I am feeling nervous and depressed when I think about how much of my social life and activities are linked to eating and drinking. Anyone else have these feelings?

BTW Scheduled for VGS ON 7/23. Anyone else with that date?

Already sleeved here but yes it is amazing how much our lives revolved around food before. You will do amazing so hang in there! Good luck!

It changes but you get use to it. Eventually you will just eat a few bites of whatever. You can still socialize and eat you will just get to talk more because your mouth won't stay full The whole time!!!

I too am worried about the pre-diet. Like you - my social life is meeting friends for dinner or happy hour and going to hear live music with a picnic dinner. With the pre-diet - I am fearful of cheating. Because I know I will be hungry. But, I am limiting my social life during that time period. But I still worry - if I am home alone, I'll be hungry and still want to eat.

Once I have the surgery, I am not as worried. I know that I won't be hungry. Thus, I won't feel the need to limit my social life. I probably will the first two weeks after surgery, just because I'll be recovering and still on a liquid diet, but after that - I look forward to going out to eat - and ordering something like an appetizer and Water and not being able to finish it. Think of the money you'll save!

My countdown...surgery on 7/23 can't wait to start losing.

Am 5 days into pre op and am now feeling depressed and scared of all you just said. At the moment, I feel like I'll never again have a normal life, I know better but that's how it feels. It's also hard on my wife who is not doing this and that's making it even harder, even though she's very supportive. Struggling mightily