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I hope you got my email message back a few weeks ago - if not, I am very sorry! Please email me again if you still have questions. Happy New Year!

Your date is coming up right? Wishing you the best of luck!!!!!

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Glad to hear you are feeling so well Deb:) It is hard to describe the amazing transformation you will go through (especially mentally) over the next few months. I am excited for you! I am doing great and feeling like a new person! I am eating ALOT more now than most (about 1,000-1,100 cal/day) per my dr.'s recommendation because I was getting very hungry, but I am also working out alot. Slow and steady loss with some short stalls in between. It's all good - at least this time it is coming off for good! Hope you continue to feel great - talk to you soon!

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How are you doing Dansha? Hope everything went really well:)

It sounds like you are doing pretty well on pre-op. I battled the whole "being perfect" thing as well - I was on it for 3 weeks. I completely cracked mid diet and cheated because I felt like I was losing my mind, then I really had to say to myself.."Just do the best you can and that will have to be good enough." You'll be just fine:) When my Dr. asked me how much I followed it, I told him about 80% of the time and I was proud of my accomplishment. You can do it Happy Destiny!!!! Good luck this week:)

Hey Wannalise -

Thanks for the message. Life is so much easier now at 5 weeks out - ahhhhh real food! I'm definitely not as fixated on all the little things like I was a few weeks ago. Things are really busy so I am just trying to get my protein in, exercise some, and be as "normal" as possible:) How are you doing? I haven't been on the boards as much in the last 2 weeks, but come summertime and I will be more involved. Hope you are having a great weekend and keep me updated on your progress.

Take Care,

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Happy Destiny -

Thanks for the nice comments! Are you getting excited? Your date is almost here:) How is the pre-op diet going? That was definitely harder than anything else for me. Hang in there because it will all be worth it!!!

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Wannalise - I responded to your post on my thread (Little Miss Sunshine has left the building...) but wanted to make sure to personally thank you. I thought about your response all day Sunday and vowed to do something about it today at work. I actually grabbed my stuff, ate in the teacher's lounge and was social. It was nice not to feel so isolated. Best part of all, nobody commented on what I was eating/drinking. I think my ups and downs last week were extreme and what I was doing didn't help at all. Thank you from the bottom of my heart - today was a much better day:) Hope you are well! VV2010

pnw218 -

Thanks for posting that Cornell link so many times. My doctor did give me tons of info, but I am currently skimming your info for more ideas - it's really helpful:)

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Glad to hear you are doing well Loser! Keep up the great work!

Good luck with the surgery and recovery Loser! I have been following your story and wish you the best. I can't wait to hear what you have to say about your whole experience with Dr. Alvarez - I have my date in April:)