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- Long-term Regain, labs, habits, and life after the honeymoon.
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Before I made my decision to get WLS I will admit, I was one of the critics. My boyfriends mother had the bypass quite a few years ago and she always tryed to give me diet advice, I used to get SO upset because she "cheated" I guess growing up with very traditional, strict, and thin parents and family members It was taught to me that if you make yourself fat its your fault, and either live with it or diet and excercise and lose weight "the right" way. 6 months ago I came to the conclusion that I didnt care if i had to cheat to get there, I was guna lose this weight and not care what anyone thought about it, I asked myself do i want to be fat the rest of my life and look at those that had WLS and say "o they cheated" or do I just want to lose this weight and say who cares how I got here.. Anyway I never actually thought that hey, WLS patients still have to work their BUTT off to lose that weight. I am now 6 weeks post op and I now realize this is NOT easy. There is absolutely Zero difference between strictly dieting and excercising without the surgery. The only difference is, that when that stall comes we dont have the option to take the "F it" attitude anymore. We still have to work really hard to get this weight off and I guess in the end it will make it that much sweeter for me when it does all come off, I will know that I didnt cheat and that I earned and deserved every lb that I lost.