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What great news! Congrats!

YAY, its so exciting! I was so happy when I got my date! Good luck on your journey!

Congratulations on getting your date, so your journey begins, :-) Great time to start setting small goals for your new life.

So happy for you! What a way to begin 2014.......

I had a low iron level before surgery, and now at 15 1/2 weeks post op I'm anemic. It's hard to go through each day feeling so damn tired and sluggish, but keep taking your iron supplements and try to make food choices rich in minerals. Vitamin C is supposed to help the body better absorb iron, so you may want to ask the doctor about combining the two. I take a prescription supplement called FeRiva, which is Iron, Biotin, Vitamin C, and Folic acid in one, and time released. Maybe something like that could help you. Anyway, best of luck with everything - you can get through this!
Oh, and on another note...are those your little girls in the picture? They are sooo GORGEOUS!!!!

Good luck, hope you get your date today.

Yes you can do this if its really what you want for yourself. The only person you have to convince is yourself. People are always going to talk about you good or bad, you just have to be able to bounce back. I can personally tell you as a man I felt at first that I may not need the surgery because I have lost weight so many times before, that I may not need a surgery but each time I dieted I failed only to gain more weight than the last time. Food was my best friend as well I was always eating no matter what, I'm an emotional eater 100% It didn't take me long to make my decision because I was just tired of eating poorly. I was tired of feeling like crap all the time, my belly was hanging like a Christmas ornament, and all my blood work was not good. Along with the mental depression of just being overweight and my clothes were always big as sheets, made me understand that if I want to enjoy life I have to change the way I live period. My wife was in the same boat as me of course so we decided that we would have the sleeve surgery. Sure there are days that I just don't feel like I have made progress and there are days that I feel like no matter how much weight I have lost that I'm still that 316 pound man that is almost out of breath every time I walk up the stairs. I have tons of more energy I'm feeling great I still eat food that I like,and I have the occasional drink or two. I don't have any physical pain,and the weight is still coming off. I'm getting compliments from my coworkers all the time,so it makes me feel good for a change and I love it.