When I was looking into surgery – there were so many options and it was hard to learn enough about each one, how it worked and if it was right for me. It is so important to read, talk with others and gather tons of information and then go back and learn more about the weight loss surgery procedures and options out there before making a decision. I will share the process I used with you.

Some of the things my site will review are:

• My life before bariatric surgery
• My life after gastric bypass surgery
• The surgery itself and how it affects me
• Before and after photos through all the weight loss
• My diet before surgery
• My diet after surgery
• ...and much, much more...

Weight loss surgery is not:

• A magic bullet.
• Cheating.
• The easy way out.
• A solution for all.
• Easy...

As you are learning, surgery to lose weight is not for small amounts of weight loss; to be eligible for the surgery (for most insurance companies and even surgical groups) generally, you must be 100 pounds overweight. It is not an easy way to lose weight. It is a last resort treatment for those struggling with obesity who have had no permanent success on reaching a healthy weight through diet, exercise and other methods.

I want to help others learn about bariatric surgery, show them compassion in this process and journey and be an inspiration to those who are faced with a lifetime of debilitating, life-crushing obesity. You can succeed, you can get your life back but you have to know and understand that you have a disease, you need to seek treatment and you must follow the new plan! Remember, a certain portion of those who have the surgery blow it and regain the weight. As depressing as this sounds it was a clarion call to me. It cemented in my mind the cold-hard reality that I must change for life! I had to change. It had to happen.

The Surgery is a TOOL

Lovingly, understandingly,

Sites I found helpful:

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