Weight Loss Surgery

I had a couple of E-Mails from people over the weekend asking if I really don't diet anymore and whether I had secretly had a gastric band or bypass and hence the reason I am still slim.

I didn't take offence at all at the questions but it does go to show how alien it is that you can just do a diet once and then maintain by not dieting. It's so alien that people even question whether you are actually telling the truth or not.

Well I have had two operations since reaching goal, one of them was a tummy tuck as I had loads of loose skin round my tummy, the second operation was a smaller tummy tuck as the first result was not very good so I had it a year later to tidy it all up.

I did debate gastric surgery in early 2005 as I was getting very desperate about my size and my doctor was recommending me to be referred to the hospital for an appointment. I suppose what stopped me was a documentary talking about the risks of gastric surgery and also the thought of never being able to eat 'normally' afterwards just stopped me even considering it.

So anyway cutting a long story short I have not had any gastric surgery, and I also no longer user any diet products or follow any diet at all! The only thing I do now is eat healthy foods a lot of the time but not because I have to, because I enjoy them and want to!