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My surgery date is September 22!!
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Hey! My surgery date is also September 22!!! Yay for us!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

My surgery date is September 22!!
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Hey! My surgery date is also September 22!!! Yay for us!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hi September sleevers!!!!! My surgery date is Sept. 22nd. I'm so excited...Wish everyone well!

I was approved last Thursday after a long awaited appeal. My final appointment with the surgeon is Aug. 30, and I will get my surgery date. They said the surgery date will be about 3 weeks from then. So, I am assuming I will be a September sleever!!!
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I was approved last Thursday after a long awaited appeal. My final appointment with the surgeon is Aug. 30, and I will get my surgery date. They said the surgery date will be about 3 weeks from then. So, I am assuming I will be a September sleever!!!
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I can't believe in less than 24 hrs. I'll be having surgery. Getting my health back. I can't wait. HW 270 , SW 249, GW 154. #newmehereicome Prayers please for a safe surgery
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Hey there! Anybody in Lexington, Ky? I've just started my journey and have my first seminar in 4/27! My insurance expects all the normal hoops and they approve Dr Weiss! Just here to meet new people and get support from those who share the journey!
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So every once in a while, my therapist says something that really hits home with me and she said something yesterday that has been rumbling around in my head since then and thought I would share.
I have a food addiction. Specifically to crunchy salty treats - Cheezits, Cheetos, Ruffles Potato chips, etc. I still on occasion binge on these items (and yes it is possible because these things crunch up in to tiny pieces). I lie to myself and say I will portion them out and eat them in reasonable portions and I always start that way, but in the end, I always grab the bag/box and finish them off. Sometimes I feel sick from it. Sometimes I don't. I don't want to do this, but yet probably once every 2 or 3 weeks, I do this. (I am 11 months post-op for those curious.) (Please don't post and lecture me about this. I know it is an issue and I am working on it. That is not the purpose of this post.)
Anyway, as my therapist and I were talking about this, she asked me to describe how I felt when I am approaching the snack aisle at the grocery store or the snack aisle at the gas station (when I am on a road trip for example) and after thinking about it, I answered "anxiety". What I mean is, I start feeling how much I want those Snacks and yet how much I don't need them and how I am going to be strong enough to avoid them.
She said "Think of the addiction as an outside force. This is something coming from outside of you and you need a strategy to overcome that voice. Some people come to me who have worked for months and months on just sheer willpower and come in completely exhausted. They just cannot fight with sheer willpower anymore." The exhaustion part of that statement is something I keep thinking about. How many of us did Weight Watchers or Atkins or South Beach or whatever diet and we did SO well but one day, we were just so exhausted with counting our points or our carbs and just gave in to the exhaustion and grabbed what we wanted, and then the next day and the next day and the next thing we knew we couldn't get back on track?
All along in this journey, I have feared maintenance. I mean I have lost weight before only to gain it back and then some. But she said to me I needed a mind shift. Don't live in this sheer willpower stage. It won't work. Understand that I have an addiction which comes from outside of me and figure out how to defeat it. My specific plan we came up with - when I am approaching that aisle and hear (or feel) that desire for the food, OUTLOUD say NO! (Ok, not so loud that others stare at me, but you see what I am saying) And then replace the thoughts with music - something to drown out the voice until the urge passes. She said to turn around and leave if I had to. I said "leave the grocery store if I am not through shopping?" and she said "absolutely - if you just cannot deal with it at that time, then leave. Leave your cart there or just checkout with what you have. You can come back later."
I haven't had to put this in to practice yet, but I have been thinking about music to put on my phone to get me through that (or that I can sing in my head). A theme song if you will to get me past it. Eventually this will all become a little easier - a little farther between the cravings. It already has - otherwise I wouldn't be down 141 pounds. I hope I defeat him completely someday. I am not sure if I will. For now the addict monster is still there and I am learning how to defeat him and wear him down a little at a time....

Wahoo! As of today I am officially down 100 pounds!

Finally, I hit a big goal and have lost 100 pounds. It feels so good, but I can't decide what kind of reward I should give myself. I'm sure I will come up with something. Now to go after those last 45 pesky pounds.
Next goal is 11 more pounds and I'm officially not obese. I think that will be even bigger accomplishment.

I am from KY, I will also be seeing Dr. Weiss! Just getting started here. I turned my patient packet in via fax on Tuesday, did the online seminar. I hope you are doing well! Any info on what to expect from here will be appreciated! I'm anxiously awaiting a email, phone call, anything!
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