SURGERY

I was at work talking with a co-worker about the number of women who are having surgery to lose weight. As we talked we were amazed at the number. Every time I would mention someone he would mention someone else and we went back and forth.

Then we both said the crazy thing about having the surgery is you have to give up eating certain foods because they seem to make you sick. It just seems to me that if you are going to discipline yourself after you have surgery, why not do it before you have surgeryI.

At least if you attempt to lose weight by changing what, when, and how much you eat, if you fall off the wagon you wont make yourself sick. Plus you can always begin again and again and again if necessary.

Don't think of losing weight in terms of; I have to start eating rabbit food, lettuce, and celery sticks. I'm going to have to eat a bunch of bland food and I won't be able to treat myself. Nothing can be further from the truth.

Eat more often but eat smaller portions. Eat leaner meats, increase the variety of vegetables and fruits you consume. Make smoothies and other non-alcoholic drinks. Make healthier snack choices.

Include moderate exercise like walking, biking, swimming, aerobics, light weight lifting, yoga or some other form of exercise.

If you start letting them cut on you, you might get an, oops! And oops!, can be deadly!