SFacey

Has your physician set you up with the dietician to see what other changes that could be made? I would definitely explore why more has not been lost. I understand there are several plateau's you will go through and it takes a little tweaking of the diet to overcome them. Are you getting enough protein in?

I did not have to lose a certain amount of weight before surgery. I just made small changes, increasing my water intake and making better choices in foods. I would fluctuate 5 lbs. I have been on the liquid diet 4 days and have lost 9 lbs so far. It may be an insurance requirement, it may be the physician is not a fan of the surgery. Not sure but there is a lot of negativity regarding the surgery in the medical community. I am not sure what to advise here. I would ask her how the physician acts when discussing the surgery and how they acted when it was first brought up. It may require that she change providers to someone who is more supportive of the program. Do they have a dietician she can meet with every couple of weeks to help get her down the 10lbs. Have her cut out all calories from liquids. No pop, juice, etc. Just water. That will make a big difference.

It is so exciting reading these posts about the changes people are going through. You have a great outlook, you cannot control how people will react to your changes you can only control yours. Having the support of your husband is most important. My mom is very nervous but she has not been pressuring me too much to not do the surgery. I know with her she is just worried. If your mom has always been a critic you should just take what she says in stride. These change is for you and you alone. This is the way I am looking at it. I am doing this for me and only me, if I was doing it for someone else then I would be making the wrong decision. Keep your head up and keep blogging!!!

How are you feeling? I hope all went well and you are on the road to recovery. Read the blogs of the 3 week post op patients. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

Great job!! I was a runner before and loved to do 5k's and plan to do many more. The best runs were when it rained a bit, I don't know why! My husband and daughter run about 6, 5k's a year that are local and they have such a good time. I look forward to being able to do them together. Try and get family involved and make it something you do together. My brother and his wife have began to run this year and I hope to make us a pretty good size group at next years 5K race circuit. Keep it up!!

Reassuring!!! I am reading all of these blogs with people who have recently had surgery and seeing how everyone is doing. I will be keeping these posts in mind when I am in my first couple of weeks post op. Thanks for posting a positive blog. I will be sure to blog about how I am feeling at the 3 week mark, this is very important to hear when you are where I am trying to anticipate what it will be like after. It is nice to know that at 3 weeks we will feel much better! Thank you!

My biggest concern is the hydration. How hard is it to get your water in? I am on my two week diet and I have been trying to practice sipping my water. I have heard the things that will make you feel bad the quickest is dehydration and not getting enough protein in. Any tricks you have learned so far? I am just going to wear yoga clothes or workout clothes until I drop a significant amount. I do not want to keep buying clothes either. I have all kinds of clothes that have been given to me from friends and family members that will get me through the next few months in clothes. I know the shopping bug is going to bite when I lose 50 lbs. The thing is I will have to get things that will wear well as I get smaller. Smart buys! I am very excited. I have been pinning outfits on Pinterest to get over the shopping bug and to stay motivated.

I have not had my surgery yet so I have not encountered this. It is unfortunate but true, why do people feel the need to talk about something with someone and give their two cents? I say if you do not agree with my choice to do surgery keep your mouth closed. We do not have to talk about it. I am a grown woman and this is my decision to improve my life and nobody has to agree with it but me. If I made my decisions based off everyone else I would never be happy, I would be making them happy. I have become a bit "assertive" in the last few years (I work in an ER) and I would have probably said something about how inappropriate the joke was and in the future I would appreciate them not sharing. If it is the workplace it should make them nervous because if you were to go to HR they would have to address it. I refuse to tolerate stuff like that, especially at work. People at work will occasionally talk about someone because of their weight and I always say, "man I hate to hear what you say about me when I am gone?" My own passive aggressive way to deal with them and make them think about what they say. It has been my experience that people feel the need to give their two cents when it is not asked or appreciated. I am assertive enough at work that they realize real quick I am not going to tolerate it. You are right on when you say that people will always find ways to judge people. I am not sure if that is driven from their own low self-esteem or just ignorance but if you deal with it in the passive aggressive way it will constantly remind them that you are not going to take it. If that does not work just get assertive and tell them that in the future they can keep all jokes to themselves, you are not interested in their personal opinions and that the jokes are not appreciated. If you do not say something to stop them, in their head they have the green light to share these "jokes" with you all the time.