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I'm looking forward to joining a masters rowing (crew) team. There's something so peaceful about gliding inches off the Water on a glassy lake or river! I was a member of the Green Lake crew team in Seattle in high school- rowed sweep and skull- singles and quads were my faves. I can't do it right now...my hips would scrape the side of the boat! They'd have to pry me out. How about you? What are you looking forward to?

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Golf and softball. I can barely hobble right now. I'm looking forward to being able to walk and run without pain. :-)

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I'm looking forward to playing soccer again. Right now my knees hurt with lots of running and my chest is too big even with a sports bra to comfortably run around. By the way, Phoenix79, I'm from the Seattle area too! Do you have a surgery date yet?

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I'm looking forward to just being more of an athlete on the basketball court. At 30 years of age and 130kg (286lb) I can almost touch the rim. If my trainer and I can keep the strength in these legs I may just achieve the dream of dunking.

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I want to get back into serious hiking (oh, yeah, and I'm in the Seattle area, too - up north in Monroe! Howdy, neighbors!). I also want to ride my bike on something other than relatively level ground.

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I'm looking forward to playing soccer again. Right now my knees hurt with lots of running and my chest is too big even with a sports bra to comfortably run around. By the way' date=' Phoenix79, I'm from the Seattle area too! Do you have a surgery date yet?[/quote']

Ah running...always been an issue for me... even in crew I hated it. Maybe after surgery it will be different. Soccer builds up some awesome leg muscles...that'll be cool! I don't have a date for surgery yet! I have my endoscopy and full bloodwork scheduled for next week. I'm hoping for sometime in June- I'm at Swedish with Dr.Mcmahon. I had to get the results of my sleep study before they wanted me to schedule the endoscopy. My husband had the sleeve as well- last July. He posts frequently on VST as fiddleman and is a constant source of inspiration for me! Do you have a date yet leezel?

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I want to go to the Water park and have fun without anyone staring at me. I want to shop in a regular clothing store, never again lane Bryant or avenue) I just want to be normal size.

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I'm looking forward to just being more of an athlete on the basketball court. At 30 years of age and 130kg (286lb) I can almost touch the rim. If my trainer and I can keep the strength in these legs I may just achieve the dream of dunking.

You will lose some muscle after surgery but you can build it back and more. I bet you'll be dunking in no time! My husband (fiddleman on VST) can testify that strength training with a personal trainer does pay big dividends after sleeve surgery. He's currently working with a trainer doing crossfit and developing some very nice muscles! :). He runs 5-10k's on his off days and also does yoga. Amazing!

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I want to go to the Water park and have fun without anyone staring at me. I want to shop in a regular clothing store' date=' never again lane Bryant or avenue) I just want to be normal size.[/quote']

Absolutely! I was trying not to buy anything else before surgery clothing wise, but a upcoming warm weather trip required a trip to LB for shorts and a few cute tropical dresses. When they asked if I wanted to apply for their card, I smiled and said "no thanks, I'm not planning on having to shop here much longer!" What a great feeling!

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I want to get back into serious hiking (oh' date=' yeah, and I'm in the Seattle area, too - up north in Monroe! Howdy, neighbors!). I also want to ride my bike on something other than relatively level ground.[/quote']

Cool! We are very close to Monroe ourselves. Have you ever hiked Mt. Pilchuck? My husband (fiddleman) has hiked up there a lot- Lake 22 is another of his favourite spots. I'm trying to have him get a group together to hike with, because it's really not as safe hiking on his own. If you or anyone else in the area wants to start a VST northwest hiking group, contact me or fiddleman!

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I want to ride a pony! I can't now because when the pony sees me coming it lays down and play dead :-/

No seriously, horseback riding would be awesome!

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Running and yoga. I can do yoga already, but I can't bend as far as I know I can because fat's in the way! As for running... oh my poor knees haha.

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Ah running...always been an issue for me... even in crew I hated it. Maybe after surgery it will be different. Soccer builds up some awesome leg muscles...that'll be cool! I don't have a date for surgery yet! I have my endoscopy and full bloodwork scheduled for next week. I'm hoping for sometime in June- I'm at Swedish with Dr.Mcmahon. I had to get the results of my sleep study before they wanted me to schedule the endoscopy. My husband had the sleeve as well- last July. He posts frequently on VST as fiddleman and is a constant source of inspiration for me! Do you have a date yet leezel?

I am scheduled for May 30th with Dr. Billing in Edmonds at Puget Sound Surgical Center. I hope the rest of your steps to surgery goes well and you get your surgery next month!

So your husband has hiked Mt. Pilchuck...that is near my neck of the woods! Is it an easy hike or something to work up to? I'm hoping to be more active outside this summer with my family and I think we'd all enjoy a little hiking. :)

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I just look forward to comfortably walking around the neighborhood :)

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Kickboxing and running marathons again!! Can't wait! I'm sooooo excited!

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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