After 2 years! Finally found my word.

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

I've landed on "process".

[4me4them 381]

I think for me the word is challenge...that is what motivates me...I'd like to say adventure because that sounds so positive...but in reality I think of it as a challenge I'm working through....maybe so I can get to the adventure? I find myself getting more and more melancholy as my date approaches...maybe it is because I know that in 2 more days I have to start the 2 week liquid diet...anyway...challenge sums it up for me!

[Miaoreo 134]

This... is my LIFE. I had a procedure, I go on journeys, I have adventures. But this is my LIFE!

[MsDeeT 4]

????journey .. I like that!! I am 2years and one month post op and it is just that!!

[Miss Mac 6,261]

Until I get to goal this is a journey for me. Maybe when I get there I can start having some adventures that are a little more fun than this.

[AngryViking 217]

Struggle. The struggle is real, people! LOL

Seriously though, this is "my ride". And I'm enjoying it.

[enjoyinglife 313]

Adventure. I was handed a blank map the day of surgery.

[finediva 979]

Well, get ready to cringe my dear. Journey it is for this diva.

[Julie norton 2,850]

Journey is ok. Path is good. Choice though is what I use. We all have choices we make every single day. They can't all be good choices can they? But .. Oh.. 95% of the time I'm in control enough to make good choices for.... food...........Exercise ...words I sometimes don't think through enough. But that's 5 % I'm trying dammit. Oops

[joatsaint 2,814]

I'm definitely with you on that one. It truly was an "ordeal" those 1st 10 days post-op! I can definitely say it was some of the worst pain I've ever gone through, but I'd do it agian in a second to get where I am today. :-)

I am on my 5th day out - today the word is "ordeal", LOL!

[joatsaint 2,814]

It truly was a challenge. But I have to say that the pre-op diet was so much harder than anything I have gone through post-op. Hunger and cravings disappeared from the 1st day post-op. The pre-op diet was a constant battle with my food cravings. Even though I knew I wasn't physically hungry, my brain kept telling me I needed to eat. Hang in there, words can't describe how much better life is post-op. It was worth every minute of stress, excitement, pain and hassle.

I think for me the word is challenge...that is what motivates me...I'd like to say adventure because that sounds so positive...but in reality I think of it as a challenge I'm working through....maybe so I can get to the adventure? I find myself getting more and more melancholy as my date approaches...maybe it is because I know that in 2 more days I have to start the 2 week liquid diet...anyway...challenge sums it up for me!

[DizzyLib 45]

I have two... "Life Change" and I don't ever want to go back!

[B-52 7,113]

Never cared for the word journey either....i don't have a word for it....

I had surgery to correct something that was not right, then after which I began to live a new life, learning my new relationship with food and eating....

I would not call any type of surgery a journey, but a means to "Fix" something, make it right, back to normal.

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,721]

I cringe everytime I hear someone use the word "journey" when describing any life realted event - not just for WLS. I've never felt comfortable using the word... so I'm not knocking anyone that likes to use the word. But I finally found my word - adventure. What's your favorite word to describe your "adventure" in WLS?

*LIFE*

having my WLS of choice gave me my life back

i am not being dramatic...i could not put my socks on

i had trouble wiping my ass and i could hardly walk

i was losing my life day by day..my surgery saved me

and when i saw it was (working) that spurred me on to

help it...LIFE...what a great thing.

[Jacqbult 112]

Taking Charge. That is what I am saying. I am going to have this surgery, no matter how terrified, to take charge of my life again. I will overcome my fear of food change and TAKE CHARGE to become the person I want to see in the Mirror. With this new tummy, I am empowered to TAKE CHARGE of my future and stop letting food and failed diets take charge of me.