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You don't choose goal weight. Goal weight chooses you.

Thank so much folks, really appreciate the support here!! Now that I've had a day or two to think it over, I'm determined to go ahead with this. I've done my research, I've spoken with the surgeon, I've spent 2 years making sure I know I'm making the right decision. It's time to take action. I get that my friend comes from a place of concern, but I know what I'm doing and I know what's best for me. T minus 11 days to go! Getting excited now 🥳

Oh amazing! 😁 Glad to find a surgery twin. I'm having a sleeve. Hopefully keyhole, but I might need open, due to some scar tissue from a surgery when I was born. Im terrified of waking up and hearing they couldn't perform the procedure, so a bit nervous! Im traveling around 4 hours away. I have to take a connecting flight, which isn't ideal but had to be done. How about you, how far will you be traveling?

I totally agree on the shakes, I find them really tough to drink! Glad you've been able to find a solution with the soup and isopure. I'm nervous, too. I've not had a surgery either. I keep telling myself they do this every day, though. I really hope recover goes well for us, too! I'll be alone in hospital for 3 nights and then in a hotel for 2, so I'll try to come on here and update, too. I'm not sure what time of day the surgery will be, I hope early so I don't have to wait around much! Did you get a time?

Lisa how are you doing with the pre op? Hope you found something a bit more savoury to enjoy a little! Just a few days to go! Are you getting excited? 😁 I am SO ready to be in recovery mode, already. The waiting is hard, my heart goes out to folks who are waiting months and years!!! ❤️

Eating fast is my main issue. Idk if mine stems from my old food addiction but I tend to have a problem making my meals last more than 15mins. I think I just get too excited to eat, it doesn't cause me to overeat but I do think it's part of my mental process. Maybe yours has to do with that too? There may be something we both have to address mentally with our relationship with food.

I never chose a goal weight. At 1/4 ton overweight I would have killed to get within 100 pounds of an overweight BMI. Anything better was too far beyond reason in my mind. As it turns out I shot past a normal BMI before I managed to get back up. I had 16 pounds removed during my abdominoplasty. Good luck, Tek

December 5th for me! Everything went well and recovering well! I hope you are doing okay!! Sent from my SM-A526U using BariatricPal mobile app

Last week I had breast reduction and panniculectomy surgery, which all seems to have gone well. However… I was a 42H and my surgeon promised me a DD cup. I know that I can’t really see where I’m going to end up because it’s so soon, but I look like a B or C cup, and I think it looks ridiculous on my still heavy figure. (My daughter took one look and joked that I’ll need implants!) I have hated my breasts since the day they grew in looking down at my feet, and I was SO excited to have breasts I would finally feel good about. I primarily did it because of neck and back pain, but I just can’t believe how bad I look. Added to that, now that the belly is gone my thighs look hideously misshapen. They’re floppy. I’m just so depressed. I’m trying hard to not complain to others and to also accept what can’t be changed. But I just had to share with someone. I’m never going to look “normal.”

Surgery cancelled due to full hospital. Not happy. They think sometime next year. I'm sure it will be after my insurance resets and I have to meet deductibles again. Good Luck and best wishes to all.