Surgery is May 18. I start my pre-op diet on April 20 for a four week liquid diet. I've been on a low carb diet per my nutritionists orders since February and I've lost 29 pounds on that so far. I've been getting discouraged because I thought almost 30 pounds would FEEL like something but my clothes don't seem different and I don't feel different.

But today I realized my office chair at work isn't digging into my hips because of the arms anymore. I have wiggle room!

A small thing. But I feel better now.

Any NSV's before surgery for you guys?

Awesome!!! Celebrate your 29 lb. loss!! For every pound we lose, we're that much healthier! Having "wiggle room" in chairs with arms is a fantastic feeling!!!

I don't know about you, but for my entire life, it always took at least 20 lbs. of weight lost before I could feel any difference in my clothes and to lose one size. Post-surgery It wasn't until I'd lost about 50 lbs. before people started telling me it was time to buy some better fitting clothes.

Hang in there!!! You will get there

Good luck on your journey!!

Congrats! Just think- that's 30 pounds you won't have to lose after surgery. You get to use that "honeymoon" time after WLS on the more stubborn 30 pounds that will be coming off down the road. I was in a size 26 pant before surgery and it took a LONG time/ lot of weight to get to where I had to go down a size. I really don't get it- I was in those pants for a good 70-80 pound span (although by the time I bought new ones they were really big). Now I go down a size about once a month or every other month. Good luck to you and enjoy it!

Yay! NSV's are wonderful and inspiring. Congrats on your awesome weight loss before surgery! Don't worry about not changing clothing sizes much at this point. Plus size clothes are cut generously and usually have a lot of give in them. Also, I tended to wear my same size clothes even as I gained weight the clothes just gradually stretched with me. I started in a very tight size 22 jeans and it took almost 50 pounds before I was able to get into a size 20 jeans. It took so long because my jeans were so tight prior to surgery and I refused to buy bigger pants because I knew surgery was coming and I wouldn't be wearing them long. Secondly, I carry my weight around my middle which sucks for pants because even though my legs, butt, and arms were losing quickly, my belly and waist line didn't. I was stuck in my baggy jeans until I lost enough in my waist to be able to wear the smaller jeans. Hang in there and you will be dropping sizes soon. Keep up the great work and we will see you on the loser's bench soon!