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Thank you for this posting!

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Don't get me wrong...I'm still taking my 100 calories worth of cream of wheat into a dark corner daily and hissing "My Precious!"

Thank you for your honest and candid testimony.

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January 8. It should come quickly with the busy holiday schedule to keep us occupied. I also wondered about the Vitamins. I thought that I'd wait until my pre-op appointment to ask for suggestions.

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I've been to three celebrations where cakes were served post op. I've posted this before, I don't enjoy food. Pre op food and I were the best of friends. I have no desire to eat anything much less sweets. For me it's a very strange feeling since i always wanted and did indulge in food. To those who still crave the sweets and fight the temptations I salute you. I don't know if I could be as successful as you if I still had those cravings.

I'm an airline pilot, and we serve fresh baked cookie to our first class passengers. Every flight I smell them, and want one bad. lol. For the last year I've passed every time except one.

1 minute ago, angyplus5 said:

my bmi is 40 as well, I also have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and Rheumatoid arthritis. To me that's plenty a reason!!!

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we could be twins.

3 hours ago, angyplus5 said:

I find that I get that question a lot as well, when I was getting my EGD for surgery the nurse said wow, why are you getting wls? You don't look big enough! All I said was I'm doing it for health reasons. I'm like you, I really don't know how to respond sometimes. Hopefully our friends here have some suggestions!!!

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Like needing to loose nearly 100 pounds isn't enough??? My daughter (who is large) said that to me. I replied, "My BMI is 40 and i'm having health complications."

I keep reminding myself of this:

Mmmm ... I was not so disciplined.
On Sunday night, one of my long-time friends turned up with his wife, his birthday cake and a tub of ice-cream.
He cut everyone a piece of cake and dished it up with a scoop of ice-cream.
I had two teaspoons of cake and about a half scoop of ice-cream and explained that I was not going to attempt to eat more.
Said to my wife later that a real test would have been to not have eaten any.
- - -
Power to you, [mention=323277]I AM WORTH IT[/mention].

In used to think that discipline was denial. It's not! It's choosing the thing that is worth more.

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There was cake and other goodies at work today. I didn't have any of it. I wanted it.

No issues with spicy food but the not able to drink and eat at the same time forced me to eat less spicy good then before surgery

Good point. I hadn't thought of that!!!!

I am pre-op, but not the liquid phase yet...I'm just trying to keep it under 1200 calories. I will be praying this week (Thanksgiving week) for those of you on liquids prior to surgery, for those who recently had surgery and are on a restricted phase and even those who are post op who eat what they want... the most dangerous phase. The struggle is real. God bless us all.

Can you eat spicy foods after surgery? If so, is there a waiting period?

I plan on making some meals for the freezer and wasn't sure.

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I have a funny story (well, funny NOW) about boots. In 2007, I went to Italy. This was way before surgery and weight loss. And what did I want? A pair of hot Italian boots, of course! We were in Rome and I drug my poor friends all over Rome in search of a pair of boots that would actually go over my calves. By the 10th store, seemingly miles of wandering, and many eye rolls from store sales people, I finally found ONE damn pair of boots which were really cute and had a bit of stretch quality to them. They were still snug on me but I was determined! I wore them throughout Italy despite that fact I was getting blisters and sore from the snug fit!
I had to write that to give you a glimpse into the future. I can now wear any style of boots and the calves are either perfect or too big! I even wear boots with heels!
Edited to add: I still have my Rome boots. They were made remarkably well so I cant part with them!

3 hours ago, Berry78 said:

Perfect! Thanks!

I appreciate your answers. I read the other day where someone said that they lost "x" amount of inches and I thought, "
"Are there standard places to measure? Because that number will fluctuate from person to person depending on the number places that they decide to measure."

18 minutes ago, Berry78 said:

Waist should be less than 1/2 height.

Have lost 3-4 inches off my calves (this is actually a ton).

I did not know that about the height/weight ratio. Good to know.

And wow on the calves! I'd love to be able to wear tall boots without endlessly searching for the extended calves.

If I'm going to track various body measurements, are there certain ones that I should do?

I'm guessing neck, upper arm, thigh, hips, waist. Am I missing something?

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After reading this thread i decided to take my 'before' pictures. I did it this morning even though i have over a month to go before surgery. (I was wearing a pretty bra and underwear set, so I figured it was a good day to do it).

I read on these threads that someone said that we often don't see our own obesity. Well, I am one of those! I was shocked by what I saw, especially on my back side picture. WOW.

I will do another set of before pictures with more clothing soon (maybe leggings and a tank) so that I can share one day with others.

How often did you all do progress pics?

And I will be saving one pair of jeans to compare later when I need motivated.

My daughter said that she is afraid that people will judge her if she has WLS. I told her that her closest friends who care about her health and her struggles won't judge her (hopefully) and that the rest of them already are. As overweight people, we are doomed to be judged one way or the other.

53 yr old woman here. Scheduled for January 8

Now that I think back, I do remember putting a gallon size ziplock baggie in my purse in case I needed to hide food when nobody was looking. I had the same concerns as you.

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