Some Words of Encouragement...Please.
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, 05-10-2018 at 04:43 AM (3542 Views)
Hey Everyone!
It's been some time since I last logged on here, but I want you to know, it is not because I have chosen my absence. In fact, life (as it usually does) managed to get in the way and prevented me from doing many of the activities that I would normally be involved with. So much so, that I have become stagnant in my weight loss journey.
In recent time, I have often wondered if I have reached my maximum of weight loss (I am staying steady at 244 lbs.) and am incapable of losing any further weight.
It's frustrating because I have struggled all my life with my weight. So to undergo WLS - in particular, the VSG - I had high expectations for what I wanted to see happen. So to not reach my goal of 185 lbs. and continue to linger roughly 60 lbs. away from where I would like to see myself, I find that I am mentally abusing everything that I stand for.
Am I sabotaging myself? Not that I know of. But I feel like I could be doing more to accomplish my goals. The unfortunate situation for me is that it is only my wife and I who have undergone this procedure. Where I live, there is no WLS community to lean on. In fact, many of the doctors have never heard of VSG, so I find myself explaining to them what I have had done. Crazy, right? Welcome to my world.
To say it has been tough since moving here in January is an understatement. In the beginning I found I was resorting back to some of my old "comfort" habits. I have since moved past that mentality, but now I find I am riddled with frustration because I am not seeing the results I would like to see thus far.
I don't know Gastric Sleeve Community. Maybe some words of encouragement would help me to find the right path to take. Something...ANYTHING...has to better than where I currently am mentally. So if you wouldn't mind me asking this of you, would you please send me some encouraging words, emails, posts...something to help push me through. It would be greatly appreciated.