Did you enjoy your weight loss journey?

[Disabledaccount 154]

Right now, I'm so focused on my end goal thatI feel like I'm missing out on savoring the weight loss journey. I want to race to the finish, Like I just want to get to the end of the year so I'd have lost a bunch of weight. I'm obsessed with weighing myself and feel like hiding away until I'm slimmer. I don't think this is healthy and I need to make peace with how I currently look and get on with life and try to enjoy the present. Did anyone struggle with this?

[kyleebean 209]

I read your question and kinda wanted to laugh and say "hell, no." BUT I am new into my journey. I'm only 9 weeks out from revision from lapband to sleeve. With the lapband I lost 100 pounds and then gained it back when I started having serious problems with it. The sleeve has been what I hoped it would be. That said, I too, wish my weight loss would hurry up and i'd be at or close to my goal. I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head when you we need to try to live in the present.

I guess my take on it is that I cannot wait 6 months or a year to enjoy myself and my family; I need to do that now while still losing weight. But man, I wish I could blink and the 100 pounds I need to lose would just be gone...If it were that easy, I wouldn't have needed surgery!

[Amanda Nicole Hosaflook 65]

Right now I wish I didn't have the surgery. I'm 3 weeks post op and only have lost 10 pounds. I miss Taco Bell and eating out with my family. Depression is settling in...

[Beach Lover 1,084]

Overall I would say YES I have enjoyed my weight loss journey. It has had it's highs and lows especially in the beginning with the head hunger!! Once the healing was well under way and my life was coming back together and noticeable weight started coming off the shopping began! Now I am 87 pounds lighter at 7 months and have gone from a 22/24 to a 14 and a from a 2X to a large top. I am finding a new person in myself and look forward to the day my BMI is normal which isn't to far away! I have learned to eat a whole new way and recognize the things in my life that triggered eating. Life is good!!

[JeanZ_RN 378]

I was impatient at first but after hearing the following several times, I got to a place of more patience with the process.

(1) the weight didn't get there overnight and it's not going to disappear overnight;

(2) slow weight loss (2-3 lbs a week) is safer and healthier

(3) slow weight loss will minimize saggy skin

It probably helps that I'm 60 years old, 'cause if there's one thing that life has impressed upon me (beaten into me) it is that there's no point getting antsy about something that you can't really affect. It's gonna get here when it gets here, no matter if I agitate about it or not. The only difference is that if I fuss and fume, it's going to SEEM like it's taking LONGER.

So now I go about my business and relegate the weight loss to a secondary position in my life. I do still talk about it a lot with my close friends, and I get excited about the milestones (like BMI under 30 a few days ago), but I'm able to work and enjoy life day by day too.

There's a wise saying that I don't remember exactly, but it's something about we can't always control what happens to us, but we CAN control how we react to it. Best wishes!

[Teachamy 1,042]

I am going to start trying to savor this more. I am not impatient, I would just call myself EAGER. Eager to see many of my health issues disappear, eager to feel better, and eager, of course, to look fabulous!

[marfar7 1,528]

Right now I wish I didn't have the surgery. I'm 3 weeks post op and only have lost 10 pounds. I miss Taco Bell and eating out with my family. Depression is settling in...

I felt the same way right after my revision. It'll get better when u can actually eat real food/restaurants again - I promise. Hang in there...

[Bob624 14]

I miss most things about food but remember where I was. I've felt depressed, anxious, hungry and have had much self doubt. But every day I fell better about my decision. It's a journey tough to make alone seek out help if you need to.

[reading mom 85]

While I do try to focus on the positive aspects it had definitely been a rollercoaster of ups and downs, The mental and emotional part of the journey is harder for me than the physical part. We just have to keep trying!

[bobheist 85]

I've really enjoyed the journey (I'm 13 months out from surgery)...but now I've started to get really scared/anxious. My appetite has returned and I'm very, very worried about how easy regain could be.

[frankenbelly51 2]

I really did enjoy my journey and I am only 3 weeks post-op. It was a wonderful experience. I was surrounded by great people and I found it very interesting. I feel blessed that I had the opportunity to improve many aspects of my life. I am not experiencing any depression, thank goodness. I think the best is yet to come.