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I bought the surge and didn't like that it didn't record calories burned for all different activities. I took it back and now have the Gear S and I really like it. I think the trick is to find any activity as close to what you are doing as possible. Maybe that will work for the Surge too. For example, when I do boot camp type classes I put it on hiking and tracks my calories and HR accurately.

My company is offering fitbits at a reduced price, so I'm looking into getting one. Does anyone here have experience with the Fitbit Surge? I'm really interested in how the multisport function works and how you like it? Couldn't find anything in the archives when I searched.

this story just put a huge smile on my face!!! LOVE IT

Ok I got my approval today!!

Looks like Aug 31 is my day. Almost September. But good anyway! I wush everyone the best and I'll keep ya posted!! Diet class tomorrow to talk about preop and post op diets. Surgeon meeting on the 25th. Wow! So close!

Jazziminna, we have the same surgery date!!!

Wow, this thread is serious and I just wanted to say that I'm praying for all of the ladies that feel they have to go through this alone. If your partner doesn't support you now I just wonder will they be there to help you post-surgery when you are not feeling that good and have low energy. If any of you are scared please use the number that was provided and remember there is no shame and we just want you to be physically and emotionally healthy AND then look HOT while you get on with your life in a positive way.

Hello everyone!!!!

I'm scheduled for Aug. 31st!!!! I look at other peoples weight goals for my height (5'71/2) and wonder what is more realistic for me. I obviously want to be healthy but I would like for my body to still be shapely, I really don't want to be really small with no shape. To anyone who lost about 100 is your body shape the same or did you thin out all together?

you nailed it!!!!!

A little P.S. to this ...

One of the biggest contributors to my obesity was my inactive lifestyle. By inactive, I mean my resistance to standing up and walking across the room to do something, to walking for exercise, to moving for pretty much any reason at all.

But here's the deal ... when you're obese, you hurt. Your knees, back, entire body hurts. You're not insane for not wanting to move, you're just trying not to hurt.

One of the biggest shocks about having lost over 90 pounds is that now I move it, move it, move it. I want to walk, I want to clean house, I want to walk around the living room while the microwave is heating up Water for my tea, I want to make the bed, I want to walk into the bathroom and brush my teeth, I want to mow the lawn, I want to do the grocery shopping. I want to go on business trips and go shopping at the mall and take the garbage out to the garbage can and take the stairs.

I even move my ankles in circles when I'm sitting down.

And that makes all the difference in the world in terms of the calories I'm burning up and the new metabolism I'm buildling. I can now eat 1,750 calories a day at 144 pounds and not gain weight. I'm not sure but what I wasn't gaining weight at 235 pounds while eating 1,750 calories a day.

There's a point you cross as you get fatter and fatter where things get really rough. You simply can't move enough to keep your metabolism high enough to lose weight even if you're not eating all that much.

I honestly don't know how else I could have lost all this weight if I hadn't had WLS. And I didn't truly appreciate the interaction of all these factors until I'd gone through the weight loss phases and nearly 3 months of maintenance. I also know there's a lot more for me to learn.

It's time now with 70% of American adults being overweight or obese that we start having grown-up conversations about the complexity of obesity and the elements required for its solution.

"Just say no" is about the stupidest approach to reducing obesity that I could imagine. If fixing it were simple, I'd be all for that. However, after you've crossed the obesity bridge it ain't all that simple to get back across it.

The guilt associated with WLS would evaporate if, as a society, we understood the actual causes that made us obese and kept us obese from a scientific/medical perspective, instead of from a moral perspective.

Shame and guilt not only don't help us -- they just damage us more.

While I understand wanting to track and adjust, doesn't your weight fluctuate daily anyway? Meaning if you weigh everyday and adjust daily how will you ever know if something is working? It takes more than a day to see the benefits of any work you have done to make changes with your body. Just my thoughts but I'm no expert. Just trying to see the benefits of weighing yourself everyday.

Wow, so many different times..im only thinking a week off..I have a sedentary job and figure I should be ok..we shall see

wow, yeah this thread went left...lol

I actually had to say it a couple of times to make sure it was what I thought it was. It is funny to me but anyhow your story was exciting and I'm happy you were confident enough to approach her. I too would like to know if it ended with a 2nd date????

Please add me too!!

My email is ndallas07@yahoo.com

I got approval this week too!!!! No date yet for me though.

I GOT APPROVED TODAY!!!!! So freakin excited!!!!!!

Of course the schedule lady was not in the office this afternoon but at least I'm over the biggest hurdle.

Or threaten to report them!!!

I've now been approved since June 17, and I still can't get in touch with the surgery scheduled to schedule me. I'm SO frustrated! I started jumping through hoops in January. Now that I'm approved, let's get this show on the road.

OMG!!! I would be going insane if I was approved but couldn't schedule a date..have you tried going to the office??

I'm so jealous that some of you were able to get a date before you started all the appointments.My dr office doesn't give a date until after you get insurance approval.

Exciting news!!! Glad you guys got your dates, the time will go fast

We got our surgery dates! My husband will be sleeved on July 29, and I'll be sleeved on Sept. 14!!! So excited....Hope these next 2+ months pass quickly!!

I'm done all my pre-op work and I'm told my dr. office will be submitting my paperwork to the insurance company sometime this week..sooooo by next week I should have a date...I'm nervous and excited

I just finished my last nutritional appointment and all my evaluations are completed. My surgeons office will hopefully be submitting my paperwork to my insurance company soon. I started my process in April and hope to be sleeved in September!!!