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Hi everyone! This is the first time for me posting in this forum. My surgery is set for June 29th. Anyone on or around that date that wants to follow each other's progress? I start the 2 week pre op diet tomorrow...kinda had a food funeral this weekend. :)

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Hey, we're surgery twins, haha. I am also scheduled for June 29th and begin my pre op diet today. I have a 7am check in time at the hospital on the 29th

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Awesome! I'm going to make my first shake now. Using Bariatric Advantage vanilla with PB2. I hope it tastes good be I'm not a milk person. Idk what time I have to be there yet. They call the week before to let me know that. I hope it's early in the morning so I get it over with. I'm so nervous about the initial recovery right after surgery.

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Nice! My diet consists of the shake in the morning, a Protein Bar for lunch and unlimited salad with fat free dressing and steamed vegetables. The shake wasn't so bad today! But I can tell it's going to get old quick. Lol. I'm going to have to change it up with some berries :)

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I can have Protein Shakes, broth, sugar free Jello, and sugar free popsicles, along with Water. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Lol. I have the vanilla Bariatric Advantage and have been using it for a while with the PB2, it's not bad but it helps. The other day I threw a few strawberries in the blender with the powder and it tasted like a strawberry milkshake.

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Arriana, how are you doing on your first official prep day? I'm so hungry right now but I'm not giving in. I had two big bowls of salad before and that's enough!! Cheetos and Soda (which I'm craving) got me in this position! Now I'm standing my ground and fighting back. Plus, I want to see how much I'll lose in the next 2 weeks :)

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I've been on a variation of my pre-op diet for awhile now, so it isn't as big of a shock to my system. So I'm doing decent. I am craving some chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream like something fierce though, haha. t minus 14 days

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Since we are all surgery buddies on this post, I'll tell both all a little about me. My name is Shauna, I am 32 years old and the mom of 2 little girls (6 & 21 months). I am a stay at home mom and I live in CT with my husband, kids, 2 dogs and a cat. I've been overweight since I was 5 with ups and downs in between. The lowest weight I can ever remember being is 147...and that was after I lost 65 pounds by being married to the gym. Well..actually getting married and 2 kids later, free time and metabolism are not the same! I am at the heaviest I've ever been (besides pregnancy) of 251 pounds. Yes, I know, many people have a lot more to lose, but I've been living in this body that I do not belong to. My hips and back hurt, I get winded very easily, and I am very uncomfortable not only mentally but physically. My husband had gastric bypass a year and a half ago and has had a very successful experience. I swore to myself I would never get gastric bypass after seeing that he went through (he's a big baby when it comes to pain). BUT, here I am a year and a half after him at the mercy of the dreaded scale. It's time for a change, I have not given up, I have just hit rock bottom and realize I need help with this. It's time to actually live and let my kids live, without mommy holding them back. I am so excited for my future weight loss experience, but most of all, I'm looking forward to leading a healthier life and setting an example for my girls :). THE END

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Since we are all surgery buddies on this post, I'll tell both all a little about me. My name is Shauna, I am 32 years old and the mom of 2 little girls (6 & 21 months). I am a stay at home mom and I live in CT with my husband, kids, 2 dogs and a cat. I've been overweight since I was 5 with ups and downs in between. The lowest weight I can ever remember being is 147...and that was after I lost 65 pounds by being married to the gym. Well..actually getting married and 2 kids later, free time and metabolism are not the same! I am at the heaviest I've ever been (besides pregnancy) of 251 pounds. Yes, I know, many people have a lot more to lose, but I've been living in this body that I do not belong to. My hips and back hurt, I get winded very easily, and I am very uncomfortable not only mentally but physically. My husband had gastric bypass a year and a half ago and has had a very successful experience. I swore to myself I would never get gastric bypass after seeing that he went through (he's a big baby when it comes to pain). BUT, here I am a year and a half after him at the mercy of the dreaded scale. It's time for a change, I have not given up, I have just hit rock bottom and realize I need help with this. It's time to actually live and let my kids live, without mommy holding them back. I am so excited for my future weight loss experience, but most of all, I'm looking forward to leading a healthier life and setting an example for my girls :). THE END

Good luck with everything! Keep us updated on your progress. We have simular starting weights.

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Day 3 done and onto day 4... it is getting tough for me... but I just am trying to keep my eyes on the prize. Just think this diet is going to be what makes this surgery so much safer and have an easier recovery.

On another note, my insurance company decided they wanted to give me some troubles last minute, but I got the call today that everything is finally a green light to go. Only thing that ended up changing was my check in time at the hospital though since the hospital had to temporarily take me off of the schedule. So instead of checking in at 7am and being the first case of the day, I will check in at 830am and be the second case of the day. Irritating a little bit, but something that I can deal with.

I will tell you guys a little bit about myself as well, since we get to go through this journey together. I'm 29 years old, and I honestly don't remember a time when I wasn't a big girl. Even when I was at my most athletic time in my life, when I was constantly playing soccer and softball, I was still overweight. After high school, when I wasn't as active anymore my weight just climbed. Now at this point, I've tried pretty much every diet in the books, working out at the point that I could, and it just wasn't coming off. My highest weight was right about 355 last year. At my last doctors appoint for my pre-op appointment, I weight in at about 319.8, so I finally had a little bit of success. Now, I get this extra tool to help me in the weight loss to become a healthier person. Some of the reasons that I want to do this so bad, obviously be healthier. I am currently a nursing student and when I get done, I really don't want to be the nurse that you look at and think, "really? you're telling me to eat healthy and exercise?". Another reason is the more weight that I gained, my periods went away. My primary doctor plus my surgeon told me that if i want any chance at possibly having kids, I have to lose the weight. So here I am, trying to get healthier for myself, for my future, and to beable to run around with my nieces and nephews, and to be able to do the things that I used to and love to do. You have no idea how bad I want to get on a roller coaster again, haha.

11 days until the first day of the rest of our lives.

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