Hi, my name is Tammy and this is my first post ever on a blog. In October, I decided to explore gastric surgery and if I have the surgery it will be the gastric sleeve. In the middle of all the pre-op activities, I decided to put 100% into weight loss. I started this on January 1st. I am down almost 40 pounds today. So...I am not so sure I need to have surgery because I think I can actually do this myself. My surgery is planned for July. I am a school teacher, so I decided that I'd wait until I am off on vacation. I'm curious if anyone else feels like I do? I haven't made a decision yet, but I need to decide soon. Any advice??