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I HAD MIXED EMOTIONS BUT KNEW I HAD TO GO THRU WITH IT IF I WANTED TO BE HEALTHY AND FEEL GOOD AGAIN AND NOT HAVE DIABETES, CHEST PAINS, FATIGUE, REFLUX ETC....NINE MONTHS OUT AND OVER 100 POUNDS DOWN, I AM SO SO MUCH HEALTHIER ALREADY!!! I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GO FOR IT BUT IF YOU'RE QUESTIONING IT THAT MUCH MAYBE YOU SHOULD WAIT.....

HOW LONG WERE YOU OFF, IF YOU DON'T MIND MY ASKING? I TOOK OFF TWO WEEKS BUT STILL FELT HORRIBLE FOR QUITE A WHILE. I HAVE THE SAME KIND OF JOB AS YOU.

I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE WORD "DECEPTIVE" BEING USED WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING IT A SECRET. IT IS NOT DECEPTIVE UNLESS YOU LIE. WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU DONE! I SAY LOW CARB AND STRICT PORTION CONTROL. THIS IS TOTALLY THE TRUTH AS I NEVER EVER EVER CHEAT AND I EAT ON A STRICT SCHEDULE. I COULD EASILY EAT THINGS THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND I COULD EASILY EASILY OVER EAT BY EATING SLIDERS OR EATING WAY MORE OFTEN THAN I DO. ANYWAY, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR YOU'RE KEEPING IT A SECRET. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD THEN FINE. BUT TRUST ME YOU DON'T NEED THE HEADACHE BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY.

I HAD MEXICAN. I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT AS MY LAST MEAL THOUGH. AFTER SURGERY WHILE I WAS GOING NUTS LOL, I DID HAVE THOUGHTS LIKE, I SHOULD'VE EATEN THIS OR I SHOULD'VE EATEN THAT....BUT I GOT OVER IT.

JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL YOURSELF TO CHILL OUT. I HAD TO WAIT WAY WAY WAY LONGER THAN THAT AFTER MY SURGERY WAS APPROVED. IT WAS A LONG HARD ROAD BUT IT WILL REALLY BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

I BOUGHT A FEW ITEMS HERE AND THERE AT GOODWILL AND YARD SALES. I DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING NEW OR PAY FULL PRICE FOR ANYTHING TIL I HAD LOST ABOUT 100 LBS

THE ONLY "RULES" I HAVE BROKEN, ABSOLUTELY HONESTLY, WOULD BE I STILL EAT TOO FAST. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M JUST GEARED TO DO IT BUT I JUST CAN'T SPEND 30 MINUTES EATING LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO. I DON'T CAUSE MYSELF ANY PAIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT I KNOW I EAT WAY FASTER THAN DIRECTED. AND THE OTHER RULE WOULD BE MY OWN, I HAVE EATEN THINGS THAT WERE BREADED HERE AND THERE LIKE CHICKEN TENDER OR A CHEDDER PEPPER, I HAVE DONE THAT A FEW TIMES BUT HONESTLY THAT'S ALL I HAVE DONE. I LOOK AT IT THE SAME WAY AS YOU WHY DO ALL THIS IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES????? I THINK IF I ATE SOMETHING SWEET OR BREAD OR SOMETHING I KNOW I SHOULDN'T I WOULD ABSOLUTELY HATE MYSELF. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE MY EATING HABITS OVER THE NIGHT OF SURGERY, I ACTUALLY DOUBTED THAT I WOULD BUT IT CHANGED ME! THANK THE LORD!

UM NO....

I DID THAT ON A PC OF MEAT. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL - I THOUGHT I WAS DYING. BUT IT FINALLY WENT ON DOWN. IT'S PROBABLY ALL IN YOUR HEAD NOW BUT IT SURE IS A TEACHING TOOL WHEN WE SCREW UP!

IF I HAD IT TO DO OVER AGAIN I WOULD BUY VERY LITTLE AND SPEND SO SO SO MUCH LESS. MANY THINGS THAT I BOUGHT, I DIDN'T USE. I SPENT A LOAD ON ISOPURE DRINKS, THE ONES IN THE GLASS BOTTLES THAT COME IN MANY FLAVORS AND COULDN'T DRINK A SIP OF ANY OF THEM SO THAT WAS MONEY LITERALLY DOWN THE DRAIN, THEY WERE DISGUSTING, I USUALLY SAY GRIN AND BARE IT BUT IT JUST WASN'T POSSIBLE. I WOULD SAY A FEW TINY CANS OF SOUPS, FLAVORED PROTEIN AND UNFLAVORED, SUGAR FREE POPCICLES I THINK ARE A MUST, CHICKEN BROTH - THE PLAIN, I BOUGHT A FEW OF THOSE FLAVORED BROTHS LIKE CAJUN ETC AND THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE - MAY I ADD THAT I AM NOT A PICKY PERSON AT ALL!!! SF PUDDING -IF YOU CHOOSE, I WAS STILL TOO AFRAID OF THE CARBS BUT IT WAS ON MANY LISTS I SAW. I GOT A FEW PROTEIN SHOTS AND GELS JUST IN CASE BUT NEVER USED THOSE EITHER.

I WAS THE SAME WAY I HAD TO WAIT A VERY VERY LONG TIME FOR MY SURGERY DATE EVEN AFTER BEING APPROVED. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FLIP!!!!!! ANYWAY, ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS THE SURGERY. FELT LIKE NOTHING ELSE MATTERED AND LIFE STOOD STILL...BUT AFTERWARDS YOU GET BACK TO LIVING! I PROMISE!

THAT TOTALLY SUCKS, ANOTHER REASON TO KEEP IT TO YOURSELF FROM THE BEGINNING...

DON'T ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO YOUR STORY THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE AND LEAVE IT AT THAT. IT'S NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS. LYING IS WRONG AND I'VE DONE IT TOO BUT PEOPLE ALSO SHOULDN'T BE NOSEY!!!! SO I THINK THEY DESERVE TO BE LIED TO IN A WAY - THAT IS HORRIBLE I KNOW - LORD FORGIVE ME....

I WAS NAUSEOUS MORNING TIME ETC FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT WILL GET BETTER I PROMISE. I THOUGHT IT NEVER WOULD....BUT IT DOES.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD THE SAME ISSUE BUT I WAS FURTHER INTO MY JOURNEY WHEN I FELL INTO HAVING SEVERE NAUSEA EVERY SINGLE WAKING MORNING. IT GOT SO BAD THAT I HATED WAKING UP, AND I GOT SEVERELY DEPRESSED. I WILL MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THAT I WAS THAT WAY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS STRAIGHT AND THEN ONE MORNING I WOKE UP AND WAS FINE EVERY MORNING SINCE THEN. IT WAS THE WORST THING EVER AT THE TIME BUT NOW IT IS A DISTANT MEMORY. YOU WILL BE JUST FINE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!

I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT I SHOULD'VE JUST PUT IN FOR VACATION AS WELL INSTEAD OF SAYING I HAD TO HAVE SURGERY AT WORK (VERY SMALL OFFICE). EVEN THOUGH I MADE SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW INCLUDING FAMILY, THEY HAVE STILL SAID THINGS TO CUSTOMERS ETC ABOUT ME "BEING OUT FOR SURGERY WHICH TOTALLY INFURATES ME SINCE I SAID NUMEROUS TIMES I DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW! SO THE JUST TAKING VACATION WOULD BE A MUCH MUCH BETTER IDEA. AT THE TIME I FELT I HAD TO SAY SURGERY TO VALIDATE MY BEING OFF FOR TWO WEEKS BUT NOW THAT I LOOK BACK I SHOULDVE JUST SAID TWO WEEK VACATION.

I AM A STRICT NO TELL-ER! UNLESS YOU LIKE ATTENTION AND UNWANTED COMMENTS, ADVICE, QUESTIONS, NOSINESS ETC. I NEVER TOLD AND IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. I GET ENOUGH WEIGHT LOSS COMMENTS EVEN THOUGH NOONE KNOWS I HAD THE SLEEVE. I THINK YOU ARE MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE AND THE JOURNEY WILL BE MUCH EASIER IF YOU STICK SECRECY.

Awesome!!!

Awesome! ME too! Feels so great!

Congrats! Feels great doesn't it!

seemed to take forever, recheck yourself on carbs, I cut out quest bars and those were deliberately slowing my loss! It will happen!

Awesome! I cannot wait to say that lol how long did it take you and did you have many stalls or frustrating moments? I have about the same starting weight and sometimes it seems so unreal that this is a possibility. I am 7 days post op and so ready haha I'm about 8.5 months out. It will happen!!! I'm so shocked and happy!

NEVER THOUGHT I'D EVER SEE THIS DAY! 199! WITH A HIGHEST RECORDED WEIGHT OF 311!!! THANK THE LORD!!!

I DID THE VERY SAME THING - LISTEN CLOSE BECAUSE I SUFFERED AND WISH I HAD KNOWN THE FOLLOWING. HAVE YOUR IRON CHECKED - MY INITIAL CAUSE FOR ALL THE DIZZINESS AND LIGHT HEADEDNESS AND JUST BEING PLAIN MISERABLE WAS LOW IRON, THE OTHERWILL BE KEEPING HYDRATED.

I ASK MYSELF THE SAME QUESTION. IF I'M DOING IT SO WELL NOW, STICKING TO MY PLAN, WHY COULDN'T I DO IT BEFORE. WELL I'M NOT SURE FOR EVERYONE BUT FOR ME I THINK ITS THAT I WOULD ABSOLUTELY KICK MYSELF IF I WENT THRU THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF THE PRE OP, THE SURGERY, THE TRAUMATIC POST OP I HAD AND THEN CHEATED OR DIDN'T FOLLOW MY PLAN. EVEN IF I THINK OF TASTING CAKE ICING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THE THOUGHT OF DISAPPOINTMENT STOPS ME IMMEDIATELY. SO SO THANKFUL FOR THIS SURGERY. OH AND WITHOUT IT, EVEN EATING LOW CARB, I'M SURE I'D EAT TOO MUCH, ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS WOULD HAD I NOT HAD THIS SURGERY.