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Hi, I also am May 15th"..........I am so excited and looking forward to a better, healthy me ! I am 64 , 5' 5" and can't wait ! I live on the East Coast in Maryland. How about you ?

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In Beaumont TX...I am 33...with 4 kids....5'3" and weigh 252...started out at 258...

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Me too! I'm starting the diet on Tuesday and I might be a little crazy, but i'm looking forward to it :) My husband says that I will change my mind after a day, but we'll see lol.

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Mine is the 14th. I go to the nutritionist & psychologist tomorrow & start my pre-op diet on Tuesday.

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Beautifulnewme, where are you having surgery?!? Melissa^ and I will be in Mexico the same time!!! May 15th woo hoo! I can't wait!!

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I get the sleeve on the 15th. I'm from Missouri, 42 yrs old, 5''8 and 380 pounds! Did I just admit that? I guess I know that I will never be this weight again!! SO happy!! Good Luck everybody!!

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Gr8fun, who's ur surgeon? I'm also wondering where in Missouri you are from, but I know that info is probably up when you're on a computer. I just wish the mobile app had all of the bio info.... Otherwise though, I really like the app :)

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I'm having it done at St.Alexius in St.Louis by Dr.Follwell. I live in Southeast Mo.

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Hi all!! May 15th here! Getting sleeved in Ridgewood, NJ! Can't wait! Current stats height 5'0 weight 274 hoping to get down to 270 by surgery date!

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Beautifulnewme' date=' where are you having surgery?!? Melissa^ and I will be in Mexico the same time!!! May 15th woo hoo! I can't wait!![/quote']

At Christus Hospital in Beaumont..this liquid diet is rough!!

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Committed...is Washington your surgeon? My father in law had his in ridge wood 5 years ago by him.

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@luvrkb No, he isn't my doctor. I was actually going to have the band by Dr. Washington about 3 years ago but everything didn't work out. Back then I was so upset it didn't work out but now I'm so happy that I didn't get it because I'm so excited about my sleeve!! My doctor is Dr. Schrope. I'm having it done at the Valley Hospital. :)

Can you all believe its only 6 days away!! OMG!

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6 days, wow you're right! That just scared me a little lol.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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