tgun25

A lot of good advice and outlooks here worth listening to. I haven't had my surgery yet, I'm about a month and a half out, but I've been working now to change many of my habits that have gotten me to where I am today. Like the OP, I was addicted to diet soda like crazy. Now, I haven't had diet soda in two months and have no desire to go back to it. Diet soda is just as bad for you as the fully loaded stuff. Aspartame is basically poison, so obese or not, people should steer clear. Remember, when food companies take the sugar out to make it diet, they put something else in that's created in a lab and market it as healthy. The same goes for light and fat free foods - they take the fat out and they dump sugar in and market it as healthy. My NUT has told me many times feel free to eat full fat things. Simple rule of thumb, eat real food. A great documentary on food in our society is Fed Up (it's on Netflix). I've come to complete grips that I must change my relationship with food and what sold me on that was being told by my surgeon that people with BMI's over 40 can expect to lose 10 years off their life. That was it...game changer! I'm only 41 and I'd like to see my grandkids get married, so I'm willing to give up the crap processed high sugar foods. I also love beer, but now? Bye bye. If I'm going to have 85 percent of my stomach removed I'm going to make it worth it. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm a teacher and I've had to take some days off during the school day for appointments, so I just told my boss the truth. I don't have my surgery date set yet but I'm almost positive that it'll be mid-June, so I'm lucky, I won't be working. But with the school days I've missed I figured I should be on the up-&-up with my principal. He was very understanding and was happy for me and the choice I've made. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App