“Surgery is a big change, and you have to be mentally and physically prepared.”
Triny Diaz, 26
Surgical coordinator and medical assistant
Year of surgery: 2021
Pounds lost: 108
Biggest benefit: I love being able to wear cute, age-appropriate clothes and using a regular-sized bath towel.
Lifestyle change: On days when I get an hour break for lunch, I take a 30-minute walk; once a week I take a 45-minute walk. And when I can’t do either, I run up and down the stairs to my third-floor apartment five times. As for eating: no more “fat girl” mentality! I don’t graze on garbage fast food anymore. I focus on protein and water, and no more soda.
“Bariatric surgery changes a person physically, but patients find it transforms their lives as well,” says Anish Nihalani, MD, Medical Director of the Surgical Weight Loss Program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Rahway. “They develop new habits and new attitudes, as well as the understanding that surgery is the first step of a journey.”
To learn more about weight loss surgery at RWJUH Rahway, call 732-499-6300.