I know you are seeking advice. A lot of people may eat the way they were eating prior to surgery or going for a last meal as if it were Thanksgiving with all the fixings and eating two portions. My advice from one who had surgery five years ago and have witnessed through Youtube, Facebook, hospital support and personal friends is that we are doing this surgery for our health.
We have known all along how to lose weight. It is a matter now of getting our mind ready for the task at hand. If your surgery could work on your mind as well as your stomach and in my case intestines, it would solve a lot of problems.
Please note that I wish you well. It is not in jest that I answered your post. I truly want to see you succeed.
I wish you many blessings as you go forward. Peace in your decision.
I saw a photo of myself that I had asked a friend to take to document me as I was reading to preschoolers in Dominica. I was wearing a 4X National brand house dress because of the extreme heat my extreme size and the need to be comfortable in the humidity as well. I had to wear shorts under because my thighs rubbed together if I did not.
At the time, women were expected to wear dresses. We were there for 9 days. I saw the photo and immediately decided to stop eating so much. I saw that the woman in whom house that we stayed had cooked an extra chicken leg for me. I left it in the plate. I lost 12 pounds that trip. Lots of volcanic hilly roads were walked to get us around certainly helped as well as cutting down my portions.
I go back there now not overheated because I am wearing too many clothes or wearing those dresses that really are meant to be worn around the house. I lead teens that go on the work team up and down the hills to visit the elderly homebound who live in the most precarious of homes and along the hillsides.
Please take note; I would have still gone again and again. I am just more able. I went on a trip of five weeks with a friend to Europe. I was able to eat. I do not mourn food. I am healthy. In fact, it has been the most healthy period of my lifetime.
BTW, on an earlier trip with this woman, she suggested that I cross a bridge and find a bench to sit on while the rest in the walk went on and met me on the other side. Obese and unable to catch up to them, my friend was trying to do me a favor. In Florence and in Rome, she called out to me to slow down.
I have knee damage and no cartilage in my left knee. I will eventurally need knee replacement. Originally the surgeon predicted that I would need it in 2009. It was 2007 when he said it. Now, he does not discuss surgery.
Thank you for reading this message. I will be praying for you.
Next week, I go to the Obesity Action Coalition's conference in Phoenix. I will listen to many informed professionals as well as hear stories from peoplejust like you and me, pre and post ops.
She replied This was great. Thank you.
I had to private message her as the others were way over the top in response saying that they binged all along going for one than one last meal or getting in foods that they would never ever eat again. Dang, I thought, I do not want to get into a row with those people. Back off, regroup and do not answer in anger it worked. You can see that she appreciated the advice.
That being said, please do not take Internet advice as gospel. Really and truly, you have professionals who can help you. Sure you can seek advice from friends but know that most of us are not nurses, doctors or dietitians. I was a Letter Carrier, a home day care provider, a postal clerk, an inspector at a check printing plant, a Sunday School Superintendent and teacher, mother wife sibling, my advice is valid to a point. My advice to some inquiries is to get yourself to a professional. If it is pain, fever, swelling, red, pus etc do not spend moments in time questioning whoever might be awake at the hour you post.
Just saying, as I write this blog that I can see where social media helps but we are not the only advisors you need.
This being said, how do you respond when a question arises in your Facebook groups? If you see a video are you apt to give advise? What about the people who say that they cannot stomach their vitamins and do not take them?
I was advising this young woman against having a last meal binge. It is another when the long term health consequences are not evident to a young person. Drinking from a straw, drinking caffeine, alcohol, transfer addictions all warrant your input. But make sure you do it with aforethought that many of these people you will only know online. You may not know of their total family situation and what lead to the question.
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