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Every now and again the Low BMIers come out of the closet and it's great to see so many of us still making this decision for our long-term health' date=' no matter what other people think. I, like so many of you, have lost and gained the same 50 lbs so many times, it might as well be 150 lbs for how it has plagued me. I also have auto immune stuff going on now, my hips and joints ache all the time, and I just can't move around to keep up with my young kids and my job (I'm a Kindergarten teacher). My surgery is July8th and I can't wait! I've been trying to eat better in preparation and have lost 2 lbs so my BMI is now 31, but it can swing up to 33 in a heartbeat! It's really reassuring to see the great results other lower BMIers are having... lead on![/quote']

My surgery date was feb 28th so Tomorrow i will be 7 weeks out. My BMI was 33 and so far I have lost a total of 29 lbs. I feel like it is coming off so slow and even had a 3 week stall. But still I have no regrets.

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I had a BMI of 33. After 10 days of liquid diet, I was at BMI of 30.3 when I went to the hospital. I am overall very healthy, but being post-menopausal, I knew it would be very hard to lose any other way, so I decided to have WLS. I am 3 days now and doing well. I had my surgery in Houston with Dr Sherman Yu and he was wonderful I was self- pay.

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The day of my surgery I went in with a BMI of 30.9, a little lower than it had been in the previous weeks. I'm looking forward to being "normal" weight after about 20 years. I'm on my way.

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The day of my surgery I went in with a BMI of 30.9' date=' a little lower than it had been in the previous weeks. I'm looking forward to being "normal" weight after about 20 years. I'm on my way.[/quote']

That's great! When did you have surgery again? Are you finding the weight is coming off slowly, or are you happy with your progress? Have you begin exercising?

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Hi Amy, my name is Alice. I am also in beginning stages of this. I went a seminar about 6 years ago and the sleeve wasn't available then---I could not see doing the other choices-- so I continued on my lifelong journey of TRYING. I have maintained at about 230 lbs for about 10 years-- so do not know where I would be had I not TRIED. HOWEVER, I am 64 and the sleeve has been presented to me by so many-- that I feel this tool is what I need. I did lose 100 lbs when I was about 30 -- I know I can do it and hope you can too. My BMi is 39.

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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. LeighaTR

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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.

        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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