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Having My Sleeve Surg Aug 7!

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Audrey523    55

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Welcome to out August family. There are a great deal of us. I'm 8/20 in NYC.

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Having mine the same day.. Good luck

The 3 of us are on the same day. I know zack515 will be with Dr. Aceves in Mexicali. What about you mongola10?

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mongola10    4

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The 3 of us are on the same day. I know zack515 will be with Dr. Aceves in Mexicali. What about you mongola10?

Well I live in TX. I am kinda nervous. I have failed at loosing wt for most of my life. I am afraid to fail at this too. I did not have to do a pre-op diet so that was nice! I feel ready but scared to fail

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Well I live in TX. I am kinda nervous. I have failed at loosing wt for most of my life. I am afraid to fail at this too. I did not have to do a pre-op diet so that was nice! I feel ready but scared to fail

Don't worry! And don't let the past pull you down. This time, what you're doing is completely different! I am also terrified of failing, especially with my family proposing failure all the time. But let's keep our mind on the new life we're beginning here and the great success stories/photos on here! I know if we do what we need to do, this tool can't possibly fail us. Feel free to message me your cell number. I don't mind being your text buddy and providing whatever support I can.

You can do this! You just see a year from now where we both will be!

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Tipintx    41

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Loleata, I am in tx also. I fear failing with the sleeve as I have the lapband and well I'm now moving to the sleeve. Best of luck to you!

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Loleata, I am in tx also. I fear failing with the sleeve as I have the lapband and well I'm now moving to the sleeve. Best of luck to you!

Don't be afraid. The lap band has many issues. It's a cookie cutter surgery where laws restrict how many CCs you can have but everyone finds their "sweet spot" with different CC's/fills, especially with the way they do fills in the U.S. -- giving you some Water and just asking you how you feel versus in some other countries where they use better technologies to see exactly how much restriction you have by completely emptying your band and then giving you a proper fill using a live X-Ray machine.

The vertical sleeve is a different story. I was reading the other day a thread called "The Egg" and people on there were talking about how many eggs they're able to consume with a sleeve. What they did not consider in mind was that the size of their sleeve is determined by the size of their original stomach -- where 85% is eliminated and that is why they were able to consume eggs differently. I chose the sleeve because research shows how successful it is as a long term option. I don't want something reversible because I don't want to just "lose" weight, as I have no intention of gaining it back.

One thing my Doctor said (Dr. Ortiz) is that your sleeve will help you 70% of the way. You (1) eat Protein first and make sure you get 60-80 grams daily, (2) consume vegetables and fruits second and carbohydrates last, and (3) drink your Water and (4) watch your calories so you're always in the 600-800 range, then you've done your part (30% of the way). The remaining 10% to reach 100% success rate comes from not just exercising but weight training.

I wish you all the best! Again, if you ever need to just vent, need support or encouragement, feel free to talk to me.

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Audrey523    55

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This is excellent advise. Very clear "formula" for success. Mind if I write it down. I have a list of thing to live by on my iPhone.

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Tipintx    41

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Thank you for the formula - I needed to read that!

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This is excellent advise. Very clear "formula" for success. Mind if I write it down. I have a list of thing to live by on my iPhone.

Thanks! Credit goes to Dr. Ortiz! :) Definitely copy and share this all you want. I found a

of him discussing this formula in a similar fashion as I described above. He is talking to a plication patient, but the same applies to our sleeves.

Thank you for the formula - I needed to read that!

You're welcome! :) I'm glad I can be of help.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        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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