NewYorkButterfly

Thank you for everyone who helped. Everything went well today and my surgery is still on! My surgeon did not mind my weight! I am so thankful! I start my liquid diet on Monday. 17 days away until the losers bench! 9/28/20!

Omg girlll my situation is exactly the same. This is scary ! Smh ! Just know you have us as support here. I have finally got my family to support me and came on here 2 days ago again to find support. You got this! Don’t let him ruin your happy mood for your new life. This is what my fiancé does constantly. My kids are ages 6 and 3. So he also uses the school thing as an excuse and always saying how “This is not a good time.” Never put a time on getting healthy. Everything will fall into place. ❤️❤️❤️ My date is 9/28, I am next, I am excited, my fiancé isn’t, but it’s my body, my health, my choice. Amen.

Thank you for your responses everyone. I have learned a lot and taken notes. I was really panicking. You all seriously helped me with your advice. I will update you all with everything. Maybe hopefully this advice and whatever outcome can help someone else who was panicking like me. ❤️❤️❤️

My surgeon gave me my surgery date first. 2 weeks later, I was approved by insurance. my surgery date is September 28th.

Many blessings sent your way! Good luck and congratulations! ❤️

Hello! Yes!

September 28th ❤️

8 minutes ago, askmehow said:

I think you can lose that by the 10th. I've lost 45 pounds since May 23, 2020. Its not easy, but EVERYTHING my dietician told me worked. Are you skipping drinking fluids while eating, eating only WHAT you are allowed, not drinking for 30 min before and after eating, using small plates, measuring food, using the CORRECT shakes, logging food (I love the Lose It app.), journaling about your emotions when you go to eat and you aren't hungry, stopping when SATISFIED not FULL, Water all day (when allowed), chewing really slow, exercising a little I'm 336 on oxygen so you can do this girl. I do it in bed.. lol. You have to trust the process. I am getting therapy which wasn't required. HUGE help. We don't even talk about food. Lol. You can do this! I promise!

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Thank you for your response. You know, you told me something that I have never thought of before, the "using a journal to write down my emotions when I go to eat and am not hungry" thing. I think that may help. I have been using myfitnesspal and everything and I still snack around, sometimes I even snack off of the plates of the meals that I prepare for my kids. I am scared because I know I need to get these habits on point before I transform and I am praying that I will be strong enough after. I will also try chewing slowly because I am not doing that at all, I eat crazy fast :-/. and I am going to get some small plates, I have not been shopping for anything yet. It still hasn't registered in my head that I have a date and this is all about to go down. I appreciate the feedback and tips, thank you very much. ❤️

4 minutes ago, Cheeseburgh said:

Just say your home scale must be off.

OMG! I was thinking of saying that. I feel so horrible because my bariatric team is amazing and have been working with me since last year. If I get really desperate I will just have to say this and wait for what they say after. My pre surgical testing is the 10th, so I am going to try my hardest to lose as much as I can and at least get to 370. Thank you for your response.

7 minutes ago, Topaz_Black said:

I don’t think you have anything to worry about, but I am confused. You say you told them you were 365, but you’re really 375, but your profile says 360. Perhaps you lost weight, but I wouldn’t worry about it. But for the sake of your health please be honest with your doctor and dietician, that’s the only way they can help you.

Also, if it makes you feel any better I told my doctor and dietician I was 13 pounds lighter than I was; not because I didn’t want to be truthful, but I couldn’t bring myself to step on my home scale. It had probably been four months since I’d weighed myself, and I went with my last recorded weight. Then one day, about a month ago, I mustered the nerve to step on the scales. Not good, but I was honest and started doing something about it immediately. I lost the 13, and I’m on target to drop another 10 before my surgery in 4 days.

Good luck.Try not to worry too much.

Hello! Thank you for your response. I haven’t logged onto the forum since January and I was 360 in January and have not updated my profile. I gained weight during quarantine. Smh. I will just try my best to lose some weight and pray. Thank you!

Hello everyone. My date is September 28th for sleeve surgery, but I have an issue. I had a telehealth appointment 2 weeks ago and lied about my weigh in to my dietician for her to clear me. I am really 375 pounds And I told her that I weight 365 ! Insurance approved me and everything and I am trying so hard to lose weight by the 10th of September before I am busted and I am just scared that the surgeon will cancel my date. My question is ... If they see that my weight is 375 and not 365, will the surgeon cancel my surgery or still perform surgery due to the fact that insurance has approved me? I am hoping that this is a safe space and that there won’t be anything too harsh said. I am human, I have a problem, and I am not perfect. Thank you.

This is my biggest fear, starting to rethink it now. I am so sorry this is happening to you! I only have 1 month left to go until surgery. 😢😢😢

My sleeve will be done at the end of next month with approval of insurance pending by Surgeon: Dr. Stephen Merola at NYP Queens.