Surprise, Surprise

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Much Love to Everyone. I am a sore girl tonight, worked out with

trainer who is helping me to correct body

imbalances...i.e.=strengthen upper back, chest, arms, etc. I

actually did pushups and squats with the aid of a stability

ball...Miracle of Miracles!! He looked at my dreaded food diary,

and was pleased with my progress. He is a good coach, not a shamer.

Who needs them, those shamers?

Well, trainer guy surprised the hell out of me by telling me about a

friend of his who had WLS (RNY of course...I had to educate him

about GRDS) and a panniculectomy or whatever the medicalese is for

that ectomy - LOL. He said the guy is working out all the time now

after a 150 + lb loss...Initally when his boss was telling me about

the " RIGHT WAY " to lose weight (OH PLEASE, I thought, SPARE ME!!!)

my trainer kind of nodded his head, but today, he sort of came out

of the closet, so to speak, in support of my decision to have WLS.

(He has a girlfriend, so coming out of the closet may be the wrong

way to phrase that....)

I can relate to the food addict stuff....I too attended OA in

several different phases of my life with varying degrees of success.

I am hopeful that this DS will also be my answer to prayer. Its a

gamble with the possible complications, but then again, so is living

in general if you ask me, especially with MO.

Someone from Dr. K's office called me today to get my PCP's number,

I'm grateful I don't have to go through all the hassle of talking my

PCP into the idea of WLS for me. That might take years to convince

her...she looked at me in horror when I explained the procedure, but

oh well. It's not her decision.

Well, good people have a good night and sweet dreams everyone.

(((hugs)))

Joy