Exactly! I was actually put off from having surgery for quite some time because the people I knew who had it were still really struggling with their eating. Then I realized that they were trying to live on very small portions of their normal carb-heavy, low-fat diets and it was super difficult. My surgeon explained why that's likely to be a disaster and it fit with what I already knew about the benefits of low-carb eating. So I took the plunge, because there was a floor weight I just couldn't get below on my own. And since I'm still eating low-carb, I don't have the struggles I observed in my friends/family who tried to keep what they thought of as a "normal" diet. And I want to maintain my loss, so cereal, pasta, bread, etc. will always be rare treats for me.

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