
Obesity Support Group
This community is dedicated to those of us struggling with obesity. Obesity is thought to be a significant risk factor in certain health conditions, leading to increased mortality. Find the support you need by sharing your story, asking questions, and learning from others on how they have coped.

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If someone asked me this awhile back, I would have some yaya answers, all good REASONS, but no real MOTIVATION.
Well, now I have a motivation and it's pure and simple AVOIDANCE!!!
Yes, AVOIDANCE is a wonderful motivator!
I am avoiding gastric bypass surgery, which my new doctor thinks is the golden hope and the only hope and I'm stubborn enough to prove him wrong.
Oh, nothing against anyone who goes that route, I just personally don't want to feel pressured into surgically altering my digestive system. I believe FOR ME, the problem is not in my stomach, it's in my head... therefore even the lapband would be equivelant to tying a string around my finger to help me remember something.
So far, AVOIDANCE as a motivator is working!
What is your motivator?
Well, now I have a motivation and it's pure and simple AVOIDANCE!!!
Yes, AVOIDANCE is a wonderful motivator!
I am avoiding gastric bypass surgery, which my new doctor thinks is the golden hope and the only hope and I'm stubborn enough to prove him wrong.
Oh, nothing against anyone who goes that route, I just personally don't want to feel pressured into surgically altering my digestive system. I believe FOR ME, the problem is not in my stomach, it's in my head... therefore even the lapband would be equivelant to tying a string around my finger to help me remember something.
So far, AVOIDANCE as a motivator is working!
What is your motivator?
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Ok, so it's not really that simple but it's kind of a big part of it. I've felt so disgusting for so long that I've shut myself away from the world and all the lovely lovely men in it.
Well, now I want OUT!!!
I'm gonna be hot one of these days, and then God help them!! ;)
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