619Raf

For those of us on Pre op don't sweat that you can't be gluttonous on Christmas and for everyone else in general THIS is the year we can actually keep our new years resolution of losing some weight! Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas January sleevers!! Have wonderful holiday. If your one of the lucky ones ( like me!) pre op dieting, don't think about the food just the family and friendships you share!!! Here's to the last holiday in these "fluffy" bodies!! 2015 is gonna be a great year! Cheers to you all... ????????

You look awesome! Luna is my daughter's middle name ????

I'm January 7th too!

Another January 7th right here!

I'm getting sleeved January 12 in Tijuana. Dr. Garcia and staying at the Marriott. Good luck everyone!

My surgery date is Jan 8th and I start my liquid diet on Jan 1st. Was hoping to squeeze surgery in December for insurance purposes but really happy + excited the timing has been working out the way it has. I think I'm close to finalizing my shopping list for post-surgery supplies and plan to shop this weekend as I know going to the grocery store while on a liquid diet will be treacherous conditions for me!!

Anddd, I took a new after pic!

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@@619Raf January 15th! We have the same surgery date!

I got a voice message this past Thursday that I got approved!! Called in Friday and the coordinator was out of the office for the day. So I get to call tomorrow to set a date, and the awesome part is tomorrow is my birthday. What a great gift!

Yay! I got my surgery date???? January 15, 2015 New Year, New Life Style ????????????

January 5th

@@Veronica Page I am right there with ya! I feel like I will take a few steps forward, then fall off the side of the road. I will do well for a bit, then getting a case of the 'Last Supper-itis' or feel too lazy to cook or eat my healthy foods.
Don't beat yourself up. We can pick ourselves up and keep on a movin'
I have found a little bit of success with distracting myself. I got a puzzle (which sucks up my time) and have read 3 books in the last few weeks. I have an adult coloring book and some coloring pencils in the mail. (Disclaimer: Adult as in complex, not X-rated! HA!). Plus, I asked for Legos for Christmas. I figure if I can get myself sucked into little projects, I might be able to keep my mind off of food. Or, I am turning into a 13 year old and just don't know it yet...Hmm...
Stay strong, yo!

Yay! I got my surgery date???? January 15, 2015 New Year, New Life Style ????????????

If those mean S.O.Bs. motivated you, maybe seeing them take that picture was your bariatric angel's way of getting you to do something (bariatric surgery) that you should have done. I know that sounds a bit crazy, but if that is what you needed to motivate you, then in the long run that experience wasn't all bad. Remember it when you are tempted to go off your diet or sneak something you know you should not have. Use that memory as a tool to propel you to looking great and feeling sensational. F#(# the b@$+@&*$.

People who never have been seriously overweight can never understand what it's like. To them, losing 3 pounds is just a matter of willpower and skipping lunch, and so they look at me and think that I am just a) lazy, a slob, or c) overindulgent.
The thing is - and I mean this - so many of the overweight people I know have more willpower than anyone else. They have been on strict diets, monitoring everything they eat or even consider eating, feel guilty if they do eat a bit more, and then beat themselves up continually. We are never happy with ourselves, and we are the reason the diet industry is a multi-billion dollar industry.
But we have been set up to fail.
Diets don't work. We can all agree on that.
We are probably the people who would have survived famines a couple of hundred years ago. Our DNA is programmed to make us survivors. Those skinny folks wouldn't have lasted a week. Starvation is no longer that much of a problem for many of us, but our bodies haven't gotten the update yet, and so we keep socking away that fat reserve.
So I look at it like this: I'm a survivor from a long line of survivors, and I'm proud of that. But now that I do not have to worry about the same things my ancestors did, I can get healthy using new technology. Life is good.

I went to eat a Casino Buffet, my parents had invited me, I had never been there before. I am enjoying my food when I notice there was a couple of guys trying to take a picture of me. I stopped eating, I let my parents finish eating and when I got to the car I cried. The thing is I do not even eat a lot, I have health issues that prevent me from working out and I have made poor choices in my food. I have not been to any buffet since and that is also when I started to look into weight loss surgery. People are so mean and just don't understand because they have never walked in our shoes. Nobody wakes up one day and says I want to be obese, there is so many more issues that they would never understand unless they have gone through it.

U are absolutely right! People are really mean and I'm so sorry that happened of you! I always feel like when I go for a second plate at a buffet people are smirking or thinking she really doesn't need that!! No one does understand that most people are obese because of health issue, or just plan of generics! It's really pathetic how people can judge when they don't even know you!! Good luck with your journey!!!

Yay! I got my surgery date???? January 15, 2015 New Year, New Life Style ????????????

4 months in and 70 lbs down feeling great but weight loss has slowed down. And I'm going to start exercising. I'm only 19.

I got my date 1/22. So scared i m really worried what if something goes wrong. I don't want to regret this.

New Year New Me!!!! I just got my insurance approval and surgery date is January 12th!

Yay! I got my surgery date???? January 15, 2015 New Year, New Life Style ????????????

My surgery is coming up on Thursday and I'd call my emotions and nerves like a bowl of potpourri. None of them are the same, and they are all mixed up in one day. More than anything I am ready to move forward, optimistically, but I've also accepted the fact that complications can happen. I pray that they won't, and I have strong faith, but it's all in God's control now. Be strong and remember why you're doing this. Love and light!