annabelle

The psychologist refused to sign off on me having surgery. I am devastated. I won't be going forward. I love life and wanted to get out of this prison that being fat has it me in.

My stress eating and me not wanting to tell my husbands family and my husband having a bigger problem withy weight than me all contributed to his decision.

I guess I am stuck in this prison.

I see the psychologist on the 23th and im dreading it as I gained 2kg snd my consultant wasent happy so im expecting her to say sorry your not ready, my heart goes out to you hope you get it sorted xx

Hi Annabelle, Wow! I'm really impressed with your weight loss so far,......and thats before surgery!! Well done! Yes, it's great to hear from Irish people especially as our experience seems quite different & somehow it makes it more real,.....more normal. Best of luck on the 23rd, hope your surgery date comes soon. Are you having it in Dublin?

Thank you I wish my consultant was impressed, Im having it in Galway there is no support group there so ive set up a group on Facebook, ive not met any one from Ireland that had it but hopefully that will change. they seem to change the way they go about it every few months so I just wish I had mine. im getting things sorted so that il be ready for when i get the call

Anna Eve, you might be interested - I wrote about the eating regime post surgery at "

12 days post op. Protein and sleep question". You might want to check that out too. Cheers.

Hi ladies Ive not been on lately had a few issues and now thats sorted im just waiting for a date I se the physiologist on the 23th so anytime after that Im hoping for an october date. I agree Anna its great to hear from an Irish person who has had the operation as you would get confused with all the others talking about the liquid diet for up to 4 weeks after the operation, thank you Nelly for sharing it with us

Hey! I am!!

hello how are you doing now

I'm sorry too! I think it's ridiculous...if we could loose weight on our own, we wouldn't NEED the surgery!! I'm glad I wasn't required to try! Heck...I couldn't have even survived to liquid diet the week before surgery most sleeves were required to do! Good luck & keep fighting!

your right I felt like saying if it was that easy I would not be here, thank you for your kind words x

So sorry you are having this issue, how disappointing.

Its never made sense to me that people have to lose weight to have the surgery.

I see you lost 46 lbs in a year? That should be considered great for someone that hasn't had surgery yet!

Keep fighting for it! Good Luck.

Thank you its been hard and it seems to get harder day by day the want me to lose more weight than what I have done aghhh but it will be worth it in the end

Hi All I started my journey 12mts ago, last January I was put on the 6mts weight loss program, 3mts was the milk only diet. that all finished 2 weeks ago & on the last day I had gained 2kg, my consultant was angry but I explained and asked him to look at my legs as I suffered with odema, He said do you think your ready for this operation I said yes more than ready, he said I'll see how you are in 6wks, the week before he said he was prioritizing me for my operation then everything changed, yesterday I heard that they were dropping me from the program, now they haven't told me myself but another person going to them was told that they can now push her up the ladder as they were dropping the lady that had regained in the last group, this person hasent done any the weight loss program, but has all the other test done, im seeing the physiologist on the 23th of august this is the last of my pr-op test to be done, ive sent an e-mail to my consultant to let him know the date as he asked me to let him know, I'm so angry that I could loose this operation over a 2kg gain, Ive tried ringing

the co-ordinator who I get on well with but she hasent returned any of my calls,

congrats and well done you deserve this, have fun sampling the menus xxx

hi all,

im still waiting for a date but im on the re-introduce to food diet and ive gained a few lbs over the last few weeks, im walking and working out a little bit everyday but not losing, i was going to try Protein Powder for a week whats yer views on this

hope you feeling better soon, will be thinking of you xx

all the best for tomorrow, will be thinking of you x

I cant believe surgery is almost here...It has yet to sink in...I mean REALLY sink in! I was doing well with my diet for the past few months, even lost 20 lbs! I weighed myself on Friday morning and I was still at 219, but I did some indulging Friday night and this weekend....so I hope I don't gain very much I really wanted some chicken wings, but then my mom mentioned bbq (which is one of my favorite things) so hubby and I went out to get ribs and fried pickles at our favorite place. Yesterday wasn't that bad...Had some low fat french toast from trader joes and an orange for breakfast, a Protein shake for lunch and some thai take out for dinner (from our most favorite place!) but I didn't get a fried dish...this morning I had a couple blueberry pancakes with sugar free Syrup, turkey sausage and one egg. lunch will also be on the light side since I am at work (I work with prader willi individuals on a strict diet so everything at work is pretty healthy to eat) but this evening one of my girlfriends is coming over for dinner and I'm thinking we will be ordering pizza....

I feel like I should be saying goodbye to all my favorite foods, but I also don't want to sabotage myself. Thats the old me...self sabotaging me. I want to succeed! So needless to say, I am REALLY looking forward to Wednesday! Ive even started to get my hospital bag together! I am super scared, but that nervousness has been slowly going away....I am more excited for the first day of the rest of my life to start!!!

best of luck to you on wednesday, im on an intense weight loss journey before the operation and I did the same when I started my diet I eat all my favorite foods the week before, enjoy your new journey ahead xx

My sleeve is 4/22/2013 tommorrow. So I'm really excited and hungry.Nothing but liquids since last week. I'm ready to get this done and start my new journey.

Good luck hope the best for you.

the best of luck tomorrow xx

congrats and well done Kurt, you give the rest of us who are on the waiting bench encouragement xx

the best of luck on your new journey x

I started this journey with no one knowing only my dr & I, the reason I needed head space this is to save my life not for vanity so before I told anyone I had to be strong & Not allow negativity into my decision, once I was strong I only told my family & very close friends there was a bit of negativity but now they can see this is for me its not the easy way out, the best of luck but you have to do what is for you xx

best of luck and were all here for you x

What does the milk diet consist of?

its low fat milk diet, its different everywhere some places they allow you a sml meal but my dr's said no. so I had 350mls of milk every 2hrs starting at 8am finishing at 10pm but I also had a boullion drink at 2pm for salt intake & tonight is my last nigh of it

I had a friend that told me i was selfish, I was taken the easy way out, so I stopped meeting her for coffee & chats told her I wont & don't do negativity, I was put on the milk diet she laughed & said you will crumble, this week I met her the first time in almost 11 weeks her face fell she was shocked not alone did I do the diet but you can see the weight loss that night she rang me to say I was an inspiration as she COULD NOT DO THE MILK DIET FOR 1 WEEK, your friend needs to see your serious and her negativity isn't welcome, good luck on your journey x

congrats, best wishes and enjoy your journey xx

Congrats and well done, ive all my pre-op work done but still no date & im stressing out over it, Im so ready for the operation, I keep worrying that I'l have to re-do all my pr-op test as so much time will have passed

Good on you, we all have different goals mine is to walk and not end up in a wheelchair

wow congrats and well done, your looking stunning an inspiration to us all

congrats and your now on the road to a new you

sorry cant help on that one as im on my laptop