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The Excitement of it ALL!

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opal_m    38

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I am being sleeved in 6 weeks and 1 day, and I am experiencing a flutter of emotions. The most powerful emotion is excitement!! I see my body like clay and I am sculpture making a masterpiece.

I have been exercising daily with a work out buddy, whom has had the surgery and I see her progress weekly. I keep feeling like this will be me!!! I have such high hopes, and reading many of the stories in here keeps me motivated. Seeing her grind it out at the gym, I am impressed with her progress.

This is one serious journey. I am elated that we have this as an option. I have not shared that I am having WLS with everyone for many will not understand. Perhaps, they will think me lazy for going this route. While, I generally do not give a "take several seats " about others opinion , I did not want any negativity to erode the process.

Once I got pass the feel of death during surgery, a flood of positive thoughts took over. I have been exercising none stop!!The results paid off ...

This past weekend my husband smiled @ me often, and we racked up plenty of mattress miles. He said he is proud of how hard I am working out to be a success after surgery. I began prepping before for I see so many pictures of you ladies after showing your progress, and I think to myself " SELF that will be you"..... She tried it in my Tamar voice.

Our marriage has always had love and passion. It is something different in the sex , it was desire. Yes, he adores me, but he is still a man...and he wants to see not just a beautiful wife but a sexy wife.

Some of the things I miss is my husband lifting me up during our passionate sessions. I miss not being embarrassed to come out of our onsuite bath nude without covering with a towel or asking him to close his eyes.

I still have memories of what we were like when I was at a healthy weight...I have been reflecting on those moments humming the words to Chrisette Michele new song "Just a couple more forevers".....

What I will NOT miss is being mortified when his hand brushes over my kangaroo pouch . I have envisioned the new me and she will be fabulous.com and getting me a newlife.org...LOL

Love God, Be Happy, Live Fully

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Amen!i feel the same way and my hubby is the same. loves me whatever I look like ut I'm sure he'll prefer a sexier wife. When we met (2 1/2 yrs ago), i was at the same weight I am now (had 1 yr previously has my lapband and had lost 75 lbs by the time we met) and lost over 30 more lbs before we got married the following year. He would call me "skinny mini" all the time. Since putting those 30 lbs back on, haven't heard him call me that in a long time. Can't wait to hear that again, soon I hope.

My surgery is exactly a week from today. getting scared, excited, nervous (and apprehensive about the 4 week liquid diet)

Good luck to you. I'm sure you'll be sexy soon! As will all of us!

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Yes! I have been married for 19 years now. I was overweight for 17 of them. I love that he gets that look in his eyes again for me! It comes with a price though...he is now way more jealous of me then ever before. I know this stems from his own insecurities...but he is coming around. I am scheduled for a Tummy Tuck and breast lift with implants very soon, and that is a whole different set of emotions. I am thrilled that my journey is almost complete! The weight loss has had a very positive change to our sex life! Good luck ladies! ;)

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opal_m    38

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Amen!i feel the same way and my hubby is the same. loves me whatever I look like ut I'm sure he'll prefer a sexier wife. When we met (2 1/2 yrs ago)' date=' i was at the same weight I am now (had 1 yr previously has my lapband and had lost 75 lbs by the time we met) and lost over 30 more lbs before we got married the following year. He would call me "skinny mini" all the time. Since putting those 30 lbs back on, haven't heard him call me that in a long time. Can't wait to hear that again, soon I hope.

My surgery is exactly a week from today. getting scared, excited, nervous (and apprehensive about the 4 week liquid diet)

Good luck to you. I'm sure you'll be sexy soon! As will all of us![/quote']

You will hear it again!!! I am excited for you . I will keep you in my prayers. The surgery will go great!!

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opal_m    38

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Yes! I have been married for 19 years now. I was overweight for 17 of them. I love that he gets that look in his eyes again for me! It comes with a price though...he is now way more jealous of me then ever before. I know this stems from his own insecurities...but he is coming around. I am scheduled for a Tummy Tuck and breast lift with implants very soon' date=' and that is a whole different set of emotions. I am thrilled that my journey is almost complete! The weight loss has had a very positive change to our sex life! Good luck ladies! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />[/quote']

Now that is what I am talking about!!! A total body makeover!! Congrats !! I am thrilled for you .

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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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        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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