LeighaTR

So good to hear success stories, especially one that has lasted so long! Way to go! What was your biggest change that you still rely on?

I opted for surgery over the meds for a number of reasons including insurance coverage, med interactions and life long use of the GLP-1 meds. I did manage to lose quite a bit on my own when I woke up to the trash I was eating. A very simple tool helped me here. A phone app. It doesn't matter what you use (there are many to choose from) but actually logging everything you eat and drink even over just a week can be very eye opening. Read label too. Portions in restaurants are WAY too big. When I started keeping track and cutting back to actually serving sizes instead of overeating it helped a lot. If you start with that it will give you an opportunity to continue with researching the weight loss drugs while being aware of what you are actually eating. It is a pain to weigh and measure portions, but it makes a HUGE difference. Best of luck with your health journey!

Thanks @SpartanMaker. One of my fears is something will happen to postpone the surgery... I am going to do all I can to prevent that!

The clock is ticking. This morning I woke up and had to drink my breakfast... I already miss chewing and I have a LONG way to go. I am on a two day liquid diet before my surgery early Monday morning. My problem is I did not write down what time to stop liquids the night before and of course since it is a weekend there is no way to get a hold of my doctor or nurse to double check. I did call the hospital and talk to a nurse on staff, but she was not sure as she doesn't handle any pre-surgery planning. She guessed that 8pm would be ok... I think I will stop at 7 to be sure, that would be 12 hours before surgery. My question is - how long did you have to stop drinking anything the night before your surgery? Thanks for any help you can give me! ?

Thank you for the idea. I am sorry it took so long getting back to you... tying up loose ends before surgery first thing Monday morning. I appreciate your reply! ?

Lindsay, how did you do with adding exercise? I have fibromyalgia myself and am four days out from surgery. So far my best exercise is water walking and exercises in the therapy pool, but will not be able to go until I have healed after surgery. I have started walking goals and purchased resistance bands but so far have only used them once. I am really curious about the strength training with fibro.

This is encouraging. I have surgery in 13 days and with the demands to drink 64 oz a day I am running to the bathroom all day... that is if I can make it to the 64 oz mark. And I don't always get there soon enough. Thanks for giving me another thing to look forward to!