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I confess that I never really quit smoking except for the 2 days I was in the hospital during my surgery. I told the doctor I was a former smoker at my first visit and never smoked before appointments.Somehow I got away with not getting tested? However, I have been smoke free for 7 days now.

I confess that I took a bite of my sons cheeseburger from McDonalds.

I confess that I enjoyed the way my painkillers made me feel after surgery and finished off what I had,long after the pain was gone. Haven't had any for the last few weeks, and not out looking for it.

I confess that even though I have told my husband and sister different, I really really really wish they would get the surgery, I want them to feel as good as I do.

I confess that I don't like this new zombie craze that is in the media lately. Zombies scare the crap out of me and I can't even watch a preview for a zombie movie!!! (way off the subject, I know, but had to say it!!)

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I confess that I have been eating more than I should - but alot less than I would like

I confess that each morning I have one swig of diet pepsi - compared to to 12oz bottles before.

I confess that I drink vodka on the rocks with lemon so I can drink one more drink than if I drank it with club soda

I confess that I have not excersized on bit since my surgery - I joined the YMCA but have not utilized it.

Now I feel better becasue you don't judge me

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1. I have started drinking regular coffee again.

2. I cannot stop weighing myself every chance I get. (I am in my first stall)

3. I have not been exercising as much as I need to.

4. I had a piece of chocolate.< /p>

5. I love being thinner than my sister-in-law.

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I confess...

- I haven't been to the gym in a month.

- I have weighed myself everyday this week (normally only 1-2x a week) because I'm SSSOOO close to the century club!

- I get really irritated with some people's "holier than thou" preachy' date=' opinionated attitudes on this site which makes me not post for fear of judgment and ridicule. Why can't we just all get along???

- I'm really sad about getting rid of all of my clothes. All I see is wasted (because I have A LOT of clothes).

- I've only told a few close friends this... I plan on staying single during this journey so I can see what kind of "ass I can pull" and truly enjoy the attention I get! ;)[/quote']

I hear you about the clothes. I took a small portion to a consignment shop to sell them. I get 50% of the sale.

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1. I have started drinking regular coffee again.

2. I cannot stop weighing myself every chance I get. (I am in my first stall)

3. I have not been exercising as much as I need to.

4. I had a piece of chocolate.< /p>

5. I love being thinner than my sister-in-law.

I admit my confessions 1-3 overlap with you.

1. I drink coffee every day : expresso, latte or Cappuccino.< /p>

2. I weigh just about every day. I take the stalls in stride. I take the + 1 or +2 in stride. I love the end of a stall when the scale drops 2-3 lbs, just had that happen 2 day ago after 6 day stall. Since 7-2, my stalls end up averaging about 5 days and occur at least 2 x a month. Again, I take them in stride.

3. I wanted to start a diligent exercise program a month ago with c25k and weight lifting, elliptical. However, I have been taking my dog on brisk hilly 3 mile walks every day (40-45 min). He loves it and I still am doing pretty good at 115 lb down.

4. I think about eating a nice meal from time to time. It passes pretty quickly.

5. I enjoy being thinner than my twin brother ( first time since grade school and he has also lost some weight during my journey so it is a moving target). It feels good to be an identical twin again and confuse people.

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I confess: I am mainly having surgery because I'm embarrassed about my health. I miss being strong and having endurance. I hate being tired and winded long before I should be. My job is strenuous, I can't keep doing it if I don't get this weight off and my identity is too connected to what I do.

I confess: I have explained to my hubby how much stomach they are taking and how serious of an operation this is. I did warn him that this was going to take away my "pacifier", I will be a mess for awhile.

I confess: It breaks my heart to finally have extra money, thanks to paying off the house, and using it to self paying for weightloss surgery. And scared that despite secondary WLS insurance, something will happen and we will have additional bills from this.

I confess: I only told my co-workers (nurse) because they would ask why I was gone, I would tell half-truths and then I may need to come to my hospital for care and they would now know that I was not only fat but a liar.

I confess: I can't wait to do this! I am spending too much time hiding from life!

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1. I have started drinking regular coffee again.

2. I cannot stop weighing myself every chance I get. (I am in my first stall)

3. I have not been exercising as much as I need to.

4. I had a piece of chocolate.< /p>

5. I love being thinner than my sister-in-law.

I LOVE your # 5... My SIL is even more obese then me, HOWEVER she is one of those people who thinks she is much smaller then what she is. And honestly for the 9 years I have been with my husband she ALWAYS finds something to critize me for... I am really looking forward to the first time she sees me (she lives 2 hours aways from me) after my surgery. Just the thought of the look on her face once I am at goal is motivating enough! LoL

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*When I'm sick I still want a piece of sourdough toast with butter.

*I am eating things now (meat, dairy) that I would never had eaten on a "diet". Feels so decadent.

*Hubby works out 60 mins a day plus walks with me. I don't want to work out that much.

*I want to punch the skinny teenagers that titter at my aquarobics class right in the mouths.

*Deep down I still don't think the sleeve will "work".

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I confess:

- I drink alcohol almost every weekend when I go out, even though my Dr. told me to wait a year. I did however, completely give up beer.

- I started with the caffiene again. Yet this time I am going with tea and one splenda rather than a venti nonfat latte.

- I had dumping syndrome twice and it was my own damn fault.

- I sometimes eat badly, i.e I will sneak a halloween candy or eat one slice of pizza

- My workouts are inconsistent. One week I will go 3-5 times and the next week 0-1

- I just started dating and I can't decide whether I want to disclose about my surgery up front or leave it a mystery

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It's so funny to hear how people weren't exactly truthful in their psych eval. Let me tell you that as a therapist' date=' we know when someone's not being up front with us. The psych eval is a tool to assist in making a determination if there are other complications that might interfear with a person's health, e.g. major depression, or other mental illnesses. :) [/quote']

I was completely honest with my therapist, about the child abuse, the suicide attempts in high school, having breast cancer as a newlywed. Passed the eval with flying colors. She was just impressed that I was a functional human being.

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I confess:

  • I feel the best that I've felt in years.
  • I like shopping for clothes now (and spend too much money doing so!).
  • I sometimes miss the way I use to eat.
  • That I don't always eat the most healthy foods and I'm still maintaining my loss.
  • I don't exercise as much as should.
  • I still drink Coke Zero.
  • That I'm happy with the new me.
  • Sometimes I still think I'm overweight.

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I Confess;

Am afraid of screwing up my sleeve.

I can't wait till a look totally awesome and hot! Lol

I hope i don't become cunsidid and awful!!

I hope to finally live my life!!

Been over weight my whole life it controlled me!

Thanks for listening!

Crystal☺

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I confess that I'm afraid my young kids will see WLS as an easy way out and not to live happy and healthy lives.

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      1. Selina333

        I'm so happy for you! You are about to change your life. I was so glad to get the sleeve done in Dec. I didn't have feelings of regret overall. And I'm down almost 60 lbs. I do feel a little sad at restaurants. I can barely eat half a kid's meal. I get adults meals often because kid ones don't have the same offerings at times. Then I feel obligated to eat on that until it's gone and that can be days. So the restaurant thing isn't great for me. All the rest is fine by me! I love feeling full with very little. I do wish I could drink when eating. And will sip at the end. Just a strong habit to stop. But I'm working on it! You will do fine! Just keep focused on your desire to be different. Not better or worse. But different. I am happy both ways but my low back doesn't like me that heavy. So I listened (also my feet!). LOL! Update us on your journey! I'm not far from you. I'm in Houston. Good luck and I hope it all goes smoothly! Would love to see pics of the town you go to for this. I've never been there. Neat you will be traveling for this! Enjoy the journey. Take it one day at a time. Sometimes a few hours at a time. Follow all recommendations as best you can. 💗

    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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