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jdillon    355

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I just finished all of my pre requisites for surgery. I have my last monthly weigh in on July 8th and then July 25th surgery. Wow 6 months of every test you can think of! They really put us through the ringer! I just left the chest xray place and took my before pic ewwwww say goodbye to this girl. Forever!

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Dulce_jtrivera    31

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I just got the call today that my surgery will be the last week of July! It seems like a dream! I am so excited and I know you are too. Good luck, and here's hoping to speedy recovery! Your pictures just reminded me that I need to do the same thing. I have been putting it off, but I guess I should take them before I have to start the preop diet! Congrats again!

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#9grammy    274

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Congrats to you both' how exciting to be starting a new life.

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GingerSlim    128

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I have a July 22nd surgery date! I am ready to roll & start my pre-op diet on the 7th.

The only struggle I am having right now is that I find myself eating any darn thing I want...especially since I know that in 24 days EVERYTHING as I know it will change.

I really wanted to try and lose some of the weight before the pre-op even started, but (as usual) food & hunger are winning that game. In a way, I almost wish it was a requirement to do more than 2 weeks of pre-op. (I know...bite my tongue!)

Anyway... Very soon I will be kicking hungers a$$ all over the place! And so will YOU!

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jdillon    355

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Yayyyy it's really getting close! I caught my reflection in the mirror walking through the store today and cringed. I wanted to cry. If I had any doubts at all they're gone now.

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GingerSlim    128

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Yayyyy it's really getting close! I caught my reflection in the mirror walking through the store today and cringed. I wanted to cry. If I had any doubts at all they're gone now.

I know all too well what you mean. I am the General Manager of a Gap... Not only do I walk by mirrors all day long, I can no longer fit into the clothes. And the ones that I do wear cut off my circulation. I swear I have permanent indentations around my belly from "too tight" jeans!

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jdillon    355

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I know all too well what you mean. I am the General Manager of a Gap... Not only do I walk by mirrors all day long, I can no longer fit into the clothes. And the ones that I do wear cut off my circulation. I swear I have permanent indentations around my belly from "too tight" jeans!

Yes I know what you mean!

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Sboulie    90

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I just finished all of my pre requisites for surgery. I have my last monthly weigh in on July 8th and then July 25th surgery. Wow 6 months of every test you can think of! They really put us through the ringer! I just left the chest xray place and took my before pic ewwwww say goodbye to this girl. Forever!

Congrats!! You've been waiting for so long for a date. Can't wait to see how we all do!

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jdillon    355

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Thank you! It feels like a lifetime. I know I'll be nervous but I'm seeing this through and committing 100%!

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Dulce_jtrivera    31

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I know how everyone feels. It is hard to look at yourself in the mirror and not see the person that you know you could be. It won't be long now, and that person staring us back in the mirror will be the one that we always knew was hiding inside! It's just amazing to think that in just a few weeks, we will all be saying goodbye to these unhappy women and starting a new happy relationship with ourselves. Good luck to all! :)

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#9grammy    274

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I walked pass windows at a Mexican restaurant yesterday. Turned and told my fiancé this is the reason I'm having wls ( one of reasons) I don't look that big in my mirror at home. Even nurses at hospital for EDG said I didn't need it done. Then I told them my weight... I carry it well I guess.

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I walked pass windows at a Mexican restaurant yesterday. Turned and told my fiancé this is the reason I'm having wls ( one of reasons) I don't look that big in my mirror at home. Even nurses at hospital for EDG said I didn't need it done. Then I told them my weight... I carry it well I guess.

Hi I can so relate to your post! I just came home from having an endoscopy and the nurse in the recovery room couldn't believe I was planning a sleeve in August, then I asked her to check my chart for weight,,,,, yeah I carry it well, But I'm done carrying it! Best of luck to you, also tired of mirrors ;(

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jdillon    355

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I just finished all of my pre requisites for surgery. I have my last monthly weigh in on July 8th and then July 25th surgery. Wow 6 months of every test you can think of! They really put us through the ringer! I just left the chest xray place and took my before pic ewwwww say goodbye to this girl. Forever!

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These are pics of me thinner. I want this back! And smaller.

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Sboulie    90

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Im the girl to the right These are pics of me thinner. I want this back! And smaller.

Honestly it doesn't seem like you need wls. I don't mean that in an insensitive way. I am sure your struggles are real. I looked at the pics you posted from the dr office and I think you look great. I know happiness is for the individual and what I think means squat if you're not happy but I wanted to share with you.

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Honestly it doesn't seem like you need wls. I don't mean that in an insensitive way. I am sure your struggles are real. I looked at the pics you posted from the dr office and I think you look great. I know happiness is for the individual and what I think means squat if you're not happy but I wanted to share with you.

Well thank you for that but I am short and very overweight and have gone up and down and feeling like it's having affects on my health. I'm curious. At what point in your opinion do you think someone is in need of wls?

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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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