Well I don't have kids and my husband is out of town so I spend alot of time at the gym and I watch everything I eat. My family gets bad at NE because I refuse to eat any bread they say that I make them feel bad because I won't give in. But its more because I want to get the weight off and I want to stay away from everything that I loved for as long as possible. I meet this nurse who has the same surgery as me she was so very nice and she told me use the sleeve as a tool don't rely on the surgery alone for weight loss and that's what I have done. I've really worked hard for those results and I am starting to feel so much better about myself. I can't wait to see what I will look like a year from now.