So my weight right now is at its highest- (surgery happens in Feb 2013) and lately I've been eating with wild abandon. The holidays aren't helping but I would like to shed some pounds before the pre op diet starts just so I can feel a little good about myself between now and then. Anyone else going through this too? I have to stop. :-(

hey i think nearly every one does this . i started a thread a few weeks before my surgery saying the same thing.

i think its because even though we are over weight we were still kinda dieting every day you know having some kind of control over our eating so as not to put on more. but as soon as surgery starts coming closer or brain flicks a switch telling us go wild it will be all over soon.

i put on about 8 or 9 pound in about two weeks amd all my fat clothes were getting too tight Thats when i had to reign it in and stop eating like crazy i didn't want to waste money on bigger clothes.

i started my pre op diet a few days early too i had enough of the over eating . . . .

don't know if this helps but your absolutely normal . . . .

So my weight right now is at its highest- (surgery happens in Feb 2013) and lately I've been eating with wild abandon. The holidays aren't helping but I would like to shed some pounds before the pre op diet starts just so I can feel a little good about myself between now and then. Anyone else going through this too? I have to stop. :-(

Does your surgeon require some kind of weight loss before surgery?

Oh yeah, I did the food funeral big time. I used to be the queen if self sabotage! I gained back all if the weight I lost during the nearly year long program with the hospital. My NUT and nurse had to kinda slap me back into reality and I reigned it in right before the preop diet. Now, I feel super silly about it because I don't have any issues with foods and the stuff I knew I'd miss I haven't wanted at all. (So weird!)

Just dust yourself off and try to reign it in. don't make it harder for yourself post op. :-)

Does your surgeon require some kind of weight loss before surgery?

Yes! A 2 week pre-op diet with Optifast. I still have have two more appts with my nutritionist too (later this month and once in jan) so maybe she will give me a plan to follow.

Starting my Pre op a few days early. The advice given to me was, "get it aaaaalll outta your system. No regrets, enjoy. Because once you're sleeved you may never eat like that again."