Fobi pouch

August 11, 2002

I was wondering how many of us out here have stopped losing weight

for good with this procedure? Any comments on that? I really don't

want to think I am stuck here at 240 for the rest of my life. I did

weigh 385. I knwo that I am on a plateau and have been for a while

but it's been my doing. No exercise, not enough water and

snacking.... Is there any encouragement at all

Thanks Amy

August 12, 2002

>>> I was wondering how many of us out here have stopped losing weight for

good with this procedure? Any comments on that? <<<<

*** I don't know about the Fobi specifically but I don't think any of us

" loose " our tool no matter how many years get behind us -- as long as our

surgery is in-tact then we can still use the tool.

My surgery Angel was 10 years out at the time of my surgery (12 years now)

and at 8 years she took on a hefty gain back by grazing, snacking... just

" forgetting " to eat right -- at 35 lbs up she decided to stop, go back to

the basic's, use her " tool " which was still in tact and loose the weight and

she did... it takes longer based on her experience and others who are years

plus post op -- but, based on their experience I believe as long as our

surgeries -- no matter which one we have -- is still in tact then we can use

the tool to control our weight.

I don't believe your are stuck at your current weight if you don't want to

be -- if your doing as you say, no exercise, not enough water and snacking

then you probably are not going to loose any and may possibly begin to see a

gain -- but, if you pick up your tool, begin using it as you learned to use

it to start with -- I believe anyone / all of us / can keep using our tools

to loose the weight and/or maintain the desired weight we want.

After a certain period of time it isn't just going to " happen " that we

loose weight or maintain it -- we have to do the things that are required to

use our tools effectively -- eat right, exercise, get in lots of water and

make sure we are supplementing all the things our bodies need -- and we'll

have to do that for life.

When we get our insides rearranged we make a life long commitment to

ourselves to " change " our whole life habits. Any one of us can out eat our

surgeries no matter how in-tact we are... the commitment we make to our

selves and to our lives is to change all those habits of the past -- to make

a life long change in " how and what " we eat/drink... to learn to Eat to Live

instead of Living to Eat (that was me)

I've maintained my goal for about 14 months now but not a day goes by that

I don't walk into my kitchen (or, my brain walks in there without me!!!!)

and I have to remind myself -- some times out loud and strongly that NOTHING

taste as good as being thin and healthy feels... and I'd be lying if I said

it isn't still a battle -- I don't think I can change 40 years of bad habits

in 2 years... that's just silly to think that can happen.

I'm proximal RnY with what was supposed to start out as a 2oz pouch -- I do

think everything was right with my surgery and haven't had any complications

to speak of about the surgery itself... I am well aware though that I can

eat as much as the next (normal) person if I drink with my meals to push the

food on through... even dense food (meats) can be washed through. I can't

" forget " that I can beat my pouch and put a lot more food in my body than

was intended.

I'm also unfortunate in that I don't dump the normal style of dumping on

most foods so I just have to tell my brain that I do... I look at a donut

and I have to tell my brain that it will make me sick as a dog or worse if I

eat it and there are times when I don't believe me... for those times, I

take the donut... go to my bed room and hold it up against my thigh and

think about how good it is going to look sticking out my thigh there --

maybe I should have two... one for each thigh... IT AIN'T WORTH IT!

>>>I really don't want to think I am stuck here at 240 for the rest of my

life. I did weigh 385. I know that I am on a plateau and have been for a

while but it's been my doing. No exercise, not enough water and snacking....

Is there any encouragement at all<<<

Amy, if you quit doing what your doing and start doing what your supposed

to be doing you can loose what you want to loose and you can maintain it for

life... I strongly believe that because of those who have gone before us and

who are doing it with years of successful maintaining behind them...

You didn't mention your protein shakes -- I'd be lost without them... they

totally curb my carb cravings and more than once a day when I head for the

kitchen for food I come back with a shake -- NOT out of habit yet... some

day, I hope it will be a habit but I still have to " STOP " and think about it

and MAKE A CHOICE -- it's all about choices for me... what do I want more? A

donut and thunder thighs or a protein shake and good health?

I dream of the day that I don't have to make those conscious choices --

that it will be such a habit that I won't even think about other foods / bad

choice foods / I don't know that it will ever happen but I hope it will...

until then, I hope I keep making healthy choices and when I don't that some

one if not myself will kick my butt back into high gear and help me stay on

the path of this journey I chose for my life.

hugz you,

~denise

August 12, 2002