Every doctor and nutritionist I have work with has reviewed my eating plan for the past few years and approved it – 800 caloires is just about right for me and it is also the suggested diet for any one who has gastric bypass surgery.

I’m not sure how much medical knowledge you have about congestive heart failure or other medical training – but my doctors and I KNOW how my body responds to too much fluid. One of the problems with having congestive heart failure is the body retains a huge amount of water and can not process fluids well – often requiring diuretics and watchfulness on how much fluid is taken in.

There is a lot more to weight loss then just what can be learned in a few diet books or gym training class. Not everyone can do the usual steps and have it work for them.

Also if you bothered to read earlier posts or checked out the weight summary page you would have seen that I started this journey with a weight over 300 lbs.

So I’m NOT having gastric bypass at 260 lbs – I was over 300 lbs and part of the requirements to have the surgery is to lose weight every single month for six months before the surgery. My starting weight and BMI was well over the acceptable limit and qualified me for the bypass surgery – but add to that my health problems and I was definitely a qualified candidate even at 260 lbs – because I am still morbidly obese.

The insurance company and the gastric bypass clinic I go to have very very strict guidelines for approval – I would not have been able to convince them to do the surgery unless I qualified.

I truly appreciate the support and concern of family, friends and my readers here. However, I hope that most understand that the decision to have gastric bypass surgery was made after years of consideration, a lot of rearch and soul searching. I made the decision to have the surgery in order to improve my health. I know some folks will never “approve” or understand – but my response to them is, I don’t need your approval or understanding – I need to do what is best for me and my life. Gastric bypass surgery is not the easy way out – it is a tool that can help, but all the work involved in losing over 150 lbs has to be done by me and me alone. To those who want to criticize, scold, or scorn – I suggest doing your homework first and learn about gastric bypass. Bottomline making the decision to have this surgery is a personal one and the only people who I feel I need to consult are my doctors and my immediate family.

You’re really getting a gastric bypass surgery at 260 lbs?!?!

And you are not losing weight because you aren’t eating enough. You are starving your body, so it is holding on to each and every calorie you give it.

And if you want to avoid retaining water, you need to drink lots and lots of water to flush your system of the extra sodium. I’m completely confused at why you don’t already know these things, and at why you are getting a gastric bypass at only 260 lbs.