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You couldn’t get me to shut up about it as soon as I knew I was starting the process!

Mine (I have Medicare as well as Tricare) had (this is from memory) 6 months of meeting with my primary, filling out a paper each time about whatever diet you are on, plus how much weight you lost on it. one meeting (all this before surgery) with a psych, one meeting with the dietitian, getting stomach scoped. My BMI was >35, and I had high blood pressure, so I qualified.

Back in the day I went through this as well.

I was thinking about your post and remembering how good it felt to hit this current weight when I was losing and how bad it feels to be at this weight when I've regained. The weight, of course, is the same. But my perception of myself is very different. I also need to connect with the person I was six years ago - what was I eating? what were the daily habits that supported the weight loss I was experiencing? how did doing those things affect my self-image? Thanks for sharing your experience and for hearing mine.

Thank you!!! I don't see a difference when I look in the mirror, but when I see the before and after pics, I finally saw a little bit. I was so happy I just had to update my profile pic on here lol

Also @SleeveDiva2022 love your new photo - what a transformation already!

And, just to prove how suggestible I am, I went and bought a load in my grocery shopping this week after reading this thread.

Not the worst thing to cheat with and you have everyone here's sympathy, it's really REALLY hard. I agree, I would tell your team just in case though. Good luck with the rest of your preparation.

Hi Mel I’m also 6 year post op and I, too, have gained 15 lbs. Had an interesting conversation with a friend today who said the opposite of addiction is not sobriety, but connection. Could that be true for you? Are you missing some kind of connection in your life? I think for me, it might be connection to my body. I tend to live in my head, and take my body for granted. Hope you find a way through this dark time. Take care of yourself.

LOL I told everyone. If you tell one or two, it will "get around" anyway. I tell it as if I was gutsy to get it done...and I think we are just that!!