From a stranger...

Still feeling some hesitations about gastric bypass & weight loss in general. So i posted a discussion on OH & I got the following response:

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It's perfectly normal to hesitate. I hesitated & changed my mind about 4 billion times, even up to the point they were wheeling me up to the OR the day of my surgery.

It's sort of a weird thing because we know losing weight will bring us nothing but good and help us to be healthier, so why would we not want to? The best explanation I can come up with (at least for me) is the fear of the unknown. If you are like me, you've been overweight/obese your whole life...that's all I knew. It's scary to think that everything you know will change and you will become a different person quite literally overnight. I can't use my fat to hide anymore, I have to face my fears & challenges head on without the option of binge eating them away. I totally understand hesitation!

Just remember that you CAN do this. Don't make failure an option & u won't fail. Yes its hard and I struggle with something everyday but my surgery & my weight loss were the key that I was missing in my life until now. I was so depressed all the time about my weight and now I feel so free and so healthy. I'm really not super special with any magical secrets, so you and anyone can have this too if we all work hard.

Best of luck to you! I did WW & i really liked it because you can still eat real food, you'll do great.
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THAT'S EXACTLY THE WORDS I NEEDED TO HEAR!!! My brother & C.M. keep telling me that they don't see why it's hesiation because this is the best thing ever. It took a complete stranger to tell me "hey, you know, it's ok to be afraid. But you can do this."...that's all I needed.

...and so the journey begins.