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Anyone starting 6 month diet in october?

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nepagirl    24

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I just started my six-month wait. My first appointment with the surgeon was the 9ths, and my first nutritionist appointment was the very next day. I had scheduled the nutritionist appointment on my own so the coordinator was a little surprised. I told her I am highly motivated and completely on top things! Endoscopy is scheduled for November 22, I have scripts for all the blood tests and EKG, and once I get the psych eval done, all that is left are the nutritionist appointments. I even scheduled November and December already. Can't schedule Jan, Feb, and March until the 2014 calendar opens up. Highly Motivated!

Luckily I do not need to lose any weight during this 6 month wait. Right now I am only working on night-time snacking. Each month I will work on something else so that I am ready for a new life.

How wonderful that most of us in this thread will be sleeved in the Spring! What a fabulous time of year for new beginnings!

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Lady Denham    4

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I hope to be sleeved in April or May. Initial appt was oct 10

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tlynette    1

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I hope to be sleeved in April as well.

First Appointment: 10/08/13

Lab work: 10/08/13

Nutritionist Appointment: 10/10/13 1 out of 6 done.

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danaevett    179

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I started mine in July. Three months to go. It seems like time is dragging by. Ugh!

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paj92434    27

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Hello, my nsme is Peggy and I stsrted the 6 month ptocess @ the end of Aug BCN of MI requies it. They call it supervised nutrition counseling. They dont require certain lbs 2 lose. I went to seminar first. I have seen a nurse practioner, dietician(did I spell that right), 1 doc who lets u know what tests u need b4 surgery and I had my phych eval. I also saw an exercise specialist who just wants me 2 add exercise slowly. I have 2 go back in Nov to go over my results 4 phych eval.

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Sofficial    162

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I started mine in July. Three months to go. It seems like time is dragging by. Ugh!

I know, I feel the same way. I'm one month behind you...I can't wait!

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Cupcake    801

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I'm hoping that all of out time fly by quickly and we all have a successful surgery. I wish I would have started this early this year but I'm now doing the count down for my last three months .i am required to loose 20 pounds in 6 months so far I am down 10 .

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SuperFab    689

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You're halfway there Cupcake!!! U can do it!!!

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Sofficial    162

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Hello, my nsme is Peggy and I stsrted the 6 month ptocess @ the end of Aug BCN of MI requies it. They call it supervised nutrition counseling. They dont require certain lbs 2 lose. I went to seminar first. I have seen a nurse practioner, dietician(did I spell that right), 1 doc who lets u know what tests u need b4 surgery and I had my phych eval. I also saw an exercise specialist who just wants me 2 add exercise slowly. I have 2 go back in Nov to go over my results 4 phych eval.

I started my six months at the end of Aug too. I've done just about everything except the pulmonary function test, which I'm scheduled to do that next week. I have no Idea what's next, I guess I should call and find out.

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Lady Denham    4

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My biggest fear is what I'm going to drink post op. I hate water!!! The foods I can handle but no soda and limited juice.....:/

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nepagirl    24

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Do you like Crystal Light or Mio?

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Lady Denham    4

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Do you like Crystal Light or Mio?

Yes I like crystal light. Mio is ok but I feel I can taste the dye. I know that's weird.

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nepagirl    24

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Not weird at all. That's how I feel about crystal light. My surgeon said I can drink those pre and post-op. Those count as part of your Fluid requirements. Of course, plain Water is best, but if you can't stomach it the flavored stuff is fine. I personally love water and drink it all day long, something I consider very lucky since I know a lot of people do not like it. Talk to your nutritionist. I'm sure you are not the first person to have that problem!

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MaggieMae    5

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I am going in for my Endoscopy tomorrow. UGH, not looking forward to that. I am hoping they can go ahead and take my blood panel too. (since I can't eat for the endoscopy) and cant eat or drink for the blood work. fingers crossed.

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MaggieMae    5

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I'm hoping that all of out time fly by quickly and we all have a successful surgery. I wish I would have started this early this year but I'm now doing the count down for my last three months .i am required to loose 20 pounds in 6 months so far I am down 10 .

CONGRATS! good work.

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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
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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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