedure is between the patient and their surgeon. well said alex

OMG jim i am sooooo OMG in awe you were one of the first people who friended me on this site and you are still my hero..

whatever one WLS one gets (or removes to get another) or whatever, lets just wish them luck..going back and forth with webpages and statistics solves nothing and its kinda pointless to be honest...we all got opinions.. i like UNC and catfish likes UK, who cares?? so whoever reads my words, whatever WLS you have or about to get, congrats and for best results, do as your doctor advises..and get well that is what it is all about anyhow..

well all i will say is what i thought when i read alex's post. any WLS can work and any WLS cannot work sometimes it could be due to a patients incompliance or it could be an issue with the surgery or maybe a little of both... BUT for any WLS to work, (with or w/o WLS), we must eat less calories than we can burn off (and this is the truth and its reality to face and deal with head ON and accept. at one time the lap band was the bomb...then along comes a new gadget and all the naysayers jump on board and it will happen with the sleeve too (as it is now happening with the other WLS that are not as (popular)..esp if new and improved WLS are created..

let me add one to this wonderful list HAVE FUN

alex, another GREAT post thanks for this CG

boston strong because my eye candy lives there love ya GF

I am glad you are OK I love this blog post GF it needs to be on the main forum to REMIND people

I do not fear (diet) as I have learned from being a former professional (dieter) now retired btw, that dieting does not work...the only thing I fear now is losing my ability to walk...that was a major reason I sought WLS because I let my self get so big..that I could hardly walk...that is my fear.......and that fear keeps me from backsliding or falling into the ( what am I doing wrong, I cant eat this BS and I am in a stall nonsense).....keep doing what is needed to be done.....eat, exercise and LIVE....... when you cant walk.......or clean yourself.....that to me is fear sorry, didn't mean to ramble....but this article touched me..thank you for posting...

liked your post a lot.. i have found (in meeting people) some are eating low fat or fat free things or even sugar free and just eating to their hearts content.....all the while the 3500 calories is a pound ate or drank remains a fact to gain (or lose weight)...i see it as some foods are just better choices than others..and we CAN make those choices.....and by doing that, it is not depriving or doing without...its common sense since i can only now eat just so much i now eat GREAT.....and that is the pricer cuts of lean Protein and you know what, i deserve it......as we all do.. eating to live......not living to eat