I won't lie, in my younger years I would get extremely jealous of thinner girls. I think as I got older and felt better about myself this completely disappeared. My jealousy has turned to admiration. I always want to ask the fit gals I work with what their plan is lol. I have such appreciation for the effort you ladies are putting in your weight loss!

I agree with most of what has been said in this post.

4 people in my family have had the surgery.
3 of them have gained almost all of their weight back in just a few years. It came back almost as fast as it came off.
My mother has managed to keep most of it off. She has gained about 20lbs back, which isn't so bad. She's currently at 150 and still looks great! (She had the surgery at about 250) And she was the first of my family to get the surgery.

So, It can work for some people! But it seems that most of the time people just fall back into old habbits because they haven't trained themselves to make the proper changes in the way they eat.

My aunt offered to pay for me to get surgery, and I really thought about it, but I really think this is something that I need to do on my own! I need to learn what works and what doesn't for me!

Besides... there are some things that my mom CAN'T eat anymore because of the surgery, because they make her sick. I still want to have the option to eat certain things if I want to. Imagine if you couldn't eat your favorite food anymore? You'd still want the option!

In the past I don't know if I was jealous, more envious. Like someone mentioned earlier, they were slim and I wasn't because they were doing what was necessary to BE slim and I certainly was not and I knew that. I really KNEW that.

I always wanted to be a person who cared about being slim. I always wanted to be that person who ate well and exercised. I wanted to actually be someone who was particular and choosy and just didn't put any old thing in her mouth. Oh how I wanted to be someone who was willing to put forth the effort needed to be a fit, trim, health minded person. I wanted to be someone who had control around food. I soooo badly wanted to be someone with good eating habits. I wanted to be someone who made their weight, their health a top priority. And then one day I realized, "so BE it". And the best thing about it was, I was able to BE that person waaaaay before I hit goal.

I no longer have to envy or be jealous of any beautiful women. Even the loads of them that are waaaay more beautiful t(taller, thinner, better hair, skin, features, etc.) then me. Because I am now the very best ME that I can be. And that gives me untold amounts of self respect and self confidence. And that self respect is a biggie. When I was so heavy, I always knew I WASN'T doing what was required of me, that I wasn't doing what was necessary, that I was falling short and therefore I had a hard time respecting myself. That all stopped the second I started making the time and effort to properly take care of myself.


And you talk about time, I love the saying:

"A year from now you may have wish you started today."

It's so true. Time passess quickly. Every single week, that little 7 day period is a time where we could make so much progress - or we could cause so much damage. Or we could remain stagnant.

I love the saying, but I think it should be shortened to:

"A week from now you may have wish you started today"

That year thing is too far down the road and many people push things off. "I'll get to it later." No, get to it NOW. Why wait? There's lots of progress that can take place this very week. This very DAY.

"A year from now you may have wish you started today."

SO TRUE!
I am expecting to lose about 2 lbs to week on my current diet and exercise plan, and I figured that if I really stuck with it, I could meet my goal in just a little over a year.

The sad thing is, I keep thinking that if I would have cracked down a couple of years ago, I'd already BE at my goal weight.

I love that quote, thank you for posting it! I will need to remember that when I need some extra motivation :)

I had a coworker that was about 50 pounds heavier than I was. She had WLS and she's tiny now! I wasn't jealous but I felt like I wasn't doing enough to lose weight and I would push myself a lot harder. Sometimes too hard.

what i've been surprised by though is how low of a weight some people are that end up getting gastric bypass?

Just never give up, you are down 40lbs..keep up the good work and you'll get there

Huntress, you lost 40 lbs?

I so envy you!








See, it's a matter of perspective. :)

Originally Posted by Aunt Clara:
Huntress, you lost 40 lbs?

I so envy you!








See, it's a matter of perspective. :)

THIS!
I'm halfway to 40lbs...would love to be there now ;)