Thyckness718

Thanks for the motivation guys.

Wow! That's great! What was your surgery date? I can't wait to have mine in October..

I had my surgey September 5th.

Girl just pray, that is first and foremost and as soon as possible get up and start walking. You will do fine.

I am not even 1 week post op*lol* I am actually just 5 days post op.

Hi Velena, I am doing good and you? I am coming up on my second week on my pre op diet and I am doing great and am not craving anything, thank God. I am having my surgery done in the Bronx at Montifiere hopsital and I am so excited. I am going today to get my blood work done and do my pre op class, and tomorrow I get the clearance from my PCP. Can you believe it is next week, talk about right around the corner.

I won't give you a pep talk because we have all been thru this. So you know the end result will be worth it. So instead I am sending you a big ole HUG. Feel better soon.

Sounds like a great weekend, and you have everything ready and in order for your surgery. Good luck with your upcoming surgery and keep up the great attitude.

LOL, this was classic. I can't wait until I marry the sleeve also in a couple of months, it will be a match made in heaven and will last forever also.

I am glad you made it thru your first week with flying colors. Congrats and I know this must be an exciting journey for you. Keep up the good work diva and I agree with you totally. Us big girls like to be sexy with the hair, mani/pedis just like everyone else. That is why we are divas*winking*

All the input really means alot to me guys. It is so good to have a support system like this on my side,

I am going to say something that is opposite.If you are going to go into this surgery go into it 100%Why wait until 85% of your stomach is out to work on you? Aren't you worth more than that. Spending your time pre-surgery gaining weight is not the right way to go into such a very restrictive surgery. All surgeries carry risks, why not do your best before surgery to limit the risks by taking care of yourself.Start charting your food on something like myfitnesspal.com Start trying to lower your carb intake now. I put myself on 800-1000 calories a day (I usually stayed around 800 calories and on my "fore-special days" where I went out to eat at Red Lobster or a Japanese Steakhouse - I went higher. I made sure I kept my carbs 45-75 ...unless it was a fore-special day, which I only did once a month or maybe twice a month.I lost 10 pounds a month during my pre-approval phase. I got to have my favorite foods once in a while, but I also learned to break the bad patterns that you will need to break eventually, if you don't break it pre-surgery, well who says you are going to be able to break if after surgery? Learn to not drink with your meal and wait 1/2 hour after you eat to drink your water. Chart your 64 ounces of water a day, chart your exercise. Learn how to do this now.Limit your caffeine until you can go off it completely (imagine weaning from caffeine and carbonation during pre-op shake....) people that do it before pre-op shake are more successful. If you are going to have Last Suppers, or Last meals before pre-op shake don't do it the day before do it days before because carb overload, will make pre-op shakes so much worse.Nobody said you have to starve yourself, but why gain weight? Wouldn't it be nicer to have less to lose after surgery? It sure was for me. Even if you lose 10 pounds or 5 pounds pre-surgery isn't that something to be proud of? Aren't you worth putting 100% effort into this?The food issues you have pre-surgery, the comfort food, or the love for food don't disappear after they take 85% of your stomach. You are still going to have stress, you are still going to have anxiety, you are still going to need comfort. I guarantee you, if you work on these issues before surgery and put effort into this, you will be more successful after surgery, because the surgery doesn't cure what caused you to become overweight to begin with.This is not meant to put anyone down, this is not meant to hurt anyone's feelings, but this costs a whole lot of money and this surgery is NOT a walk in the park. It takes hard work and dedication and it will not solve your problems if you don't work hard for it.Best of luck to you all.

Thank you so much for this comment. I know that everyone else who read it thanks you for it also. This is exactly what I needed to hear.

Thanks guys, at least now I know I am not going crazy, Jennrus I said steak was going to be my last dinner before my liquid diet start also*lol* great minds think alike.

Thanks Randi, and congrats on your weight loss, keep up the good work.

Hey Thyckness, My surgery is July 10th and I'm excited. I had the 3 month diet management too but had already started before I started on this journey so I was already thru that part. My pre-op diet is for 5 days only and I have decided that instead of going cold turkey that I would start weening myself a few days before with the reduction of one meal each day. Hopefully that will help it not be so hard. I'm ready for this journey and I'm glad you have started on your way.

Congrats and you know the 10th will be here before you know it. Doesn't it feels good doing something for you?

LOL, they don't have to worry about that, mines were removed in 97, thank you.

Thanks ladies for the understanding. I am so happy I am not alone on this journey, and you both are right, I have dvds, and just need to take them down and start using them.

Glad you are feeling better, and holding your liquids down. Continue success to you.

Take a deep breath, and realize that you are a grown woman and can make your own decisions. People who don't live in our shoes always think that we are taking the easy way out, but we aren't. WLS is alot of hard work. Please don't kick your parents out of your life, just tell them your mind is made up and you do not want to discuss this matter with them anymore. This is the beginning of the rest of your life, so be happy on this new journey. You have all of us up here for moral support. HUGS

Thank you so much for the advise, and good luck with everything.

This is so sad. It is going to take something big to get her to see the light. I hope its not too late. Good luck on your surgery. My surgery is friday.

Congrats on your surgery.

It makes perfect sense, thank you so much.

Uhhhh...forgive me, but is a catheter that thing they stick up your tee-tee so you don't have to get out of bed to pee-pee???Hold the phone! Are they doing that??? I can't have that situation going on... I hope I'm misunderstanding what a catheter is...

Yes, that is exactly what it is and trust me, I do not want one either*lol*

I really hope I don't have to use either one. I had a drainage tube when I had my gallbladder removed and it didn't hurt but was uncomfortable.

Thank you ladies. If I have to take them out then so be it, and I have had them all for over 5 years, so they shouldn't close. Discordya you are right, I can have someone help me put them back in.

Good luck on your journey and you will succeed. People always have something negative to say so please don't let what this a**holes say get you down. At the end of the day you are doing what you have to do to get healthy and even though I don't know you I am proud of you because this is a big step, so take a bow*HUGS*