I have less than a month to go and I am trying to learn as much as I can. I am most interested in learning about how/what to eat and how to manage changing clothing sizes so frequently. I was trim in HS and gained most of my weight after moving into a sedentary job. I am excited to get rid of my diabetes and sleep apnea and have the energy to play with my kids again.

Hi,

Which procedure are you having? I had RNY gastric bypass 2 weeks ago and am able to move on from full liquids starting tomorrow. I have been doing OK with the Protein shakes and popsicles (full liquid) diet but have had occasional hunger. My NUT thinks once I start "real" food tomorrow, I will no longer have hunger, so I'm excited for that. As far as what you should eat, your surgeon's office will give you a list of foods you can eat and when you can move on to other foods. My surgeon has had me on a full liquid diet since surgery, which included Protein Shakes, yogurt, SF Jello, and SF popsicles. The pureed stage, which starts tomorrow, will allow pureed chicken, pureed Soups, eggs, etc.

As far as clothing sizes, I have yo-yo'd for so many years that I have clothes from size 12 through 28. But I have heard others mention thrift stores as places where they bought clothes until their weight loss slowed.

Thrift stores are great places for clothes while you lose quickly. Aside from the obvious (Goodwill, salvation army) you can Google consignment store in your city. Here in OKC, we have some great consignment places that sell used clothing at great prices.

I'm looking forward to utilizing those places as soon as I get the OK from the insurance and I get this surgery! LOL

Ask family and friends who u know are of smaller sizes and see what they have and if you don't have to dress fancy for work all kinds of tights work great!