From my first post to my most current I might be sounding like a weak person but I'm not, I just have a lot of big things happening at the same time that are making me feel extra emotional. I just lack the support I need to get through it, I knew this was going to happen though. I tried to prepare myself for dealing on my own but it's all a bit much, I return to therapy this week so I'm hoping that helps me relieve some of my stress.

You don't sound weak, you sound like a person who has had a tremendous amount of stuff happen to you all at once. Here's hoping the therapy helps. And I know someone else said this, but try and find a good support group. Your surgeon's office should be able to help there.

It I could give you one piece of wisdom it would be to purposefully change your attitude about food. I am 3 years out and there are a few foods I have chosen not to reintroduce to my life. I made that choice because they are my trigger foods, I could not control myself with them prior to surgery and I don't want to find out I still can't, so I just don't eat them. I don't feel deprived or mourn these foods because not eating them is my choice. If you can, try and look at your surgery as an empowerment tool. It can give you the power over food to be a pickey eater and to be the one making the choices about what to eat. And it starts now when you are healing and on the liquid part of the program. You can choose every day to follow this new path to weight loss and health because your surgery makes it possible. See what I mean? It's all about choices. The surgery is a tool, use it and you will lose the weight. Choose to keep using it and you will keep the weight off. You can be in control here.

Feel free to message me if you want to talk more. It's not an easy journey we've chosen here, but it is well worth it! You can do this. We all believe in you.

Pat