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That is great! I plan on doing the same tests as well before heading to Tijuana.
I am getting my surgery for the Sleeve in November.

Oh yes I most certainly do have the date set. I set it for Aug 5 nearly 3 months ago when I sent in my deposit. I wanted to set my date so I could buy my airline
ticket and arrange my days off at work Most people don't plan so far ahead but my situation to was that I don't have the $4500 cash for the surgery yet. I am still saving up.
I've researched my doctor a lot and continue to after sending in my deposit learning more about him with all the stories I find out about his current patients. I especially have learned SO much on Facebook on the Sleeve Gastrectomy and Weight Loss Surgery groups.

Oh yes I most certainly do have the date set. I set it for Aug 5 nearly 3 months ago when I sent in my deposit. I wanted to set my date so I could buy my airline
ticket and arrange my days off at work Most people don't plan so far ahead but my situation to was that I don't have the $4500 cash for the surgery yet. I am still saving up.
I've researched my doctor a lot and continue to after sending in my deposit learning more about him with all the stories I find out about his current patients. I especially have learned SO much on Facebook on the Sleeve Gastrectomy and Weight Loss Surgery groups.

I've done tons and tons of research in the past several months and found in my opinion for Pompa to be the top surgeon and facility but also the priciest one too.
 
If not for her price I would be going to her.
 
You have have made a great decision.  Please keep us posted!

If you are anything like me, discipline or strong willpower is not something that comes natural. I have been developing mental toughness throughout the years when it comes to maintaining a healthy weight. Does your mind race with thoughts of eating a smorgasbord of different foods? Is every food going through your mind a carbohydrate loaded with sugar or salt? Do you think, “Let me just eat or drink what I want today, and I will get back on track tomorrow?” Do you go through a plethora of different feelings? You may not even know what you are feeling. All you know is that you are consumed with this urge to eat or drink, many times when you are not physically hungry.


Man, did I feel like that today. I just wanted to check out and lose myself in literally stuffing my face with junk food. I was consumed with thoughts of pizza, nachos and cheese, Gummy bears and Ben & Jerry’s New York City super chunk ice cream. Oh, and let’s not forget the Peanut Butter cup candy. Maybe your favorite question is, “Wine, anyone?” Maybe your choice of food to emotionally zone out is different, but is any of this resonating with you?
So what do I do when this pattern pops up in me? This is where developing mental toughness will get you the desired results you deserve. Below, I am going to walk you through four quick steps that have worked wonders for me in developing mental toughness, and I know they can work wonders for you!
4 quick steps to developing mental toughness:
1. First, realize your pattern of internal dialogue and foods when you are getting ready to emotionally eat or start binge eating. Once you begin to pay attention, you will notice that you crave the same foods every time and that there is an impulse or urge to eat right away. You will have the same automatic dialogue of eating and watching TV or telling yourself you’ll just eat this one time and start fresh tomorrow, etc.
2. Stop and realize you are trying to avoid or escape a bad feeling. We automatically want to feel good. Tell yourself that having a bad feeling is not the end of the world; you are not dying. Take a moment to identify the feeling, where it is in your body and what is it trying to tell you. If you cannot find it, that is okay. Just continue to tell yourself that it is okay to feel bad. Allow yourself to just sit with it.
3. Remember to breathe. Through this time, take deep breathes, letting go with every exhale.
4. Have the mantra: “There is no tomorrow. I only have this moment. What I do right now is the only thing that matters. What I do right now is creating my future.” Repeat this over and over again as you breathe.
You will notice that as you go through this process, the feelings that were leading the desire to eat will lesson; as they lesson, your desire to eat will lesson.
The key to developing mental toughness is to become aware of your automatic behaviors to escape bad feelings. If you follow these four steps every time you have an impulse to emotionally eat, you will create a new pattern of reacting to your feelings. When you have a plan to decrease the number of times you emotionally eat, you will be amazed at how quickly you begin to see results in weight loss!