Food for thought - Long Term

[Guest guest]

Please understand that your first few years of living Post-Op with the gastric

bypass is the time when you hopefully will learn how to work with the new tool

created from the surgery.

The surgical procedure, that each of us have undergone, requires a " LIFELONG "

commitment ot it, for success.

You have to learn to listen to your body and NOT your brain....know what you

want out of life and then focus on it and you will have it.

I can assure you, that even today, going on 24 years now, I listen to my body

and respond accordingly.

It took me over 16 years for my mind's image of myself to fully visualize my

true NEW self...instead of the Pre-Op physical size. Once I was capable mentally

of a true visualization of myself, I then had my excess abdominal skin removed.

Mind you for 15 years, I saw my reflection in the mirror every day, and I wore

clothes off of the rack.

So, if anyone is really serious about considering the Gastric Bypass or any

surgery for losing weight, please consider MOST IMPORTANT, that success only

comes from a LIFETIME commitment, not just from the first several months of

weight loss...that part of Post-Op is " just the beginning " .

I would also again state, that I would do it again in a " New York Minute " !

Warmest Regards,

///Bob

" Open " RNY - Friday, 13th of July, 1979

Dr. Moen (Retired); Moline, Illinois

525/413/200/160lbs

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''Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are

two of the surest stepping stones to success.'' - Dale Carnegie

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Bob Miedema

Obesity Support Website:

http://www.bobmiedema.com

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[Guest guest]

Please understand that your first few years of living Post-Op with the gastric

bypass is the time when you hopefully will learn how to work with the new tool

created from the surgery.

The surgical procedure, that each of us have undergone, requires a " LIFELONG "

commitment ot it, for success.

You have to learn to listen to your body and NOT your brain....know what you

want out of life and then focus on it and you will have it.

I can assure you, that even today, going on 24 years now, I listen to my body

and respond accordingly.

It took me over 16 years for my mind's image of myself to fully visualize my

true NEW self...instead of the Pre-Op physical size. Once I was capable mentally

of a true visualization of myself, I then had my excess abdominal skin removed.

Mind you for 15 years, I saw my reflection in the mirror every day, and I wore

clothes off of the rack.

So, if anyone is really serious about considering the Gastric Bypass or any

surgery for losing weight, please consider MOST IMPORTANT, that success only

comes from a LIFETIME commitment, not just from the first several months of

weight loss...that part of Post-Op is " just the beginning " .

I would also again state, that I would do it again in a " New York Minute " !

Warmest Regards,

///Bob

" Open " RNY - Friday, 13th of July, 1979

Dr. Moen (Retired); Moline, Illinois

525/413/200/160lbs

----------------------------------------------------------------

''Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are

two of the surest stepping stones to success.'' - Dale Carnegie

----------------------------------------------------------------

Bob Miedema

Obesity Support Website:

http://www.bobmiedema.com

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