Hungry at 18 months. CAUTION!

[Guest guest]

Dear Maxine,

My advice to you is to get some INDIVIDUAL help and do it asap.  Group

support is an important part of the recovery process but it is rarely

enough.  Working out a long term plan for successful maintenance is very

individual.  What worked for someone else may not work for you and you have

very little time right now for trial and erroor.  I have a 2 yr. program

running here in Philadephia (www.myselfdesign.com) where the experience you

are describing is exactly what we practice for from the beginning of the

surgical recovery process.   By 18 months most patients have built a solid

base of good habits and have lots of constructive strategies banked to help

with temptation.  You can do this retroactively but it will be rocky for a

while.  Find a well trained therapist who is experienced with eating and

weight disorders and get your own long term plan hammered out now before you

slip further back into your old habits. 

Many people have been where you are and  have regrouped successfully. 

Others have let too much time elapse and have seen all their success

evaporate.  It's up to you.  

Good luck.

Carol

Shrinkin' in Philly

Carol Signore, MAT, MS, LMFT

Open RNY '98 HUP Phila.

Program Director, My Self Design

Aftercare Program for Bariatric Surgery

www.myselfdesign.com

[Guest guest]

Dear Maxine,

My advice to you is to get some INDIVIDUAL help and do it asap.  Group

support is an important part of the recovery process but it is rarely

enough.  Working out a long term plan for successful maintenance is very

individual.  What worked for someone else may not work for you and you have

very little time right now for trial and erroor.  I have a 2 yr. program

running here in Philadephia (www.myselfdesign.com) where the experience you

are describing is exactly what we practice for from the beginning of the

surgical recovery process.   By 18 months most patients have built a solid

base of good habits and have lots of constructive strategies banked to help

with temptation.  You can do this retroactively but it will be rocky for a

while.  Find a well trained therapist who is experienced with eating and

weight disorders and get your own long term plan hammered out now before you

slip further back into your old habits. 

Many people have been where you are and  have regrouped successfully. 

Others have let too much time elapse and have seen all their success

evaporate.  It's up to you.  

Good luck.

Carol

Shrinkin' in Philly

Carol Signore, MAT, MS, LMFT

Open RNY '98 HUP Phila.

Program Director, My Self Design

Aftercare Program for Bariatric Surgery

www.myselfdesign.com