
and interviews with the Bariatric surgeons at the Hospital Almater.
My experience with weight loss surgery has been chronicled here in the past year. I did great in the hospital but after a week or or at home I started having some problems with tolerating foods. I went as slowly as I could introducing different soft foods and then more options into my diet to meet my nutrition and protein needs - I had a difficult time for about 3 months but slowly found the foods and vitamins that worked for me. There was, and in some ways still is, a certain sameness to what I eat each day. I remained as patient as I could and put up with bouts of nausea and gastric distress when I strayed from what my body could handle. Having those outcomes in mind makes it a lot easier to stay on the straight and narrow - believe me!

It may seem like fast = easy. In some ways I guess it has been. When you have a physical barrier to overeating it does make it "easier." Though I've worked hard to do it right: get my vitamins, protein, liquids and exercise - just like all the other times I have "dieted." Except now this is my life and not a diet I can safely stray away from on a whim. To maintain lifelong health - I have to stick with these requirements.
I am proud that I have done so well in this first year and I believe I can safely maintain my new found healthy weight and lifestyle.
I want to thank my good friend Christina for making this possible and all my friends and family who have been cheering me on!