This is why basing your life around your diet (instead of your diet around your life) is a very bad idea.

It can go too far. It can cause harm. You can trade one eating disorder for another.

Don't let your diet become your life. You're more than food and fitness.

Trying your best, celebrating every victory, and working hard toward a balanced healthy lifestyle are terrific things.

Becoming fixated on diet, making it your whole identity....not so much.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596455/

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/publications/psychiatry_newsletter/hopkins_brainwise___winter_2015/bariatric_surgery_and_eating_disorders

Turn obsession into compassion.

Turn extremism into balance.

Live and let live.

You'll live longer.

Compassion and balance... you are speaking my love language!!! Thank you for sharing.

Agreed. My team currently has me on a low carb diet as prep for the surgery (they don't do a liquid diet two weeks before, but instead opt for a more spread out way of shrinking the liver). They were also very clear that it is ONLY used for surgery prep as they have seen patients develop orthorexia after surgery. They emphasize ALL food groups need to be included in a post-surgery healthy lifestyle plan.

Edited May 24, 20188 yr by EsoKev