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Hi fellow februarians lol mine is on the 13th at 7:30 I am 5'3" and currently 295lbs my goal is to weight 150lbs so I need to lose half my body weight! I will rock this sleeve!

My surgery isn't until the 21st but I almost have the exact same stats as you. I'm the same height but I weigh 298 and my goal is 150 too! Lets do this!

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Looks like I found this site just in time. My surgery is 2/18' date=' post-op 2/11. First week of diet supposed to start Monday the 4th with week of liquids starting the 11th. Finding this site has really gotten me excited now!![/quote']

My surgery is the 18th too!

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I am scheduled for Feb 21st. Had my final appointment today where I learned everything there is to know about Vitamins and Protein. I cant wait to be able to do things that my friends do and not be physically un comfortable. Keeping that in my mind makes the fear of surgery go away. I learned to focus on the positive outcome vs my fear of surgery. So excited!!

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3 week liquid diet starts 2-5. Surgery 2-25!! Excited' date=' but nervous![/quote']

3 weeks of liquids only? Wow!

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My surgery isn't until the 21st but I almost have the exact same stats as you. I'm the same height but I weigh 298 and my goal is 150 too! Lets do this!

Yes let's do it!

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I am scheduled for Feb 21st. Had my final appointment today where I learned everything there is to know about Vitamins and Protein. I cant wait to be able to do things that my friends do and not be physically un comfortable. Keeping that in my mind makes the fear of surgery go away. I learned to focus on the positive outcome vs my fear of surgery. So excited!!

Yeah that is what I'm trying to do too! Focus on the positive :) good luck to you!

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Omg less then a week away for me. 4 days to be exact. I feel like I have so much to prepare for and so little time left. Before I felt like it was so long away for my surgery date. Now I feel like I don't have enough time to prepare. Lol. I did my pre op yesterday (Friday) all I have left is an upper GI, and I'm in. This feels like I just won the freaking mega millions jackpot. I walk around with a big smile on my face all day. However I'm mourning food already and I didn't even have the surgery and I'm not on a pre op diet lol. My prayers go out to every single one in this group and others. God bless :-)

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im on my pre diet lost 23 ilb in 9 days .. my surgery is feb. 7 im from chattanooga tn.

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Feb 26th for me' date=' pre op starts Feb 12th, pretty excited.[/quote']

We have the same sleeve date and starting liquid diet date!! Good luck with everything.

MRSBRYANT

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My date is on the 6th... I was thinking the same way but then I look at myself in the mirror and say yes! As far as my pre opt diet... I was on a 1200 cal diet since last Wednesday and as of Monday I will be on liquids only. I guess every doctor is different... Good luck! Sending good vibes your way!

I'm 2/6 as well. Do you start clears Monday?

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I'm 2/6 as well. Do you start clears Monday?

I mean SUNDAY!

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i had my last appt was this past Thurs. my pre-op bloodwork is being done 2/14. pre-op diet starts the same day. 2 Protein Shakes, Water, and a small meal per day. Surgery is 2/20!!

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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.

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