Joanne Logan wrote in message ...
My plan still won't cover nutritional counseling, for goodness sake.

aka diet scams.

Look, it was easy, for me at least. Figure out how much food calories
you need to break even.

Eat about 500kcal/day less than that. Add good muscle toning & cardio
exercise if you want to lose faster. You'll start losing 1-2lbs/week.

Continue this until you get where you want to be. Simple.

I know, I know, we're supposed to have all this willpower to do it on out own.

You're going to need just as much willpower even *after* a lapband.

1500kcal/day (or more, depending on your current metabolism) is a LOT
of food to keep your stomach happy. If you can't find stomach
happiness & a livable diet within these limits then you're doing
something wrong.

Mental happiness without all the crap food is another issue
altogether. WLS doesn't necessarily address this -- you're still going
to feel denied, but instead of being a mature adult you're going to
intentionally **** up your physiology to keep you honest with
yourself.

Good luck with that.

Worked for me... no willpower required, just commitment to getting to
my goals. Obviously people are different, and I don't cook for a
family, or have a lot of crap food in the house, so YMMV, but really I
don't think weight loss needs to be the big drama-queen production it
is, at least not for most people.

Heywood

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