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roxannez    27

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roxannez,

I love hearing positive stories like yours! I am about the same as you starting out. I am having nothing but positive thoughts about my surgery which is on March 8th.

You will do great, it will all be worth it. Honestly the worse thing for me was coming off the general anesthesia meds - pretty bad nausea for 48 hours, but after that I was walking a half hour to an hour a day, drinking 64 oz and eating between 60 - 80oz Protein. I wish you very much luck!

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Sumsuz68    53

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Nope, not a huge amount. Honestly the thinnest I ever was and I looked DAMN good at that weight is 170. The doc expects me to easily get to 150. I am 216 as of this morning and I was 238 before I started my preop diet on Jan 22nd. Since I'm OCD and track everything - here are my weekly stats since then if you're curious: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtW90JQQyIegdG1wZFpQemNDZTkxR1lodDRzdnoyaEE. The most awesome is the craaazy loss of inches. For fun I measured my waist this morning and since Wednesday I've lost another inch off my waist! It's completely and utterly worth it.

We sound exactly the same! I weighted myself on Friday before I started my pre op diet and I was 136 pounds. I am 5'8" . How tall are you? My ultimate goal is 150, but honestly 170 is fine with me! I'm thin at 170. :). Thanks for sharing your timeline. When I get my kiddos in bed I am going to read it. This is really helping me. I love hearing from eveyone. Thank you!

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Sumsuz68    53

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Sumsuz68

I just noticed we have the same surgeon. I have heard good things! How did you decide on him?

We do? I have 3 friends that have used him and have been happy. My surgery date is March 1. Are you traveling to Vegas to do this? I am from So. cal. So I will be there from Thursday to Monday. We need to keep in touch!

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duckie913    5

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Sumsuz68 - I am traveling to Vegas for my surgery I am scheduled for March 5 -my preop is March 5. I've been wondering about the amount of energy after surgery as well. I am going to a Maroon 5 concert on March 11. Are you scheduled with Dr Umbach?

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roxannez    27

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We sound exactly the same! I weighted myself on Friday before I started my pre op diet and I was 136 pounds. I am 5'8" . How tall are you? My ultimate goal is 150, but honestly 170 is fine with me! I'm thin at 170. :). Thanks for sharing your timeline. When I get my kiddos in bed I am going to read it. This is really helping me. I love hearing from eveyone. Thank you!

I'm only 5'5'', but I've always managed to carry my weight pretty well. Actually the anesthesiologist on the day of surgery asked me why I was getting the surgery done in the first place because "you don't look like you need it." So I'm just hoping for a happy journey down to skinnytown. Glad to be of service, feel free to ask questions anytime. :)

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Sumsuz68    53

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Sumsuz68 - I am traveling to Vegas for my surgery I am scheduled for March 5 -my preop is March 5. I've been wondering about the amount of energy after surgery as well. I am going to a Maroon 5 concert on March 11. Are you scheduled with Dr Umbach?

Yes, My surgeon is Dr. Umbach. My surgery is March 1. So, you will be at a concert on March 11 and I will be at The Bachelor taping and we will we done with the surgery part. :)

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