Arts137

WOW, well done, pal... well done. You got your head right and will be a winner (a loser!!!)

We CAN have fun without 90% of the fun being food and drink! I was just in NYC this weekend for "Kinky Boots" (and see it when you can) and was in a group of 4 and stuck with the plan. And I had fun!!!

You should (IMHO) cross-post this on the main board in pre-surgical!!!!!

But I guess it plays on my basic fear of change. How am I going to handle being thinner and how people will react and treat me at work and socially. As it is, I have 40 years of knowing how people treat the fat me. Now, I have to worry about how people will treat me as a thin person.

Yep... the big isasue is our head(s). Know and work on this and all will be OK, I believe (and I am as crazy as you are).

Throw the scale away (at least some). The scale is a lyin' dog.

You have to stay away from the snack for AT LEAST 4 days for it to get patterned into your brain. Try the most water you can drink instead of pretzles. Or, go to bed...

Good luck. And praying is good, trying is good. Doing is better.

Remember what Yoda teaches:

"There is no try. There is only do or not do.

Our heads are a mess. I do not see what others see...

You write well. Fun to read. Stay away from statues (I mean that's what showers are for).

The Lovenox shots are easy. By pinching the fat (hard) they really DO NOT hurt -- you don't even have to watch. They'll teach you how during your hospital stay...

I never can keep my stories straight, so I tell anything to anyone...

Excellent info, from a 40...

try new things one at a time. so you can isolate 'issues'. Brocolli did me in and was I surprised! Avoid alcohol, generally for 6 months...

Shoot yeah people struggle! One of the most common board topics I guess! I know that I get 'real quiet' when on the liquid fast, but will survive.

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