BariatricEating.com Health & Nutrition
Support & Inspiration
I am sitting here watching the sun rise over the ocean this morning and
I realize that the world inspires me. The best dreams happen when we’re
awake!
When I was almost 300 pounds I had stopped living and had started to wish my life away; I quietly waited for events to pass so I didn’t have to attend them. I will never make up for all that I have missed.
People walk into my store and don’t expect to see me sitting at my desk; they stop in their tracks and sometimes begin to cry. It makes me realize just how fragile we all are when we take the step to have bariatric surgery. We are putting ourselves out there, trusting others with our survival.
I have never jumped out of a plane, but I would imagine that the lead up to the final moment when you take that step out into air is similar to the feeling we have as we are wheeled down to the operating room. Our minds run through the checklist of what to expect: should we have gone on one more diet? Do we have the right protein for when we get home? What is our family going to eat when we’re sipping broth? Are we doing the right thing?
People find my book, our website, or our message board and soon realize that they are not the only one out there who has all the crazy thoughts flooding their mind. I am humbled by the fact that my story gives people a lifeline so that they don’t feel as if they are going it alone. We are all in this together!
Every bariatric patient that we meet motivates us to continue to pay forward our good fortune in how this has all turned out. This surgery is rough, but you don’t have to blaze your own trail. I am humbled that I am able to inspire others, but the reward is in how many people I meet who in turn inspire me!
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending!
- Susan Maria
