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kia    8

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Hello I am a teacher and my date is July 2nd. I am hoping to be past the soft foods stage and on regular foods by the time school resumes. I started pre-op on yesterday and today I fell off the wagon. I guess I better get back on tomorrow with a vengence. I pray to make it through this stage and onto to the next one!

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PEvette    297

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Dont beat yourself up....just get back on tomorrow....one thing I have taught myself is that tomorrow is a new day....be aware of everything you do, and if you mess up, well begin aew tomorrow! :o)

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ChristyLove    39

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Hello I am a teacher and my date is July 2nd. I am hoping to be past the soft foods stage and on regular foods by the time school resumes. I started pre-op on yesterday and today I fell off the wagon. I guess I better get back on tomorrow with a vengence. I pray to make it through this stage and onto to the next one!

I hoping the same thing. However, if it doesn't work out I am just going to say I am on a liquid diet to lose some weight. It will be so busy when school starts a Protein Shake will help me to eat better anyway. This pre-op diet is hard, hard , hard. I use to be more focus , What happened to my will power. LOl

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Marty McSkinnystein    342

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I was told to lose 14 lbs. and haven't (date is July 16th)-- it's been so hard. Every time I put together a couple good days I'm reminded of something I love that I really never want to eat again (or very rarely-- a taste maybe).

I really hope I don't get cancelled. My plan is to totally be strict now and do the liquid diet with no cheat at all.

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KSDallas    27

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So I have my pre-op appointment this Wednesday, surgery July 10th, and I think my surgeon is going to put me on my pre-op diet then. The past few days I have all of a sudden been eating TERRIBLY again! I had been doing really well for the past couple of months, and now I think I'm saying goodbye to all my favorite meals, it's been bad! I know it's not the last time that I'll be able to eat my favorite things, but I know I'll never be able to eat a whataburger patty melt meal in it's entirety again after surgery. I know the pre-op diet is going to suck and be really hard, but I feel like I'm ready for it to begin. It's been a year since I started this journey and I'm really feeling ready to get on with it already! Goodbye Whataburger and Luby's and Wendy's and Chick-fil-a, hello Protein drinks!

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keldolbeth    262

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Hi! I'm a teacher in Ohio but not a July sleever... I'm an "9 hours from now" sleever! lol I had to do pre-op diet for 4 weeks- 2 in school, 2 out of school. These last two have been horrible because I don't have much to do and have all day to think about cheating! Over a month's time, of course I've cheated a few times! lol But I've lost 65 pounds since my first appointment in January. My doctor said I had to lose 40 before he'd do the surgery so I figure my liver HAS to be smaller despite the soft pretzel I had Thursday! lol

Btw, here, our students were out of school June 5th but teachers' last day was the 14th. We always have several contract days extra at the beginning and end of the year. Teachers go back August 17th, so my school always has a short summer.

The person asking about self-pay, which I am, my DR charged $14,700. I looked into two other doctors in the area and they were close to and over 20k.

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Dooter    1,457

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OMG, who are you telling....5 more days, and kids coming to me with issues of other kids looking at them and stuff, its like watching paint dry....

I'm on my pre-op so I'm trying to not let people get under my skin right now....

I bribed my homeroom with a last day of school snack if they are good the next 5 school days!!

Come on June 11th!!

FIIIIIINALLY!!!! YAAAAAAYYYYY FOR YOU!!!

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erose228    58

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Hey all! I'm a teacher in Ohio also! I had surgery July 3rd and things are going great!! I'm actually getting a little excited to get back to school - mostly because I'm bored and sick of thinking about what I'm eating and what I'm weighing! I'm also excited to have more energy this year! I have to say... I'm quite surprised at the amount of you who had to self-pay. I thought most teachers had fairly good insurance? I was fortunate enough to have mine covered 100%! I'm very glad too because I would have never been able to get it otherwise!

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PEvette    297

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My district has a total exclusion on any WLS procedure....even going to see a WLS surgoen....so I was self-pay....$17,700 thankfuly my surgoen includes post op appts for the first year in that price...after next year $100 a visit

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    • Alisa_S

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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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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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

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        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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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