AmberFL

this was the last of them I believe! He said that I need to stick to the vitamins, decaf, no alcohol and be strict because surgery will be with in 30days? But i have to weigh in today (not worried I have am less than the goal they gave me) but they want me to meet with the dietician. Also, I am not a fan of her! she is just cold, and not helpful. I communicated this to the psych and idk if that will hinder that.

Hi all, I made my goal weight! Now I have an appt with my dietician and I need to have all my vitamins ready. I am so confused on what I need to take lol Below is what they told me to take but the multivitamin has most of the other components? Help? Complete Multivitamin, Multimineral with Iron  Vitamin B1 Vitamin B12 Iron Vitamin D Calcium Citrate

Pre-op weight target and surgery still in front of me I had to lose a certain weight before I could continue to the "next step". Okay then as long as the mulitvitamin has it, then I dont need the extra? just calcium citrate and iron?

So my blood work is great! But for me to go onto the next step I do need to have these pills with me at my appointment. They are requiring so many so Idk what I should I take. I believe I will be in the same boat that after the surgery I will revisit if I really need all of them.

My moment is when my knees and feet were hurting just getting out bed, and not having the energy to play with my children who are 6yrs old and 18m- even when they ask I gas out too quick. I want to be able to coach my kids sports; I was athletic played all through HS and in shape then after having kids just let myself go. I am embarrassed for my husband because he deserves a wife that loves herself enough to take care of herself. He has never been negative and was shocked that I wanted to go this route because he doesn't think that I need to, but he doesn't have weight issues. I want to get back in shape lose some weight and be there for my kids and husband! Plus it never hurts to look and feel good!

I am still in the losing weight before the next step. I am 5lbs away! after this how long is the process?

this is a great idea!! the next step after i lose this 20lbs is the therapist LOL!!! how ass backward is that. thank you for the encouraging words. I am so anxious and I want everything done now!! Its the impatience in me. Again thank you!

mine was an hour with a group via zoom. Went over everything and gave us meal plans. Its been a month she reached out to me asking if I was still interested in the surgery ect...I am still in the process of losing the weight the surgeon wants me to in order to advance to the next step. But it was a lot of info

I am lucky I have Kaiser, so its already approved when I got the referral so yay!! Was the cardiologist a requirement for your insurance? He didn't mention that to me, but my appt was literally okay you did the orientation, the nutrition class, now lost 15lbs get that official weigh in then call us and we will get the next step going....I am very anxious and I am self sabotaging myself! I was 5lbs away 2 weeks ago then gained 5lbs because I let myself just not care now back to 5 more lbs. This is so hard!

I got through this app and look for the positive affirmation that the decision I am making is a good one. Thank you for saying that!

this scares me but what scares me more is being so overweight never being able to there for my kids for anything. I have lost 100lbs gained it back, lost 40lbs gained it back, I have a very unhealthy relationship with food and self image. Now I am turning to surgery because I feel as tho is my last option to get my life under control. I am aware of the habits that I have will need to stop, the amount of food I eat needs to stop, the alcohol consumption will need to reduce. I am willing to this because this will help me in the long run. I am so sorry your going through this and this does make me more nervous about undergoing this surgery

this literally gave me the motivation that I was looking for! I have been struggling to just get the first pre- weightloss off. That is so amazing!! I am wanting to be right there with you!

I need to lose 15lbs before getting to the next step for the surgery on my sleeve. I am just feeling discouraged about it. I weighed myself this and I am down some weight but not as much as I would like. I know this is a lifelong thing and I will always struggle with this. Can you guys give me the pros and the motivation because right now I feel like I cant do this.

All that sounds so yummy!! That is so great! congrats on the weightloss!

May I ask you why the process took so long?

No I haven't I am just on the first step to get scheduled for my surgery so right now I am doing WW trying to lose the 15lbs and then keep it off till surgery. I am doing a good job of trying to mirror the bariatric diet with lots of protein so the hunger isn't there its the crazy cravings. I like to have a cocktail or two every night and I have stopped drinking so I am missing that part.

I love the idea of rewarding myself! 15lbs seemed so doable 2 weeks ago and now im like this is really hard! keep on keepin on!

thank you! From what I hearing I need to choose my hard, do I wanna be heavy and hurt or do I wanna eat better and live a better life? your right! I think my issue is I am putting this on a timeline and I need to remember that its an up and down side to side journey.

How long were you out of work? I have 3 children and was actually hoping to get this surgery shortly before their winter break so I can stay home with them. Not sure if my doc will sign off on me having 2 weeks off for FMLA. What was your experience?

I just went in Tuesday, Weight was 290 and was told needed to lose 15lbs to get to the next step. Once I get there I call to do the next step which I assume is the psychological part of it. So I downloaded MyFitnessPal app and am sticking to 1600 calories, making sure I hit protein and staying with the range of fats, carbs is impossible I ate broccoli and cauliflower and my carbs went over by a ton! So I think no one has gotten fat by eating veggies so I am not going to stress out about that. I weighed myself this morning and I dropped 4.5lbs. I'm sure that is the salt and water weight, but 15lbs seems very attainable. I will start incorporating walks next week since my energy is going up. I have a goal of doing this surgery during my kids winter break so my mindset is pure focus! We can do this!! I am more than happy to be an accountability partner if you need one!

So I had my surgeon appt he gave me a weight loss goal of 15lbs, which is very doable. I feel like my surgeon was annoyed with me, he had his MA called me 4x and even at my work to reschedule for earlier but the nutritionist told me he would need me to lift up my shirt and see my body- that’s not something I’m comfortable with at my workplace! So I told them I needed to keep my appt for later in the day. Then he arrived 25min early on our zoom meeting which I answered when I was 5min away from home and told him we can start if he was in a rush or I can log back on. He said to log back on- I get back on and I had my 18m old who was screaming because well he’s a baby! Idk he basically told me I need to lose 15lbs and I was a good candidate once I lose 15lbs call them for the next step. I asked about doing my surgery after my vacay and getting FMLA/STD to which he said totally fine whenever I wanted to schedule it. I feel uneasy? Any words of encouragement that I’m doing the right thing?

When we first got together we played with the kids at the parks (we both had one from previous marriages) , went out all the time, then the pandemic hit and we both got bigger, I worked from home and he started working 4 day weeks. We did not keep up with the activities, then we had our son and as you can imagine its just so during the day. We don't get to eat until they are in bed by that time we just want to veg out. Its awful. He took control and has lost weight but he doesn't have the same issues I have. He can eat well during the day and not be tempted plus works a job that is pretty labor intensive. I have a sit down desk where I eat out of complete boredom. I do try and think if I was more active and eating better would he follow suit, I do think he would. We have soccer/basketball for the older kids and I would loveeeee to coach them and their teams but at this weight I would be embarrassed to put myself in that. thank you so much for your advice!

I found a forum but it was from a year ago. Has anyone's relationship changed?

this is my exact reason!!! only my SO and sister know. Everyone will have an opinion and I don't want to hear it! my SO didn't even really understand why either. He was baffled that I was even thinking of it. It took me breaking down to him for him to realize that it wasn't because I wanted to be hott and skinny- it was for our kids and my health. I told him hott and fat! hahah but yes I am doing me!

My SO is supportive, and he has lost 25lbs recently just by diet and exercise (he's not big to begin with) so he doesn't have the same struggles as I do. a couple of examples: is he does enjoy late night "pigging" out and enjoys us hanging out watching tv and eating what we want while the kids go to sleep or going out for cocktails. I do worry that some of the things we enjoy doing together will be gone and it will make him feel resentful?