Hi everyone, glad to see there's a little UK sub group on here as I've found it hard to find local support groups (don't see to be many in the UK). Yay ????

I'd love to hear a little about you guys.

My name is Nikki (age 37) & I live in Hertfordshire with my hubby & gorgeous little girl. I am at the early stages of the WLS journey. Been doing loads of research online & having discussions with my GP over the last few weeks & have decided that I think the gastric sleeve is the right route for me. I think I'll end up doing it as self pay rather than NHS & am waiting to hear back from the surgeons office re. a date for a first appointment.

Part of me is super excited but I am also so scared .... Weirdly I'm not that scared about the procedure itself (although it does make me nervous), What really scares me is that I'll fail at this too ????.

I have been fat my whole life, and my whole life I've been told by numerous people that the only reason I'm fat is because I choose to be and that if I just ate less & moved more and really really tried hard enough I could be thin. I've been on lots of diets and even lost a pretty large amount of weight once (about ) but just put it all back on (+more!). I can't blame my weight on a medical condition or a traumatic childhood event so basically I've come to the conclusion that it's my lack of willpower/laziness??? And that's why I'm scared - what if I fail at this just liked I've failed at my other diets.

I feel super motivated & excited & positive about this amazing opportunity, but if I'm honest I've felt this way before when starting a diet and haven't stuck to it. ????

Did anyone else feel this way? Am I just being overly negative?

Yay!!!!! Once you've got the first couple of days out of the way when, I have to be honest, I felt like death warmed up, you really do feel like you've emerged from a cocoon. The thing is, do as is suggested with your protein, water etc. and you will keep emerging from your fat cocoon. I am loving every step of my journey and I just hope that you do too. Let's hope that you have lost the 'scared' bit and now have just all the excitement! Believe me, the whole journey is just sooooo exciting.

Thanks and yes definitely excited now ... Personal question even if you get your Water in is your wee darker than normal please mine is and I'm a little worried it's because I'm not getting enough (64 floz)

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I can't say that I noticed mine being any darker but the truth is I don't think I looked! Stop worrying anyway- I've only got one kidney and my body managed to cope with no problem. Don't get yourself in a lather about the exact amount of water you are getting in, just do what you can. Relax, Rome wasn't built in a day just as a stone wasn't demolished in a day. Let your body sort out what the hell just happened to it. You'll get there but not by stressing. Now just go and enjoy the thought that this is the beginning of a new you x

Cheers jinty to be honest as each hour goes by I'm settling more and more and know this is a process and my body is just doing what it needs to do and I'm already seeing impressive results and emotionally feeling better too xxx

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The emotional side is just as satisfying as the weight is dropping off. I'm still a grumpy old git but I do walk around, especially on dog walks with a grin on my face that makes me look like the village idiot! I love wishing people who have faces liked smacked arses a cheery 'good morning' or whatever to see if I can make them crack. My dog walking pals do it too now. Great sport! I did five miles round the two Royal parks just by me the other day (no problem, easy peasy except junior dog found and ate a dead parakeet feathers and all) and managed a decent score of frozen faced humans who didn't defrost. Maybe it's my smile...........maybe they think that I am going to launch myself at them like Hannibal Lecter........... Who cares. I feel fit, happy and I'm loving wearing fun clothes. You've got all this waiting for you. Just think what you can be sliding to for the Christmas Season. Keep being excited. I am.

Edited May 8, 201610 yr by jintycb