BE Founder ~~ Have a great weekend? Its Monday... and if you haven't been on our wagon losing weight already, you can hop on at any time. DO NOT use the fact you did not begin from the beginning, as an excuse. Fat people are masters of excuses. Think Im wrong? Flip on your TV and watch 600 Pound Life for 15 minutes. You should be yelling at the TV by then.
I have learned through working with a couple of MILLION post ops in my 20 years of doing this that most post ops do not realize that they have to PERMANENTLY change how they live. We have to move over to a completely new way to choose our food. In order to keep this weight off. NOT JUST UNTIL WE LOSE IT, but FOREVER. We have to become the thin friend or sister who DOES NOT order bacon mushroom cheeseburgers when you meet her for lunch. She doesnt say anything to you, but she would NEVER order that for lunch. THATS WHY SHE IS THIN.
I had this friend for many years... who tried to help me but I was not listening. She is the friend who always suggested that we SPLIT a Maria's Salad at Topanga, but I always said NO and ordered a cheeseburger with fries.
Most of us have one of those friends - who works out every morning no matter what, right there in her living room. Veronica had a Stepper she slid under her sofa and she did a work out on it EVERY SINGLE MORNING. If I called her early, she'd answer the phone breathlessly and tell me she'd call me back when she was done.
I thought she had better genetics than I did. NOW I KNOW... it was because she ate half the calories that I did, plus she worked out!
We want to be that FRIEND to you. We want you to get it. The surgery does the work for the first 100 pounds, and then its up to you.
Today is the last day for the protein bar sale, if you don't use them, you need to. Having a bar in your bag keeps you from driving through a fast food window, or eating the cookies in the break room at the office. They are DENSE and MAKE IT WHERE YOU DONT EVEN WANT TO FINISH THAT LAST BITE.
Let us know if you have questions today. We are here to help you. If you have not yet upgraded to Premium Membership, do it. There are great benefits to it and more to come.
Have a great week.
Susan Maria
We've had a ton of new people join us since the last time we did one of these!
In the comments below introduce yourself with these three facts about YOU:
1) Your name
2) Are you a cat person or dog person?
3) Favorite Inspire Flavor or food.
SMART & SLIM FOR SUMMER CHALLENGE
We had such a fantastic time with our March Challenge we're ramping up to do it AGAIN! Here's what you need to know now:
👉🏻SAVE THE DATE! We start Monday May 3rd for SUPPORTERS only! If you're not a Supporter don't miss out AGAIN. Join us and start participating. You'll get more than you realize out of this group once you're fully participating.
👉🏻ORDER your 14 Day Inspire Diet Box. Don’t let NOT having enough Inspire or waiting on shipping be your excuse to miss out on yet another one of our Challenges!
👉🏻LISTEN TO THIS: https://www.bariatriceating.com/blogs/podcast-real-talk-with-suzi-shaw/episode-15-no-one-is-coming-to-save-you
👉🏻Think about a SPECIFIC goal for the Challenge.
Example: STOP bedtime snacking
Example: START drinking plain water.
Example: STOP Drinking with Meals
Example: START making a grocery list without junk food and sticking TO THE LIST
(notice there's not a WEIGHT LOSS NUMBER there...there's a ...
If you've been doing our March Inspire Diet Challenge you know that one of your daily tasks on each check-in is to weigh yourself.
There's a few reasons we've discussed before, and on our website (this article: https://www.bariatriceating.com/blogs/bariatric-advice-and-support/the-scale-friend-or-enemy ) but there's a bigger reason than the truly important getting to know your body.
It's to make peace with what your MIND seems to think will happen when you start losing weight again.
You see one of the biggest things that no one talks about, and trips EVERYONE up is that during our initial stages as a post op we are dropping a pond or more DAILY. Now we've said this before and we'll say it again, no matter how hard you are working that first year it's not YOU it's the surgery. People here who couldn't get to goal, and those to got to goal and regained can attest to the fact that your Surgery is driving the bus for at least the firs year, and if you're lucky the first year and a half.
So by ...
We get it....every now and then we all need a fresh start.
Listen to this if you are struggling but ready to get on track TODAY!
Just a reminder that as of Friday August 20th this fantastic group is now at it's forever home on our main website this completes our vision for what support group can be. It will be all you love about THIS group….in a way nicer location you’re already familiar with.
If you are just checking in after a few days, don't feel bad just come join us there!
There are a few things to note:
- The new Premium Group uses your BariatricEating.com store log in information, so there’s NO need to create a new identity!
- Once you log into our new group you will be required to agree to and pay for a $5 membership fee. In exchange for this you’ll be offered $10 Bariatric Eating.com coupon every month you remain a member.
- We will be closing the doors here by the end of September to give everyone the chance to transition.
- Since we made this shift mid-month we have a special coupon just for YOU here that has been posted there...so there's money on the table for you when you come join us!
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Have you moved over to the new platform and can't find my check ins? Here's a direct link!
https://www.bariatriceating.com/community/support/daily-accountability-forum
