Very interesting thread, and thank you, Ladies!
Happy First Surgiversary!!!!
I agree with you, Sara - a bit bumpty but so worth it, especially when the hair stopped falling out. Your post is a good one for newbies to see because it is the reality in its negatives and total fabulousness, all in one. I'm only 7 months out, but still, I hear ya!
About looking fat to myself, sometimes I look just awful to myself, fat and ugly. Other times I think "not too bac for an old lady!" It truly is a process, a journey, and Beth said it best - it is a matterof time and acceptance.
I made my husband a nice turkey (sliced from the deli, low sodium, low fat) sandwich, with tomato, lettuce and mayo, and some Fritos today. I looked at it, and I thought to myself, I just don't want that. I clearly have been working for 8 months on my food mindset. I don't think of myself as being on a diet, and I'm still in the "losing" phase, BUT clearly RNY has changed how I eat now and in the future, always. It's never going to be like it was -- and I thank G-d for that!
I consider myself a recovering addict - food being the drug of choice in the past. I will never forget who I was, where I am, and how I got to be here, in this place and time.
Again, thank you, Ladies!
