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Omg I can't believe I posted my weight!

Lol! I can't wait to get out of the 3s! I still hate it when skinny people I know complain about their weight. I'm like you weigh 140lbs STFU lol

Lol! I can't wait to get out of the 3s! I still hate it when skinny people I know complain about their weight. I'm like you weigh 140lbs STFU lol

Lol! I can't wait to get out of the 3s! I still hate it when skinny people I know complain about their weight. I'm like you weigh 140lbs STFU lol

Omg I can't believe I posted my weight!

September 22 here! Doing a 3 week very low carb preop diet

I'm sure this has been answered multiple times...but, what does it feel like when you wake up? Can you tell your stomach is different? Did it hurt a lot? What was it like when you first tried to eat or drink something? I'm trying to prepare myself...but it's not like I can find literature anywhere on what it feels like lol

OMG! My surgery isn't until 9/22 and I'm sitting here at my pre-op appt with anxiety! I hate this feeling. Nothing like signing papers that say "risk of blood clots, cardiac arrest, and............. DEATH!
Breathe Melanie! Breathe

Thank you for your kind words! I really appreciate them. I come on here for more support than anything else. It seems a lot of people have saboteurs and unsupportive people in their lives.

I wish she would go to AA or even a treatment center. She has been drinking heavily for about 10 years now. Even a DUI didn't scare her into sobriety. I tried to have surgery in 2012 and my weight went up with all my "food funerals" and she thinks I won't make good decisions. I have had 6 months of nutritional counseling this time, and I've lost some weight. I'm focusing on low carbs and I have had pizza once in a blue moon, but last night I told myself no more. The surgery is going to be a tool to help me eat less and focus on quality not quantity.
My husband ordered a dominoes pizza and I made my own zucchini pizza instead. I had one piece of cheese bread and are my yummy dinner.
It just makes me sad that people say "exercise more" "eat less" and you don't need this surgery.
I am a food addict and always will be, but I want this to help me be a recovered food addict if that makes sense.

I didn't get good advice from the first place I went to and came here and cried my heart out...if only I could remember my username and I'd from then...
I had no one to turn to and people here were there to help me

Hahahahaha omg that is hilarious...just what I need!

I didn't get good advice from the first place I went to and came here and cried my heart out...if only I could remember my username and I'd from then...
I had no one to turn to and people here were there to help me

I didn't get good advice from the first place I went to and came here and cried my heart out...if only I could remember my username and I'd from then...
I had no one to turn to and people here were there to help me

I didn't get good advice from the first place I went to and came here and cried my heart out...if only I could remember my username and I'd from then...
I had no one to turn to and people here were there to help me

I think after having saggy DDDs for so long that hurt my back even less than perfect smaller lifted boobs would be a relief. I don't care if I still have to wear bras and can at least get a decent strapless or convertible bra to hold them up more. It's just too much of a pain having such heavy boobs. My back hurts and I quit jogging back in high school, running with your arms in front of you to stop the bounce, even with 2 sports bras on doesn't work very well

You can get a flex for now or get force on eBay...I just sync with my cell phone and it tells me what I need..l have a heart rate monitor on my iphone....it tracks pretty well...just put your finger over the light

I hope so! I'm 33 and want kids more than anything. Had a miscarriage back in '03 and gained a lot of weight over the last 11 years. Haven't gotten pregnant since, but them again I don't have regular cycles, extra weight=insulin resistance=fertility issues

I think he's an amazing chef, but now that he is standing up against those that say surgery is the easy way out, I love the guy even more! Lol!

I think he's an amazing chef, but now that he is standing up against those that say surgery is the easy way out, I love the guy even more! Lol!

You can do short term disability for sleeve recovery?

Hahaha when you say your body gives puking it's everything I have to laugh...I swear I puke so hard I piddle my pants almost every time!

The first surgeon I went to was very basic nutrition info and a lot of foods suggested were high in carbs which I never realized until I went to the surgeon I'm at now. I was told by previous doc to drink 2-3 Protein shakes a day and lean cuisines/weight watchers meals for preop. The frozen dinners were high carb as well! This doc I'm with now is going to have me do 3 weeks preop diet and 40 carbs or below a day. No shakes if I don't want them, just carb free food, chicken, veggies, egg beaters etc...
I only ever would have had one or two followups.
PSSC in edmonds, wa has a 2 year followup program with nutritionists, fitness trainers, psychologists, and the doc. They really want you to succeed. They have many years of experience and from what I have researched are one of the only places that have followup care like that.

Hahaha when you say your body gives puking it's everything I have to laugh...I swear I puke so hard I piddle my pants almost every time!

Welcome! You need to do what is best for you.
I've often watched shows like the biggest loser and extreme weight loss and get so down on myself. I don't find them motivating at all. Not sure if anyone else feels that way.
I'm sure real life is harder than being on a reality show. In real life most of us don't have nutritionists to plan our food, chefs to prepare it, and trainers to tell us what to do, when to do it, and for how long.
Another part we don't see is how long it took and where people really struggled. Magically each week we are shown these people with massive weight loss and honestly, we really don't know the time frame it took.
I wish the best of luck to you! Done be ashamed or embarrassed of who you are and the journey you have been on. From what I've seen, many people gain weight back after those extreme shows because they aren't realistic.
I also have anemia, it's a pain! I wish I could just store Iron like most people.