I am scheduled to be sleeved Aug 30. I am excited but there are days where I say "I'm not doing it. I can lose it on my own." One day I feel great about it and one day I am having second thoughts. Is this normal? Anyone else go through this?

DO IT!! It will change your life. Im three weeks out and lost like 47 pounds. you will NOT regret it.

I was the same way... Up until they took me back to the operating room I was questioning myself... I am only 10 days out but I have come to peace with my decision and couldn't be happier!

I aint gonna lie, I was doubting myself getting admitted and undressing and all that, thinking DUDE ARE YOU SERIOUS? no more buffalo wild wings!!!!!!! but I want a healthy and thinner body, I was once a young healthy Marine and would like to return to that.

Have you ever lost weight on a diet before? I'm guessing yes. Then what happened? If you're like me, you gained it all back, plus more. Then did this again and again and again. This surgery will stop the vicious cycle. No more diets. No more vicious cycle.

I think alot of people have second thoughts before surgery, but almost everyone is glad they had the surgery after.

I'm going through the exact same emotions. I so want to get it done and then I think, OMG this is a huge for the rest of my life thing do I really want to do it? Yes I do! So relieved that there are people out there going through the same stuff. I just think of my kids, and being able to do more with them and being able to fit in seat on the roller coasters and I know this is the right thing for me. I am sure these thoughts will continue but I know this is right for me.

I don't even have a date yet other than "sometime in December" and I'm having the exact same feelings!

I hate it when people say that wls is an "extreme" option. When you look at the statistics, it really isn't extreme -- it's a proven effective tool in immediate weight loss and long term maintenance. I watched "One Nation Overweight" on Netflix the other night, and there it was again -- "the extreme option of bariatric surgery." It was really bugging me!

But now that I have my nutritionist appointment scheduled, and my date as "December 2012," "Extreme" keeps popping into my head. Like, this is crazy, I can do it on my own, I don't need surgery, etc etc... I don't know. I've got more time to mull things over than you do. I believe that this is a great decision -- great that we even have the option! Good luck.

I don't even have a date yet other than "sometime in December" and I'm having the exact same feelings!

But now that I have my nutritionist appointment scheduled' date=' and my date as "December 2012," "Extreme" keeps popping into my head. Like, this is crazy, I can do it on my own, I don't need surgery, etc etc... I don't know. I've got more time to mull things over than you do. I believe that this is a great decision -- great that we even have the option! Good luck.[/quote']

Exact same feelings here. I go to the meetings, say, yes! I want I look that good! But then I think, sheesh! Surgery, this is the rest of my life, I can't change my mind after the fact. Am I just being lazy? I keep going back to all the posts that people say they wish they did it sooner. I've seen some regrets immediately following surgery but I've seen a post of someone 1-2 years out regret it. I'm hoping for a September surgery date. Just waiting for insurance approval. I could of had it next week with my original surgeon but just didn't feel comfortable with him. His practice felt too much like an assembly line. Love my current practice. I feel like everyone in the office cares and I'm not just a number.