ladykirklin

SW240
CW 182
[ATTACH]19568[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]19568[/ATTACH]

I was sleeved 05/23 HW 325/ SW 317/ CW 244 total WL 81lbs. Feeling great!

SW240
CW 182
[ATTACH]19568[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]19568[/ATTACH]

SW240
CW 182
[ATTACH]19568[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]19568[/ATTACH]

Thanks good to know I'm not alone

Thanks. Its good to know I'm not alone..

It must be time for another stall. We are sleeve sisters in terms of surgery weight and date. I'm at 180 and have basically been in a stall for several weeks. Hang in there!

SD- may 14
sw 240
3mos post op weight 189
-51lbs
im so excited

SD- may 14
sw 240
3mos post op weight 189
-51lbs
im so excited

SD- may 14
sw 240
3mos post op weight 189
-51lbs
im so excited

I had my sleeve on May 14 and a small hernia repair to my esphoguas. . I was really tired the first day The second day my gas was unbearable, I find it hard to get on the liquids down in the time fr ame given. . I'm hoping it gets better soon everything I drink I feel it moving around very uncomfortable. .

I'm May 14 gotta be at the hospital @ 5:30 I'm so excited how's you pre op diet

I'm May 14 also and I've lost 7 pre op.. I'm so excited can wait to start seeing results..

Today is my day )

Up and on my way to be sleeved this morning. Finally here.

Hi guys. I see a lot of you are struggling and worried pre-op about the pre-op diet. It is a HUGE challenge, but for me, it was an important one.
Exactly 1 year ago, I was in the middle of a 2 week liquid pre-op diet because my BMI was 55+ and I was self-pay in Mexico. Traveling from Canada meant that a reschedule would be A LOT of extra expense if my surgeon had to stop due to an enlarged liver mid-surgery. I had NO CHOICE but to follow the diet.
It also meant that cheating would increase the chance of complications and a longer recovery (or worse), all because I could not follow a 2 WEEK diet. Really? Here I was, about to take a seriously radical, life-changing step and get 85% of my stomach cut out permanently. But I can't follow a 2 week diet? That's crazy.
Post-op was going to be difficult for MONTHS, not days. So if I couldn't get my head in the game for the pre-op diet, then maybe I wasn't ready for what was going to follow post-op. I was terrified!
So I started the liquid diet. And I was STARVING. I was dreaming of all the foods I thought were leaving my life forever. Suddenly I didn't care that I had spent my life morbidly obese, I wanted my comfort back. I wanted to fill myself to bursting at every meal, like it was my last meal forever.
But I didn't break my diet.
Because for once, I wasn't going to cheat myself. It was time to grow up (I'm 43....) and take responsibility for my health, my future and my choices. A lifetime of justification, gluttony and excuses brought me to that operating room. Now it was time to face the music and get on with owning my future.
The first 3 days were HELL. That is when your body is detoxing from the carbs. You are using up the glycogen in your liver (to help "shrink" it) and it's screaming for replacement carbs to fill it back up. You can get through it. After 3 days it gets MUCH better. After a week you start to feel normal and more healthy than you have felt in years. You may be hungry, but you don't have the carb cravings anymore.
Most importantly, you feel IN CONTROL; and mentally and emotionally strong for battling your demons and winning. This is the first tangible proof in an unsure future that you CAN get through the post-op recovery and that you CAN succeed in losing the weight this time, FOR LIFE.
Whatever weight you lose during your pre-op diet is really inconsequential. What is important is what you gain:
- Confidence
- Emotional and physical self-control
- The desire to succeed and overcome "impossible" obstacles
- The knowledge that you are a WINNER as long as you do your best
Please don't look at the pre-op diet as a "condition" that your surgeon imposes on you (and some surgeons don't require it!). It is an OPPORTUNITY for you to test yourself, to help build your will, character and emotional toughness BEFORE you have the surgery.
It's like training for a marathon.....you put the blood sweat and tears in before the race to help you finish the race on game day. Without training and preparation, you will likely fail and you can get hurt really badly along the way!
Use your pre-op diet to work through your demons, build up your confidence and prove to yourself you can do it. If you "fall off the wagon" one day, the next day is a fresh start.
Aim for excellence. You owe it to yourself.

weight 235
height 5'0
age 32
at my first visit I was 240 I started watch what I ate once I got approve hoping I want have an hard liquid diet I've been told it more about shrinking your liver the the liquid so I'm try to lose the weight now

my world changes May 14..congrets on everyone else..

good luck... my surgery day is May 14 and it seems like its so far away...

I'm may 14 and u feel like its taking forever

We are surgery sisters!! Veryy scared, excited and nervous as well.

my world changes May 14..congrets on everyone else..