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So I had my initial 6 weeks post op appt on week 7 and the scale at the doctor office read 209.4.... I'm like hold up, my scale at home said 206.4...so I said don't you deduct 3 pounds because of clothing? the PA just laughed and pat me on the shoulder and said, it's ok....it's just week 7!???? shucks!! I want my 3 pounds lol....it's official I'm getting rid of my scale...I'm possessed

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LOL, I am too. I always go with the lower number.

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So I had my initial 6 weeks post op appt on week 7 and the scale at the doctor office read 209.4.... I'm like hold up, my scale at home said 206.4...so I said don't you deduct 3 pounds because of clothing? the PA just laughed and pat me on the shoulder and said, it's ok....it's just week 7! shucks!! I want my 3 pounds lol....it's official I'm getting rid of my scale...I'm possessed

If it's not too personal, how much have you lost altogether. I'm 18 days pre op.

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Altogether total I've lost 39 pounds my initial weight was 245 on date of surgery I was 228....its a slow and steady process

That is awesome!! Great job!!

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You are doing great. You always weigh more at the doctor because of clothes and what you have eaten and drank during the day. Their starting weight should have been higher than your home weight anyway. I use my own morning weigh ins to count my pounds lost. Keep up the good work!

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That's why I always get completely naked before stepping on the scale at the doctor's office! :P

Congrats on the weight loss, great work!

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I always wear the same type of clothing when I go. And I try to make all my appointments in the morning so that I can go on an empty stomach LOL!! I have been doing it this way since I started Weight Watchers when I was in 10th grade. (16 years go).

Congrats on your loss!! #AWESOME

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I weigh in the morning in the buff, and that is the weight I use for my pounds lost. At my 2 week post op check up I weighed in the morning at my house, then I got back on the scale fully dressed to see what my scale would say. Then when I got on the scale at the docs their scale had me at .2 lbs more than mine at home. Pretty close I thought.

Either way the scale is moving down and I am happy :)

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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.

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