One of the steps all WLS candidates take prior to surgery is a visit to the psychiatrist. This is necessary to make sure candidates are in the right frame of mind to undertake a life-changing procedure.
Dave Loomis: Fat Chance
Editor Note: Dave Loomis is the featured Men's blogger for mybiglife.com. Read his monthly articles for a man's take on the weight loss surgery journey.
Stop Fighting It
Last time I wrote about progress in 2010. Two weeks into 2010, how have I done? Quite good, actually. Have I been perfect? Nope. I forgot my snack a couple of times and as a result gave in to the temptation of the Cookie Monster at break time. But all in all not bad. This new determination to meet a goal of "Ideal Weight" prior to the fashion show in May has given me the opportunity to learn and re-learn things about myself.
Progress in 2010
Here it is, the week between Christmas and the New Year. If you survived Christmas without gaining too much you’re almost there. One more “Food” holiday before the year is done, but then what? Yes I know; there are all those resolutions you plan to make! As for me, I never make resolutions. Why make them just to end up breaking them at some point?
My Biggest Revelation
In my last post I wrote about the annoying hunger that I feared the most prior to surgery. It was my biggest pre-surgery fear that turned out to be groundless. OK, so what did I learn that was such a revelation? This ‘revelation' also turned out to be my biggest post-surgery hurdle.
My Biggest Fear
When I first began thinking about WLS, I knew that once I had the surgery there was no going back. I began thinking about the consequences of that decision, trying to imagine how life would change afterward. Of course, all of my doubts and fears surfaced and had to be dealt with. One of those fears, my biggest, was hunger. I knew from past attempts at dieting that there were (for me) times when that annoying deep down hunger would just not go away and as a result the diet would invariably fail. So as the date of surgery approached, I wondered if this would be just another of my diet attempts that ended in failure.
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