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Hey!! So, how did your initial visit go?! Information overload I'm sure. That's how I felt and will probably feel at my first "module" next Tuesday.

I swear QT has the best junk food snacks!! I have to avoid going in when I get gas lol so I can imagine what it's like having a spouse that has access to that deliciousness.

I have to do a six month supervised diet so the earliest for me will probably be late September-early October. I think getting through the process and approval is the longest part so once you have approval you can schedule whenever will work for you and your family. But it's exciting thinking about the possibilities of the future, so it's making me more anxious to get stuff done!! Glad to hear your trip to the movies went well. Kid movies are even better then "grown-up" movies most of the time :) fun times!!

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Sorry its taken so long to get back here! Its just been nuts all over lately. The kids just started t-ball (which was a bad idea for Dawson. He cannot stay focused long enough. He just wants to run around and kick the balls...) Parker loves it though so thats good.

I did the initial meeting thing at the end of April and my first appt with the doc was last tuesday. I have to do the 6 month supervised diet and have not talked about it at all with my doctor so im starting from scratch. My first appt with my doc is June 3 so Im guessing Decemeber or January for my surgery. Then I can be much smaller at the beginning of next summer!

I try to just do the pay at the pump for gas so I dont have to go in and be tempted by the goodies by the register. What always gets me is when I have to stop and get cash from the ATM for the sitter. (which I then have to break one of the $20s because its $55, not $60. Luckily the Hubs usually remembers to get money for me to give to her in the morning!)

I cant wait to fully get this process started. I am also doing the Psych eval on June 3rd too.

I really cant believe that May is almost half over already! The kids only have 11 days of school left!!! holy cow. That is insane. Then I will have a 1st grader!! GAH! I dont know how thats possible. I kind of figured he would be in kindergarten forever. oh man. The one good thing though is that he may be an almost 1st grader, but he still cuddles with me every chance he gets!

Anyway, hope everything is going well for you!

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I am new to this site so I was looking for others from Iowa, I am just starting the process, I will be starting my 6 month supervised Diet and Exercise counseling this afternoon as required by my insurance. My surgeon will be Dr. Smolik, I am doing my counseling through the Mercy weight loss and nutrition center. I am very anxious to get things moving and really getting started in my weight loss journey.

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I have BCBS IL, no hoops, they only required a phys evaluation and nutrition

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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. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      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

        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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