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Trudiva    1

Trudiva
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Hi everyone,
I go by the name Trudiva and i have been part of this group for a while now however this is my first post.
I was lurking in the shadows and reading lots of the post which i must say has been quite informative to me.
I have learnt so many things from here and I am glad to say my journey is about to commence.
I am scheduled to have my op on 18th May 2015 and yes the nerves are screaming so hard but i am also excited to start a new life.
My highest weight was 115kg and currently i weigh 112kg.
I have started my Optifast diet for about a week now and i am liking the results that i am seeing.
My goal weight is 75kg and i am hoping to get there before Dec.
I am interested in making new friends here on and sharing with them tips, progress results and anything about healthy living.
Feel free to friend me and lets get this party started already!487524.gif362526.gif362526.gif618285.gif618285.gif
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JamieLogical    8,727

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I just want to advise you against setting deadlines for your weight loss. Everyone loses at different rates and it might be pretty unrealistic for you to lose 37kg in just 7 months. I've only lost 57 pounds (~26kg) in 8 months and my starting weight is similar to yours.

There is no rush and this is not a race. Unlike the diets of your past, you will never be "done" with your weight loss surgery. You are changing the rest of your life. So if it takes you a few more months than you'd hope to reach your goal weight, what is that really going to matter in the grand scheme of things? Ten years from now will you be looking back and wishing you'd reached goal in 7 months instead of 12? Of course not!

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I just want to advise you against setting deadlines for your weight loss. Everyone loses at different rates and it might be pretty unrealistic for you to lose 37kg in just 7 months. I've only lost 57 pounds (~26kg) in 8 months and my starting weight is similar to yours.

There is no rush and this is not a race. Unlike the diets of your past, you will never be "done" with your weight loss surgery. You are changing the rest of your life. So if it takes you a few more months than you'd hope to reach your goal weight, what is that really going to matter in the grand scheme of things? Ten years from now will you be looking back and wishing you'd reached goal in 7 months instead of 12? Of course not!

Thanks for your input. Point well taken and I am really not stressing that I lose all that by the end of the year. Having read lots of posts I am well aware that I may not even see the said number. Although I would like to work towards reaching it.

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Although I would like to work towards reaching it.

That's what I recommend. Put in the work. meat your Protein and Water goals. Get some exercise. And you WILL get where you are going eventually!

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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
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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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        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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