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To those who have said they look forward to summer it has given me some hope for many things including not sweating my way through everything in summer and not sweating when I am asked to do presentations for work. Part an anxiety flop sweat cos it involved standing up in front of a 90% male dominated group of peers to be judged, and part a fat sweat cycle as venues were always boiling and knowing how bad the sweating fat woman optic was made me sweat more, and so on. If that cycle gets broken it will be worth every gas pain, pureed meal, and frozen extremity. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk

Anesthesiologist used ultrasound machine and was able to get it. My other arm now has huge hard hematoma. Glad that part is over- best of luck...you will be in your room and walking around before you know it!

Im having bypass tomorrow and im getting super nervous. I cant believe the time has finally come. Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

If it’s chocolate maybe you can substitute it for a healthy chocolate .. like my protein shake is chocolate and it taste just like chocolate milk, only has 1g sugar and 30g protein. Or try getting chewable calcium or multivitamins that are chocolate, my surgeon recommended me them and they taste just like chocolate. It’s hard, but not impossible you got this!!

I didn't start gaining a lot of weight until I was about 40. I'm now 49. I was pretty fit until then. Through the years as the weight piled on I realized people started treating me differently. They weren't as friendly as they were when I was thin. It wasn't my friends or family but the public. I was wondering if any of you who have lost a bit of weight can tell a difference in the way people treat you now.

People respond to your positivity and increased self-confidence. Healthy is seen as attractive. It’s sad that I feel more valued in society because I am at a healthy weight. I see a difference in how I’m treated. A few things I experienced. Some positive: Strangers look me in the eye and smile more I’ve had attention from the opposite sex, Unnerving at first when you have been invisible. Men hold doors open more often Sales people seem more helpful I’m excepted as a part of the fit gym crowd. Many do not know I was formerly obese. Job opportunity’s/promotions have been offered. Some negative: Some close friends no longer associate with me. It reminds them of their own struggles. I have been judged by a few people in my local support group. (stopped going) I fell in the lower BMI category. Comments. “you didn’t have to work as hard” “working out/running as much as you do is an eating disorder” “if you gained some weight you would look less skeletal” An unsupportive family member “you know you’re just going to gain it back” She is my motivation to never gain it back. Years out, life becomes normal. I don’t notice how differently I’m treated anymore. The compliments and focus on your weight loss are over.

Ta. It's used for bipolar and I was hoping to see if I could use that because every other bipolar med causes weight gain. *sigh * I'm currently refusing bipolar meds because of this issue although I'm well under control with being vigilant with my sleep and exercise. Sent from my SM-G930F using BariatricPal mobile app

For me it was being able to keep up with the Scouts in my Son's Troop. I was always the caboose of backpacking trips and Hikes. Other times I'd stay behind at base camp because it would be to much. Now my only issue is the meal planning for camp.

For me, I don't think I had a true "a-ha" moment. As my weight creeped up, I kept developing more health issues and had to accommodate my growing size for nearly everything in my life. It's funny how we just seem to sort of accept these things as a new reality. Then, one day my husband and I had tickets to a concert at a local arena. We were walking from the parking area to the entrance, which was a block or so away and required us to cross a couple of intersections. The group I was with walked passed a man standing near the corner under some trees. The man yelled out some remark about people needing to lose weight. Whether the remark was meant for me or not, I don't know for sure. BUT, it FELT like he was talking about me. His remarks made me feel ashamed and really bad about myself. This was an entirely new experience for me. I had never had a stranger say ANYTHING to me about my size. I can't say that I went into action right away or anything, but it sure got me thinking about how far I had let myself go and that I had to do something about it. A few months later, I started seriously contemplating surgery. So, I'd say that jerk on the corner of the street was my catalyst. I still think about him today, but not in the same way as before where he made me feel bad. I sort of look back on that memory and use it as a kind of motivational factor.

I just had a revision from sleeve to rny on 12/12 due to horrible reflux and barrets esophagus. I started at 180 and have lost 20 pounds. I had a horrible experience in the hospital and ended up having internal bleeding, needed blood transfusion... my oxygen level drop down to mid 50’s a few times. I stayed in the hospital for 5 days. I’m still quite swollen and bruised so I think I will lose a few more once I’m completely healed.