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Everything will be ok! Mercy is one of the best in the state I heard. My two week diet turned into a three day diet lol. I ate everyday and still lost 13 pounds. They wanted me to have 1200 calories of liquid and girl it wasn't working! I ate 900 calories each day. I didn't have an extremely fatty liver and they wanted me to do the liquid diet to jump start my weight loss' date=' which i did, over a 6 month period. My heaviest was at 343, my last supervised diet visit I weighed 315. If that ain't a jump start I don't know what is!![/quote']

Wow! Amazing! You guys are giving me great reassurance lol, bc this Somalian starvation diet seems a little unreasonable to me. Lol but I do feel more motivated every time I stand on the scale and I've lost weight.

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Lol yea I think it's crazy, I was so weak and tired and light headed and dizzy ANDDDD had to work everyday. It wasn't happening. But I'll tell you this, post-op I don't feel hungry at all. I eat b/c I have to. And I'm just starting purées. So don't be hard on yourself, If we could go without eating we wouldn't need surgery!

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Lol yea I think it's crazy' date=' I was so weak and tired and light headed and dizzy ANDDDD had to work everyday. It wasn't happening. But I'll tell you this, post-op I don't feel hungry at all. I eat b/c I have to. And I'm just starting purées. So don't be hard on yourself, If we could go without eating we wouldn't need surgery!

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Have you told your coworkers that you were having the surgery? How much weight have you lost post-op so far?

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Nope, no one knows except my mom, sister and girlfriend, that's it. I've lost 55 pounds so far. Post-op 14 pounds as of 8/22, I don't own a scale so not sure exact amount. My coworkers think I'm having a hernia repaired. I will never tell lol

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Nope' date=' no one knows except my mom, sister and girlfriend, that's it. I've lost 55 pounds so far. Post-op 14 pounds as of 8/22, I don't own a scale so not sure exact amount. My coworkers think I'm having a hernia repaired. I will never tell lol[/quote']

14 lbs in 2 weeks isn't bad at all. Congrats. I'm so anxious lol.

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Thank you :-) its really 14 pounds in one week, I haven't weighed myself since 1 week post-op. don't want to live via scale. I'm sure I lost more since.

It is very exciting! We're getting a do-over lol

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Thank you :-) its really 14 pounds in one week' date=' I haven't weighed myself since 1 week post-op. don't want to live via scale. I'm sure I lost more since.

It is very exciting! We're getting a do-over lol[/quote']

Yes!! For me it's like a rebirth. I never felt what it was like to be thin. My weight has burdened me in so many ways. I'm so looking forward to this

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I have never been thin either. I can't even picture myself being thin lol. I want to get to 175 maybe, I'm 5'8, what's your goal

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I have never been thin either. I can't even picture myself being thin lol. I want to get to 175 maybe' date=' I'm 5'8, what's your goal[/quote']

I'm 5'2 and currently 245. I want to get to 135-145.

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That is definitely a good jump start! :)

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I told everyone. No shame in my game. I love all the support.

I told my supervisor and manager. My supervisor is a little jokester and has been asking me what I'm eating for lunch everyday since I started my preop diet, smh. My close friends know and my family does too. Some friends have even some liquid fasting with me to support me through this. Im greatful - and this forum helps me a lot too.

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I told my supervisor and manager. My supervisor is a little jokester and has been asking me what I'm eating for lunch everyday since I started my preop diet' date=' smh. My close friends know and my family does too. Some friends have even some liquid fasting with me to support me through this. Im greatful - and this forum helps me a lot too.[/quote']

Lol@ your sup, that's funny. Yes this forum is awesome. I have all the support I need through my family and my girlfriend, didn't see the need to have anyone else's validation. How much time do you plan on taking off work?

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Lol@ your sup' date=' that's funny. Yes this forum is awesome. I have all the support I need through my family and my girlfriend, didn't see the need to have anyone else's validation. How much time do you plan on taking off work?[/quote']

I took off the full 6 weeks. I need the vacation lol. My job super stressful, so I really need to come back 100%.

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I took off the full 6 weeks. I need the vacation lol. My job super stressful' date=' so I really need to come back 100%.[/quote']

Honestly you will be glad you did. I took off 4 and while surgery wise you feel better at 2..you are still weak and tired for a while. I'm still tired but that's because I suck at protein!

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