Spiky Bugger
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My DS was ten years and ten months ago. My sister's VSG was, I think, a little over four years ago. My sister is FAR more disciplined than I.
I lost about 124 pounds. I have maintained a loss of 108-116 for most of eleven years. (I have had a short period when I regained enough that my weight loss was only about 92 pounds...but that was when a non-DS-related disease kept me home with nothing to do and I decided that if I was going to die it was going to be while eating Mint Moosetracks ice cream and brownies. But I didn't die and went back to REASONABLE food, like steak and eggs.)
My sister lost about 120 pounds. She has been regaining at a steady rate and has regained maybe 45-50 of those pounds. She "defends" the VSG, saying that her regain is because of her overeating due to stress...and she really HAS had a lot of stress.
I tell her that I have stress, too, and many, many other health issues that often make it tough to stick to a plan. But I call that "life," and when I STOP eating my way through the crisis du jour, all I have to do is suffer through bacon and eggs and ribeye steaks and it magically makes the scale numbers lower. My sister doesn't have that luxury.
I lost about 124 pounds. I have maintained a loss of 108-116 for most of eleven years. (I have had a short period when I regained enough that my weight loss was only about 92 pounds...but that was when a non-DS-related disease kept me home with nothing to do and I decided that if I was going to die it was going to be while eating Mint Moosetracks ice cream and brownies. But I didn't die and went back to REASONABLE food, like steak and eggs.)
My sister lost about 120 pounds. She has been regaining at a steady rate and has regained maybe 45-50 of those pounds. She "defends" the VSG, saying that her regain is because of her overeating due to stress...and she really HAS had a lot of stress.
I tell her that I have stress, too, and many, many other health issues that often make it tough to stick to a plan. But I call that "life," and when I STOP eating my way through the crisis du jour, all I have to do is suffer through bacon and eggs and ribeye steaks and it magically makes the scale numbers lower. My sister doesn't have that luxury.