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I have a date set for November 4th. Of course, I'm excited but scared to death. I'm reading all that I can. I'm so scared that I'll fail with the sleeve as I have with everything else I have tried. What made it really different for you?

Thanks!

April

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I have a date set for November 4th. Of course' date=' I'm excited but scared to death. I'm reading all that I can. I'm so scared that I'll fail with the sleeve as I have with everything else I have tried. What made it really different for you? Thanks! April[/quote']

If you are at the point that you are ready a life changing surgery then most likely you will do whatever is necessary I make it work. It is physically impossible to over eat. You WILL vomit. There are ways to self sabotage by eating candy everyday or potatoes or drinking bad things but what is the point? If you have gone through the expense and stress of this surgery why would you hinder your own success?

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'Cause I knew I wouldn't be able to eat a man-mountain of food at every meal. Which, considering I don't really have a sweet tooth, preferring mountains of savoury, was, on evaluation, going to work in my favour.

You can't stuff a mountain of lasagne down your gullet when your stomach is the size of your thumb!

From what I see/hear, people with very sweet teeth, have the hardest time. Primarily because the sweet stuff can constitute 'sliding' foods. Small stomach or not - to avoid those things still takes dedication and will power - just like a diet.

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Im STILL scared Im going to fail even though Im losing and 6 weeks post op. The reason I decided it was right decision was seeing all the results. Knowing that something had to be done before I ate my way into an early grave was my motivator. I didn't want to think about the what ifs with the surgery. I thought about the what ifs if I didn't do the surgery. That put me at ease 99% of the time. (Before, and for a few weeks after the surgery.)

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You have a new stomach that will help. Add the "head work" that you will do to change your eating and activity behavior and ALL WILL BE FINE in the end!

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You have a new stomach that will help. Add the "head work" that you will do to change your eating and activity behavior and ALL WILL BE FINE in the end!

Having 80% of your stomach removed helps a whole lot.....those first few months not feeling hunger is an added bonus (for me anyway)........but the big thing is the "head work" mentioned.

If you haven't already, start attending support groups.....they can help...............good luck!

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there are a lot of things that help ensure that this will work when other things have not (and I still worry that it will not work, even though it has been over two years). you have to eat less because your stomach will explode if you don't. after a year or so of that, your habits change..and while it is still possible to change them back, if you don't eat a candy bar or a fattening dessert, or deep fried twinkies for a year or more and you survive, then why go back to eating them? especially since they will make you feel like vomiting? but it is easy to let bad habits slip back in and you have to be on it. You can look on the veterans part of this site to see how they handle it...

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I didn't know that it would work for me and I was aftaid I'd be making a $5k mistake. I expected the smaller stomach would limit my food intake, but the real bonus was losing that nagging voice in my head that compelled me to eat every few hours. After the surgery, not only could I not eat much, but I no longer had that little voice telling me I needed to eat.

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When they cut 85% of my stomach out I knew it would be really different..The fact that I did it in the first place is because I was never going to succeed on my own......

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This is the question I'm obsessed with pre-op. So tired of failing.

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This is the question I'm obsessed with pre-op. So tired of failing.

Positive thinking will go a long way for you...Before you even begin you are emotionally sabotaging yourself....

Head up, forward ho and go, go, go!!!!

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This is the question I'm obsessed with pre-op. So tired of failing.

I know!! Do you have any posts that you are following that have helped you?

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I know!! Do you have any posts that you are following that have helped you?

November thread that's all now. I'm getting acquainted here...

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Once you are post op the need to fuel your body with proper food helps. You need so much Proteins and good stuff to make you feel good. You can't really fall of the wagon b/c you will pay for it. Just DO NOT have bad stuff in your house. You will find stuff that is less calories/sugar that are satisfying. Plus you don't feel hungry so you don't feel the need to snack. Good luck.

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