A common theme in the various WLS forums again and again is someone posting about being unhappy with their progress… how they know someone who had surgery the same time as them that’s doing better… that they thought the weight could come off easier… etc…
I have two words for those folks… STOP IT!
Ok, I have more than two words… but seriously, I know it’s hard, but stop it. This isn’t a race – there is no finish line, this is the rest of your life!
No two people are the same, at all. You can’t compare how you do to anyone else, period. You need to have faith in your tool, be it RNY, band, sleeve, or whatever. It may not happen as quickly as you would like. It may not happen as fast as it did for anyone else (tho odds are there is someone out there wishing they could lose as much and as fast as YOU just did), but if you do what you are supposed to, bariatric surgery is about as close as you will ever come to a guaranteed way to lose weight – and more importantly, keep it off.
So unless you’re prepping for that 5K this summer, take off the running shoes, kick back, and enjoy the ride!
Nicely played ;-)