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GivinItMyALL

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  2. Posted

    I backed out 3 times. Then realized I am not getting younger or slimmer. I can’t tell you to do it if you are that frightened, but it might get worse if you don’t. Check out the complication rate on your doctor and the hospital, and compare to Nation average; that will tell you more.
    How do you find that info, out of curiosity?

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    Thanks, everyone who responded so far. I'm still on the fence about the scale. I kinda like Lynnlovesthebeach's approach of weighing daily, but only recording once a week. This is somewhat similar to what I did the last time I attempted to lose weight (2015-16), except I only weighed once a week, at a friend's house, so it was the same scale each time.

    Maybe I'll ask for a scale for my birthday, which is shortly before my surgery date.

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    I'm an extreme introvert, and actually prefer to do stuff like this alone. I won't have to feel like I need to keep someone else... entertained isn't quite the right word, but, yeah. I'll likely sleep a lot, or do my color by numbers app on my tablet [emoji4]

    If you're more of an extrovert, I guess make sure you bring something to chat with friends on, or engage the hospital staff in conversation. They're there to care for you [emoji3531]

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    Hi, fellow November sleevers... Was just wondering what all of your pre-op diets look like. Mine is 10 days, and thankfully has some food... Not nearly enough [emoji1787] but some is better than none, I guess. I start on the 24th, I think, and have told those who know what I'm doing (I'm keeping it somewhat on the down low for various reasons) that I may not be the most pleasant person to be around. [emoji16]

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  12. Posted

    7 hours ago, MsMocie said:

    You probably gonna loose a little more height - this is just an odd thing with WLS. My shoe size wentο»Ώ 2 sizes down, so only figures that some height might drop as well.

    The drop in height prior I think is from posture.

    My shoe size hasn't changed (other than while pregnant) since I was in my 20s. My feet don't look... fat? I dunno...I think if you took a pic of just my feet, you wouldn't know I was fat. 😊

    Maybe I'll try starting to do some yoga or something. I KNOW I've definitely lost flexibility over the years.

  13. Posted

    51 minutes ago, catwoman7 said:

    I would think probably not - but then maybe there are some circumstances where you might? Do you know what caused the shrinkage? I've lost heighth - but I'm 60 years old. It's not coming back for me, unfortunately 😞

    I have no idea what caused it. Possibly a disc issue? Haven't been checked for that, but I've had chronic back pain for years. I just was telling everyone I was 5'10" as usual, then went to a new doctor, and she measured me at 5'8.5"... Same thing at the surgeon's office. I'm under 50, and "shrunk" several years ago.

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  17. Posted

    I wonder how it will be for me once I have the surgery and lose the weight. I have a weird form of it now... it involves photos. I think I look GREAT when I look in the mirror (unless I am naked... 🀣) but if I see a photo of myself, I am utterly horrified at how I look. Maybe I will have a pleasant surprise in that photos will actually resemble what I see in the mirror... guess I will have to wait and see.

    I hope it gets better for you! Hang in there...

  18. Posted

    12 minutes ago, catwoman7 said:

    I remember eating sugar free popsicles and sugar free Jello with abandon...

    I haven't yet looked for the SF jello... I get a nearly instant Migraine from aspartame, so if it has that in there, I'll have to skip it. All the other sweeteners, I'm okay with. I tried looking for SF popsicles the other day in Walmart, and didn't really see anything. Are there particular brands I should look for?

  19. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Pandemonium said:

    Bowel prep is one of the many things that varies from doctor to doctor and program to program.

    May the Bariatric Surgery Gods bless you with not having to go through THAT particular experience.

    The worst part for me? The first of two days of bowel prep was on my birthday. Crappy Birthday to me!

    Literally.

    LOL... I can relate! My birthday is during the pre-op diet, so... yeah... At least it won't be AS crappy (literally) 🀣 I'm just consoling myself with the fact that the surgery is my belated birthday present 3 days later. 😁

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  21. Posted

    3 hours ago, colormehappy said:

    If you can get through Day 3 it’s much smoother sailing. Pickle Juice saved my life. It helped a lot with my headaches and also sort of bolstered me through tough spots in the day. I just sipped it here and there.

    Thanks... 😊 I wonder if I can do this with like... Bouillon or something. (I despise pickles, and the juice 😁)

    2 hours ago, Sam1979 said:

    I would go for a walk around the neighborhood when the family had dinner. After day 4 I was fine. Good luck!

    I'm the one who MAKES the dinner. 🀣 I suppose I could make theirs, then leave while they're eating. I used to do that when I've dieted in the past, so it could work. Thanks!

    2 hours ago, ChubRub said:

    All of us who have gone before you managed to do it, and you will be able to do it too! I used to eat fast food 2-3 times per day, wash it down with a few sodas, etc. Like others have said, the first few days suck, but your body gets used to it.

    Toss the phentermine, as it will only make things worse. You can DO this!!

    I know I can do it, but... I'll whine about it. 🀣 Fortunately, I don't drink pop anymore, so at least that hurdle has been overcome. Maybe I'll just take the phentermine over the next couple weeks (well before the pre-op) to get stuff done around the house a little easier 😁😁😁 or maybe I'll toss 'em.

    Thank you for the encouragement. 😊

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  23. Posted

    So I start my pre-op diet on October 23. I plan on having my last hurrahs before then (certain foods I will likely not be able to eat, as they are, again), but I am really concerned about how I am going to not starve on the actual POD. 😁 I know I will get used to it after a few days, but those FIRST few days... ouch. I do have a few (literally 3) phentermine left over from a past diet attempt... those would probably get me "over the hump" a bit, but I don't know if I should risk taking those and having them come up as meth or something on my pre-surgery labs on the 28th (surgery is November 2).

    Any tips for getting through, when you are normally hungry ALL. THE. TIME?! πŸ˜”

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