Tawny, best of luck to you!

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Tawny:

I just lit a candle for you. You have all my positive thoughts and

prayers for a wonderful outcome to your surgery!

Gemello

> LaWanda, I have had those same feelings. As the days got closer to

achieving

> my goal weight and my lifestyle had shifted to become more of the

norm than a

> diet I too thought why? For me is wasn't so much the eating out

with friends

> as it was the modification of my body.

> I went to a case manager meeting that took my doubt away. I had

heard the

> statistics before, maybe it was just my time to apply them to me.

It's said

> that 5% of people doing traditional diet program have been able to

keep the

> weight off. 95% of people having surgery are successful of keeping

the weight

> off. The statistics were elaborated on a bit more, 95% of people

who stick to

> the program set-up for them are successful. 5% of people are able

to stick to

> their diets are successful. I need to take the better %. It is no

longer an

> option for my overall heath.

>

> I think you are so right to look at all the options available to

you, just

> like to option to have the surgery. It's a huge step. Or to

empower and believe

> in yourself that you can change those habits that landed you where

you are.

> That is a huge accomplishment. Go for it. Surgery just gets more

perfected

> everyday. If you choose that option later, it will just be even

more advanced.

>

>

> I am taking the step tomorrow. I'm excited and scared and sometimes

even

> confused. It feels sooo.... strange to do something this big for

me. 48 hours

> from now, I will be walking down the hallways of the hospital on a

new path with

> a new tummy learning everything new like a baby. I'm excited to

have the

> opportunity. I know the real work for me shift from 1st gear to

overdrive. I

> feel the journey I been on has set a great foundation to be

successful..

>

> Tawny