Originally Posted by
Sh5
I share a common situation; first WW lifetime in 1993, regain plus, GS surgery 2013, slow partial weight re-gain after 5 years, back to WW enjoying an weekly weight loss until I reached my goal. I accepted the milestone trinkets, shared my experience of how to succeed but never mentioned my GS.
This last rejoin is almost like being a fly-on-the-wall observer. I see my pre-surgery self in the experiences of these current WW members: the join-skip-drop out-rejoin cycle, buying WW food products in hope that those would be the magic bullet for success, not realizing that those sugar substitutes in shared recipes, commercial "diet" foods, and diet sodas really only make me hungrier, etc.
The current WW program is by far the most honest and effective version of itself. Truly doubt I would be back below goal if not for the surgery AND the new WW program. Folks trying to follow the program without benefit of surgery should not measure their progress compared those who have. While I do hope my program success has not discouraged others, my choice to not discuss my GS continues to be the best for me. Surgery and keeping it to myself were the best physical and mental health decisions I ever made for myself.
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