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Ok, sleeved on 6/12/14 will be 1 week tomorrow have lost 8 pounds so far, why do I keep pointing out "lost 35 before the surgery" as if the 8 I've lost is different and that I feel like I want to prove I could lose on my own too. Yes yes I have lost weight before but as we all know there was no longevity. Anyone else feel almost guilty?

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Your post is a bit confusing and no responses after 40 views tells me I'm not alone. I am somewhat new to this forum but I will say that I simply saw in my profile a place for overall weight loss and another number for weight loss AFTER the surgery so I simply complied and put in the correct numbers.

I don't think I feel guilty at all. My 30 pound loss was on weight watchers over the course of an entire year and not really part of a pre-op diet, or at least for me it wasn't but either way I am down 102 from my peak and every pound counts to me, pre op or post op I don't care and I certainly don't feel guilty.

Lose 10 times that amount and instead of guilt you will be singing in the shower LOL. It's a great feeling to have lost weight no matter how it was done.

Regards for now!

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Odesa, thanks for your post, ok, I lost 35 pounds before my sleeve on 6/12/14, and I guess my pointless point :) is that I feel different about the post procedue loss, but OMG you are a true inspiration! Be well

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Wynnie... Congratulations on your loss so far! How are you feeling now that you're 1 week post op? My surgery is 7/8... I start my pre op diet on 6/28. I have lost 20 pounds since my first initial visit with my surgeon. Something clicked in my head. I was simply ready to move forward and I have been able to stop using food. Honestly though, I think it's also that I know that I will have my sleeve soon and this is a serious decision. I know that I could lose weight without the sleeve but I would not lose what I need to and it would creep back on. At least with the sleeve I have a fighting chance at maintaining a healthy weight. I will never feel guilt for choosing my health. Sooo how are you feeling? :)

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AnnMo47 I am feeling really good, so much better than I had assumed. Pain is now almost non existent, I like my shakes, etc I have found that I do need more than fluids in your mouth, so if I feel really like I need something I take approx 1 oz of plain Greek yogurt, mix in approx 1/4 scoop of my chocolate Unjury Protein Powder mix it and then dip the spoon in yum. It seems to satisfy my head urge for texture. You will do great. The first 3 days are hell, but then it improves dramaticallÿ every day I am happy I did this I can't think of the last time I lost 9 pounds in 1 week :) thank you so much for asking

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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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      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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