TheWigster

Wow!! You look amazing!!

I figure everything happens for a reason. It will be time when God says it's time. I'll work on getting my weight down and strengthening my mindset for success. Oh and hanging out here with all you fine folks!! Thanks for all the support! It means a lot!

Hey y'all (yep I'm from Texas), I am a newbie. Just signed up with the forum and I am in the pre-approval stage. I will meet with my surgeon for the first time next week and man am I starting to get nervous. This week has been rough. I keep asking myself "what the heck are you doing?" But I know this has to be done. I haven't even been formally approved yet. Has anyone else out there had the pre-surgery jitters?

No date set this month. :-(. The surgeon was very pleased with my weight loss ( down 20 pounds this mouth) but my liver still feels too large. He wants me to loose more weight and we will see next month. He also pushed quite hard for me to consider a bypass but I will not budge on that. I am firm in my decision on the sleeve. So I have another month of sleepless nights.

Thanks for all the feedback. I see my surgeon Thursday. Getting closer to knowing when. I have started on the multivitamins and the b12 has already given me a little boost of energy. That surprised me. Still haven't been able to bring myself to try the shakes. Crazy I know. I have been trying to put myself into the mind set of this new reality. Trying to Change my way of thinking about food and I think it is working. Went out to eat this weekend and I could hardly eat anything. I haven't told my boss that I am having weight loss surgery. Not sure if I will. I think I will just tell him it is something "female" related so he won't ask questions. Don't want to tell my business. I work with all men and don't think they would be very understanding anyway. I'll just let them think I am doing it the old fashioned way. Did you all tell your employers or did you keep it to yourself?

Mooncat, I haven't tried any of the Protein drinks yet. I went out this afternoon and bought a couple of the ready-to-drink varieties to try...Atkins and Muscle Milk. I'll let you know how it goes. I didn't want to get stuck with a whole can of the powder if I didn't like them. I'll start there and work my way around the list. I am aiming for the ones that had the highest protein content so I would have to drink as few a day as possible. I also went out and bought my Vitamins to get started. The B12, Calcium and multi-Vitamin. I got the Viactiv Chews, the are pretty good actually, the B12 are little disolvables that go under the tongue (no problem there) and the chewable Flinstones. I think I can handle those. So much to take in but I will take it one day at a time. Thanks for your reply. It helps to have someone that has been there.

Hi Mooncat, Thanks for the reply. I have been researching and thinking about surgery for years. Once I made up my mind I jumped in with both feet. I have already had two visits with the dietitian and nurse practitioner and have been on a diet for two months. The surgeons require a 10% pre-op weight loss. Of course I started mine right at the holidays and that was miserable. While I didn't gain weight over the holidays the weight loss was minimal. They gave me diet drugs to help me with the second month and that helped. I am now at about 6% so I am hoping that the surgeon will be pleased with my progress. I really don't know what to expect at this visit. My insurance only requires a 5% weight loss so I don't know if he will schedule the surgery or not. I am researching Protein shakes right now. Trying to nail one down pre-op so I am set up before the surgery. This is what is causing me the most anxiety. I am very picky about drinking stuff like that. Its purely psychological and I know I will have to get past it. I am keeping my focus on the prize...the good things to come....the way I will feel after the weight comes off. It will be worth it.