It's hard to believe that one month has flown by. I'm feeling better than I have in years, and I'm so happy I went through with the surgery. Officially, I've lost 25 pounds since the day of surgery. I've been in a stall for the past week and a half, but this morning I woke up and finally lost another pound and a half which got me to 25. For some reason, I set this goal that I would lose 30 pounds in the first month. I didn't reach that goal, but I will take a 25 pound loss. Other victories, I'm exercising every day (aerobic as I'm on lift restriction until 6 weeks out). I just received clearance to begin yoga, so I'm looking forward to stretching it out. I've gone down a full pant size, and two shirt sizes. I can wear my wedding ring again. Most importantly, I'm not letting food control my life. I tell myself with every bite that food is fuel. It doesn't matter what tastes good and tastes bad, only how it affects my body. I'm really pushing this "belief" as I'm definitely a food addict and I want to stay away from those demons.

All in all, this has been a very positive experience. Fortunately, I haven't had any major complications. I'm getting my life back and I encourage anyone on the fence to take the plunge. It is totally worth it!

You sound exactly like I do right now! I'm so glad because I was starting to feel discouraged about the stall. I am exactly one month out from my surgery and have not lost a pound in 5 days. I am walking and even starting to jog a little bit everyday. Doing so much better with my liquids. I am down a shirt size, my really tight pants before surgery are loose. My ring that was made for my middle finger is now back to that finger rather then being tight on my ring finger. And though I do get cravings every now and then (doesn't help when my mother is bringing cake or pizza around me all the time), I realized that in order to achieve weight loss, I need to view food not as a reward, but just as a necessity. Only eat when I need to fuel like you said. Thank you for this post.

I too am a food addict and if feels great to have the control back! I used to live to eat and now I EAT TO LIVE!!!