I spent 3 hours talking about the extreme option a gastric bypass is today, then about the post habits, how if you do not change your habits you end up the same way etc. there are a lot of doctors that have a patient do something similar to this story...details, before they will preform surgery on them. Basic premise is that if you cannot do this/control/change habits, you will not be successful for surgery. The weight will come back with a vengeance. I just asked, then why do they not share the "pouch diet" or whatever. After you are sick, or skip meals, your stomach "shrinks"
When you have surgery you compromise the integrity of the stomach and do damage if you do not relearn/change habits. If you can do this, you can lose weight, bottom line.
Anyway, I was very interested. So much willpower is involved in a healthier lifestyle. When I exercise it I lose. When I did great in 8 I lost. When I went dairy/sugar free I lost. Then I resort back to old habits...habits....habits. I was reading/learning and I thought I would share. I am not trying to sound like an infomercial lol. And it would be easier for me now that I am alone, than it would have been when I had a hubby/children to feed and that did not need the lifestyle changes I did. However, no one is hurt by eating healthier, exercising, and taking smaller portions and chewing more...I just do not know if I can have this much strength over it!!!
It is hard to find the strength for these things
ReplyDeleteI was sick when I was at my parents house this year. My stomach has had issues with stress induced situations for several years. However, they have not stopped my lifestyle. In Oregon, they did. I stayed home more often than usual when at my parents. My eating habits changed. I was often not hungry, or so concerned about eating that the result was me not eating and feeling the sickness anyway.
ReplyDeleteMy doctor said it was just nerves that caused an intestinal issue and gave me a pill. He said that I will not need it forever, but it would stop what was happening.
I took the pill and it did indeed stop the issues. However, I was sleeping a lot. I was taking 3 and 4 hour naps. I took mom to the pool and slept in the car, drove her home and without even getting out of the car I fell asleep again. Crazy. I asked him if I could take it once a day instead of twice a day and realized that now I knew what the issue was, I could probably work on it myself.
So, right or wrong, smart or stupid...I quit taking the pill. I made eventually become today. I set my mind in the right direction and kept a positive attitude, ate accordingly, and just paid attention to my body language.
I am not having many issues. I do not eat before leaving for an appointment that would be difficult to leave multiple times in the middle of....but otherwise I am sticking to a fairly normal routine and schedule.
The good news is that I have lost 41 pounds thus far. I am trying to keep it off and to be healthy enough to encourage more loss. Maybe after another 41 it will be seen and not just felt!!! lol