I am officially 7 days tomarrow into my 14 day pre op diet. It has gotten a lot easier everyday. I sill walked past the window and of course saw my big belly I got emotional and still stuck to my diet. I am just sucking down water like it is Swiss chocolate!

Did anyone else have those Fat moments before surgery and feel like "what if this doesn't help me "?

I had one this morning when i woke up went to the bathroom and on my way out just turn my head to see my belly on the mirror and oh surprise !!! Still the same fat belly!! went back to bed feeling so sad...

All of us do. I even had them as I was losing, because I felt like I might never reach goal or that I'd be the first absolute failure at this surgery.

It's normal. You will lose weight. Put aside any expectations on being a certain size or losing a certain number of pounds by a certain date and you'll find that it's easy. You're going to struggle for a short while on the post op diet because it's challenging but what you're doing now by following your surgeon's plan is going to set you up for success later.

Once you're sleeved it really takes a lot of weight loss to see the difference. Our heads and eyes still see us as big people. Heck, even now I sometimes don't realize what I actually look like until I see a photo. Honestly, it would be nearly impossible for you not to lose weight. Take heart that it's a rough journey for most of us and involves a lot of learning about what made us this way, how to eat properly, how to be nice to ourselves and forgive ourselves for being human...it's worth it, though.

Congrats on making this choice for yourself. I know you'll succeed with this surgery if you do the right things and stick with it even when you have those bad days.

~Cheri

I feel that way too. I keep thinking, what if I don't lose weight? What if I'm the one who loses only 10 lbs?!?!

Thanks Cheri for that great post. Very encouraging.

Thanks ladies...very encouraging. Isn't it funny how you can feel like the only person that is dealing with weight issues even though that's not the case. Weight can make u feel so colonel sometimes

Lol..lonely ...darn spell check ..