Diary of a Fat Girl

Hi, Lisa! "Other" Lisa here... I actually agree with a lot of what you say here. (And thanks for the link and kind words, btw...)

I guess in my ranting I got a little ahead of myself. Part of the work we have to do with all of this is the "brain surgery" we have to do on ourselves. We have to figure out why (as you're doing) we did the things that made us fat, and figure out how not to do them in the future. That takes a lot of time and work.

I know there are lots of reasons why we (and I do stupid stuff too) don't always follow the "rules." And I've had plenty of differences with my surgeon, too.

But you still can't argue with the stats that say we'll lose more weight if we listen to what they say and follow those "rules."

Some people may be fine with that. Maybe it's more important to have the feeling of freedom or control than it is to lose that last 20 - 30 pounds.

But, knowledge is power, and if you're doing whatever you do with the knowledge of why and what the consequences could be, then more power to ya!

BTW - I'm going to link to this post in my original one, too. And put you in my blogroll.

Nice to "meet" you!