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Hi guys. Guess I'll start by introducing myself. I'm a norwegian male, 39 years old, married, father of two kids, and are working as a Engineering manager in the oil industry here on the west coast of Norway. I'm one and a half week away from undergoing gastric bypass, and are in the final pre op diet. So far I have lost 13 kg since i started the diet, and needed to loose 7,5 kg so are in good shape. So how did I end up here?. I have always been heavy set, and spent my teens and early 20 playing ice hockey, power lifting and martial art. I went to serve in the Norwegian army, and served for three years, before I went to college studying engineering. I was used to eat large portions , but kept the kilos away, due to the simple fact that worked my ass of as a soldier. That kinda changed when i started studying for twelve hours a day. Then the kilos crept on, and they haven't left me since. I steadily gained weight. I tried everything to loose the weight. Low carb diet, calorie counting, nutrition shakes, you name it, I've tried it. Lost weight but it came back, plus interest. So a couple of years ago, I got diabetes 2. That was the last drop. I realised that i needed, help, and went to my primary physician. He agreed that Gastric bypass would be the best solution for me, and referred me to the hospital for evaluation. The whole process took about a year, and I'm as I said one and a half week away from my surgery. 21 of oct is the date.

Hi all. I have'nt been her for a while. Time has just flown. Had my surgery, and everything went well. No pain, no complication. I had no problems afterwards either. Some pain if i eat to fast, but thats the only thing. I was in for my three month check up, and I have lost 36 kg since my first weigh in at the surgeon. I have gone down two sizes in shirts , and gone from 42 inch to 38 inch in jeans. I'm starting at the gym again, and are of to work out in about an hour

We are getting closer and closer. The nervousness is kinda gone. I just wanna get it over with now, and start the real work after surgery. This feels like my first deployment as a soldier. Months and months of preparing, training body and mind, and the last few days before is long and full of thoughts. Well, Sir, this not so old soldier is ready Sir. Boots are laced, bags are packed.

One week to go. The weight loss has seemed to stopped up a bit, but no worries. I'm going all liquid now. The last week its all shakes, but no rattle and roll I'm getting really nervous for some reason, and I can not keep focused on work. My mind constantly driftes. Guess it's natural though, but annoying even so. Had a nice hike yesterday, with the wife, kids and dog. 6km walk along the sea. Even though it really rained in the end, it was nice. One thing i'm really looking forward to post op, is to buy a new gore tex jacket. The one i have is not waterproof any more. Dont know if it was me or the dog that was most wet yesterday, and the dog went for a swim. My daughter ( I have twins that are turning 9 ) asked me yesterday if i was looking forward to buying new clothes. I had to be honest and told her that I don't like shopping for clothes, but I guess i had to when daddy gets his "tiny tummy". She looked at me with all the wisdom of a 8 and 3/4 year old girl, and said " daddy, don't worry, i can shop for you" So she will be my fashion consultant. My son ( the other part of the dynamic duo) could not see the joy of shopping for clothes. Sorry for the ramblings, but its kinda good to put the thoughts down on, well not paper i guess, but in writing. @@bellabill I know where Kristiansund is. Its a good 600 km further north. Been on the airport there twice.

@@Beni This process has taken a year (give or take) since I talked to my primary physician. I decided quite early, that if i should turn my life in a new direction, I should do it for real. So I stopped used smokeless tobacco ( like Skoal), a widely used product here in Norway. I've been using it since I was 18, so that was a battle. But I won. Have not used it since. I also started to change my eating habits. From eating large portions three or maybe four times a day, I eat small quantities every three hours. I have done that for half a year, and I slowly decreased the portion size. The weeks prior to my pre-op diet of 1000 kcal, I was down to 1800-2000 kcal a day, so the transition was not that hard. I feel motivated, ready, prepared and good to go, but still I worry about failing.But as you say, fear is a good motivator

@@Beni I know. I'm not worried about the surgery. They know what they are doing, and everything will work out fine. What I'm most worried about is not "making" it. Not being able to keep the weight of after the two years "honeymoon" But I'm a stubborn son of a gun, so I make it

Hi. My surgery date is 21 of october. in 11 days actually

Thanks for the welcome and replies. There is norwegian forums for bariatric surgery also, but its to close for comfort, if you know what i mean. Spent some time here yesterday afternoon, and this is a great forum