MrsAnders

MsAnders that's great keep up the great job, I was told to loose 20 pounds and I n doing the same thing as you watching calories and I'm walking. Plenty soon your be own the fifty plus more.

Hey everyone! So as I told you all in a previous post my surgeon wants me to lose 50 lbs before surgery. I wasn't scheduled to meet with nut until September 13th so I decided to go ahead and start myself. Tomorrow will make 2 weeks since I began my diet and I'm happy to report I am down 10.6 lbs!!! I have just been monitoring my calories intake using mfp and drinking lots of Water so it's helping! According to mfp with my weight and activity level I can have 2900 calories a day but I have been averaging around 1200 to 1300 daily. I have a ways to go, but I am thrilled with my progress. I am hoping that I can lose 5 more lbs by the 13th so I can go to see the nut 15 lbs down. I want them to know I am serious about my choice to have the sleeve and about changing my life style. Hopefully they can see that. Any who, just wanted to update you all. Hope you are all doing well!

Hey everyone! So as I told you all in a previous post my surgeon wants me to lose 50 lbs before surgery. I wasn't scheduled to meet with nut until September 13th so I decided to go ahead and start myself. Tomorrow will make 2 weeks since I began my diet and I'm happy to report I am down 10.6 lbs!!! I have just been monitoring my calories intake using mfp and drinking lots of Water so it's helping! According to mfp with my weight and activity level I can have 2900 calories a day but I have been averaging around 1200 to 1300 daily. I have a ways to go, but I am thrilled with my progress. I am hoping that I can lose 5 more lbs by the 13th so I can go to see the nut 15 lbs down. I want them to know I am serious about my choice to have the sleeve and about changing my life style. Hopefully they can see that. Any who, just wanted to update you all. Hope you are all doing well!

Hey everyone! So as I told you all in a previous post my surgeon wants me to lose 50 lbs before surgery. I wasn't scheduled to meet with nut until September 13th so I decided to go ahead and start myself. Tomorrow will make 2 weeks since I began my diet and I'm happy to report I am down 10.6 lbs!!! I have just been monitoring my calories intake using mfp and drinking lots of Water so it's helping! According to mfp with my weight and activity level I can have 2900 calories a day but I have been averaging around 1200 to 1300 daily. I have a ways to go, but I am thrilled with my progress. I am hoping that I can lose 5 more lbs by the 13th so I can go to see the nut 15 lbs down. I want them to know I am serious about my choice to have the sleeve and about changing my life style. Hopefully they can see that. Any who, just wanted to update you all. Hope you are all doing well!

Hey everyone! So as I told you all in a previous post my surgeon wants me to lose 50 lbs before surgery. I wasn't scheduled to meet with nut until September 13th so I decided to go ahead and start myself. Tomorrow will make 2 weeks since I began my diet and I'm happy to report I am down 10.6 lbs!!! I have just been monitoring my calories intake using mfp and drinking lots of Water so it's helping! According to mfp with my weight and activity level I can have 2900 calories a day but I have been averaging around 1200 to 1300 daily. I have a ways to go, but I am thrilled with my progress. I am hoping that I can lose 5 more lbs by the 13th so I can go to see the nut 15 lbs down. I want them to know I am serious about my choice to have the sleeve and about changing my life style. Hopefully they can see that. Any who, just wanted to update you all. Hope you are all doing well!

I still don't know if my surgeons office requires any diets pre-op. but I guess I will find out soon.lol im all done with all appointments, just waiting for the results to be sent to surgeons office so I can go see them and see whats next

I had to work on my weight 18 months with my physician. Check. Psych evaluation. Check. Now I will have a 4 week liquid diet. Yum... can't wait! :-)

My insurance requires that I do a 6month non-surgical weightless program with a Dr. But I already have all of my test dates which will all be completed next month. I also have my surgery date which is set for jan 30th of next year. My surgery center requires a 2week liquid diet too.

Seeing all these things have made me realize just how big my list really is. I want to be able to go shopping with my best friend w/o getting tired. I want to be able to go places with my husband without having to worry about wether the seating will accommodate me. I want to be able to go the my God sons ball games without having to worry about wether ill be able to make the walk to stands. I want to shop in an actual store and not online bc I'm too self conscious for a store. I want to be able to walk my dog. I want to cross my legs while sitting in a chair with arms that i usually wouldn't even fit in. I want to go to the beach and be able to make it to the Water w/o a struggle. I want to wear shorts in public for the first time in years. I want to put on my first pair of hight heels and strut my stuff. This is just the tip of the ice burg and I've always been to embarrassed to say these things. Thanks for giving me a safe place to talk about it.

Seeing all these things have made me realize just how big my list really is. I want to be able to go shopping with my best friend w/o getting tired. I want to be able to go places with my husband without having to worry about wether the seating will accommodate me. I want to be able to go the my God sons ball games without having to worry about wether ill be able to make the walk to stands. I want to shop in an actual store and not online bc I'm too self conscious for a store. I want to be able to walk my dog. I want to cross my legs while sitting in a chair with arms that i usually wouldn't even fit in. I want to go to the beach and be able to make it to the Water w/o a struggle. I want to wear shorts in public for the first time in years. I want to put on my first pair of hight heels and strut my stuff. This is just the tip of the ice burg and I've always been to embarrassed to say these things. Thanks for giving me a safe place to talk about it.

These pictures are so inspiring! Can't wait until I have a before and after to compare!

just found out that my psych eval is only $255....phewww!! NUT is $275...guess I will see if insurance pays any of it.

What you're going through is consistent with my experience. Others on here have called it a food funeral. I called it "electric chair eating." Like if I were going to the electric chair tomorrow, what all would I want to eat first. I gained wait and misery during my pre-surgery process (and I'm still 4 days from surgery) I will tell you the one benefit -- it was confirmation all over again that I need this surgery and I cannot do this "on my own." I don't think that surgery is going to be a magic bullet, but I have to believe that it is going to be a tremendous tool in my arsenal. Best of luck to you! Hang in there!

Thank you all for your words encouragement! It's really helpful to have a safe place to talk about this. My family is supportive but sometimes I don't feel like they understand. Ill defiantly check out the 200+ forum.

I think you'll do great. I was sleeved on May 22. I started off at 373. Today I'm 295.

My highest weight was 404, I'm 5' 8" I lost some weight over the years. My weight when I started my pre-op diet on 4/4/13 was 357. I am now 287 & I just went to Chicago & I had the vacation I wouldn't have been able to have a year ago. Lots of walking, a speedboat ride, shopping. I still have a long way to go but my life has already improved!

I think a lot depends on your commitment to your lifestyle change and support network. For me I kinda looked at my surgery as a last chance. I was a band to sleeve revision although I waited 13 months after having my band removed. Today I'm exactly 6 months post op. I haven't weighed today yet but I'm hoping to have achieved my 100lbs loss. I was 397lbs on the morning of my op. What I can say is this has been an amazing journey and there are a lot of people on the forums who provide fantastic support to others. Personally, I wouldn't let the figures or stats worry me too much. Grab the bull with both horns and good luck.

Hi in whatever you decide I wish you the best, listen to what your body is telling you, I did my surgery because I know myself and I spiraled out of control and did not want to expand one more inch! I couldnt. I feel great, losing 50 lbs has made my brain more alert. I am tired alot but I think its low cal lack of Vitamins stuff like that, but before I had to take a bunch of naps during the day no energy nothing, but now its changed im normal functioning lol best of luck to you, and yes I agree this is my safe place too.

Hi there,
I to am one of the larger people on the site. I don't even know what my top weight was because no scale worked for me. But after losing some my first weigh in with a scale that did was 490. I lost some more weight since then, but when I had surgery on July 10 I was 437. I can't tell you how much I have lost yet because still no scale in my home. I will find out my initial loss at my post op check up in the next few weeks. I can't answer if you will loss it all. From what I see on this site, it seems to me that mostly the larger guys get all the way there. While I would like to loss it all, I need to say that even if I only lost 200 lbs life would be so much more liveable. Everything in my life seems to revolve around the weight. I am scared to go new places- after all I don't know what the seating or bathrooms are like. I am so tired of this. So, getting a lot of loss is going to be acceptable. Getting to goal would be fantastic. If I can use this surgery and remake my food relationships I believe that over time I can continue the downward trend.
If you have any questions or would like to talk with me just pm me.
Many blessings

So I haven't had my surgery yet but I'm posting this on the post op thread bc I want to hear from those of you that have. I have spent a lot of time on this site and while it has really helped me put some of my fears behind me, I still have this one major one that is lurking around in my head driving me crazy. Most of the post I have read seems that people are a lot smaller than me. They do great after surgery and have no trouble reaching their goals. I am 518 lbs and 5'9. I have been over weight my entire life but this is my heaviest. I have tried many different diets and I'm always able to loose but then I hit a snag and then usually gain all of it back. I'm dedicated to this decision and have a really good support system. My husband, family, and close friends are all in my corner 100%! I'm 28 years and I still have tons of things I want to do before I leave this earth. If I don't do something that will not happen. So my concern is with me being as heavy as I am is it possible to get to goal. I'm terrified of having the surgery and loosing 100 or even 200lbs and then not being able to loose anymore. I understand the major changes I have to make and I'm on bored. I just don't want to go through this and still be morbidly obese. Any thoughts on this is greatly appreciated.
BTW I'm terrified that I have actually put my weight on here, but I feel safe here. Hopefully that's the case.

Thank you all for your words encouragement! It's really helpful to have a safe place to talk about this. My family is supportive but sometimes I don't feel like they understand. Ill defiantly check out the 200+ forum.