LizC

I'm 332 and my surgery date is may 28th! I was starting to feel like a whale seeing people who are 180 and wanting the surgery lol!

I'm 332 and my surgery date is may 28th! I was starting to feel like a whale seeing people who are 180 and wanting the surgery lol!

I'm 332 and my surgery date is may 28th! I was starting to feel like a whale seeing people who are 180 and wanting the surgery lol!

Thank you all for your responses. It's quite ironic that I just posted this last night and then today I had my first negative opinion from someone about the surgery. Now I definitely understand the choice to keep it private. Not to mention it was a close family member and he was very adamant about getting his point across that he thinks the surgery is completely ridiculous and I need to just get off my "lazy a** and work out". I was literally speechless. It hurt to hear him say that because I do get off my "lazy a**", I work 3 jobs and am also in college. I wanted to just say "thanks for the input but F off!!".

LOL!

I had a Twinkie.
Lol I am totally kidding. Just wanted to stir the pot. Hhhhhhmmmm twinkies

At sticking to this pre-op diet. I'm seriously losing my mind over here. It's not necessarily the diet but it's all this **** I'm having to deal with right now on top of the diet (personal life issues, preparing for surgery, paying bills before surgery, etc.) I just keep cheating and feeling horrible, cheating and feeling horrible. I don't understand why I can't just stick to it! I crack under pressure a lot and the stress I'm having to deal with is really getting to me. Oh not to mention I'm PMSing. My boyfriend hates me right now, I've been such a b***h! I just want this surgery to be over with but then at the same time I'm having second thoughts. I'm worried I'm gonna be one of those people that just constantly pushes the limit on food. Ugh I shouldn't even be thinking like this. I DON'T want to be like this. I just have no willpower and it just makes me depressed. Honestly I don't care if I'm fat, I've never had a problem with how I look. I'm getting this surgery for my health. I feel like I should mean more to me and I should take this diet more seriously but yet I just ate fried rice on Sunday. I feel pathetic right now :/
Jeez that was long and I could just keep going! So many thoughts running through my head, May 28th can't come soon enough!
Thank you to anyone who actually takes the time to read this.

To those offput by this post, please allow me to offer my apologies. We are working very hard to stop the negativity and make VST a friendly, supportive community. I feel things have gotten better recently, and we are continuing to work at eliminating the "nastiness and venom" as some of you have put it. However, we can only do this with your help. VST is a large community, and Alex and I manage it basically with just the two of us. Therefore, please report posts that you feel are inappropriate or a violation of forum rules, and we will respond.
Thank you.

What other forums do you use? This was the only one I came across, but that could be because I just searched the apps on my iPhone. I'm interested in joining others for the same reasons you have mentioned.

What other forums do you use? This was the only one I came across, but that could be because I just searched the apps on my iPhone. I'm interested in joining others for the same reasons you have mentioned.

What.. No good drs in your country called Texas? What shame that you had to travel across the border into the lesser country called AMERICA!

Thank you! I got approved and actually just had my surgery on May 28th! Down 30 pounds from pre-op diet to now

I found a bonus Skittle last week!

Ever since my surgery I have started watching food shows. I never had any interest in it before but now I watch stuff like Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives all the time. Maybe it's a coping mechanism, but let me just say...I can't believe I've spent my time getting fat from McDonald's and nasty fast food places! There's so many things I've never tried or even thought of and all this time I've been eating ****. Maybe if I would have been eating higher quality food I wouldn't even be in this position (just kidding)! But wow, I'm amazed!

Same here! And I like barefoot Contessa....lol

Ever since my surgery I have started watching food shows. I never had any interest in it before but now I watch stuff like Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives all the time. Maybe it's a coping mechanism, but let me just say...I can't believe I've spent my time getting fat from McDonald's and nasty fast food places! There's so many things I've never tried or even thought of and all this time I've been eating ****. Maybe if I would have been eating higher quality food I wouldn't even be in this position (just kidding)! But wow, I'm amazed!