LetsDoThis!

Sept 19. On Day 2 of pre op diet. [emoji51] - No idea what I'm doing but I'm here!

Hope you're doing great today! - No idea what I'm doing but I'm here!

Good luck tomorrow!! - No idea what I'm doing but I'm here!

I wish I had time to read every single answer here. I've read a lot & feel better knowing I'm not alone. This is so scary and hard and overwhelming. This is my first post on this app/page & I just want to say how glad I am that I found it! I have had it on my mind for YEARS to pursue a surgical intervention, but I kept telling myself I didn't need it. I could do it on my own. (It feels like a failure to need it, you know what I mean...?) I turned 39 in July & I just got tired of waiting for the me I feel I am inside to come out. I've always been overweight. It has gotten slowly and slowly more difficult to maintain a "decent" size - able to wear sizes 14/16 but creeping towards 18/20- and the pain in my knees has gotten steadily worse. I have arthritis and have had pain since I was a child, but the older I get (& the heavier), the worse the pain is. I've had to wear a knee brace almost daily for the last 6-9 months. I don't feel "old" but the reality of my weight is setting in. I have a 10 year old daughter. I want to set an example for her. A good one. My husband is very fit and active. We've only been together 5 years and I'll be honest- from the start I've felt uncomfortable about my weight. I've never had a "fit" partner. Like ever. He's EXTREMELY supportive and loving and has never suggested I lose weight or made any comments of the sort. It's actually his unconditional love that finally helped me start to truly love myself. I hope that makes sense, as I know it sounds like I'm talking out of both sides of my mouth. I want to do this for me. But I didn't care enough about myself before to really think I deserved it. I went for a consult maybe 4 weeks ago. And it all went so fast! I have a surgery date (in 2 week!) and just started my pre op diet yesterday. I'm stressed and a little miserable (see previous comment about pre op diet LOL), but am trying to take is day by day. Ok, sometimes hour by hour. Thank you for reading this! Hope you all have a great day!! - No idea what I'm doing but I'm here!