MrsMurky721

Hello! I had such a hard time getting motivated first starting out, and even, sometimes. It's so easy to just stay in bed and watch a murder mystery marathon or read two more chapters. It's hard after working my a-double-s off each day (I have a stand up job, uuugh) to get my work out shoes on and go for a walk or a hike. It sucks! But I just do it. Nike style lol. I know that if I sit down after I get off work then I'm not getting back up. I set my workout clothes out before work as a reminder and try not to give myself time to decide to not go. I also recruit my husband or a friend to work out with me as additional support. Also I know that they won't let me cancel on them because they know it's important. After you get over that initial "Ughhhh do I really have to exercise?" mind set you'll find that it's enjoyable! I chase that high that I get afterwards. And I've found exercise really is good for my mental health. It calms me down after a stressful day, or it works me down that I just don't have enough energy to care lol It feels soooooo good, believe me! So what I'm trying to say here is just do it! You won't want to. No magical force is going to make you want to until after you start. Nobody else can make you do it. YOU have to do it. I believe in you!

Thanks for the support everyone. It's so nice to come over here and not worry about being judged. I found a delicious Peanut Butter chocolate Protein shake recipe so I'm allowing myself to turn to that whenever I'm about to have a lapse in judgement. I've also found a very healthy Indian recipe that I'm going to try instead of going to my favorite India buffet! Progress!! I've found myself thinking "But I deserve it after the day I've had!" Until I figured something out. I deserve to not have it!

So I've been reading these forums for about a year now. I know that the time between insurance approval and surgery is not the time to binge eat all the food I think I'll miss. I've prepared myself for these three weeks before surgery for these very emotions I'm feeling now. But I broke, damn it. I find myself thinking "This may be the last chance I can eat ________" And then I have to fight with myself to not run out and buy whatever it is. Luckily my husband has been very supportive and has helped me through those cravings. Today I was shopping for Vitamins while my husband was at work and magically ended up in the cookie isle ( L O L !!!) Bought some Double Stuffed Oreos. Trouble. Ate a third of the container. And then I was considering hiding the package so my husband wouldn't know That set off my alarm. In the middle of writing this post I got up and threw them away. At least I recognize that I'm doing this so that means I can stop. But crap! I really didn't think it would be so hard. I start my two week pre-op diet on Thanksgiving but I'm thinking of just starting early so I can get out of this "last chance" mind set and into the swing of surgery.

Haha yeah well that's just for my pre-op. For insurance approval I did the pysc evaluation, labs, an endoscopy, the six month diet.Not nearly as much as some other people, though. Probably because other than having a BMI of 53 I'm rather healthy and only 23.(If you can call such a thing healthy lol).

Thank you all for your good wishes and welcomes I'm super excited, but nervous. But I know this will help me to get healthy again and be a preventive measure for my future so I'm glad I'm getting sleeved so young. I'll keep everyone posted!

My pre-op tests where chest xray, EKG, and labs. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. My doc says that after surgery while his patients are still asleep from anesthesia he does a scope to check out everything on the inside. and then the day after he does do the leak test. We have to drink nasty stuff and then they track it going down somehow, but I'll be totally conscious.

It's so nice to see this thread. My surgery is in less than a month so of course I have been stalking through BP for everything that may possibly happen after surgery. Mostly I see negative things. But apparently some people have no problems!! Thank you for lowering my anxiety level!

Btw, sorry about the sideways picture! No matter how much I tried I could not figure out how to make it up-and-down.

Hey everybody! I've been lurking on this site for about a year now, researching, looking at pictures, stock-piling information. I've finally decided to come out of the shadows! I'm will be sleeved on December 11th in Kentucky. I'm 23 years old and weigh 349 lbs. 5'10. My highest weight was 375 lbs this past January. I've done the six month diet for insurance, had all of my testing and meetings with doctors, nurses, and my surgeon. Only thing left is Pre-Admission Testing on 12/10/14 and then MY SURGERY ON DECEMBER 11th!!!!! WAAAAH! I work as a restaurant manager so on my feet allllll day. Taking two weeks off work. It's kind of like a vacation (heh heh heh). Pre-op diet starts on Thanksgiving but I've eaten 22 Thanksgivings in my life. I can make it without this one. Anyway! I'm really excited if nobody can tell lol. I see all of you guys talking and supporting each other and sometimes it's hard for me to take that first step to be social with new people, so here goes. Hope everybody is doing well! This is me! The first pic is me at my HW at my wedding at 375 lbs The second is me at my current weight, 349, fitting (barely) into my first Goal Outfit!

December 11th for me! Two weeks after Thanksgiving and two weeks before Christmas. I dont know how that happened but I'm considering myself lucky! Getting sleeved in Lexington Ky.

So many things! I love hiking and want to be able to do the harder trails. I want to be able to ride roller coasters again! I can't wait to do things that have a weight limit, like zip-lining. I want to go skiing! Something small that had always bothered me is that my shadow is always bigger than everybody else's when I go on walks with my friends. It's stupid but I will probably cry when I see my shadow the same size as my husband's.

Holy crap! That's really a big difference from 6 months down to eight weeks! Huh. It seems we're all under the mercy of our insurance providers Well thank you for your replies, guys! I appreciate it!

Okay, hello everbody! Our dear friend Alex Brecher (dude from the first msg) told me I should introduce myself so here I am! My name is Sarah! I'm 22 and have a BMI of 53! Not good at all, I know! My mother is also obese and we recently decided to both get sleeved. We just decided this about a week ago and since then I've been trying to do as much research as I can about the enitre process! I'm so happy that I stumbled across this fun and helpful community! So I have a question that I haven't been able to find an answer for - How long will the process take from now (just making the decision, attending info seminars etc) until the actual surgery? I know that we'll have to do all kinds of tests and follow a diet and all that fun stuff. I understand that everyone has a different situation though, so what happened with you? I can't wait to get to know all of you!!