I qualify for the sleeve due to having developed hypertension. I was 35% when I started this journey in February and am now 33% BMI. I attended the support group and others told me I looked really good then asked when I had my surgery/ how much weight I have lost. Lol. I guess I feel a little guilty if they think I already look good why couldn't I do this on my own, with out surgery? But I've tried and it just doesn't come off. I go to the gym, run a 5K but I can't turn down a chocolate chip cookie... Hypertension was a wake up call. Insurance is covering the surgery so I'm rectifying the problem before it gets worse. I guess if insurance has agreed to cover it I shouldn't feel like I'm doing something wrong or cheating the system by "taking the easy way out". I do have a real need for this. Anyone else with lower pre op BMI feel this way?

My husband is very supportive. He tells me I'm beautiful every day, no matter my size. However, I can never tell anyone else in my family. Everyone in my family is rail thin and doesn't understand why I'm always the one to polish off the cupcakes. They seem to assume I don't work out because I have all this extra weight. I regularly run 5k at the gym. I just have a real problem with food... Mainly cookies, cakes, pasta, and pizza. I'm so tired of feeling like the obese kid at family gatherings. I'm so over trying to discreetly position myself at an angel behind my sister so I look a few pounds lighter in the family photo. I don't want to feel like everyone is watching me to see how much I pile on my plate as I approach the Deseret tray.

I would really love to find a buddy, male or female who also has a lower pre op body weight and is going through or has been through the same thing.

Thank you for taking the time to read and I look forward to your reply!

I want to join the buddy group too!! I have a BMI of 30-31. I am 5'3 and currently weigh 174. I am self pay in Mexico on June 1st, so I'll be able to report on my progress as a low BMi patient too.

Love reading everyone's comments and support as I really don't have that from my friends

Hey everyone! I have a question! Many of you have mentioned adipex (sp?). Did you PC give you a scrip for that and what is it?

No one ever offer me diet meds? I feel left out!

@@Nurse going to Mexico

I can be a buddy --

5'2" SW 190 CW 184 - 2 weeks pre op...

surgery date 5/18 -

56 years old

@@LauriTX75 I'm not sure what that drug is.. but I hear ya....

If I could do it on my own I think I would have....

My husband is a pushing factor - in that he knows I'd feel better about myself once I'm smaller.

SW 189 CW 184 2 week pre-op - BMI 33 age 56

@@highonlifega1970

Yes I'm self pay.

Am I REALLY sure -- I'm not sure I'll every be REALLY sure until it's over... and then YES I know it'll be too late to go back.

My personality is to analyze, over analyze, and then analyze again.. and end up right where I started. My husband says I hate making decisions. That's not it I just don't want to be wrong.

My surgery date is 5/18-- yikes... I wonder what happens if I get there, see the facility and change my mind? LOL

Adipex is phentermine. Diet pill. Bad for your heart it mimics amphetamines. A upper makes you hyper and not hungry.

I want to join the buddy group too!! I have a BMI of 30-31. I am 5'3 and currently weigh 174. I am self pay in Mexico on June 1st, so I'll be able to report on my progress as a low BMi patient too.

Love reading everyone's comments and support as I really don't have that from my friends

we are here to support you!!!

Adipex is phentermine. Diet pill. Bad for your heart it mimics amphetamines. A upper makes you hyper and not hungry.

made me very jittery when I took it years ago. Very short term weight loss and when you stop you gain it all back. So glad I've chosen WLS to help me long term.

@@highonlifega1970

Yes I'm self pay.

Am I REALLY sure -- I'm not sure I'll every be REALLY sure until it's over... and then YES I know it'll be too late to go back.

My personality is to analyze, over analyze, and then analyze again.. and end up right where I started. My husband says I hate making decisions. That's not it I just don't want to be wrong.

My surgery date is 5/18-- yikes... I wonder what happens if I get there, see the facility and change my mind? LOL

Good luck!

Going to my first support group since surgery 6 weeks ago and DREADING it. My friend is going through the same bariatric pre-op program I did and they require you to attend one post-op support group before moving on and she asked me to come with her. I am really dreading this because most of the individuals in the group had very high BMIs, and many of them started at well over 300lbs. I feel so awkward, being a "lightweight" , and feel the stares, looking at the "skinny b*ch", in their eyes, of course. If it were not for my friend, I'd say screw it, because I get all the support I need here from you guys ????Just needed to release some of that anxiety.. Thanks for listening!

The last support group I went to i was asked the same thing!???? My bmi was 39 but I was approve due to my family history

Edited May 15, 201511 yr by Campbedo

I am also in the same boat. I am in my last month of preop and need an EGD to check severity of reflux before scheduling surgery. My BMI was 35, now it's 33. Everyone says I don't need surgery but I am tired of yoyoing drastically and need this tool to stay at a decent weight my small bones can handle. I am miserable with swelling feet and low self esteem. I don't care what anyone says, people treat u different once u become overweight. I really need to buddy up with someone who understands why I need this surgery. I'm really nervous about possible complications. I am a single mother with a new house and I cannot afford to be incapacitated long term. Any thoughts or advice appreciated.

I too was prescribed phentermine, then Belviq and now Contrave. Contrave works great but once u stop taking it, boom ur hunger and thoughts of eating bad foods returns. U can't stay on a diet pill ur whole life.

Edited May 16, 201511 yr by jody48

Hey anyone want to start a LOW BMI BUDDY GROUP on Facebook? I find this site hard to follow....

let me know and I'll start it up. Just need a few people to invite by Facebook name

Highonlife1970, my surgery is 6-16. Upstate NY