Surgery is surgery. Lap band, bypass, all of it - will change you forever. How you eat, what you can eat, how your body processes food. I don't think you're morbidly obese (I haven't seen you at knit night in awhile, but I know you weren't when I saw you last)! It just sounds like healthy eating and exercise are the way to go.
In my experience, not thinking "diet" and instead thinking "lifestyle" is the right way to go. You want to make changes that you can stick to, so that once the weight is off, it STAYS off. Listen to your body - so frequently we just rush and eat and don't recognize when we're really full. It takes 20 minutes for the "full" signal to be processed by your brain. So, eat slow, and listen for that faint little feeling so you don't go from "zero" to "stuffed silly."
Breakfast is a tough meal for me - I've never been a fan. This morning, I had a light multigrain english muffin with a thin slice of cheese, one egg white, and http://1southbeachdiet.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-beach-diet-breakfast-pear-bran.html
I love Vitamuffins, too - in with the frozen food. 100 cal, 5-6g fiber depending on the flavor, and they TASTE good. They even come in chocolate. Sometimes I'll have that with a banana and some yogurt.
Surgery is surgery. Lap band, bypass, all of it - will change you forever. How you eat, what you can eat, how your body processes food. I don't think you're morbidly obese (I haven't seen you at knit night in awhile, but I know you weren't when I saw you last)! It just sounds like healthy eating and exercise are the way to go.
In my experience, not thinking "diet" and instead thinking "lifestyle" is the right way to go. You want to make changes that you can stick to, so that once the weight is off, it STAYS off. Listen to your body - so frequently we just rush and eat and don't recognize when we're really full. It takes 20 minutes for the "full" signal to be processed by your brain. So, eat slow, and listen for that faint little feeling so you don't go from "zero" to "stuffed silly."
Breakfast is a tough meal for me - I've never been a fan. This morning, I had a light multigrain english muffin with a thin slice of cheese, one egg white, and http://1southbeachdiet.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-beach-diet-breakfast-pear-bran.html
I love Vitamuffins, too - in with the frozen food. 100 cal, 5-6g fiber depending on the flavor, and they TASTE good. They even come in chocolate. Sometimes I'll have that with a banana and some yogurt.