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I couldn't wait till next week when I actually turn 1 year
But I was sleeved
February 6 2014
Age 21
Height 5'7
SW:326
CW:170
GOAL WEIGHT : 155
Here are some before and after pics after 1 year I'm very happy ♡ would do it all over again.

@@xoMonica it gets easier! I promise! The first 3 days are HELL! DO NOT CHEAT! No sugar no carbs! By day 4, it is easy-peasy. Really! I promise! And this is coming from a confirmed bread-chocolate-chip-candy-sugar- 4cups coffee a day-aholic!

February 10th! ;; Houston Tx. ;; Day 1 of liquid diet down... this sucks. Lol but I know it will be well worth it!!

I go for my pre op workshop tomorrow and start my liver reduction diet on Monday.
My surgery date is 2/12.
Good luck to all of us.

@@mdlange
Hey I tightened my bra in by a row of hooks today! Down seven pounds so far.Doing things like cleaning out my freezer. Would you believe I found a package of peas from 2013? Hmmmmm.

Yeah I had it too for about two months but it went away, especially as the new me emerged. I'm happy I had enough strength to control my thoughts and didn't communicate them into words to my wife.

Thanks recycled my surgery is in about three weeks and I was getting a lil' nervous. This helped.

I'm disgusted with how I look and feel...so I finally thought I'd look into Weight loss surgery. Just to see what is available and if If it would work for me. Looked up some local Surgeons and Hospitals on the net and some of the surgeons had free information seminars. So, I'm going to my first seminar tonight.....err.....
.I mean support group. (not really for support..I just like showing off the new bod and encouraging others) Confused....don't be
The point I'm trying to make is...... it surely seems like I just started the process....... When I thought about getting surgery, I figured I probably wouldn't qualify and the cost was probably more than I could afford....but what the heck, I'm fat and not losing my way, so what could it hurt. Probably won't do it and nutin's gonna change anyway.
So I went.... I kinda thought my interests was in the Lap Band. Ya know, the one I've already heard about. I get there and find out there is now three or even four different types of procedures and a whole lot of statistics. Great.....choices.....I didn't expect choices. I wanted sure fire easy. I had my notepad with a bunch of questions and after the surgeon spoke about each procedure, I fired away with several questions about the Band. He was very informative and heightened my interests. There was a few of his patients there that spoke about their processes and experiences and that, I felt was the most convincing. I gave the coordinator my insurance info and thought.....now we'll see what happens.
Guess what.....my insurance actually covered WLS. So I made an appointment with the surgeon for a consult. Just a consult...,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
.(I thought....I'm not sold yet) So I go to the consult and brief him on my history and goals and my interest in the Band....blah blah blah....and almost straight away he says......the band is not a good fit for you.....you'd be better off gettin the sleeve. Hmmmmm, that took the air outa my sails.....I really wanted the band. ---- OK, I'll think about it.
I did think about it....ALOT.....researched everything including the Surgeon, the Hospital, everything I could find about the Sleeve and you'll never guess.......he was right. It made better sense. It sounded radical....but after reading about so many successful outcomes, not really so bad. -( I found Bariatric Pal during this time as well which really helped me get informed the most)
I called and started the application for approval. ----- What.!!! six months, are you kidding me....talk about deflated....Oh well, I'll go along....( I probably will change my mind anyway and not get it) Zooooom.....fast forward six,,,seven...eight,,...nine months.
Even with a few insurance and tests gliches along the way....I can't believe it went that fast and I'm approved......

Ok,.....here's the big one.........I just got off the phone with the Doc's office and the surgery is scheduled..... in two weeks. Wait, wait, wait......I need MORE time. I'm gonna really do this.
Surgery day and I'm in my room recovering.....Damn....I'm still fat and now uncomfortable and haven't lost an ounce. This is gonna take forever.....Bariatric Pal is no help....all they keep sayin is "hang in there" or give it time....blah blah blah......Cmon, I had the surgery..... I should be losing tons already......I wanna see results........This is gonna take forever..... I don't want to think about a year from now.....I got on the scale today four times and it didn't change an ounce. Oh well....might as well sit back and just go with the flow.....and see what happens...... Zoooooooom (yeah, believe it.....I said zooooom. A whole year, just that quick)
A HUNDRED &TWENTY POUNDS gone forever and I look and feel fantastic. And I'm headed to the Seminar.....I mean the support group....see, I still get those confused cause I can't believe it went by that fast. Yes, I said FAST. I actually have a hard time remembering the phases along the way.....they kinda blur together. Who cares, I'm here, I'm skinny and you will be too. And you'll think the whole thing happened in a flash.
Long story.....short point.......Don't fret the wait.....Like most things in life, time flys.

my number one rule......"never buy anything at the doctors office"......they're rich enough.....(and I'm not)
And you're right about costco......I buy alot of stuff there.... and thanks to my Vacuum Sealer, I can package most bulk stuff in smaller sleeve size meals for the freezer.

costco sells Premier Protein shakes chocolate, vanilla and strawberry 18 count for $25.
shake and Go. ..no Water or milk...

February 17th here as well, oh boy! Getting a liiiiitttttlllllleeeee anxious.

Increase your Magnesium intake. I'm pre op and have had this issue as well. I take costco brand magnesium citrate 2 pills 3x a day and let's just everything works like a well oiled machine. If you can't tolerate pills there are magnesium drops but taste awful.

I had a large hiatal hernia. I didn't know about it until after surgery.
They pry your stomach away from your diaphram & pull it back down into your abdominable cavity. Then they cut off the rim of the hiatus & stich it tighter together.
I must have had a hiiatal hernia since 2000 because every years since then, I had bronchitis every year, walking pneumonia one year, pertussis one year, or just constant coughing. One doctor told me I was asthmatic. I thought my lungs were just really bad although I have not smoked in over 30 years. Now I realize that my lungs & trachea were being seriously adversely affected by my part of my stomach being in my chest cavity instead of being in my abdomin. I have NO COUGH now. No more bronchitis. No more bad lungs!
On top of that, I AM LOSING WEIGHT!! Life is good right now...
If your hernia keeps coming back, I think that would be a scary thing. Good luck!

February 17th here as well, oh boy! Getting a liiiiitttttlllllleeeee anxious.

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I felt that way 5 years ago when I first looked into it. I left halfway thru the seminar and thought to myself I don't need this I can this. At that point I had no co morbidities and could still move and exercise. What I didn't understand until this past year is the relationship I had with food.
When this surgery was recommended to me by my general surgeon I still had huge doubts about doing it. Even when I started looking into it more. When I found out I had to do a 6 month supervised diet I was actually happy for the delay. It let me get my head wrapped around all the changes that were going to take place and deal with they WHY I ate the way I did. Most of it was pure laziness and the other part was comfort. I knew if I didn't have my head in the game I would not succeed with this and would struggle. And that I did not want.
The reasons that I turned to food for comfort I began working on, really working on. I decided that being healthy was more important to me. Now that I had waited I had developed some co morbidities and one was the possible loss of my eye sight.
I am 12 1/2 weeks post op and doing great. Is it tough at times, you betcha, do I want to go the gym like I should, nope but I do, am I grateful for this gift I have been given, YEP! Now I just wish I had done it sooner. But I think if I had I would not have been as successful as I feel I am now.
I am sure you are over analyzing things, we all have done that. But just know that if you can get thru the first two months, following your docs orders, doing what you are suppose to you will succeed, you will lose weight and it will get easier.
Make sure you reach out when you need support, I hope you have a good support team behind you at home, I know this has helped me immensely!! Good Luck and you got this!!

I told my sister. I wasn't going to, but she was trying to convince me to buy a new bread machine (that makes homemade noodles! OH BOY! I really need more bread and noodles!) I told her, don't need it, doubt I'll be making any bread or noodles for a long time, if ever again. She said..."WHAT?! ANOTHER DIET?!!" "HOW long will this one last???". I told her about my decision to have gastric sleeve surgery. THEN out of her mouth came........."EWWWWW!! Have you thought that through??" um, yeah, I didn't just wake up this morning and say...hmmm I think I'll have major surgery to remove 85% of my stomach sometime after the first of the year. Note to self. Don't tell anyone else.

It amazes me that so many get their panties in a wad when they post their opinion on a public discussion board and someone else disagrees or posts a counter opinion.

Seriously! It's OK. In most cases, that counter opinion is just that -- opinion. While I do take issue with those who take themselves very seriously and post their opinion as fact, I am happy to say they are few and far between.

We, for the most part, have different surgeons, different NUTs, different metabolisms, different builds, different backgrounds, different thought processes, different psychosis... (JOKING! Kind of.)
There are very few doctors or therapists here. There are NO experts on YOU here, with the exception of yourself. No one is qualified to give you *absolute do or die* advice. No one is in a position to tell you that you are !!!WRONG!!! or that everyone else is.

Relax. Breathe. Discuss. Share. Vent. Listen. Learn.

We all have our hot buttons, we are human. We all have topics we are passionate about. Debate is fun! It's healthy. It's how we learn and grow. It's a positive form of interaction until someone takes it personally. (I'm guilty at times -- I know it!) As long as it's respectful, there is no name calling involved, and there are no personal attacks, there is nothing wrong with it.

I'll tell you a few things about me that are "wrong" and I don't give a rat's patoot if you want to tell me so:
I drink soda. GASP! Even worse, I drink it through a straw! I would never tell anyone else to do the same. That's between you and your doctor.
I graze all day. My sleeve is small, my restriction is fierce. I graze to keep myself from getting too hungry, eating too fast and then vomiting it all back up.
I eat while I work, when I drive, when I watch TV. I find that when I do this, I get distracted and I eat slower. Weird, I know.
I weigh myself 2-4 times a day. First thing in the morning (usually fully dressed in my PJs as I get up at a ridiculously early time of day to get my kids out of the door.) I weigh myself buck naked after kissing them goodbye when it's time to get myself dressed. I weigh myself before and after a poo (giggle) because I have a middle school boy sense of humor. I weigh myself at night, again buck nekky, just before I get in the shower. I call it my step aerobics. It works for me. I don't get frustrated or upset. I never have, even at my fattest.
I eat real chocolate every day. Just a few Hershey Kisses or a Dove Promise (dark!). It quiets the sweet tooth I didn't have pre-op and keeps me from thinking about sweets all day. It's better to feed the beast a nibble and shut it up. FOR ME.
I eat full fat everything except the things I don't.

I am choosing not to be a WLS advocate. I don't care HOW people think I am losing weight, I don't care who supports me. I don't tell my business to everyone and it's not up to me to save the world from obesity one fatty at a time. I'm not embarrassed, ashamed or a liar.



Your personal experience, your advice from your NUT/surgeon/NP may differ completely. You may be of the opinion that I will be the size of a small whale in 5 year's time. You may think that I am failing myself and my surgery. You may think I am a hypocrite. It's OK.

You do you, I'll do me. We can talk and share and be opinionated together, even when our opinions don't match.

This is a public DISCUSSION board. It's ok to discuss, it's ok to be opinionated. Just expect the same in return.

My two favorites right now are Master Chef Jr (those kids cook things I can't even spell), and Chicago PD. I watch way too much TV, though! My comedy fixes are The Goldbergs and Brooklyn 99.

One week from now (Jan 28th) is my surgery and I'm totally freaking out! I've been patiently waiting for almost a year for this and now that it's here I can't stop myself from second guessing everything. I've come to realize, with major help from this awful 2 week liver shrinking liquid diet, that my addiction to food is real and the thought of ending my relationship with its comfort is absolutely terrifying. I feel like I'm trying to convince some part of myself that I don't need the surgery and that I can do it without this tool. Has anyone gone through this, or am I just over thinking and analyzing this way too much?

So, have you started your pre-op diet yet? I am day-3 and it's not so bad....

I am concerned about the fruit and veggie diet you are talking about. Protein is vital for all of us. Our body needs us to maintain an adequate protein intake every day for our health. I highly recommend going back to the basics of your dietary program to see if you can't jump start your body. Being a bariatric patient requires us to follow the bariatric diet. Crash diets and trendy diets have no place in our lives any longer. Our bodies have very specific and unique nutrition needs. Give your body what it needs, not some diet you thought you might try. I am not trying to be harsh, however I am concerned! Please reconsider your choices and give the bariatric diet another chance.

Hi! I'm the 17th and so nervous and excited- I get butterflies when I think of it! I'm all the way over in the UK, near London. Good luck everyone x

Thanks sooo much! Yea my bmi is overly high smh but I don't have diabetes and I doubt sleep apnea. But this has helped me thank u

. Hello Harley I'm also with emblem health care in NYC, my requirements were as follows 3 month supervised diet,co morbidities such as sleep apnea, diabetes I believe you need one or more of these and your good if you don't have these issues than you need a BMI of 40+,cardiac clearance (I have clogged arteries) if you google emblem health/bariatric surgery the page of requirements should come up in a PDF format. Hope this helps and Good Luck on your journey.