LifeRejuvenated

Thanks for all your priceless advice and experiences. I did do 8 months of Doctor/dietician supervised classes. The support really was great and I learned a ton about food, nutrition, myself and lost weight.
Tonight's 1st class was pretty similar but surgery was the topic & changing your eating habits quite drastically. I'm good with what needs to be done but the getting used to "eating pea-sized bites of food" kinda alarmed me I guess mostly. Can anyone comment on that? Thanks!
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Your grandma is now watching over you, a brand new guardian angel, you will make her proud of the changes to you. She still loves you and a part of her lives on in you. You are her legacy and testimony to the world, make your witness strong. We all believe you can do this, that's why we're here. We have made bitter lemon into sweet lemonade of our lives.
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I've fought to lose weight over and over, like all of us. I was very happy with my progress in the last year & then hurt my knee while exercising. I've since gained between 10-15 lbs and it's freaking me out. I asked about WLS and have always said I never would, it just became my obvious choice. I have lost a good amount on my own and do not want to stop. I feel like I lose so much and hit a road block. The doctors I've met with say it's amazing what I've accomplished and kept it off(100-120 lbs) I've never thought of it that way, I always think I have so far to go, why does it stop. My family gets happy I am losing but always says that I have a long way to go. So, seeing these doctors and having a psych evaluation has really opened my mind to a new way of thinking about this. It is damn hard to lose weight. I've done good and want to get under 200 lbs., I'm sitting at 350 today. My 1st meeting is this afternoon, there's 6 weeks worth. They said it's a 4-10 month process but it seems to be going faster and may be I can have surgery in January, depends on insurance and other factors. At this point, I don't know if I'll tell anyone beside my husband and 3 supportive friends. My family and their judgements give me too much anxiety. The physiologist said its no ones business and up to me. We'll see.
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Ok, so I was originally scheduled for October 20th, but now they moved it to October 13th! I am feeling every singe emotion there is out there. I am more excited than anything, but also scared, nervous, anxious...EVERYTHING! I almost cried today making a cup of pumpkin coffee, thinking about how I won't be able to have it for a long time. I am so ready to give up a lot of foods, as my eating of them in large quantities is what got me to this point.
I have a super supportive husband, which is helping me out a lot. Just so many emotions!

It's been a while since I've been active on BP since I found myself pregnant at my one year surgiversary (9/8/15), But that doesn't mean I haven't been "Active" in my life!.. This year has brought so much happiness, May 25th of this year we welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world and in June moved from NJ to PA where we bought our first house. At a year out I was down 100lbs, during my pregnancy I gained 28lbs and since have lost the weight and have been maintaining my 100lb loss. Just this past week (3 months postpartum) I started back at the gym and am looking forward to getting back into the groove of things and continuing on with my WLS journey and future success.
Hope everyone is doing well!

Can't believe that 4 months in I'm over half-way to my goal!!! It feels like it's been a lifetime since I had my surgery and my life has changed so immensely that it's hard to believe it has only been 4 months. Gone is the obsession over food...what to eat...what not to eat...how much...how little. I just live my life now and it's so freeing!!!
I still have alot of work to do when it comes to stress eating, and feeling comfortable in my body but I will get there, work in progress!
This forum has been amazing! I want to say Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories and inspiring journey's. I haven't posted much about my journey but reading about your accomplishment have helped my push through the down times when I didn't think the weight was going to come off. You are all amazing!!
So glad to have my life back and feel like the old me again!

Before and after. I can't believe between the pre-surgical prep and 16 days can make such a huge difference!
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Now I never thought I would hear that in my lifetime!