Gastric Bypass

Kate Dicey wrote:

The thing I have found with celebration meals like this is that while I
*can* have what everyone else is pigging on, I don't often *want* all of
it! Where others gobble down a handful of mince pies and a slab of
cake, I'll have either a small slice of cake OR a mince pie. With it I
might have a small dollop of half fat creme fraiche rather than a great
big dollop of double cream.

I find I'm eating smaller portions of the treat foods, and wanting less
of them. This is the joy of WW: you CAN do it, but slowly it teaches
you to do it sensibly, and with control not gluttony.

Yes - I feel the same way. In order not to feel "deprived", though,
sometimes it's ok to give yourself the permission to be a glutton for
one day. I guess that was the point I was trying to get accross to
the OP - that you *don't* have to deprive yourself while on WW, and in
fact, it's better if you don't.

-L.

"-L." wrote:

Yes - I feel the same way. In order not to feel "deprived",
though, sometimes it's ok to give yourself the permission to be a
glutton for one day. I guess that was the point I was trying
to get accross to the OP - that you *don't* have to deprive
yourself while on WW, and in fact, it's better if you don't.

I find that I no longer enjoy large quantities of most (not all) treats
the way I used to. After a few bites, the rest often doesn't taste as
good. So why fill myself (and rack up the points) with something that
I'm not really enjoying? I have become much more discerning about
taste. For example, I used to eat all kinds of chocolate. Now I'll
only eat the best tasting. An extra bonus is that with the best
tasting food, I need less to feel satisfied.

Guy

"Guy Scharf" wrote in message
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"-L." wrote:

Yes - I feel the same way. In order not to feel "deprived",
though, sometimes it's ok to give yourself the permission to be a
glutton for one day. I guess that was the point I was trying
to get accross to the OP - that you *don't* have to deprive
yourself while on WW, and in fact, it's better if you don't.

I find that I no longer enjoy large quantities of most (not all) treats
the way I used to. After a few bites, the rest often doesn't taste as
good. So why fill myself (and rack up the points) with something that
I'm not really enjoying? I have become much more discerning about
taste. For example, I used to eat all kinds of chocolate. Now I'll
only eat the best tasting. An extra bonus is that with the best
tasting food, I need less to feel satisfied.

Guy

That seems to be the trend around here. Some people do tend to develop
intuitive eating patterns. I go for quality, not quantity (unless it's my
spicy grilled shrimp - then quantity is a good thing LOL). My birthday was
this week and a "friend" brought over a cream cheese brownie from a local
bakery. I used to really like those things but one bite and I didn't want
it. In the past I would have eaten it anyway because I wasn't eating for
hunger or even actual pleasure.

When you aren't depriving yourself of things you crave you learn how to
handle them in most cases. There are some exceptions of course. Sometimes a
food can be a physiological trigger. Mental triggers can be dealt with over
time. BTW, seriously restrictive diets can lead to or exacerbate eating
disorders.
--
the volleyballchick

I lost 70 lbs, kept it off for 3 years now!
Will~ on vacation

"Debbie" wrote in message
news:9_zAg.8795$zV6.6134@trnddc03...
Good idea. GP has not turned out to be the magic bullet everyone had
hoped and patients who did not make the necessary mental, lifestyle, and
attitude changes are gaining weight just as easily as before the surgery.

BTW, I believe you wouldn't qualify for the surgery because you need to
have a BMI of 40, or so I thought. I could be wrong, it's happened
before

Can I ask what you started at and how much you weigh now?

I'm not the person you were replying to but I'm 5'5" and my highest
recorded weight was 317. I lost more than half that and have kept off
most of the weight for 3 years now. I use WW to keep from gaining it all
back as I've done in the past on other diets. With the flex points and
the ability to earn AP's I don't find the plan all that difficult to
follow. I can admit I'm not always faithful to the journaling but I
don't stray too far or too long.
--
the volleyballchick

You can have a BMI of 35-50 with co-morbities, i.e. High Blood Pressure,
sleep apnea and it helps if you have a documented five year history of
keeping it off. I was all high on it when I called and talked to a lady
about it and she said they do ppl my size all the time. But then when I
went to the websites I found ppl that were struggling to not gain 20-30
pds back after 4 or 5 years (which they still lost signifant amounts). I
don't know anybody personally that has had it done though, so I don't
know.

You've kept off 150 for 3 years? Aren't you hungry all the time? Is
there a lot of ppl in here who have lost like 75 pds and kept if off for
years and years?

thx volleyball chick

Awesome Lesanne!
Will~

"lesanne" wrote in message ...
I have lost 200 and kept it off for nearly three years.

--
Leslie Arnim

"Debbie" wrote in message news:9_zAg.8795$zV6.6134@trnddc03...
Good idea. GP has not turned out to be the magic bullet everyone had hoped
and patients who did not make the necessary mental, lifestyle, and
attitude changes are gaining weight just as easily as before the surgery.

BTW, I believe you wouldn't qualify for the surgery because you need to
have a BMI of 40, or so I thought. I could be wrong, it's happened before


Can I ask what you started at and how much you weigh now?

I'm not the person you were replying to but I'm 5'5" and my highest
recorded weight was 317. I lost more than half that and have kept off
most of the weight for 3 years now. I use WW to keep from gaining it all
back as I've done in the past on other diets. With the flex points and
the ability to earn AP's I don't find the plan all that difficult to
follow. I can admit I'm not always faithful to the journaling but I don't
stray too far or too long.
--
the volleyballchick

You can have a BMI of 35-50 with co-morbities, i.e. High Blood Pressure,
sleep apnea and it helps if you have a documented five year history of
keeping it off. I was all high on it when I called and talked to a lady
about it and she said they do ppl my size all the time. But then when I went
to the websites I found ppl that were struggling to not gain 20-30 pds back
after 4 or 5 years (which they still lost signifant amounts). I don't know
anybody personally that has had it done though, so I don't know.

You've kept off 150 for 3 years? Aren't you hungry all the time? Is there
a lot of ppl in here who have lost like 75 pds and kept if off for years and
years?

thx volleyball chick

"Willow Herself" I lost 70 lbs, kept it off for 3 years now!
Will~ on vacation



WTG Will!!!!!

Debbie

like with the brownie I ate recently DH cut it into quarters and I froze 3
of them, that was at the first of the month, there are still 2 portions in
there, Lee
Guy Scharf wrote in message
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"-L." wrote:

Yes - I feel the same way. In order not to feel "deprived",
though, sometimes it's ok to give yourself the permission to be a
glutton for one day. I guess that was the point I was trying
to get accross to the OP - that you *don't* have to deprive
yourself while on WW, and in fact, it's better if you don't.

I find that I no longer enjoy large quantities of most (not all) treats
the way I used to. After a few bites, the rest often doesn't taste as
good. So why fill myself (and rack up the points) with something that
I'm not really enjoying? I have become much more discerning about
taste. For example, I used to eat all kinds of chocolate. Now I'll
only eat the best tasting. An extra bonus is that with the best
tasting food, I need less to feel satisfied.

Guy