Hey guys!

Been following this forum for a few weeks now, its what turned me into wanting the sleeve over the band!

I'm booked in for 13th of June, pending super approval (aussie system, borrow from retirement fund).

Just have a few quick questions

Does anyone have any regrets about doing it? Is there a different way you would have done it?

Im 26, 100kg, BMI of 34 - the minimum BMI here is 35 with dodgy blood pressure, cholestorol etc - so im scraping in with no major health problems - but, I still managed to get the OK from the doc after mentioning that it was riduculous to send me home to put on weight to prove a point (yayyyy!)

I'm concerned that this next 2 months will be an its ok to put on weight, but not ok to loose weight time - dont want that, but at the same time its unavoidable and ive never had the 'its ok to put on weight thing' before! I could just try to stay the weight I am, but im a yoyo person!

I've started telling a few close friends about what I plan to do, and most are wonderful, but some have been very 'thats cheating' - I dont see that it is, not like I get to sit on my bum and eat doughnuts after i've had it done, I still have to work at it.

Anyway, does anyone regret telling people? I want to tell because im really excited! But at the same time the cheating status isnt fun!

Any info would be great! Really appreciate it

Hello there fellow Aussie.

I havent hidden the fact that I had surgery from anyone that has asked. Before surgery I was a bit cagey about why I was going to hospital, keeping it to close friends and those that must know, ie boss etc.

Since surgery if I have been asked I have said the truth.

I am coming off a really high BMI (53) or 150 kgs, so most people that know me know how much I have been trying and failing for years and suffered many many exercise injuries.

And after loosing 52kgs, which puts me about where you are, most people have also seen the hard work I still have had to put in, working out twice a day and hard sessions. I dare anyone to say I took the easy way out.....this is not the easy way out.

Thanks AussieGirl - really appreciate it!

Def not the easy way out!

I think that might be the way I go too - just telling if they ask.

Part of me not wanting to keep it a secret is if there is someone like me, wanting to know why im dropping weight so fast etc and I say diet and excercise, they would be shattered when they dont get the results I do

Hello fello Aussies I am from Australia as well..... I am currently 90 kilos was 95 kilos but I have been on opti for 2 weeks surgery next Tuesday yahhhhhhhhhh so I just qualified I am 1.68 tall so I am probably on the smaller size for weight loss surgery but as I told my doctor I have to get off this merry go round of yo yo dieting let me just say after being on opti for 2 weeks enjoy your food while you can cause right now I could go a big Mac lol

I'm 21 months out from surgery and have ZERO regrets. There are challenging parts to life after surgery, I won't lie. But the little bumps here and there are nothing in comparison to the great changes in my life. The only thing I would have done is opt for surgery sooner!

I didn't tell many people for a long time because my husband is just very quiet about personal things like that. It actually made things sort of awkward with family and friends that didn't know, though, because everyone noticed I was eating much, much smaller portions and you can only get away with the excuse that you've just eaten a few times before people start to think you're anorexic or deathly ill.

Nowadays I tell everyone that asks how I lost the weight and I have no embarrassment about doing so. Sure, some folks think I cheated but I really don't care what they think. It was definitely work to choose to put the right foods in my mouth for the 17 months I was losing weight and if they can't see that, it's their problem and not mine.

Most of us do a "food funeral" prior to surgery. I wouldn't fret overmuch about it but at the same time I'd be careful not to build a habit that will be hard to break post op. The only thing I'd do is replace a meal here or there with a protein shake so you can get used to drinking them. They'll be necessary for a while after surgery. I still drink one nearly every day!

Best of luck, the next few months will fly by.

~Cheri

Hello fello Aussies I am from Australia as well..... I am currently 90 kilos was 95 kilos but I have been on opti for 2 weeks surgery next Tuesday yahhhhhhhhhh so I just qualified I am 1.68 tall so I am probably on the smaller size for weight loss surgery but as I told my doctor I have to get off this merry go round of yo yo dieting let me just say after being on opti for 2 weeks enjoy your food while you can cause right now I could go a big Mac lol

Hi Jazzie,

Welcome aboard

I honestly think that the pre-op diet on Opti-fast was the hardest part of the whole process. Surgery was painful but not as painful as I expected and I was prepared for it. The Opti-fast was just horrible, eatting that horrible food day in and day out, I was so glad when I could have clear liquids for some taste.

It will get better and once you are over your recovery period and back on normal food, this period will seem like a blip on the radar.

At 2 weeks out you are probably too close for a food funeral but it does help, mine was a night out with my friends where we ate soo much seafood, prawns, oysters, fish, crab, lobster...so yummm...And I can eat all these now, just not over indulge

Good luck with your surgery!

Thanks guys!

Im kind of excited because I really love protein shakes anyway, and already have them for breakfast most days! yay!

Jazzie -thats such a low weight to start on - im surprised they let you do it! Awesome that they did thou!

Must. fight. food. funeral.