NadiaLinISgoing2beThin

Once you get further out like I am, making better choices is a lot more difficult because all the swelling is gone, and all the bad foods, carbs, junk, candy, all go down super easy, and it's just wasted calories. Like I said, just because our stomachs are smaller, it doesn't mean we can't suck down a 3000 calorie milkshake. Those type of foods, ice cream, cake, cookies, chips, pretzels all slide right on through.

You really do have to battle the food demons with more than a tiny stomach.

You will definitely have to change your lifestyle. If you don't know get a good hold on your eating habits, and why you can't make good choices on your own, counseling may very well help you. The sleeve does make it easier especially in the beginning to make better choices. You really don't have room for anything other than protein foods if you want to follow the rules. If you choose to eat carbs, and junk then you aren't going to lose, and without protein, you could heal slower, lose more hair, and more muscle mass, so it's more than just eating right, it's about feeding your body properly when we have such a tiny stomach.

So basically I will still have to learn how to have will power and self control. For some reason I thought that the surgery would still allow me to eat bad things and lose weight because you're not having so much of it. I probably should do some sort of counseling because you made an excellent point on how they do surgery on our stomach's and not our brains...and my brain is the biggest problem yet.