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Looking for someone to relate..to get to know and to have someone from the opposite sex so we can motivate each other! I'm clarissa and I'm 24. Hope to hear from someone.

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Mark, 28 always look to encourage and to be encouraged. Started 394, 6'1, down to 316 now 5 weeks post op with the pre op loss included.

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Hi mark! Congrats on your progess! How's the post op life? I'm still waiting for my surgeru date.should get it this week. I'm so nervous! I'm 5'7 and have at least 100lbs to lose..so I hope I can do this..worried about the liquid diets. Need to find a Protein Shake I can possibly acquire a taste for.

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Hello, i started out at 550lbs. im 6'-1" 6 months out down 125 lbs Welcome and good luck feel free to add me as a friend.

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Wow! Good job and congrats!

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Hi mark! Congrats on your progess! How's the post op life? I'm still waiting for my surgeru date.should get it this week. I'm so nervous! I'm 5'7 and have at least 100lbs to lose..so I hope I can do this..worried about the liquid diets. Need to find a Protein shake I can possibly acquire a taste for.

Post op life NOW is great. liquids sucked, but was manageable. After getting to soft foods this week, I've been happy, haha. Don't hope you can do something, make up your mind and leave no room for doubt. WIth pre op diets, and then the surgery, and the hard work you're going to put in to your new lifestyle, you'll drop those 100 pounds and reshape your body completely.

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Started my journey in oct 31 2011 363 lbs, mid October 2012 333, nov 6th 2012 day of surgery 305 today 223. 2 week preop liquid diet and 1 week Clear Liquids and then 3 weeks full liquids and then soft foods now about 1/2 cup food any type of Protein first and still Protein shake daily. Highest size 50-52 now 38. Doctor still has not told me ideal weight yet but going to gym to try to keep upper body muscle. You can do it good luck.

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Good job..you must be proud of yourself! Kudos to you. Which Protein Shake are you drinking? How long was your stomach swollen post op?

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I drank unsure zero carb vanilla wafer, the clear liquid I drank ready to drink iso-pure, I will suggest to try to get samples. My doctors had sample packs for a couple dollars each. Everyone likes something that someone else doesn't.

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I forgot I was up walking within a few hours post op. I felt like I got punched in my stomach, I had no drain and was home the next day. Back to work in a week.

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Hello, Alex here, 6'3" started 565, pre op 486, almost two years later at 302. always looking to motivate and be motivated also

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Great job Alex! I feel I need to go to the gym more a little weaker in strength then I used to be get that back and it will be great. Keep up the great work.

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6'-3" here and.....

Pre-op highest................./...320 ish

Day I started pre-op diet......292

Day of surgery.....................276

Post-op so far........................226

For the most part, people on here are very helpful, so just give a shout out and there are usually people more than willing to help, give advice or just listen to us rant. Good luck!

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Thanks! Finally got the approval for my LOA frim my director. May 20th here I come! I start my pre op diet friday! 2 weeks of clear liquids! Sooo nervous

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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

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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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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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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