Big Opie

So we have a scale at work-which I just discovered. It's a community scale for anyone to use. I just weight myself and I came in at 237.8lbs....now I'm a little hesitant to believe this due to me getting weight at the doctors office and I was 248lbs less than a week ago. This doesn't make sense. I have been working out but lately not eating well. I haven't had the surgery yet and I'm skeptical to trust this in fear of getting my hopes up just to be crushed...... Also, I'm starting to question wither I should have the surgery or not. Everyone keeps telling me it's the "easy way out", but they have No idea.....idk I'm just a bundle of mixed emotions. Sorry

I can control these things by changing my lifestyle. I am barely diabetic, I guess that sounds stupid but just met the qualifications for being diabetic, the doctor said that they'll do blood work next apt to see where I stand and if I am still up there then I'll have to do meds. I don't want to. I have never had a health problem even though I'm overweight. I want to fix myself as much as I can before surgery....

I haven't had the surgery yet, but I weigh 255lbs at 5"3. My ideal weight is 119lbs. I'm curious about saggy skin, has anyone had it? How do you prevent it? Anything I can do pre-op to help minimize it after weight loss? I need help, I'm super nervous about it.

I don't know what to do, I have decided on bariatric surgery. At first I was dead set on bypass, then I decided ummm dumping syndrome doesn't sound pleasant and decided the sleeve, now I'm teetering on the edge again. I eat more then I'm supposed to and frequently, I love sweats when there around, and I want to maximize weight loss after surgery and am willing to do whatever it takes. I need your opinions. what surgery did you do? Why did you do it? Would you do a different surgery of you could? TIA

I bought this book called "weight loss surgery cookbooks for dummies". I've noticed that some of the recipes are super high in carbs. I haven't had the surgery yet, but they rang anywhere from 20-60 per serving! that seems WAY to high. Does anyone know what the appropriate amount of carbs were supposed to have after getting sleeved? TIA

24 years old, soon to be 25 in August. I have blonde hair and brown eyes. I have a super amazing boyfriend named Carl and two fur babies (Fred (beagle) 3 years old and Jason (beagle husky) 1 1/2 years old). I have lived in Omaha Nebraska almost my whole life, before that I was stuck in North Dakota I want to say Fargo but I'm not 100% sure. I have an older sister Sarah (25 soon to be 26 in August too), younger brother Matthew (19), and Nolan (14). My parents are still together, not happy but together. My first job was at a hole in the wall laundry mat, then I left there to go to Dairy Queen (where I was stuck for 5 long years), then got a job at a call center, then a daycare, then back to the same call center (different department), and now I work as a pharmacy benefit manager as a member service specialist. I love the call center atmosphere just because I can help members who need it. I love to go camping and go star gazing. I collect comic books and video games. I used to enjoy going physical activities but due to my weight I'm unable to now. My HW is 255lbs my CW is 249lbs. I decided to write this because I had the lowest moment of my life today, multiple things in one day. It just was absolutely horrible. First, I have 8 weddings to go to this year, which require me to get dresses. So I went to this dress store called The Dress Barn, it started off great found a dress that fit me and I was waiting for my mom in the dressing room. My back started to hurt so I went to the chair to sit down, the moment I sat down, the chair basically screamed for me to get the hell off...making all sorts of loud noises and making me super uncomfortable. I decided to stand because the chair looked like it was going to break. Second, we went to ShopKo to look at shoes, which I didn't find any, and then we went to the bras, I grabbed a couple and I went into the dressing room and I needed my moms opinion, she made a comment of, "your on your own because I don't want to see all that nasty". Yes, my mother said that. It absolutely broke my heart. Third, we went to Gordman's to find shoes. They had really cute sandals that I wanted to try on, so I tried them on and went to bucket them, but I couldn't. Not because the strap was broken, it was because I'm too fat to reach my feet. My mom made a big deal about it, "do you need help?", I told her i will never get to the point of someone else having to buckle my shoes, I'd rather be dead. So after 3 minutes of struggling with the strap (and starting to sweat in the process) she says louder then I would like, "Jesus Christ Stephanie let me buckle the damn shoe since you can't!" I finally gave up and got s different shoe. I can't fit into regular chairs with arms because my wide bottom doesn't fit, I have back pain because of the chairs at work (they refuse to give me a different chair because I'm not disabled), and I find myself growing more depressed. I have already had two doctors visits out of the 6 that my insurance requires. I've already done the seminar, met with the surgeon, and have been watching what I eat. I know I need to start working out to help build up endurance and strength for when I have the surgery. I have not always been this fat, I'm 5"3 and weigh 249lbs so I'm about 136lbs over weight. I want to do the sleeve surgery, to help aid me in my lifestyle change. I've read so many positive things on here, and am so glad I found so many supportive people here since I seem to only have my boyfriend and my dad behind me on it. I know this is all over the place, I suffer from A.D.D, depression and severe anxiety. So I apologize. Any feedback is appreciated, any stories you have is appreciated.

I have to do the 6 months monitored diet for my insurance then a psych evaluation and a dietician. I'm currently going in for my 3 month on April 9th. It's gone faster then I thought it would, and I understand about how the waiting sucks. I'm going nuts waiting for these 6 months to go by! It'll go by quicker then you think. ???????? chin up

I'am currently in my 6 months of monitored diet. My first appointment was in February and I was 253 lbs (I'm 5'3), I went to my first consultation two weeks later and gained 2 lbs. At my second doctors appointment I weighed in at the same 255 lbs. My insurance doesn't say that if I gain weight, that I will be denied, but I've read things online that says people have heard if you gain weight you can get denied. The reason for the weight gain is stress. I recently got moved to the third shift, and I'm struggling getting my eating times switched around, sleep schedule adjusted, and had to file a sexual harassment claim against a co-worker. So, the stress is there and I go to food for "relief". I did tell my doctor this information, and she wrote it on the sheet that I recently moved to third shift, but idk. Now, I'm just so scared that I'll get denied because of a measly 2 lbs weight gain.... Please help! TIA!