Bariatric Fail? Reset Many, Many Buttons
Hi, my name is Linda. I'm 59yo tomorrow (yay, presents) and had bariatric surgery 10 years ago. I went from 380 to what I am now, a wobbly 200 +/- and want to finish off the last 60 pounds. However, the weight loss wasn't an honest compliance program. Hip pain from what I thought/feared was arthritis from a slip and fall on ice in Alaska, had me bent like a calcified shrimp, literally couldn't straighten up, and could barely last 30 minutes standing or sitting, so most of the 10 years before hip surgery for what turned out to be hip dysplasia, was spent lying on a couch. I also didn't do the vitamin popping, I still waffled on food, a long stretch in poverty with ramen noodle staples didn't help, and I am now bordering on pernicious anemia, osteopenia, and forgetfulness. So, this is a health issue for me. I not only need to finish what I started (bariatric did save my life, as did the double hip (both within 2 days) surgery, but I need to increase my quality of life and redeem the time I have left with my grandchildren, my adult children and my husband and friends. I want to engage in life, serve, participate, be creative not just whine about projects in my head but actually be a doer. I also need to do this as an amends to my daughters. Moms are image models and whatever effect a miserable body image mom had on their formation, one daughter dangerously as obese as I was (and she needs me to do this with her), the other cheery but hostile with toxic sarcastic messages to me, and though she's a great mom, body image messages about herself in front of her own daughter rings danger bells to me. I ask your prayers and directions to which forums would be most helpful for a
Grandma with Buttons and Baggage.
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LINDA ~ you sure have had lots to deal with indeedy; congrats on all that you have achieved and overcome so far. You will find lots of support here ... you could join 50+ club, 100-lbs &/ 300+ group, WL surgery group and so on ... 
