18 months out and longer
renee,
i had my surgery in april 2003. i lost 120 pounds and am having no problem maintaining, but i absolutely agree with woody 100 percent. i can easily eat the wrong foods and get into bad habits again. i plan everything every day and any snack is a nutritious snack. the other key to this whole thing that never existed for me before, but does now, 7 days a week, is the word called exercise. 4 days a week i walk and 3 days a week i go to the gym. i now feel i live the life of a normal, thin person and to be that normal and thin person i need to exercise and watch what i eat on a daily basis. can i eat the amount that i used to eat before surgery, absolutely not, but i am able to eat. i probably eat the equivalent of a child's size meal. recently i had house guests and what they noticed about my eating was they said i eat extremely healthy. well, any thin person i know that's the way they eat. i did go out a couple weeks ago to a party and have about 3 bites of the desert. before i would had had the whole desert. now it's too rich and if i were to eat more i would get sick. the whole key is to remember they are giving us a tool only. you need to control what you put in your mouth.
melanie
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