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Today marks the 3rd mo. for me and I am down a total of 89 pounds

Today marks the 3rd mo. for me and I am down a total of 89 pounds

Like the title says today I am 2mo and 3 days out from surgery. I am 51 lbs down from the date of surgery and 76 lbs down from my 1st Dr. appt. I wanted to put how I am feeling about this cause it may help someone else, and to find out if anyone else has felt the same.

I have mixed emotions about this.

1. Is wow 76 pounds gone that’s awesome.
2. Why is it not more? I should be doing better.

I am nowhere near as excited about this as the people around me are. So I went and talked to my Physiologist about this. What he had to say made a lot of since. He talked about the 5 steps of depression over a loss. He told that the surgery can be viewed as an emotional loss for a lot of people. He said think about it you had over 45,000 meals in your life, food was always there and your relationship with it has changed dramatically. After talking a bit more we came to the conclusion that I am bouncing back and forth between step 4 Depression and step 5 acceptance. How can I be really excited for something when I have not fully grieved the loss of my old relationship with food and fully accepted the new relationship with it?

Now this all made prefect since to me. Since that talk I have felt better and am getting more excited about the weight I have lost and trying to make little games out it to motivate me more and hit bigger weight loss numbers. Like if I worked out for 30 minutes today let’s see if I can do 40 today. Or maybe get more done in that 30 minute time frame.

To me this has been 99.9% mental and knowing that I been able to fix it slowly but surely.

I and hoping to lose at least another 25 pounds by 3 mo. Out that April 28th

Like the title says today I am 2mo and 3 days out from surgery. I am 51 lbs down from the date of surgery and 76 lbs down from my 1st Dr. appt. I wanted to put how I am feeling about this cause it may help someone else, and to find out if anyone else has felt the same.

I have mixed emotions about this.

1. Is wow 76 pounds gone that’s awesome.
2. Why is it not more? I should be doing better.

I am nowhere near as excited about this as the people around me are. So I went and talked to my Physiologist about this. What he had to say made a lot of since. He talked about the 5 steps of depression over a loss. He told that the surgery can be viewed as an emotional loss for a lot of people. He said think about it you had over 45,000 meals in your life, food was always there and your relationship with it has changed dramatically. After talking a bit more we came to the conclusion that I am bouncing back and forth between step 4 Depression and step 5 acceptance. How can I be really excited for something when I have not fully grieved the loss of my old relationship with food and fully accepted the new relationship with it?

Now this all made prefect since to me. Since that talk I have felt better and am getting more excited about the weight I have lost and trying to make little games out it to motivate me more and hit bigger weight loss numbers. Like if I worked out for 30 minutes today let’s see if I can do 40 today. Or maybe get more done in that 30 minute time frame.

To me this has been 99.9% mental and knowing that I been able to fix it slowly but surely.

I and hoping to lose at least another 25 pounds by 3 mo. Out that April 28th

I am so excited and nervous I got my date in just 13 days I will be starting a new adventure. Any advice?

I hope I have that kind of success. I am at 422 and hoping to have surgery end of Jan. I would love to see 230 on a scale

Grats
I have my last appt. the day after Xmas. before my dates is set. I hoping for End of Jan.

A leather jacket that didn't take the whole cow hide to make.

A leather jacket that didn't take the whole cow hide to make.

Thanks for the heads up. And I spit Water all over my key board.. LOL

Hello
I have been a long time lurker here on this site. It’s a great site by the way. I have learned a lot and a lot of my questions have been answered just by reading post and the answer everyone has given. I have been over weight since I was a kid. I have tried many many many times to lose weight. Every single time I tried only ended in very little loss. It gets me because I am a fairly active person. When my knee is not bothering me I go to the gym 2 to 3 times a week. And I have a very high impact hobby I do 1 to 2 times a week, but never really been able to drop and weight.
Well I have been thinking about WLS for awhile now. And I went to a couple WLS seminars in the past year. I had my 1st appt. with the surgeon yesterday and started a 4 month supervised weight loss program that’s required by my Insurance company. Dr. Hamilton was great answered all my questions we spent over 30 minutes talking to me. Then proceeded to give me a list of everything that will need to be done in this time, so paperwork can be submitted at the end of the 4 months.
Right after the Appt I was able to get in and see the NUT. Since I have to see her, a total of 4 times. She told me what to expect nutrition wise after the surgery and that I would have to take Vitamins for the rest of my life afterwards. And always eat Protein first.
Well the process is started. Needless to say I am sitting here going over all the information I have gained from this site and yesterday at the Appt. and I am kinda nervous. I know this is a big change I am going to put myself though. I know its for the better health wise and in the long run. I never had any type of surgery. I am as healthy as an Ox and the size of one too.
I am only going tell a handful of people I trust that I am going to do this. Just a private person.
Feel free to share your experience at this stage in the process.
Any advice would be welcomed.
Thanks

Hello
I have been a long time lurker here on this site. It’s a great site by the way. I have learned a lot and a lot of my questions have been answered just by reading post and the answer everyone has given. I have been over weight since I was a kid. I have tried many many many times to lose weight. Every single time I tried only ended in very little loss. It gets me because I am a fairly active person. When my knee is not bothering me I go to the gym 2 to 3 times a week. And I have a very high impact hobby I do 1 to 2 times a week, but never really been able to drop and weight.
Well I have been thinking about WLS for awhile now. And I went to a couple WLS seminars in the past year. I had my 1st appt. with the surgeon yesterday and started a 4 month supervised weight loss program that’s required by my Insurance company. Dr. Hamilton was great answered all my questions we spent over 30 minutes talking to me. Then proceeded to give me a list of everything that will need to be done in this time, so paperwork can be submitted at the end of the 4 months.
Right after the Appt I was able to get in and see the NUT. Since I have to see her, a total of 4 times. She told me what to expect nutrition wise after the surgery and that I would have to take Vitamins for the rest of my life afterwards. And always eat Protein first.
Well the process is started. Needless to say I am sitting here going over all the information I have gained from this site and yesterday at the Appt. and I am kinda nervous. I know this is a big change I am going to put myself though. I know its for the better health wise and in the long run. I never had any type of surgery. I am as healthy as an Ox and the size of one too.
I am only going tell a handful of people I trust that I am going to do this. Just a private person.
Feel free to share your experience at this stage in the process.
Any advice would be welcomed.
Thanks