Follow up appointment- great advice from surgeon

[dhrguru 1,238]

I'm 11 months out and 114# down. i had an interesting appointment with my surgeon today. He asked what I was doing for activity, and I proudly rattled off my routine. He then asked me what I was doing for relaxation. Blank stare, felt like I was just handed a pop quiz. He stressed the importance of not over doing things and trying to 'conquer the world one pound at a time. ' he cautioned me about push, push, pushing to do more and more; cause life will inevitably throw us a curve ball and we need to be able to balance those curve balls and activity and diet etc. basically the journey can't take over your life, because your life is well, your life. His message was one of sustainability, which I feel I have with how I've handled things. But I did tell him I felt like others often pushed me to do more. He told be don't be persuaded into being the pinnacle of everything. He shard a story of a patient who worked and lost weight, ran a huge marathon and then just stopped.-- then regained.

I thought it was great advice worth sharing...

[jj7481 363]

Interesting. I guess we get so focused on the losing part that we never thing about "relaxing." However, my relaxation comes on the days I'm not at the gym...so. lol

[Cervidae 2,389]

Very good advice! I need to remember this myself. This isn't a sprint, even though everything moves so fast in the beginning. This is a life-long marathon.

[dadsrebel 24]

Thanks DHR! Getting ready to have WLS and I could see myself never thinking I was doing enough. Tks for sharing

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[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I'm 11 months out and 114# down. i had an interesting appointment with my surgeon today. He asked what I was doing for activity, and I proudly rattled off my routine. He then asked me what I was doing for relaxation. Blank stare, felt like I was just handed a pop quiz. He stressed the importance of not over doing things and trying to 'conquer the world one pound at a time. ' he cautioned me about push, push, pushing to do more and more; cause life will inevitably throw us a curve ball and we need to be able to balance those curve balls and activity and diet etc. basically the journey can't take over your life, because your life is well, your life. His message was one of sustainability, which I feel I have with how I've handled things. But I did tell him I felt like others often pushed me to do more. He told be don't be persuaded into being the pinnacle of everything. He shard a story of a patient who worked and lost weight, ran a huge marathon and then just stopped.-- then regained.

I thought it was great advice worth sharing...

Great advice!

I have a worse example. A former boss/colleague of mine was one of those guys who was proud of the fact that he never took any time off of work. He didn't take sick days, or vacation days, or slow down for lunch, etc.

He just passed away at a very young age from something that was probably left untreated for too long.

A great book that I recommend frequently is Dr. Henry Cloud's "One Life Solution". I actually loaned my copy of that book to him and suggested we read it as a department. I am not sure that he ever actually read it.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I just ran across this on fb.

[JThompson72 17]

I just ran across this on fb.

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This totally teared me up.

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[poisongirl6485 9]

Ok that made me get a little weepy.

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