Great post, Lara. I'm sure that when many people first have bariatric surgery, their primary hope is to just Get The Weight Off, and they absolutely plan to change their lifestyle. Like so many things though, over time the motivation is lost and the old habits find their way back.
I have a friend who had gastric bypass surgery about 4 years ago now. She lost more than 100 pounds after her surgery -- perhaps it's closer to 130, actually. And she is still at her goal weight. But the reason is that she works out religiously -- that girl is at the gym several times a week -- and she tries to limit any "bad" eating to a couple of bites here and a couple of bites there. She indulges, but in small amounts.
She's had the discipline to stick with it, and it shows. But it has taken a huge amount of continual work for her to stay at her goal weight, and yet she still gets people who tell her she took "the easy way out."
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Great post, Lara. I'm sure that when many people first have bariatric surgery, their primary hope is to just Get The Weight Off, and they absolutely plan to change their lifestyle. Like so many things though, over time the motivation is lost and the old habits find their way back.
I have a friend who had gastric bypass surgery about 4 years ago now. She lost more than 100 pounds after her surgery -- perhaps it's closer to 130, actually. And she is still at her goal weight. But the reason is that she works out religiously -- that girl is at the gym several times a week -- and she tries to limit any "bad" eating to a couple of bites here and a couple of bites there. She indulges, but in small amounts.
She's had the discipline to stick with it, and it shows. But it has taken a huge amount of continual work for her to stay at her goal weight, and yet she still gets people who tell her she took "the easy way out."
March 20, 2009 - 9:03amThis Comment
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