NewYorkButterfly

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 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.

Hello! Yes!
September 28th ❤️

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. ❤️❤️❤️

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.

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. ❤️❤️❤️

I just had my covid test and as long as it comes back negative I will be having surgery next Friday morning. I am very excited
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I don’t think they will cancel the surgery and you have plenty of time to drop the weight before your surgery date. During the liquid diet phase I lost 13 pounds. You got this!

My experience is the surgery won't be cancelled. Surgeons despite being medical professionals still need to generate income. Especially If your surgeon is affiliated with a hospital network. With the losses in revenue from cancelled elective surgeries they need to recoup as much as possible. WLS is a money maker for them. Continue to lose as much as you can but, I'm almost positive we will be reading about your post surgery journey on this forum. Enjoy the good health you'll soon be getting.

Hello! Yes!
September 28th ❤️

Anytime. I totally understand about eating fast. I still struggle with drinking Water too fast because I'm ALWAYS thirsty. Yes, when I was with my ex fiance and we had my nephew and his son it was SOOOO hard to not eat as I cooked and they never wanted to eat the good food I ate. Honestly, healthy Snacks are my saving grace and planning everything. Glad you're on here because I think most of all feel the exact same at one time or another. Good luck. Let us know how it's going.

You are far from the only person who had gained weight during quarantine! There was a very intense thread about it on this forum recently (so intense, it had to be shut down). Nobody should judge you for that — it’s a tough time for everyone.
Some insurance companies, and maybe some bariatric programs, do have a requirement that you not gain any more weight before the surgery. This may or may not be the case for you, but you might want to check.
I bet you can lose 10 pounds, or close to it, before September 10. You said you track everything in MyFitnessPal, and that’s a great start. I lost over 60 pounds in the 5 months before surgery just by doing two things: tracking everything in MyFitnessPal (and staying well under my calorie limit) and intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting really helped me to get out of the habit of snacking. I did 16 hour fasts every day, starting after dinner and ending with lunch the next day. It was hard at first, but not so bad once I got used to it. I could push through the hunger and temptation knowing that I could have an indulgent dinner. I think it was a good workout for my willpower.
Look for foods that are filling and tasty but relatively low in calories. Look at the foods you normally eat and figure out which ones are the healthiest. Salads are great, especially if you use light dressing. You can have a big salad with lots of grilled chicken for under 300 calories. popcorn was another one of my favorites. Not exactly the healthiest snack, but a mini bag of “blast o butter” microwave popcorn Is just 210 calories and really filling (even lower in calories if you pop your own with an air popper, but you have to start somewhere). I LOVE Built Bars (protein bars). Some flavors used to be 110 calories and made a great daily treat (they recently changed and now they’re 130, but still a heck of a lot better than a candy bar).

I lost 15 pounds on the two week pre-op diet so maybe try to go on the pre-op diet a little early. I was 321 on my surgery date so I was also in the 300's so I can tell you it's definitely possible to lose those 10 pounds before you see the doctor.

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

I won’t miss:
1. Not being able to fit into cute clothes. Fat girl clothes are always old lady clothes. I’m too young to be dressing like some old church lady.

2. Hiding from existence.

3. Random strangers calling me fat. That crushing, heavy, feeling when it happens.

4. Avoiding cameras.

5. Being out of breath and moving slow

I still have a really bad habit of using WAY too much body wash. The amount i used for my 400 pound body is not the correct amount anymore. Yet i always forget. lolol

Being the Designated Fat Friend!!!!

I won’t miss my extra chin(s).

I don't miss everyone looking at me when I board a plane and thinking, "I hope the fat guy doesn't sit next to me."

I won't miss needing to turn the lights off in the bedroom because I am so disgustingly fat, or strategically trying to hide my rolls in bed with sheets or pillows; or having to drink 3/4 of bottle of wine to feel comfortable about my body in bed, and then waking up sick & hungover the next day.
I won't miss having to buy new clothes every few weeks or months because none of my clothes fit again.
I won't miss having multiple size wardrobes depending for what stage of fat I am. I look forward to wearing one size for the rest of my life,
I won't miss having to wear two underwire bras at all times, because my breasts are so enormous and heavy.
I won't miss the backaches, neckaches and shoulderaches that go with enormous, fat breasts.
I won't miss not being able to wear cute, attractive clothes, and having to wear tents when I am in public.
I won't miss pretending to be sick and not going to events or parties, because I am afraid that people will see how fat I got. I will not miss the disapproving looks of my husband's family when they see my weight gain, when we fly home to see them.
I won't miss people saying that they did not recognize me (because I got so fat again - my weight fluctuates by around 100+ pounds)
I won't miss the acid reflux that was part of being fat (and hope that my sleeve does not cause it to return!)
I won't miss peeing every time I laugh/sneeze/cough. Stress incontinence is 1,000% worse for me when I am obese.
I won't miss developing herniated discs & sciatica because of the pressure of the weight on my back (I had disc surgery right before my sleeve, and hope that the weight loss helps me not reherniate)
I won't miss being exhausted all the time, and not having the energy to work out, or not being able to physically handle working out. I won't miss not being able to do active, fun things like hike, mountain bike, swim, snorkle and ski.
I won't miss getting winded after two or three stairs and having to catch my breath.
I won't miss ducking out of photos, because I don't want there to be a record of how fat I am.
I won't miss seeing my HA1C going up every time I get blood work, along with lipids, etc, and knowing I am developing diabetes and heart disease.
I won't miss my joints hurting when I walk, and waddling down the road as my thighs painfully rub together.
I know there are more thing's I won't miss about being fat, but can't think of them now!

I won’t miss “losing” the remote and then finding it under me when I stand up.

Sweating (I’m perfectly climate-controlled now).
Hiding from cameras (I loooove getting my pic taken, like ALL. THE. TIME.)
Snoring (I dont notice this, but Mr. is quite happy)
Packing a sh*t-ton of clothes whenever I leave the house for vacation or a day trip (Now, everything I need fits in my purse)
Being tired/winded at the tiniest exertion (I’ve got energy for DAYS)
Feeling shy/uncomfortable/self-conscious (i have so much confidence now its quite disgusting)