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In a message dated 10/12/2003 8:55:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,

DisDog@... writes:

I see the value in not being tied into a number and in

relying instead on good eating and exercise habits, and being able to

maintain

my weight " naturally " (does this exist?)

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It is too easy to lie to myself about what I am eating. The only way to know

the truth is with the scale.

Fay Bayuk

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Once the scales told me whether I was good, bad,

happy, sad, worthy of love, or unloveable. Weighing

myself was such an obsession that at weigh-in times

(several dozen times a day) it was difficult to hear

my own children calling my name.

I eventually, with much difficulty, broke the scale

obsession. To maintain my mental health, I do not

weigh myself. My doctors do not weigh me, nobody

weighs me. I've never had a doctor challenge me on

this (this includes my follow-up appointments with my

wls surgeon). The only exception to this rule was

three years ago during the wls process. And then only

for one year. It's been two years since I've weighed

myself. And it has been two years of maintaining a

body that can still wear size 10 jeans (I lost 140

lbs).

My mental health is based on my natural instincts, not

numbers on a scale. I eat what I want to which

includes several protein drinks a day, and I exercize

religiously. I cannot go back to weighing myself

anymore than an alcoholic can go back to drinking. An

addiction is an addiction, no matter the choice of

weapon.

Please remember this is my own personal experience.

I'm sure many will disagree and say weekly, daily, or

even hourly wieght-ins are essential. And, for some

that is fine. For me, its dangerous.

One footnote to this story. Before wls, I had not

weighed myself for 12 years. Would I have still

needed wls if I'd weighed myself all those years.

Yes, I would have. Because knowing the numbers only

made me feel real bad. They never actually helped me

change my behavior. Wls did that.

Gayle

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I see the value in not being tied into a number and in

relying instead on good eating and exercise habits,

and being able to

maintain

my weight " naturally " (does this exist?)