Beanzilla

I went to Vitamin Shoppe today and they have a huge selection of Protein Drinks in singles. I bought several singles to try including the Isopure (apple/melon). They also had a selection of muscle milk and I got a cake batter flavor - I like being able to try the singles before committing to the case.

AUGUST SLEEVERS:
8.2.12-allnewme-dr Alvarez MX
8.3.12-Made2beme- Dr Garcia MX
8.6.12-Aug62012-Dr Brengman Richmond VA
Arukind-Dr. Ross Seattle WA
Stormwarning-Dr Alvarez Mx
8.8.12-Futureskinnypants - Dr morris washington Sc
Forensikchic (*1 YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!!)
8.10.12-thetruedream- Dr Almanza MX
8.13.12-harleymb-Dr Spaw
Nustartintx-Dr collier TX
Sabstar22-Dr. Almanza Mx
Southern Oregon-Dr Ortiz
Mickey- Dr Arnold- Dallas TX
8.14.12- strawberrysoul-Dr. Almanza MX
8.17.12- Beanieandrosiesmom- Dr. Rodriquez MX
Lisa1977
8.20.12- Audrey523- Dr. Yatco NYC
Shoe_vixen- Dr rosen Chicago
Skye-Dr. Joyce
8.23.12 MGM-Dr. Kelly MX
beanzilla Dr Garcia MX
msleo64- (*1 year surgiversary!!!)
8.24.12 Weight_no_longer
8.30.12 Runner
Hey all Here's the latest list. I'm super excited that the time is flying by! I went yesterday and got a few comfy outfits since im going to the beach for my surgery. It's going to be hot. I'm having a party (a christmas in july, surprise birthday party ) for my best friend whos birthday is on christmas. It's going to be 3 days before my pre op starts! I'm almost to that "month til pre op diet" mark
Hope everyone is doing well. Keep in touch after you start your pre op diet's and we can be eachothers support systems! Please take a minute and hit the little rating star at the top of the thread! I'd like as many other august sleevers to see this as possible.
Talk to you all soon
PS, what is YOUR pre op diet?
Mine is 2 weeks Protein shakes....and i believe sugar free Jello.
my friend is having it and said her doc said she can eat whatever but has to drink Protein Shakes too (that doesnt make sense to me . )
Another friend on here had it for 3 days (protein shakes)
and another person had shakes but could eat chicken and steak as well. His diet was basically the Atkins induction phase.

All you can do is hold your head up high and ignore the haters. This surgery is life-saving for many of us, no matter what negative people want to say. Once your results are showing, they will all be singing a different tune and saying how proud of you they are. My husband (STBEx) was so negative that he actually told me I just needed "to eat less and exercise" instead of having surgery. I flipped him the bird and kept moving forward. Now, 100 pounds lighter, he tells me and everyone else how proud of me he is and how happy he is that I'm doing "great things for my health". @@
Just do what you know is right and come here for your support!

Simply put, NO SOLIDS just liquids. Protein shakes, juice and Water. SF Jello is OK too. If your doc or nut didn't tell you to please call and make sure it's OK, while I can't think of a reason it wouldn't be just be sure it's OK first.
Almost everyone can stay on this diet for 2 or 3 weeks, especially when we know ht operation is coming up. It's trying to do this on your own as a sole means of weight loss that it fails, we all start to cheat and then gain any loses back. When we have the WLS in our sites it makes it easier to stick to and you can reap the benefits of some weight loss, smaller liver and cleaner bowels post-op.

All of those things are so true!
I will add that it will be nice to be stared at because I'm a hot chick with a bunch of tattoos, instead of because I'm a huge chick with a bunch of tattoos. It would also feel nice not feeling trapped in my body.
I'm afraid my boobs won't shrink though. Several years ago I went through a divorce and lost 150 pounds from the stress (I gained it back, and more), and my boobs did not shrink. Band size went down, but cup size remained the same

Right on with all of that.......but can't wait to cross my legs, touch my toes and ride my husband care free (i know TMI) but being real. Want him to pick me up during ***! He's really in shape and I can't wait to be able to run miles at a time with him.

Hi-five, all of us ladies can relate to most if not all of these. I am sooooooooooooo sick of having swollen feet and ankles and not even being pregnant , and waddling from side to side when I walk *lol*. Great post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've had more than one "shallow Hal" moment with cheap lawn furniture, sometimes not so cheap furniture....I won't miss that.
I've already noticed the "going to the bathroom" part is easier after losing 50 pounds. Not so much the going, but the .....uh....cleaning afterward.

Awesome list. The only thing i'll add: having to shift my weight from one hip to the next (in order to give my knees a break) when standing for any amount of time.

Great list!! Most of the above for me, and also cutting my own toenails!

Being short of breath
Sweating…all of the time
Constantly self-conscious
Worrying about eating in front of others
Being squished in an airplane, Angel Game, Concerts, etc.
Worrying about fitting in rides at Disneyland
Obsessing about food
Physical pain; arms, shoulders, back, knees, etc.
Going to the restroom more easily
Wearing flats or ugly shoes because high heels are exhausting
Missing out on life
Comparing myself to every other woman
Feeling lazy or tired all of the time
Not being able to keep up
Shopping at fat-kid stores
Not fitting into CLOTHES!
Hating my reflection in the mirror when I am naked, I literally cringe and look away
Jiggly arms
My legs rubbing together, holy rash
Tugging at my clothes to hide the bells rolls
Laying on the bed to button pants and then being in pain all day from sucking it in
Bathing suits!
People thinking “she has a great personality”….there’s more under there!
Faking happiness
Getting my hair as big as possible to off-set my double chins
Not ever being in “the mood”
Being the fat kid in the family
Dreading people’s reaction when they are next to me on a plane
Knocking over things because my ass has a mind of its own
Long showers and needing a nap after them
Sitting on my husband’s lap
Not afraid to squish my husband
Getting my back fat played like a wash board
Children asking if I can even be tickled through all of that fat
Looking at the “skinny’ clothes in my closet….loathe
Having to return an outfit because the person thought I was a much smaller size
Knowing that stepping on the scale means I’ll be eating a **** ton of ice cream and in a deep depression that night
Pretending I know about nutrition when my doctors lecture
Thinking if I just lost the weight, I’d be able to tackle the world
Society assuming I am a lazy pig
Not chasing my dreams of performing because the anxiety of being on display is crippling
Being too big to zipline in Maui
Being too big to horseback ride in Maui
Being too out of breath to hike down to the blow hole
Wearing tights and just dying to rip them off at the end of the day
Never wearing shorts
Wearing dresses to hide my figure
Online dating and picture a great picture of my face, getting to the date only panicked because I know they will be disappointed with the rest of me
Having to buy a circus tent to use as a bra
My husband saying I have sleep apnea
Being the one who would rather take the picture then be in the picture
Breaking a glass table from sitting on it
Not wrapping my arms around my husband
Being able to balance, I swear my stomach throws me off balance
Shopping in the maternity section when your coworkers pregnant sister has the same dress
My cankles!
Wide shoes
Anything stretchy
Someone asking where I got that cute shirt and lying because I don’t want to tell them a fat kid store
BBW- I HATE the acronym for “big beautiful woman!”
Never cutting my hair so it can hide my face and back fat
Being the big bride
Not crossing my legs…..because I can’t
Sitting and using my belly as a table
Doing everything I can to avoid bending over because let’s face it, it’s freakin’ hard to get back up
Feeling miserably ill after eating too much
Realizing I am more likely to miscarry when pregnant
PCOS
Wanting a baby so badly, but worried about the high risk pregnancy
Stretch marks
Feeling my stomach sitting on my lap when I sit down (my fanny pack)
Ditching my high school reunion because I didn’t want to be the girl who gained 100 lbs. in 10 years
My boobs crowding my throat
My wedding ring never coming off because it keeps getting tighter
Not being able to see my feet
Not being able to give myself a pedicure without sweating and being short of breath!

You hit the nail on the head, about everything you listed I feel the same! I'll list a few that are first to pop in my head.
One thing I always worried about the most is when I went somewhere would I be able to fit in that chair or booth, or would it be able to hold all my weight.
I want to be smaller then my BF, I want to be able to put on a t-shirt of his and have it be baggy on me, not the other way around! I want him to be able to pick me up, or feel comfortable sitting on him and not feel self conscious that Im squishing him lol.
I want to be able to walk into any store that I want and be able to fit the clothes.
I want to be pain free.
I want to feel normal like everyone else.

I got on the scale this morning...thinking...please god let me be in the 300's finally...and low and behold...the scale read 399.6! I haven't been below 400 in 6 years! I am soooooooooooo excited I want to cry! Next goal...get to 350...whil is just 49.6 pounds away...That will be the smallest I have been in 10+ years...This tool actually is working! I was sooo afraid I would be the one that it wouldn't work for. I know that I could be down more if I would excercise more and be stricter on myself...but losing slow is a good thing too! Less skin to deal with hopefully!!

Hello! I'm scheduled for surgery in late August of this year, and I just sent in my heath questionnaire. I'm going to Mexico, and in doing research and contacting different places, one of them told me that by BMI was too high to have surgery.
Um, what?
Now I'm afraid that that once this place sees my forms, they will tell me the same thing. I'm hoping that if that is the case, since I have a couple of months, maybe they will let my try to lose some weight first.
See, I can lose weight if I work really really really hard at at, but the problem is keeping it off. And if I think about eating, I will gain 5 pounds. Seriously, it just happened, right now.
I will be crushed if I can't get this done. I've struggled with my weight my entire life, and I can't keep going on like this. This is not living. It's gotten to the point where I can't walk very far without being out of breath and my back hurting. I'm tired of being stared at by strangers, and being laughed at by them. I'm tired of worrying if I'll be able to fit in the seating wherever it is that I'm going. I don't want to just be pretty eyes, or nice lips.
This sounds so silly, but besides looking good and being healthy, I want to run. Just run for a mile, or two miles, and feel that stitch in my side and my lungs and heart pumping, wind whipping my hair.
I'm huge, I know this. I don't want to be this way anymore. If I could lose weight with diet and exercise, um, yeah, I would be doing that.
*sigh* Thanks for reading. I'll update once I know something.

If by any chance Mexico does not work out, feel free to contact me. I just got approved financing for my surgery to be done in the US and if you can afford the payments per month then it's perfect. If you don't have good credit they let you put co-signers in so it's not a huge deal as long as you can pay the monthly repayment. I have recently discovered a lot more US surgeons for bariatric are doing this medical financing thing because it's easier for patients without insurance, or insurance that won't cover it.

I only have to lose 13 lbs b4 surgery...which today was my appt and i lost 14,,which everyones right every Dr. is differant. my Dr is very strict and wants everything done right!.