For those who have had bariatric surgery: If you could give just one piece of advice to help someone to lose the most weight after bariatric surgery, what would it be?

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Totally agree!

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8 hours ago, AK37 said:

For those who have had bariatric surgery: If you could give just one piece of advice to help someone to lose the most weight after bariatric surgery, what would it be?

Change.

That's it. Just, Change.

Get comfortable with that word, because it's the most important thing required to make WLS work.

You. Must. Change.

Don't compare your weight loss to others. Everyone is different.



Sleeved on April 25, 2018
HW: 258
SW: 238
CW: 218
GW: 165

Don’t give into temptation.

Stop worrying about "losing the most" and invest in healthy habits you can live with, self-love, sane consistent new ways of dealing with nutrition and fitness, and realistic expectations.

So often I see people trying to punish themselves thin and it's crazy. You can't starve yourself forever. You can't deny yourself everything forever. You can't exercise like a maniac forever. At some point, the punishment has to stop and you need to deal with making peace with diet and exercise....and stop the war.

My biggest piece of advice? Be PATIENT. You didn't become morbidly obese in a few months. It's going to take years to undo those bad habits. Just keep working and don't give up.

Edited June 29, 20188 yr by Creekimp13

I'm going to approach this slightly different & give myself advice I wish I had: Don't start drinking alcohol again.

Patience is a virtue.

Stalls are inevitable

Stick to the program.

Learn to love yourself again.

Very True. Ash Ash1 Very True!

Become a creature of habit.

I think this is by far the most important and key thing. Eat consistently, workout consistently, develop a routine and do the same thing the same way all the time.

Yes, yes you have an excellent point. Structure and routine will keep us on the straight path. I don't always like a lot of structure, but I think I can have structure in that aspect of my life and free-wheel it in other areas of my life -- between the structure, so to speak. Which plops my free-wheeling into a routine as well! Being a creature of habit seems to have worked well for you -- you are below your goal weight!