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throckmorton    22

throckmorton
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Would love some support. 2 year anniversary in May. I feel I haven't lost enough weight and feel kinda disappointed in my self. I eat too many sweets and can't resist them. Starting weight was 239 weight 180 now. Wish it was more. Stalled for almost a year now. I have friends that reached their goal weight within months and 1 of them can even eat a whole Breakfast taco at 3 months, I couldn't do that for almost 1 and a half years. I wish I knew what to do.

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NewSetOfCurves    1,555

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I posted this on another person's thread:

Get rid of the bad food. Get rid of it. Get rid of it. Get rid of it. You already know that if it is around, you will eat it. Find your will power, find all the determination that you have from within and refrain from ordering or purchasing foods you know you should not be eating. If you mess up and give in, then recognize your error and start again. Start small. Replace one bad habit with a good one, one at a time. I did not become a clean eater over night. It took a lot of "falling down" and "getting back up" before I got it right. I do have my cheats, but they are few and far between--and DO NOT start having "cheats" until you think you can control yourself. Now that I have maintained a clean eating life style, I rarely crave "bad" foods, and--more often than not--they make me sick. However, when I do eat unclean, I limit myself and do not over indulge or consume large quantities, and I make up the extra calorie intake with a longer duration of exercise or I limit my food intake during another meal.

If you have not taken up a weekly exercise regimen, you should. Exercise should not be seen as a fix or something to do until you meet your goal; it should be viewed as a lifetime, ongoing activity to maintain a healthy way of living. To help motivate myself, I perceive exercising as a job. Most need a job to make a living. Exercise is same thing. We need to exercise to maintain our bodies and to live long, healthy lives. Perceive it as: I have to do it. I have no choice. Tired or not, it must be done. Start at doing anything that is accessible to you, interesting to you, or easiest for you. Start at YOUR pace and just GO!

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throckmorton    22

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Awesome fluffyjewel. And Thanks NewSetOfCurves. I made the dicision to stay away from the sweets and instead of grabbing something sweet grab a pickle or a slice of turkey. The choice is mine and I need to make better ones definitely and choose better for myself so that my new clothes keep fitting me. I refuse to get bigger but make myself smaller. How are you with alcoholic beverages? I have a drink on Friday and 1 is always enough but that is really hard to say no to.

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NewSetOfCurves    1,555

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@@throckmorton, I do not drink carbonated alcoholic beverages, but I do consume mixed drinks. If I am out with my husband and friends, I will order vodka and Water and add the squirt flavored drink mixes. Taste great, saves on calories and makes for a good time :P !

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throckmorton    22

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Shilatte Good luck. Pray everything goes well. No regrets! I'm here for you!

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Jessica Radcliff    51

Jessica Radcliff
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Here in SA. Got sleeved on the 4th!

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throckmorton    22

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Cool! Congratulations! How are you doing?

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OMW2Slim    25

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Hi I live in San Antonio too and planning on getting my sleeve by July. Gotta have an EGD first and then preop diet. I have a BMI of 33. Anybody use DR PATEL?

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throckmorton    22

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Jody48 Good luck hope all goes well. I did not use Dr Patel. I used Dr Peterson at Christus Santa Rosa. He was awesome. I'm sure you will do good. I just wish I could lose 35 more pounds.

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Shilatte    25

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I almost used dr Patel but decided to go with dr Peterson edg is June 7th and then off to surgery a few weeks later . Hopeful for June :)

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throckmorton    22

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Awesome! Dr Peterson is great!

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got2bslim4me    15

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Hi I live in San Antonio too and planning on getting my sleeve by July. Gotta have an EGD first and then preop diet. I have a BMI of 33. Anybody use DR PATEL?

Jody48,

My surgeon is Dr. Patel. I go in for surgery on June 10. :)

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throckmorton    22

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That's awesome! It's the best thing I ever did for my health.

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    • Alisa_S

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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

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        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

      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

        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.

    • CaseyP1011

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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