Whether a symptom, a cause, or both, depression is a common comorbidity. This is something that will not be addressed by any weight loss surgery.
Ongoing therapy is a critical component to success with WLS in particular and good health in general. It can provide you with another tool to affecting permanent behavioral changes.
As many surgeons note, they operate on your digestive system, not your brain.
Breakfast
Big Black Monster Coffee
2 mini peanut butter cups (eyeroll)
Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit
Breakfast
220kcal, 12oz strawberry banana nectar
diet orange fanta
Lunch
420kcal, sugar binge - mini Mr. Goodbars, mini peanut butter cups
120kcal, large piece of peppered beef jerky
Hopped on the scale and got a good 40 minute workout (included 5 min warmup, 5 min cooldown).
Breakfast
60kcal, Sugar Free Pudding
Lunch
1 liter of diet coke
Dinner
entire 16oz package of cranberry granola
24oz of light soy milk
4 diet orange fanta
Late Night
4 slices of turkey lunch meat
3 slices of velveeta
3 sticks of pepperjack cheese
4 diet orange fanta
Early AM
bag of mixed nuts and craisins
Breakfast
Babe Ruth Drumstick Ice Cream Cone
1 liter of Diet Coke Zero
Lunchish
red hot chips and cheese dip; most of the bag, all of the dip
2 mini Ben and Jerry’s ice creams
1 liter of diet coke
1 1/2 12oz bottles of Heineken Dark
Dinner
big burger with bacon, cheese
large vanilla shake
Breakfast
16oz diet coke zero
Lunch
SlimFast Optima
stick of peppered beef jerky
16oz diet coke zero
Dinner
1/3 pound cheeseburger (just the meat and cheese)
1 liter diet coke
small bread pudding ice cream cone
Late Night
1/2 cup of beef fried rice
1/2 oz of beef
2 crabmeat delights
Breakfast
1 liter of water
2 cups of coffee with splenda and non-dairy creamer
Lunch
2 links of boudin
16oz Diet Coke Zero
Snack
SlimFast Optima
Snack
Beef jerky, barbecue flavor
16oz Diet Coke Zero
Dinner
380kcal, Cheese Enchilada Dinner
120kcal, Smoked Oysters
Late Night
Healthy Choice Blackened Chicken Dinner
60kcal, Sugar Free caramel pudding
Today I went to the gym and weighed in at 336 pounds, definitely a move in the wrong direction. When I’m not posting, it’s a pretty safe bet that I’m off the rails. I did 30 minutes on the treadmill on a weight loss program setting, burning 310 kilocalories. My knee has been fully recovered for about a month.
Breakfast
12oz Apple Juice
16oz Diet Coke Zero
Lunch
One serving of boudin
16oz Diet Coke Zero
Snack
10 crackers
16oz Diet Coke Zero
Snack
1 oz Red Hot Blues organic corn chips
Dinner
800kcal, Bush’s chili w/garlic and olive oil (too much oil - use 1tbsp next time)
