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MyBeautifulLife    3

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Morning all!

It's so bright and early for me because I haven't been getting enough sleep. I am so nervous about my surgery tomorrow! I'm doing the sleeve and also getting my gallbladder removed at the same time. I'm a bit worried about my pain tolerance :unsure:. I lost 12lbs during the short period I was on my pre-op diet. Jeeze at one point I was a hungry lion in a den! but as my date kept getting closer I've took in about only 3 Optifast shakes and a lot of Water a day.. I know that's bad from the 5 shakes and 2 bars I was suppose to be taking in daily. But I built up a mentally to only eat when I'm hungry. So much is on my mind; how I am going to get in enough Protein, what exercise plan to do, the infamous LOOSE SKIN, not losing the weight............. yes i know, I'm in full blown anxiety mode with a little mixture of excitement. I would greatly appreciate all of your responses & feedback! Thanks.

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JessicaAnn    564

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Morning all!

It's so bright and early for me because I haven't been getting enough sleep. I am so nervous about my surgery tomorrow! I'm doing the sleeve and also getting my gallbladder removed at the same time. I'm a bit worried about my pain tolerance :unsure:. I lost 12lbs during the short period I was on my pre-op diet. Jeeze at one point I was a hungry lion in a den! but as my date kept getting closer I've took in about only 3 Optifast shakes and a lot of Water a day.. I know that's bad from the 5 shakes and 2 bars I was suppose to be taking in daily. But I built up a mentally to only eat when I'm hungry. So much is on my mind; how I am going to get in enough protein' date=' what exercise plan to do, the infamous LOOSE SKIN, not losing the weight............. yes i know, I'm in full blown anxiety mode with a little mixture of excitement. I would greatly appreciate all of your responses & feedback! Thanks.[/quote']

My surgery is tomorrow too! It's is the first time I've actually been nervous on this whole journey!

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Brownrek    21

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Mine is tomorrow and also having gallbladder removal... I am a mess. I've lost 10 pounds this week on the pre-op diet. I don't know how I'm going to get through work today. Sunday was the day I was having serious 2nd thoughts. Now i just want to get it over. My friend who had the same said every day gets a little bit better. Good luck.

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JerseyGirl68    1,172

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Morning all!

It's so bright and early for me because I haven't been getting enough sleep. I am so nervous about my surgery tomorrow! I'm doing the sleeve and also getting my gallbladder removed at the same time. I'm a bit worried about my pain tolerance :unsure:. I lost 12lbs during the short period I was on my pre-op diet. Jeeze at one point I was a hungry lion in a den! but as my date kept getting closer I've took in about only 3 Optifast shakes and a lot of Water a day.. I know that's bad from the 5 shakes and 2 bars I was suppose to be taking in daily. But I built up a mentally to only eat when I'm hungry. So much is on my mind; how I am going to get in enough Protein, what exercise plan to do, the infamous LOOSE SKIN, not losing the weight............. yes i know, I'm in full blown anxiety mode with a little mixture of excitement. I would greatly appreciate all of your responses & feedback! Thanks.

Best of luck tomorrow!! Anxiety aside (and I think we all had anxiety leading up to surgery) you sound like you're in a good mental place for after surgery. Good luck to all of you having surgery, and I wish you smooth recoveries.

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onedaycloser    136

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Fellow soon-to-be Sleevers,

All will go well and know your doing this for all the RIGHT reasons: to get your life back!!!!

My thoughts & prayers are with you.

Hugs!!

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MandaPanda    173

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I'm having my surgery at the end of the month, having my gallbladder out at the same time too. Had my endoscopy today. I am nervous to but full steam ahead, one step at a time. We will all be so much healthier and happier by next summer! Just try to occupy your mind with something else to keep the negative thought away. Yay us!

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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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      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

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        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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