Comments on: Sticks and Stones http://jenniferjoyner.com/blog/2010/06/15/sticks-and-stones/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 16 May 2011 15:34:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cathy http://jenniferjoyner.com/blog/2010/06/15/sticks-and-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Cathy Sat, 23 Oct 2010 03:03:50 +0000 http://jenniferjoyner.com/blog/?p=28#comment-193 I bought and read your book. You are a very entertaining writer and I am really glad that someone with your gift of writing could express the troubled trail of tears that the obese suffer. I lived through many of the things you write about and oh so much more (I am 14 years older than you). Your happiness was hard won and you deserve to enjoy every minute of it. Good health is finally yours and you are young enough to truly enjoy it. Gastric bypass surgery is often referred to as "the easy way out". But for most of us, it is the SMART way or the ONLY way out. But before you think you are "home free", you need to remain vigilant and keep from slipping back into old habits. I speak from experience on this. This surgery can, all too easily, be undone. My best wishes to you and your family. And thank you for the enjoyable book. I'm glad things turned out well in the end. Kindest regards, Cathy I bought and read your book. You are a very entertaining writer and I am really glad that someone with your gift of writing could express the troubled trail of tears that the obese suffer. I lived through many of the things you write about and oh so much more (I am 14 years older than you).

Your happiness was hard won and you deserve to enjoy every minute of it. Good health is finally yours and you are young enough to truly enjoy it. Gastric bypass surgery is often referred to as “the easy way out”. But for most of us, it is the SMART way or the ONLY way out. But before you think you are “home free”, you need to remain vigilant and keep from slipping back into old habits. I speak from experience on this. This surgery can, all too easily, be undone.

My best wishes to you and your family. And thank you for the enjoyable book. I’m glad things turned out well in the end.

Kindest regards,
Cathy

]]> By: Betsy http://jenniferjoyner.com/blog/2010/06/15/sticks-and-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Betsy Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:57:49 +0000 http://jenniferjoyner.com/blog/?p=28#comment-154 Jennifer - Your story, although to a point similar to mine, amazes me and fills me with that feel-good feeling I once experienced in the years following my gastric bypass (in 2003). I am writing because while you need to embrace the success you are post-gastric bypass, I want you be brutally aware that for some of us, the joy is short-lived. I, too, lost 120 lbs within a year after WLS, but after the end of year 2 I began to battle some of those old food addiction demons that I lived with for many years prior to WLS. My doctor warned me that at some point I would have to revert to old fashioned willpower in dealing with weight issues, but did I believe him? Of course not! I had successfully banished those demons, and I was now among the ranks of the newly slender and healthy. Fast forward 7 years, and I've regained almost half the 120 lbs I lost. By medical standards, I'm still a "success" because I've maintained 50% of my weight loss. So why don't I feel like a success??? Anyway, I plan to attend your event at Quail Ridge Books tomorrow night, and hope to introduce myself to you. I truly wish you every success -- and continued success with your weight loss. But know it will continue to be a battle in your life from here forward. Betsy Jennifer – Your story, although to a point similar to mine, amazes me and fills me with that feel-good feeling I once experienced in the years following my gastric bypass (in 2003). I am writing because while you need to embrace the success you are post-gastric bypass, I want you be brutally aware that for some of us, the joy is short-lived. I, too, lost 120 lbs within a year after WLS, but after the end of year 2 I began to battle some of those old food addiction demons that I lived with for many years prior to WLS. My doctor warned me that at some point I would have to revert to old fashioned willpower in dealing with weight issues, but did I believe him? Of course not! I had successfully banished those demons, and I was now among the ranks of the newly slender and healthy. Fast forward 7 years, and I’ve regained almost half the 120 lbs I lost. By medical standards, I’m still a “success” because I’ve maintained 50% of my weight loss. So why don’t I feel like a success???

Anyway, I plan to attend your event at Quail Ridge Books tomorrow night, and hope to introduce myself to you. I truly wish you every success — and continued success with your weight loss. But know it will continue to be a battle in your life from here forward.

Betsy

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