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Great article on overcoming psych issues post-op

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lsereno    2,525

lsereno
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I thought this article had a lot of good points about succeeding long-term:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/bariatric-weight-loss-surgery-doesnt-solve-psychological-issues/2118565

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MichiganChic    3,262

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Thanks for posting. Nice, easy read, and I think right on the money.

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johnlatte    1,232

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Should be required reading for anyone thinking about having the surgery. Good post!

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Butterthebean    8,146

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What a great article. I want to find the author and give her a hug. That was spot on.

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No game    14,437

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Great article! I wish there was a way to put this front and center on this forum!

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johnlatte    1,232

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Great article! I wish there was a way to put this front and center on this forum!

And it was free!!

(inside joke from another thread)......

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No game    14,437

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And it was free!!

(inside joke from another thread)......

Hahaha!!!

Shame on you!!!

By the way "shame on you" should be on the banned word list! I've been told that twice in the last two days :P

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Ms.AntiBand    2,984

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Yep, Mind over matter. There's got to be a new mind set or it's not going to work! Great article!

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Iniysa    157

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Very true article. Thanks for sharing!

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buplee    556

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What a great and true article. It goes with what I have said many times. We need to address the mental in order to successfully handle and deal with the physical.

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norm9293    6

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Great article! I am 7 weeks out. I am excercising 5 days per week and eating correctly and "doing" all the right stuff however still find myself surfing the refridge for something to eat. I am thinking about food a lot, however am not physcially hungry. During our support group a program call "Mindful eating" was presented and I realized the brain also has adopt this new life style, so over the next 9 week I am starting the retraining program.

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Globetrotter    1,340

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I actually didn't care for this article. We get enough bad press as it is, the non-op normals assuming we are just a bunch of lazy people looking for a quick fix - I smell an attitude, perhaps very faint, but still I smell a slight attitude of "if these people would just pull themselves up by their bootstraps they would lose weight". Did she have to focus on the one cliche stereotype? As a person who works very VERY hard at this, and is seeing zero results while living the letter of the VSG law ... well, I'm sure there are irresponsible surgeons and programs out there that do not screen or educate their patients so I suppose this ought to be said but still, *grumble grumble grumble* <_<

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      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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      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

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        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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