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You look fantastic!

I've had so many assumptions made but I think the worst/most shocking one was two weeks post op a close friend of mine accused me of trying to kill myself via surgery and learned others agreed. I was so surprised and angry. I didn't understand how they could think the way I was eating before wasn't killing myself and I was doing this so I could finally live.

Some are not right, I am not Obese because I am Lazy, Uncaring or Have never tried. At my weight I have walked until my ankles weakened, my dependant edema flared again, I have tried running until I was out of breath, have even subluxed joints trying to,love weights as I have mild-to- moderate case of Ehlors-Danlos a connective tissue disease, Evan if I reduce my weight, which my upcoming RnY on Wednesday September 5th will assist, that will always be,present. My arthritis and breath shortness will diminish but I will still,retain joint deformities, lungs that will never be 100%, I will still retain my slight cardiac deformity but it should not progress further. My 2 artificial knees will not regenerate, the calluses and slight deformities from past fractures will still be there. But guess what, the quality of my,life WILL IMPROVE, although my personal chassis will retain dings , deformities and missing paint, with minimal chug-chug it will still serve to get,my where I am going. And I am grateful for Bariatric Surgery , it keeps me from being smashed into a cube of metal in a Trash Compactor and this Little Engine that Could can keep going on her merry way. And if my headlights shining light someone else's way, what a Wonderful Thing that shall be!

Just heard from her son! Hallelujah @Frustr8 made it through and is resting!!!

All,
Let us please bear up our dear friend @Frustr8 as she undergoes RNY Surgery today. She is 73years young and has been an amazing support to me and to so many others as we went through our procedures. She has had so many personal, financial and other attacks leading up to the surgery and is really going through a tough time, many have tried to desuade her from going through with it, but she is resolved to trust the Living God and go through with it.

Spirit of the living God, do what only you can do. Please bear our beautiful sister @Frustr8 up today and always. We ask that you bless her from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet. That you give her peace and encouragement going into her procedure and that all things coming against her boomerang right back to where they came from and away from your daughter.

We pray for everyone who is going to come into contact with her or touch her, we pray and plead the blood of Jesus on the facility, over the check in clerk, over the nurses who tend to her, over the surgeon, over the anesthesiologist, over the the medications, over the equipment, God even over the linens that will touch her body and the, and the sutures and bandaids, we uplift and exalt the whole procedure, that you yourself with masterfully operate on your daughter. We pray everything goes without a glitch, we pray for her to wake without any complications, and for it to be like from a sweet sleep, we pray that she is in no pain and discomfort and that she is soon able to be up and about to everyones surprise and delight! And that her short and long term results are marvelous to your Glory!

We thank you in Advance Lord for your mercy's for we know that you are MORE than able!
In Jesus Name, Amen.

And now a few hours more until it is JUST,ONE DAY. And like a child,with a very large piles of gifts🎁📦 I can hardly,wait until it is time⏰to,unwrap them all! I am going to mentally record everything in my mind so I can journal each and every occurance.
Certainly,I do know many facets of ut,but,like,a large jigsaw puzzle, how do the pieces fit together? So I have been travelling Bariatric Pal, soaking up wisdom like a sponge. This will prepare me for the basics, but everyone is an individual so their experiences may vary but it will be personalized to ME.😜And I think that is just fine!

yeah with clear liquids your blood sugar can dip down, and when mine starts going DOWN I get bone*** 😩 weary. I have no reserve of strength,so,weary -out quick.,Actually feel,like swooning but fight,it. a 300,pound woman swooning makes a distinct thump and I wouldn't want to,be responsible,for the Earths Mantle cracking.🌏

Wow @jingle123523, how are things going in Massachusetts this morning? I'm in Central Ohio, it's 3 AM , just waiting for my friend Kathy to come. She is my ride into Columbud, You,know today is also my REBIRTHDAY, can't sleep, don't want to miss a thing. Must be at OSU by 5 AM. 7AM Surgery time, bags by my front doors, time to wake up my son so he can ride there too. He is my Biggest Best fan, been with me, supported me since I started in August 2015. Its our time, our day, today our dreams all come true. Deep Breath and I am Ready!!!!!
Here We Go!😇😷💓

Best wishes for Frustr8 and SueSaBelle for their surgeries today! I hope you both have a smooth procedure and recovery

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I can eat anything, nothing bothers my sleeve. For most people that's not what you should be worried about. The hard part is making the consistent choice to choose healthy foods.

Ugh. While I do sympathize and validate the feelings expressed here, someone has just GOT to talk about the elephant in the living room with the pink tutu on!
Reality check here guys...your brains are totes SCREWED up! I don't know what does it. Maybe it's all the fault of My 600lb Life? Dunno...
But OP you've lost 14lbs in ONE WEEK (by your words Aug 21 thru Aug 28--that's 7 days if math serves me). Let me repeat that and shout it out for you: YOU'VE LOST 14 LBS IN ONE FREAKIN' WEEK! Instead of being busted and down, you should want to turn cartwheels. That's amazing! Congrats! Turn that frown upside down and get ready for the very common "3 week stall" that happens somewhere between weeks 2 and 4. You will likely average anywhere from 2-4lbs/week. This is not magic surgery. And WL will never be linear. It's the best thing that's ever happened to most of us. (And for the record? I've NEVER lost 14lbs in one week. EVS.)
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I honestly want to ask if you're pullin' our chain? Cuz let's do some more basic math: August 21 - Sept. 4 = 13days. In 13 days you've lost 20lbs. That is WELL over 1lb per day. LOL. That's phenomenal and you can't possibly hope to keep that up. It won't happen. Please read above at the 3week stall phenomenon.
You ladies, need to reality check your brains and reframe how you look at this surgical intervention. This is usually about slow steady progress--not huge losses overnight. But some DO experience those dramatic losses. Hell. You are both experiencing it right now.
Dig in. Sit back. Do the work and enjoy the ride. Cuz the weight loss WILL happen unless you screw the pooch. And nobody wants to screw the pooch.
Congrats to you both. I'd trade places with either of you in a heart beat.

I wore a pair of strappy sandals that previously wouldn't do up, not that I could bend over anyway to do it or that I could get that close to my own ankle!

But now, I can do both!

I wore a pair of strappy sandals that previously wouldn't do up, not that I could bend over anyway to do it or that I could get that close to my own ankle!

But now, I can do both!

I will measure, I will take my pictures, don't know if they will be on display, without, sizable monentary compentsation. How much does someone pay for a picture gaurenteed to scare away invading vzrmits and snoopy in-laws?
Had planned a bubble,bath, pops scratch that, I hav to scrub down with surgical-grade soap, a mani-pedi, nope no polish. And a nice set-dow, meal in my favorite resturant, isn't,that,how I got here.? Go and pray st church? The walls would collapse and kill my,poor pastor! Take a motorcycle ride? Nearest friend,on here with a bike is @ Big Buffer in Dayton, he hasn't fired up,Big Mama Viffer-Bike for a while. Write poetry and Prayers? Do that all the time Anyway.Hang out on Bariatric Pal? That I do,all the time also. Eat my clear diet,my,idea, not required by my bari-plan, but couldn't desire anythi,g elsr, set my,age by the door, make sure one,last time my friend Kathy is still willing to,look me up between 3:30 and 4AM,to,go to Columbus, try to not pick any fights with,Tomkitten, sure don't want to run my Best Bud off. I will feel,so much more relaxed to,have him along. And know all my friends on here are wishing me well, that they believe in ME but even more important, I believe in ME and I do,love ME enough to give myself this incredible🎁 gift!

I went on holiday to Whitby last week and climbed the 199 steps up to Whitby Abbey without breaking a sweat! These are the same steps that Dracula was supposed to have run up (as a dog) when his schooner was shipwrecked at Whitby rocks - but I promise I didn't howl or suck anyone's blood! I walked 8 and a half miles that day and did have some treats over the week, but I still lost 4 lbs.

I am 72,have lost over 15 pounds in August alone on my liver shrinking diet, will be having RNY surgery on September 5th. And I am a sluggish loser of weight so it truly can be done. Age is no barrier to success! If I can do it,others can too.😝🌈😝

Yes, I try to stay under 1200 but usually fall between 1000 to 1100 most days.

My best advice that I use, is when I am eating at home, I put out what I can eat and no more. For instance I bulk make a lot of my meals. I like mince so I do a lot of chilli and I do a lot of meatballs with sauce, that kind of thing. I know I can only eat three meatballs so I split it into those quantities, any more and I am constantly trying to get rid of the water/foam in my mouth from overeating.

Same with the chilli or anything else I bulk make like stews etc, I just portion it into what I can eat and no more, I can tell by sight now, how much to put into a tupperware for later. It works for me but its a lot harder when you are out in the real world and haven't brought something with you, hence me trying to eat a full sausage sandwich this morning when my stomach only fits a third!

I have done this too, today actually.

I bought a sausage sandwich from the supermarket deli counter and could only eat a third of it.

I was driving so after about half an hour, I ate another third and when I got home, I warmed it back up and ate the last third. I didn't feel good about it at all but reasoned it wasn't a massive thing as it was roughly 350 cals and it was all I had had up to that point (1pm).

I did post about a very similar thing a while back, probably when I was just a month out myself. I feared that I could wreck the whole thing by constantly doing this. However, I do have my head screwed on most of the time and I haven't continued to do that. I agree with Orchids solution, if you want to eat more but know you shouldn't, trash it so you are unable to, that way you don't have to fight your willpower.

I’m going to give you some straight talk. You know exactly what you have to do to get the most out of this chance you have while it’s still in the best, early stages.
Right now you are choosing to continue to hold on to foods you want and habits that are easy.
When you make the choice to commit to the tool you have, the chance you fought for, everything will turn around.
I do not mean this to sound harsh.
I mean it in a practical, common sense manner.
You know all this already.
You are lucky enough to be starting out smaller. You could take advantage or that...or not.
Like me, you’re not the youngest kid in the school yard, so why would you want to waste time messing around? It just gets more difficult as time passes.
It’s all in your hands. It’s yours to make the most of. Yours to leave sitting on the shelf.

So lets do a face to face Friday! I also had some non-scale victories this week. My daughters teacher from the last 2 years did not recognize me! And my fitbit is on the last notch so I need to get a size small band now! Geez I really hate the older picture. I can finally stand to have my picture taken now though!

I'm almost four months post-op and have lost 140 pounds (92 pre-op and 48 since surgery), down to 222 from 362 and a starting BMI of 70 (I'm only 5 feet even!). I am still coping with feelings of disappointment about the slow weight loss post-op, and every time I stall, which is every couple of weeks, I find myself believing that the weight loss has stopped for good and try to accept where I am. But other times I am quite happy--I feel so much better, and I can walk without pain.
I think where I get stuck is that, sort of subconsciously, I have really linked this weight loss to my ability to have a relationship and find a partner (something I have not yet done at this point in my life even though I am in my 40s), and I still don't feel like my body would be acceptable to anyone. My feelings about the excess skin, of which I have plenty, aren't helping here. One thing that helps me is seeing how many of you are in loving relationships; that gives me hope.
Continued best wishes to all of you ladies on your journeys!

Yes, I try to stay under 1200 but usually fall between 1000 to 1100 most days.

My best advice that I use, is when I am eating at home, I put out what I can eat and no more. For instance I bulk make a lot of my meals. I like mince so I do a lot of chilli and I do a lot of meatballs with sauce, that kind of thing. I know I can only eat three meatballs so I split it into those quantities, any more and I am constantly trying to get rid of the water/foam in my mouth from overeating.

Same with the chilli or anything else I bulk make like stews etc, I just portion it into what I can eat and no more, I can tell by sight now, how much to put into a tupperware for later. It works for me but its a lot harder when you are out in the real world and haven't brought something with you, hence me trying to eat a full sausage sandwich this morning when my stomach only fits a third!

So I've never written about why I chose VSG, but this applies to me.
I specifically wanted VSG over RNY, because I wanted to remain flexible in my diet. I didn't want to deal with dumping, and to a lesser degree malabsorption.
I've written quite a bit about my job requiring a lot of dining out, sometime alone, but very often with colleagues and customers. I absolutely don't want to deal with dumping while "on the job". I also don't want to be "that person" altering or ordering off the menu excessively. I feel very uncomfortable doing that, and the corporate culture where I work strongly frowns upon it.
What I really haven't mentioned is my career is in the food industry. I have to be able to eat the product I sell. Dumping very likely would be an issue with my current company's products. And who knows where my career will take me? I wasn't willing to risk or cause serious complications with my career by choosing RNY.
I also wanted the ability to "cheat", for personal reasons. International travel is hugely important to me. Experiencing a country's and culture's food, is a big part of my enjoyment of traveling. This may sound crazy to some, but I'm not willing to give up gelato in Rome or sticky rice with mango in Thailand. It's only 3-4 weeks a year, and I value it highly.
Finally, I was non-compliant early on. I started eating all foods, except fibrous vegetables, at week 3 post op, plus drinking. I didn't do so because I necessarily wanted to, but because I started back at work travel and dining out. I wanted to attract as little attention to myself and my surgery as possible. I knew I had little time off and I would have to push the boundaries of my diet because of it, and I knew it was likely that the VSG would be more forgiving.

I had my consult In December and my highest weight was 484! I had my vsg surgery on March 19. I am currently weighing 336! I also feel like there aren't many others with such a high weight number... it's been a journey but so excited about the weight loss. I've lost (148 lbs)! So excited to know I'm not alone....

No Cranky Magpie --'Next Wednesday. Close but no cigar, and I am so looking forward to it. Been a long (3 year) trek, avoided roadblocks, swamps , unlit paths and an Asshat surgeon death would be too good for. Seriously considered plucking his pubic hairs slowly one at a time. Announced I was mentally and emotionally unbalanced and couldn't comprehend the basic concepts of Bairatric medicine. Figure I could do anything I wanted to THAT MAN after all,I AM UNBALANCED!!! Stupid Son of Slime! Why would they grant a medical licence to such as HE?
But next Wednesday I Shall prove him and all other nay-sayers WRONG! THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD BECOMES AN ROCKET, SAILING INTO THE STRATOSPHERE. WATCH FOR MY CONTRAIL. IT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY!