mykdzmom

Sweet!

You are so awesome!

@JamieLogical LOVED this post! Made my day!

@JamieLogical Happy Dance with you! I can't imagine the feeling of getting below 200 or in the 180's. Enjoy!

Thanks for posting your update! You looks so strong, beautiful and happy! Congratulations on all that you have accomplished!! You are a rock star!!

Sounds like you are doing great! Thanks for posting. It is nice to hear this being in pre op myself .

You will be done and going home before you know it! Keep us posted!

Happy Birthday! Your post made me smile. I hope you have a great day!

Good luck and stay strong!

Well that is just Awesome! Congratulations!

@@Stevehud - "50 Grams Of Carbs" made me smile

I can't wait either. Imagine using your closet for the close you wear rather than a shrine to the sizes you used to wear... Lol Lol, sorry clothes...

@@richieoneal411@gmail.com -- goal outfit..... now you've started something..

I am having the same thoughts. My wish list includes a nicely fitted (not tight but fitted) black turtle neck with jeans. I know that sounds so simple, but I have all but given up fitted sweaters at this point. I may watch the sale racks now for a good deal on my sweater for Winter 2015. Just imagine where we will all be then.

Reflections on month 2 of 6 pre op diet ~ Are we there yet? Contrary to my belief, I did not die waiting for my monthly weight in as I slowly get closer to my surgery date. Ok, so this is a good thing and there have been others. I am proud that I still have not had a carbonated drink since December which is actually a huge NSV for me. I have been faithful to drink a minim of 32oz of water a day. Some days I get 64 oz and plan to continue to increase until I reach 64oz per day, every day. This month I have marked a few things off of my pre surgery check list as well. For starters, my second month PCP visit and weigh in. The scale showed a gain of 0.4, but I think that could just be the clothing. I had my sleep study which shows that I do have sleep apnea. I will be getting my machine soon, and when I do I will get my pulmonary clearance as well. I am really looking forward to a good night’s sleep. I have also started attending the local WLS support group. It is a live version of this website and I find the people there are just as candid and helpful as those on this website. I plan to continue with the support group meetings just because I like them. I do occasionally have to give myself a personal time out from this site and obsessing about WLS in general. Everything in moderation, right? Overall, I have a good feeling about what I have accomplished this past month. I hope that the next is just a fruitful. Best wishes to all ~ mykdzmom

@@mclorrie Thanks, at my next monthly weigh in I will ask for a referral.

Sounds like you are doing an amazing job! Congratulations!!

No, not yet. I am in month 3 of 6 in the pre op supervised diet, so I figure around June. It seems as it will never get here. I am just trying to gather as much info as I can and make behavior mods until then.

I love this! Each month I chose one or more of these to attack (I am in 6 month pre op diet) and then carry forward. It makes me feel like I am already contributing to my success when I look back and see that I am able to make the changes and stick with them. I haven't had a carbonated drink since December which was really hard for me, but now even my family knows not to order them for me. I think I will start the tracker this month. I have been pushing it off, but I need to know what I am actually eating. Thanks everyone for such great posts! @@vixen1978 - I am right there with you on the waiting...

@@Seahawkgirl great idea for the intros Glad to hear you were able to download on a Nook. I am going to give it a shot. Glad to meet everyone! I am a 45 year old mother of two daughters 15 and 18 years old. I have been married for 22 years and we live in Opelika, AL. I was born and raised in Georgia but we relocated to AL 7 years ago. @@mclorrie I am going to download the book today and get started. It is rainy here so perfect timing. Update - I had my sleep study this week and I do have sleep apnea. I have to go back for a second night to get my machine and they will adjust my settings as I sleep. Question: How did you get your cardiac clearance letter? Did your primary refer you?

A-maaaa-zing!!!! You look fantastic!

I am thinking this thru right now myself so I was glad to see your post. I plan to use the same approach as I did for my hysterectomy. I emailed my manager and told him that I needed some surgery, that was planned for mid year, and that the surgeon was shooting for June. I told him I wouldn't have a firm date until the surgery schedule opened up for that month (what my Dr. told me) and he really didn't question it. He just asked me if I was ok, and I told him everything would be just fine and thanks for asking. He left it at that and thanked me for letting him know in advance. I never gave it a second thought. I plan to follow the same pattern for this surgery and I do not plan to tell anyone what the surgery is for. That is just my personal decision. If I didn't plan to use FMLA, I would just take vacation and say nothing.

@@mclorrie I wanted to as well, but I have an old Nook (only Barnes & Noble). Alex posted how to purchase / download it on the Nook, but I have not tried it yet. Let me know what you think of it if you decide to get it. Great reviews so far.

I love it!

@@Engteacher same here. Let's do this already! I am circling June 17th hoping that's my date.