The 56 Bypass

Your progress with weight loss is awesome and so is your garden! I think you should've became a horticulturist. We've really gotten into gardening this year and it's darn good exercise. Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching.

Back online, able to focus more on this site. I'm 95% sure I want a bypass now. I'm 59 years old and realize I want to get this taken of once and for all ... believe I'll have a better outcome with the bypass. Thanks again, figure out how to set this up! Thank you!!

It sounds like you are doing quite well. I don't even take a glass of liquids to the table when I have a meal. That way I can avoid going on auto pilot and drinking. I still struggle with eating too fast, but I have seen a decrease in it over time. I am happy for you because this is an awesome journey. I am going to share with you what I've shared with others:
If there is anything I've learned from WLS, its that it is not a miracle cure. You'll have your weight loss honeymoon period, but then you will reach a point were work will be required. However, as opposed to before WLS when we worked so hard to lose weight with very little results, if you work hard this time around, you will be aptly rewarded with phenomenal results. It really makes me wonder about certain people's bodies before WLS. Decades ago, I was told by a therapist that I had a very efficient digestive system. Apparently some people's bodies digest more efficiently than others? I am not really sure, but what I do know is I am not the lousy, slothful, weight loser I had always thought I was. I always worked really really hard, just like I am now, and I just could never get it all off and what I did get off always came back with a vengeance. I used to beat myself up emotionally, calling myself the worst "lazy ass" names for not being able to get control of my weight. I am really beginning to believe some people metabolize food quite differently than others and this is why some people are predisposed to weight issues and some are not. I have a set of twin girls (adopted) and one gains weight EXTREMELY easily and the other does not. This was even the case when they were babies and fed the exact same thing. There has really got to be something going on metabolically. Anyway, this WLS is the very special extra boost some of us need and I am very happy that you now can enjoy this tool, too! 🙂 I wasn't never a lousy, lazy, slothful person. This WLS and the results I am now enjoying finally prove that to myself.

Feel better soon!

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I so hear your story so well, Continue to do what your doing.. I comprehend better this way than reading all the time. Thank you for all your readings.

You're doing great. A 72 pound loss and no gain? No gain is THE HARDEST achievement! You'll begin losing again. Can't wait to see more photos! 🙂

What a great visual aid that will be there all the time to remind you of your success and to help you remain focused. Congratulations! 🙂

I sure hope you're telling this to your surgeon. They need to know so they can help you.

Hang in there. Next time you head through the holidays, you'll be able to partake, but hopefully in a very careful, sane way. The days of our food insanity are behind us! We are learning a new, sane way to live, laugh and love!

Great update. I had a bypass, and for about 8 months I couldn’t eat any carbs (even protein bars, unless they had below 5g sugar). My carb cravings have returned with a vengeance and I am ‘fairly strict’ but have just notices (like in the last two weeks) that sweet treats make me sort of mooshy in the head! Thanks for validating that!!

Glad to see you back and congrats on 100#! Major milestone! Very cute kitty tattoo!