FabAmy

Congrats!!!!

Thank you for the feedback and reminders that everyone's body is different.

I told my husband I was scheduling an appointment with my doctor to see if I was a candidate for weight loss pathways. I was very careful in how I chose my words. Later, I included my mom and told her that my doctor referred me. After my orientation, he started in on how I had to do the work to lose weight, and if I didn't exercise I would gain it back. The negativity was really building up. But, I told him that if I don't do this I am going to keep following the same pattern of losing and gaining ...losing and gaining... I also repeated what the surgeon said about losing 8-12% of my excess weight versus 60-70%. I told him there were lots of steps both pre-op and post-op and to be successful I needed his support not his negativity. In fact, I told him his negativity right then made me want to go stuff my face and forget about how I felt. I told him I knew this is wrong and one it was something I would really be working on. I assured him this was not a quick fix and I was going to have to work to make changes, but this opportunity would make a big difference in the quality of my life and our life together. That honest conversation has made all the difference. As I attend classes, he is supportive, positive and he asks how it's going. My mom is the only other person who knows...she has worked with a couple of people who have lost over 100 with WLS and she knows how life changing it can be.

Go forward. Friends and family do not live in your body, and they have not been part of your pre-op preparation.

I ❤️ this post. Thank you for the reassurance. I'm still in the pre-op phase, but this is really helpful.

How is it post op? Are you hungry?

Thank you for the update!

Great pictures ladies. Thank you for sharing!????