Sassygirl06

my doc put me on a high Protein liquid diet for 2 weeks pre op- i get sleeved on the 16th of august too. the diet sucks but the scale doesnt lie, lol. the only thing i have "cheated" on is with some sugar free fudge pops, 20 calories, but no protein and im sure he wouldnt approve. try drinking more fluids when you get hungry instead of eating. sometimes hunger is our bodys way of telling us you need more h2o. good luck to you, and dont beat yourself up over it. you'l get there.

its great that you are finally begining the new chapter of your life, you'll get there, just keep it up. I know what it feels like to have a man that looks good and you feel like you dont match him. i'm constantly worried that other women are checking him out and think that because im fat that they could get him if they want to. thankfully i know that my husband loves me how i am, but i know he'l love it when i'm hot again too! heres to being the hot girl again!

So i'm totally cranky, can't handle this wait! I am hungry all the time on this damn liquid diet. I see that I have lost weight on it, as of today the seventh day of this liquid diet, I have lost 8 lbs, from the begining of my weight loss journey at 311lbs down to 264 lbs. I am so proud of that, but I am ready for my surgery to just be here. I am snapping at the ones I love the most. I hate it when I do it, but I'm so cranky that every word that someone says to me feels like nails on a chalk board. Is it this diet? Or is it hormones? I don't know, but I would really like to be in a better mood!

yeah! where is yours going to be? mine is in bakersfield, ca at adventist hospital. dr. john garcia. i cant wait! i can think of nothing else right now.

mine is in bakersfield at adventist, dr. john garcia. so excited! and so hungry!!!

if it was considered elective surgery then why would insurance companies be willing to pay for it. that responce is exactly why i have chosen to keep my wls to myself. the only people that know about my surgery is my husband and my daughter. i figure its nobody elses business how i lose my weight. im getting healthy for me and my family and not for anybody else. so many studies show how its next to impossible for obese people to lose their weight and keep it off. i say, dont worry about what your friend thinks. good luck to you

thank you for adding me! so excited here. liquid diet sucks, but i see the light at the end of the tunnel. life is getting brighter! i hope everyone has a great experiance to talk about at the end of this month!

I have blue shield and they approved me already without it, but my surgeon requires this test in his office. they arent getting anymore money out of me for doing it, its just something they have everyone do. i went through bariatric solutions and i love them. they have been so wonderful through this whole process. i just found out i have no copay for the surgery at all!!! if i would have known this before i would have done the sleeve years ago! good luck and i hope you get your date soon!

im auf 16th, 35 in a few weeks. 5'8" and 266 lbs now starting weight was 311lbs. just joined today.

i am brand new as well, my surgery date is the same as yours. this liquid diet is already working but it sucks and is really hard to not cheat. im reminding myself that it will all pay off in the end. good luck to you.

i'm on august 16th, can you add me?

i have mitrial valve prolapse and i have an irregular heartbeat. i knew about mine before i started my process. both doctors know about them and both cleared me for the surgery. i was approved through insurance as well and my surgery day is august 16th. i hope you have a good outcome. good luck and keep us posted.

i would like to do that too. i hate taking them to the amusement park and watching them from the sidelines. i cant wait to be next to them very soon! when is/was your surgery?

I have my surgery on the 16th too big joe. I have lost 6 pounds on the liquid diet so far. it does make it easier to bare when you see results like that. where are you having your surgery?

I'm on the same diet right now only I just can have liquid. I have found that the sugar free jello and sugar free popsicles have helped me get through the cravings. 10 calories per serving. I feel the same way as you, but this is the begining of the new you for the rest of your life. you need to remember that you made this choice to get healthy and you are almost there. dont blow it when you are so close to starting your new life.

My surgery day is august 16th 2011. I am currently on the 800 calorie high protein shake diet. Started that on the 2nd of this month and have already lost 6 pounds with that one. My starting weight was 311 pounds in November 2010, and I am currently 266 pounds. My weight has been all that I have thought about for years now. When I go out with my family I'm always thinking about how everybody is judging me and thinking that I don't fit in with my skinny family. My husband is very thin and so are my three children ages 8, 12, and 16. When I'm at a resturant I think that people are watching me eat, and thinking that I shouldn't be eating that. I feel this way for everything, what I eat, what I wear, where I go, or what I do. My weight is always on my mind. For the longest time I haven't been able to picture myself growing old with my husband, and seeing our children grow up and have families of their own. I bought life insurance a few years ago for fear that I was going to die of my weight and leave my family without my income. Finally my insurance has approved me for the sleevectomy and I see a light at the end of the tunnel and its not death, but life! I'm ready to start living without constantly feeling judged about my weight. I'm ready to fit into my family and not have my kids constantly worried that their mom isn't healthy. I'm ready for my husband to look at me and see the woman that he fell in love with years ago!