No, Gastic Bypass isnt the easy way out!!

Ok, so I have lost over 160 pds in the last three years.  But in the last six months I have gained nearly 20 pds back and I am so frustrated.  Why is it so easy to put on and so damn hard to keep it off.  And those 20 pds make my jean size go up almost 3 sizes, why?  Oh well, I am going to hit the gym harder and the pavment faster I suppose.  It is so hard though when you have 3 children and a crazy full time job where you have to switch days to nights and then nights to days.  My system can hardly keep up let alone my metabilism.  But come hell or high water, I am going to take those additional 20 pounds I have gained plus another 25 or so and be done.  I think that I gain ten pounds just by driving by McDonalds.  But here is to a new year, and to a new me, and I hope that everyone has a safe and happy new year. 

I am so sick of hearing how having the Gastric Bypass Surgery is the easy way out.  At nearly 400 pds and 32 years old, I didn’t forsee any other way out.  My father just passed away from a massive heart attack and my mother had both of breast removed two days after his funeral due to breast cancer.  What were my chances of living to see my children grow up?  I had to do something, and it had to been done NOW, or there would be no tomorrow.   For those of you how do not know about the weight loss surgery, the gastric bypass literly disects your insides and then they are completly rearranged.  The pain is pretty intense at first.  You can never again eat like you once did, which is a good thing because your stomache has went from the size of a football to the size of a egg.  But if your brain doesn’t tell your stomache that it is full, you will spend the next 30 minutes in the restroom having it come out at both ends. 

I constantly have to have blood work done and I constantly have to watch what I eat, I can no longer drink carbonated drinks or consume alot of sugar.  It is a small price to pay though on this road to becoming healthier not only for myself but for my children.  In the last three years I have lost over 170 pounds and its a struggle everyday not to put it back on.  But by all means, this has not been an easy road.