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Hi everyone. I am new here. I live in Southern California. My surgery date is November 11. I'm SO excited I can hardly wait!!!!! It looks like I might have some new buddies here to go through this together with!!!!

My coordinator emailed me today and said she was going to submit my ppwk by Thursday and it generally takes 15 business days for a response. Uggggh! Anticipation.!!!!

Just got my insurance approval !! So excited I teared up!! Waiting on the scheduler to call me back to set a date!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Here's to better health!!

I'm November 12th too! (11.12.13) in Michigan. Good luck y'all! Prayers to everyone for a successful and speedy recovery! Susan.

NUT and consult apps tomorrow, yay!!! I can't wait to get this ball rolling!

Hi Everyone, I am in Lake Forest, but getting sleeved at Scripts Green in San Diego. I've done all my pre-op in Del Mar and love doc and staff:) anxiously waiting for insurance approval. Starting working out 4 weeks ago, hoping my body will handle the surgery better. Also because I am scared out of my mind.

Nov. 18!!! So excited!

Hi everyone! I'm a newbie, and am starting my process. Looking to get sleeved by the end of the year as a xmas/birthday present to myself. Turning 42 in January, and since I'm 30 I've been on EVERY diet in the book. Done with all of that, and making a decision to change my life forever! Can't wait to get to know you all.
BTW, I'm in South Orange County.

I found out today I'm APPROVED!!!
Now it's real and I'm a little scared but also excited. I start the liquid diet on Oct 23rd. Nov 6th will be hear before I know it.

That's amazing!!!!

Love this!!!
There is so much in my life that is right already, so this list seems pretty superficial. But here it is:
1. Family portrait
2. Join local scuba dive club that I've been lurking on for a year
3. Take a dream trip (again diving) with a single parents group
4. Meet mr right, and fall in love again.
5. Buy a new wardrobe
6. Be a lap swimmer, like every day before work
7. Learn how to do yoga
8. Play active sports with my kids
9. Get a mommy makeover (TT and lift)
10. Teeth bleached

Love this!!!
There is so much in my life that is right already, so this list seems pretty superficial. But here it is:
1. Family portrait
2. Join local scuba dive club that I've been lurking on for a year
3. Take a dream trip (again diving) with a single parents group
4. Meet mr right, and fall in love again.
5. Buy a new wardrobe
6. Be a lap swimmer, like every day before work
7. Learn how to do yoga
8. Play active sports with my kids
9. Get a mommy makeover (TT and lift)
10. Teeth bleached

Great illustration "ItsMe"!
I would just like to add that the person 3 will typically lose weight slower than the other 2 due to exercising more than the first 2. Physiologically, we can lose (burn) that muscle mass a lot faster than we can burn fat. So someone at a big caloric deficit that does not exercise at all, will usually lose weight faster than someone who is exercising most days, but as "ItsMe" stated, a lot, if not most, of that weight loss will be muscle. And this seems to trick a lot of people that start exercise and don't lose as slowly as they'd like. But in the end the slower weight loss with exercise will assure the person losing weight that's is mostly fat due to hanging on to more of their muscle. So if better body composition (body fat vs muscle), is your goal, try to not let the weight on the scale fool you. If you stick with the correct calories and keep exercising, you'll keep dropping the fat even though it's not showing on the scale as much as we'd prefer. I tried to weigh only once a month during this process, but that's easier said than done.

Thanks guys ! A lot of work at the gym but I'm finally getting it done.

1 family portrait
2 ride a horse
3 go on a cruise w/ hubby
4 get a sexy dress
5 go out dancing
6 run/ walk in 5 k breast cancer race
7 wear a bikini ... Just in my back yard lol
8 take a grip load of pictures of myself not hiding behind people or things
9 play softball again
10 sex sex sex lol

I'm November 21 in So Cal...a week before Thanksgiving and 2 weeks before my birthday! But have only been at my "new" job for 4 months so I had to schedule it near holiday since I don't have much accrued vacation time.

My stats 5'5" 307 and I am going to get down to 155-160... date November 26th in MI... first name Dawn...

Ha! ME ME ME! I have been on these forums for months watching folks ask for june sleevers, then july, august, etc. i kept thinking to myself that one of these days i will get to jump in and say ME. So, today is that day. Being sleeved November 5th!!!
Getting sleeved in Warrensburg, Missouri.
It took about one month from when my file was sent to insurance to approval. I started this whole process on may of 2013 this year

Hey all! I'm new here, have my consult, nut appt on the 15th and dr appt on the 18th. Hope to do my psych veal soon and get approved for late November... I really don't wanna do it in dec, but it is what it is...

Hi! My name is Shiori. I am located in Whittier but, go to school in Orange county. I am having my surgery September 10th at UCI with Dr. Brian Smith. Totally excited! I would love to meet up with other locals who have had or are going to have a sleeve.

I'm in Orange County. My VSG was 4/12/13 at UCI with Dr. Nguyen.

That first stall will last 2-3 weeks. What you are feeling is totally normal. I posted something similar at two weeks out. You can't fail with this. You'll see. I'd tell you to put the scale away, but I still haven't been able to do it. I like weighing myself every day.

I'm pre-op still but I have read so many people talk about the 3 week stall... Metabolisms are weird. Drink a ton of Water, stay the course and it will come off... I'm hoping to only weigh in monthly for this reason. Don't know how I'll do with that, but I'll try!