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Kcuster83

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Hello everyone, I am Kim! I have been reading this website for days, just taking it all in. I finally decided to join, to engage. I decided to have WLS last year (2021) and I have my last class/requirement on Feb. 15th and then hope to get a surgery date! Assuming COVID doesn't ruin it. After talking myself out of WLS for years because I didn't want all the restrictions, I came to realize that maybe the restrictions are exactly what I need to become successful.
 
RecoveringSecretEater said:
Welcome Kcuster83! I talked myself out of it as well over time, but when I realized I could not control my eating habits and kept the gain lose cycle going, I decided real change was needed. I’m pre op myself just waiting to schedule! Good luck to you
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Hello and good luck to you too. I am so anxious to just get my date and get past this stage. After loosing over a 100 lbs on a eveery few year cycle I finally was real with myself. I kept telling myself "you can do this without surgery, you did before" but the fact of the matter is that if I really did "do it before" then I wouldn't be doing it again now! So really, I haven't done it. I have the loosing part down, when I get myself focused but I obviously have never mastered the maintaining part. I hope this is the tool I need to finally get it figured out.
 
Hi, Kim. Welcome to the group. I had also lost 100 lbs previously (twice) and gained it back. Which they explained in my pre-op class your body is designed to do. The surgery resets your hormones, and whatever other medical stuff I don't understand, to give you the opportunity to maintain. When you diet, your mind and body are telling you "I'm starving" all the time. 24/7/365. How long can you really hold out? After surgery, your body relearns natural hunger cues and you can succeed. Good luck to you.
 
missyinacage said:
Hi, Kim. Welcome to the group. I had also lost 100 lbs previously (twice) and gained it back. Which they explained in my pre-op class your body is designed to do. The surgery resets your hormones, and whatever other medical stuff I don't understand, to give you the opportunity to maintain. When you diet, your mind and body are telling you "I'm starving" all the time. 24/7/365. How long can you really hold out? After surgery, your body relearns natural hunger cues and you can succeed. Good luck to you.
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Hello Missy and thank you! I am so motivated and ready to keep the weight off. I have a lot to loose and have high expectations, I just hope not to be let down. I don't need to have it happen fast, just somewhat consistently. I don't even have unrealistic goals. I mean I am 6ft tall, I am never going to weight 150 lbs. It is not even a number for really, rather what I see when I look at myself. And of course, to dodge as many health concerns as I can given my demon genes.
 
dianeseattle said:
It's worth mentioning that surgeons frequently remove a large part of the stomach that produces grehlin, the appetite-stimulating hormone. If this is reduced, you have less obsession to eat.
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From Wikipedia:
Ghrelin cells are found mainly in the stomach and duodenum, but also in the jejunum, lungs, pancreatic islets, gonads, adrenal cortex, placenta, and kidney. It has also been shown that ghrelin is produced locally in the brain.
 
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