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Aussie girl sleeve Fri 28 August!

smileygal

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whisper43    45

whisper43
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Im in Newcastle... Would love it to have a buddy here!!

I'm in Newy, too.

Sleeve booked with Tim in early December. Are you using Tim or Costa (or going somewhere else)?

I am going with Dr Wong in Gosford.. I didn't want everyone knowing around town... I know a couple of nurses and didn't want to risk answering questions i wasn't ready for! Im booked in for Nov 12!

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smileygal    43

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Good luck froody, ifrit & Naomi!! Your new life begins!!!

8 weeks post op today. Saw the surgeon yesterday. He is happy with my progress. I can eat anything at all now. Just small amounts.

Now comes the challenge of working with this tool and making the right good choices and fitting in exercise to my life. I work full time with a 12 & 14 year old at home and a husband who travels a lot. As I'm already away from the kids 9-10 hrs a day I find it hard to book in more 'me time' to exercise. Need to do stuff with them I think. Any ideas??

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BCs 1000    364

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Smileygal - I work full time and have two little kids. My husband works nights so is at work in the mornings and asleep when we get home from work/school.

I try and get as much exercise into my commute as possible. I walk to a station further than the closest to home which gives me a 20 minute walk each way, but I only added about 10 minutes of travel time.

I have also started Jillian Michael's beginner shred that I can do at home once the kids have settled.

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Shotochick    35

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Smiley - time to take up karate, with the kids. I used to teach in Sydney and parents who train with their kids (inclyding teenagers) really found it a great way to bond with them at an awkward age...they became quite competitive with each other!

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froody    9

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Oooh good luck, Ifrit! Come back and give us a full report when you're up to it! Xx

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BCs 1000    364

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Best of luck Ifrit. I hope it goes very smoothly and you recover well.

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NaomiAus    104

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One more sleep...just had my last meal (shake)...chat to you on the flip side.

Best of luck! Hope it goes smoothly for you

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Shotochick    35

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Just a quick update...I feel pretty good...could be the drugs...a bit burpy!

You will be gassy as all hell for the next week - the joy of having your chest pumped with air! Glad you went well - when are they sending you home?

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BCs 1000    364

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You sound like you are doing great. There is no way I could have posted the day of surgery. I was still rolling around moaning and vomiting.

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froody    9

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Great stuff, Ifrit!

The rate I'm going, I'll be twenty kilos heavier by the time December ninth roles around. I just can't seem to stop the food funeral - pizza, tuna Pasta bake (which I love and hadn't had for years), all sorts of junk .... I do well for a day or two and then bang, it's back to eating whatever I feel like, whenever I feel like. I seriously want it to stop because I don't want to have to take off what I've just put on, but can't seem to help myself.

Sigh.

Roles = rolls

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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. summerseeker

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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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