Diet for life??

http://summertomato.com/7-reasons-keeping-a-food-journal-is-better-than-counting-calories/

I enjoyed this article, you may or may not!

I am not sure how to feel about this.  I know, for one, I got to be morbidly obese by healthy eating.  I'm not kidding.  I even run an eating well FB page.  Food, healthy or not, is comprised of nutrient components that we either do or don't need post surgery.  Protein is vital.  I only count calories because you can't eliminate them from the my fitness pal screen.  BUT, I use MFP because I'm not going to play around w/ getting enough protein.  I can't "guess" my way to the correct protein numbers and if I tried to eyeball I'd fail.  But it might be more natural to you.

I guess I just wanted to warn you about the "eating healthy" part of your post because you can eat your way to fat on healthy options. 

But no matter how you choose to go about it, I wish you the best!

Obesity is a disease.  It is not fair, but people without the disease can eat what they like and not gain weight and people with the disease have to be careful about what they eat or they will gain weight. 

Weight loss surgery does not cure obesity.  What is does is make it easier to eat small amounts of food.  It gives you a chance to put your body on a level playing field with those who are not suffering from obesity.

Once you lose that weight, then you will need to be diligent for the rest of your life or the weight will come back.  I only track calories and carbs when I need to lose, but I always weigh myself every morning. 

During the last seven years, there have been times when I let myself eat things that were not right for me.  Weight gain comes on very quickly for me when I do that.  Then I have to work very hard to lose that weight and stay at goal. 

I did not have weight loss surgery to give up dieting, but I had it to make dieting easier.