Fabstar55

I sure will!! Thank you. I'm so excited

Congrats to you @Fabstarr55. We're all happy for you too. I know the 6 month diet had to be hard. But, I'm sure it was totally worth it. I didn't have to do a 6 month diet. My insurance waives me doing the diet if my BMI was over 50 which is was when I started my program. The pre-op class well be a lot of information so just be ready for that. They will cover nutrition, eating habits, fad-diets, exercise, etc you name it. It will be so much information you will be excited, and worried at the same time. So take it all in the best you can. Keep us updated on all your appointments and classes.

I'm so excited I am almost finished with my 6 month medical documenting per my insurance company. I go for my pre op class Oct 7th!!! Im excited and nervous. Any fb groups for December sleevers?!?!

Today is my one year surgiversary and as of my weekly weigh in yesterday, I have surpassed my goal by one pound. My starting weight at the beginning of this process was 260. I was 236 on my surgery date. And I am now 164.
It's been a long road. The early days/weeks/months were rough. But for a long time now, I've just felt "normal". I eat 5-6 times a day. Always Protein first, but I occasionally have some treats. Juts yesterday I shared a piece of cake with my husband. I love not feeling deprived. If I want a treat of some sort once in a while, I have a little bit of it. I don't track my food or calories. The big thing to really get my head around through this whole process is that this is not a "diet". This is the rest of my life. I don't have any deadlines to meet with my weight loss. The goal was just to eventually get down to a healthy weight and stay there.
Were I on a "diet", I would have been tracking every calorie in and every calorie out. Sharing that piece of cake with my husband, I would have tracked those calories eaten and then tried to make up for it in calories burned so as not to "fall behind". I would have to "make up" those extra calories. Now... if I eat half a piece of cake, I don't sweat it. If it takes me a week to burn off those "extra" calories, what does it matter? What's a week in the grand scheme of things? It's definitely been a real change in thinking for me.
As for exercise, I've been killing it in that department. I've run several 5k races over the summer and plan to continue with my running and working on improving my time. I was pretty hard-core about strength training as well until my sister and her four kids moved in with us temporarily. That makes getting time to myself to SAFELY do strength training a real challenge, but I plan to get right back to it once they move out later this month.
So now, what you've all been waiting for: PHOTOS!
           

My surgery date is 12/15/15... They asked if I wanted to wait so I could enjoy Christmas dinner. I said nope..spent 30 yrs as the old me and would like to spent this year as the new me!