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Do you have any co morbidities? I had 3, and I led every conversation with those 3. The one that was the most effective was the fact that due to my out of control diabetes, I was losing the feeling in my feet and was in danger of losing them in a few years if I didn't do something now. That usually shut up any naysayers.

One book that was recommended here is, "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg.
I walk twice a day, first thing in the morning before work and right when I get home. It has become such a habit that I don't really think about, I just put on my warm walking clothes and go. You have to find something you like to do so that you can make it a habit(I know this is everyone keeps saying, but it is true).
As far as food goes I pretty much stick to the same routine and what I eat. I have 3 meals and 3 Snacks. I am in maintenance now and trying to have a "forbidden" food once a week to still keep the food enjoyment in my life. Though I will say I truly love my healthy eating plan and also how it makes me feel.
I also keep my mind in the game by reading posts here, reading diet related books(recently read The Dukan Diet, it has a lot of good points in it on how to diet/maintain), surround myself with positive people and I still track and weight my food.

Thanks ReDbEaN I appreciate it. I know that I need to make myself move more.. I got my exercise stuff in the car today for a visit to the gym after work. I was walking alot in the evenings. I work 6Am to 6PM so now with the time change its dark when I get off. I really enjoyed it too. It became my me time. I joined a gym and have started an arm routine trying to work those batwings..lol but havent went in a week and half. I am going today. I am promising myself and I am not going to break my promise. This head stuff is really really hard. I quite smoking before surgery and normally when I would do that food would take its place. I wonder if that is not part of my problem as well. I have no intention of going back to smoking or overeating. I just need to get to a good place with this stuff. Therapy... I live in a small rural area and there is not much choice of therapists. Does anyone know of any good books that they could recommend? I am willing to try anything here..lol to get things under control. Peace and blessings..

It is very normal to be thinking you will be one of the few people who dont succeed with the sleeve. just over two months ago i was thinking the same thing going into it. I am now about 2 months and 1 week out and i STILL have those thoughts. why? the sleeve isnt a miracle, i already find myself regressing back to old habits. surgery will not take away all your cravings and hunger. maybe the first couple weeks, but it will change. i have no problems eating food and if i wanted to snack on chips all day, i could. maybe a little at a time, but i still could. it requires hard work and i find that out more and more everyday. it is not easy, and it is not a "cure". i fight for every pound i lose. but it does help get your mind right in the beginning, its up for you for it to stay that way. and i battle with that all the time. but i wish you the best of luck!!

I weighted 242 pounds and lost down to 175... and then gained it back in less than 6 months. Stress I guess. I noticed that it was getting harder and harder to walk and then my knee started to hurt all of a sudden. Really bad.
I went to a doctor someone recommended. He did a CAT scan and said it was a bone bruise and it would get better. I went the next month and he still said the same thing even though it wasn't getting better. Finally I asked him to give me something for pain and he gave me a prescription for darvocet for one month. My friends said he wasn't doing anything for me and I should go to another doctor. I went to another doctor who acted like I was some kind of drug addict for changing doctors. But he gave me another prescription for darvocet. A few days later I forgot to take the darvocet and went to work and couldn't get up from my chair to go to the bathroom. I called my doctor and he was on vacation. I went to his backup doctor who actually diagnosed my arthritis but gave me arthritis medicine, how about that, a brace and a steroid shot. He told me if I didn't lose weight I would need knee replacement surgery in 5 years.
Now, I had a doctor recommend WLS for me years before. But that was when most of the people you heard about getting WLS were over 300 lbs and I only weighed about 220. But now smaller people were getting it and I was facing a choice of knee replacement surgery or WLS. And then the wife of a friend of mine had gastric bypass surgery and lost 170 pounds. My friend kept at
me to get it before it was too late.
Then in April of last year, I met my beautiful new granddaughter Desiray. And I want to take her to the park and the beach - museums and festivals. Bike riding and swimming. And I want to move to Central America when I retire and be another grandma doing zip lines in Costa Rica with my granddaughter.
Plus, the process has gotten me diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, sleep Apnea and something called Hypertension-Related Heart Disease, without Heart Failure

I walked by a mirror in a store and didn't recognize myself. It wasn't me I didn't look that big. Anyway I did some research for about a week around the end of July and had my surgery August 9th in Mexico.

I woke up one morning and realized my life wasn't going anyway. My boyfriend/ child's father started cheating and had no interest in me anymore. Co workers suggesting better eating habits for me as if they were my mate. I've learned to avoid shopping with friends and family because I hate what I look like in dressing room mirrors. I'm ready to live and stop living in a shell like a turtle.

Mine was my daughter , I had my 2 nd child when I was 38, I'm 39 now , and I want to be there for her, I want to be able to be active for her and my son . I am nearing 40 and I had this great need that I wanted to make a major change in my life, I want to be the grandma that zip lines :-) not wheelchair bound because of her weight .

YES!! You are not alone. I'm only 2 1/2 months out but I fight the head stuff all the time. I find exercising makes me feel soooo much better though. Try to get back to it. It helps and it will help the scale to move downwards. Wishing you success.

Oh yeah Dr. Illan and Omar ...the very best.

Oops...uh and No they are not all prettier because I know u n your drop dead gorgeous. ...

It's so funny how we try n buffer our feelings with our weight. I know for myself for 25yrs being heavy has given me the excuse NOT to expect much from a relationship. So when I didn't get treated with respect and value it just validated how I felt about myself. Its been a long long road and I'm still learning how to love ME..just recently had a "fling" with someone who I thought was beautiful on the inside....I just realized his rejection was really about him. It was not about me...not my fault he didn't think I was wonderful. .lol ok yes it hurt my feelings I shed a few tears but definitely not at the level I would have before this journey. It was NOT a validation of my selfworth it just meant I wasn't IT..for him. Just like the blast from my past isn't the one for me. Lots of mind healing to go along with getting a healthier body n lifestyle. U need to b ready to do all the work to b successful n every aspect of this journey.

It's so funny how we try n buffer our feelings with our weight. I know for myself for 25yrs being heavy has given me the excuse NOT to expect much from a relationship. So when I didn't get treated with respect and value it just validated how I felt about myself. Its been a long long road and I'm still learning how to love ME..just recently had a "fling" with someone who I thought was beautiful on the inside....I just realized his rejection was really about him. It was not about me...not my fault he didn't think I was wonderful. .lol ok yes it hurt my feelings I shed a few tears but definitely not at the level I would have before this journey. It was NOT a validation of my selfworth it just meant I wasn't IT..for him. Just like the blast from my past isn't the one for me. Lots of mind healing to go along with getting a healthier body n lifestyle. U need to b ready to do all the work to b successful n every aspect of this journey.

CW 187. Goal 175 by Thanksgiving

I had Dr. Illan and went through susan and Omar at mysurgeryoptions. Com. I had a fantastic experience. I had surgery the 12th of august no pain nothing it was like a mini vacation. I was lui cky to get a special but I believe he is only 4700. I have went from a size 18/20 to a 14 n pants n a large n tops. I am off all diabetes medicine. ..loving my sleeve.

I was sleeved by Dr. ILLAN on August 12th . I have not had any pain or discomfort. I have had a tremendous amount of energy. I am down 30 pounds and am off all my diabetes medicine. I was just thinking today that for the last 20 yrs I have been living a life less than. Well for the next 20 I am going to follow my dreams. .better late than never. Dr. Illan and Omar do take wonderful care of u. I am so glad I went with him as my surgeon.

Bajabariatrics@yahoo.com u can also go to mysurgeryoptions.com thru that web site I believe susan is a coordinator. She is actually the one I went thru. But u can email Omar directly at the yahoo address or go thru susan who is very helpful ad well. Anything else I can do to help just ask. I am paying it forward...

Oops forgot to say I have been smoke free going on 5 weeks. I have more energy than I have had in years. I feel fantastic. I walk 2 miles every day at 3:30AM in the morning and I work 6am to 6pm. So yes I'm enjoying my new life....lol

Bajabariatrics@yahoo.com u can also go to mysurgeryoptions.com thru that web site I believe susan is a coordinator. She is actually the one I went thru. But u can email Omar directly at the yahoo address or go thru susan who is very helpful ad well. Anything else I can do to help just ask. I am paying it forward...

Poster everything u are experiencing I believe we all did. I went back and forth in my mind for days even after I had booked my flight..lol heck I even thought about canceling the surgery and going to vegas instead..lol. even when I was there laying in the hospital bed with those fricken ugly stockings on my legs and them telling me to take my panties I was thinking..."uh I don't really know if u can do this".. then I turned and looked at my 16yr old daughter who is my lifes blood. I saw how beautiful she was and I thought of my last physical test results..see I'm type 2 diabetic and for 9 yrs its been out of control. I was loosing feeling in my hands and feet. My a1c was an 11. I smoked like a chimney and I ate like a pig ...drank like a fish from time to time all in the name of selfloathing, pity, shame , heartbreak all the reasons we become obese....think of one it was probably mine..lol. My doctor told me if I didn't change something I was going to die very soon.. I was a walking heartattack waiting to happen. So u see when I was laying there looking at my daughter I knew...if I do this I MAY die from complications. .. but I knew if I DIDN'T I was surely going to die most likely of a heart attack. I really had no choice. I wanted to b around to see my grandbabies one day..lol. all 8 of them..she wants a big family ..4 of her own and to adopt 4... lol. So I have got a full future ahead of me. My surgery was easy no pain really no gas issues Omar and Dr. ILLAN took wonderful care of me and mine. It was really like a mini vacation. If I have plastics ..I know I'm doing the boobs..lol I'm going with whoever Omar and Dr Illan recommend. I'm at 3.5 weeks out and have lost 26 pounds. .probably a slow loser but a loser non the less.. I'm off ALL diabetes medicine.
This surgery had literally saved my life... any questions just ask. I'm in the process of setting up one of my oldest and dearest friends with Dr. Illan . Peace and blessings and may ur choices be wise ones for u...

Poster everything u are experiencing I believe we all did. I went back and forth in my mind for days even after I had booked my flight..lol heck I even thought about canceling the surgery and going to vegas instead..lol. even when I was there laying in the hospital bed with those fricken ugly stockings on my legs and them telling me to take my panties I was thinking..."uh I don't really know if u can do this".. then I turned and looked at my 16yr old daughter who is my lifes blood. I saw how beautiful she was and I thought of my last physical test results..see I'm type 2 diabetic and for 9 yrs its been out of control. I was loosing feeling in my hands and feet. My a1c was an 11. I smoked like a chimney and I ate like a pig ...drank like a fish from time to time all in the name of selfloathing, pity, shame , heartbreak all the reasons we become obese....think of one it was probably mine..lol. My doctor told me if I didn't change something I was going to die very soon.. I was a walking heartattack waiting to happen. So u see when I was laying there looking at my daughter I knew...if I do this I MAY die from complications. .. but I knew if I DIDN'T I was surely going to die most likely of a heart attack. I really had no choice. I wanted to b around to see my grandbabies one day..lol. all 8 of them..she wants a big family ..4 of her own and to adopt 4... lol. So I have got a full future ahead of me. My surgery was easy no pain really no gas issues Omar and Dr. ILLAN took wonderful care of me and mine. It was really like a mini vacation. If I have plastics ..I know I'm doing the boobs..lol I'm going with whoever Omar and Dr Illan recommend. I'm at 3.5 weeks out and have lost 26 pounds. .probably a slow loser but a loser non the less.. I'm off ALL diabetes medicine.
This surgery had literally saved my life... any questions just ask. I'm in the process of setting up one of my oldest and dearest friends with Dr. Illan . Peace and blessings and may ur choices be wise ones for u...

Poster everything u are experiencing I believe we all did. I went back and forth in my mind for days even after I had booked my flight..lol heck I even thought about canceling the surgery and going to vegas instead..lol. even when I was there laying in the hospital bed with those fricken ugly stockings on my legs and them telling me to take my panties I was thinking..."uh I don't really know if u can do this".. then I turned and looked at my 16yr old daughter who is my lifes blood. I saw how beautiful she was and I thought of my last physical test results..see I'm type 2 diabetic and for 9 yrs its been out of control. I was loosing feeling in my hands and feet. My a1c was an 11. I smoked like a chimney and I ate like a pig ...drank like a fish from time to time all in the name of selfloathing, pity, shame , heartbreak all the reasons we become obese....think of one it was probably mine..lol. My doctor told me if I didn't change something I was going to die very soon.. I was a walking heartattack waiting to happen. So u see when I was laying there looking at my daughter I knew...if I do this I MAY die from complications. .. but I knew if I DIDN'T I was surely going to die most likely of a heart attack. I really had no choice. I wanted to b around to see my grandbabies one day..lol. all 8 of them..she wants a big family ..4 of her own and to adopt 4... lol. So I have got a full future ahead of me. My surgery was easy no pain really no gas issues Omar and Dr. ILLAN took wonderful care of me and mine. It was really like a mini vacation. If I have plastics ..I know I'm doing the boobs..lol I'm going with whoever Omar and Dr Illan recommend. I'm at 3.5 weeks out and have lost 26 pounds. .probably a slow loser but a loser non the less.. I'm off ALL diabetes medicine.
This surgery had literally saved my life... any questions just ask. I'm in the process of setting up one of my oldest and dearest friends with Dr. Illan . Peace and blessings and may ur choices be wise ones for u...

thanks for sharing Michelle. IT will take several months before your final results can be seen - you should post again!
Congrats on your surgery and i am so glad you are recovering well.