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mjfx2    31

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I have my last Appt for Medical weight management in June ... Hoping to have my surgery July or August ... Any one else planning on having gastric bypass around then?

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amyemer    4

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I'm hoping for August as that's the earliest my insurance will allow however I'm still waiting on a call on the referral to even get the process started.

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Tasia88    1

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I'll be completing my supervised 6 month diet in June. I'm hoping to have my surgery in July or August before my kids go back to school. I'll be meeting my surgeon for the first time on Feb. 16th. I'm excited but also nervous about the upcoming appointment :)

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MaggieH2    50

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I will be having my surgery in July (fingers crossed!). My 6 month supervised diet will be done in March. I am waiting until July because I have so many obligations this spring that I can't risk not feeling well. I will have to have one last pcp visit 30 days before they will try for aporoval. I am so nervous of gaining any of the weight back between March and July. I have never been very good at keeping weight off! Very afraid of self sabotage.... Glad to meet you all! I hope we will all be successful. It will be great to have people at the same point!

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mjfx2    31

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I will be having my surgery in July (fingers crossed!). My 6 month supervised diet will be done in March. I am waiting until July because I have so many obligations this spring that I can't risk not feeling well. I will have to have one last pcp visit 30 days before they will try for aporoval. I am so nervous of gaining any of the weight back between March and July. I have never been very good at keeping weight off! Very afraid of self sabotage.... Glad to meet you all! I hope we will all be successful. It will be great to have people at the same point!

Thank you everyone for your responses.

MaggieH2 I haven't really been instructed to start losing weight I'm guessing that may come at my next Appt ,,, what did you do to lose weight?

How much were you able to lose?

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MaggieH2    50

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Mjfx2-
To be honest, I haven't lost any weight [emoji53]. I have been logging my food with My Fitness Pal and using my Fitbit to try and get between 10 and 15 thousand steps a day. They don't have a certain amount I need to lose, I just need to not gain. I am struggling more than ever to lose any. Without my crash dieting or fad diets , I just seem to flounder. My nutritionist thinks my diet is pretty good with the exception of portion size and snacking with evening snacking on cheese and wine.... he believes my metabolism is screwy from all my yrs of yoyo dieting.... I can't wait to finally have a solution.!
Keep me updated on what your dr has you do....
i have been replacing Breakfast with premier protien a couple days a week

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lalaredd111    28

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Im Planning to have my surgery the end of May or early June.


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HeavyE    16

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I am scheduled for surgery on July 10th. Originally was scheduled for March but I had to push it back. I'm in the process of getting my ducks in a row for surgery. I have my second NUT appointment in 2 weeks (only need 3) and I have to start my pre-op diet at the end of June. I can't wait, but have waited this long, what are a couple more months. Good luck to all of us!

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mjfx2    31

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MaggieH2 -

I have my next appt next Wednesday. I'll let you know if there are any guidelines to have me lose weight before surgery. If I heard the lady from my insurance plan correctly she said my surgery wouldn't depend on whether I lost, gained or stayed the same. But of course it would be nice if I lost some.

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lalaredd111    28

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I had my first app feb 9th. Aetna does a 3 month diet. Surgery will be sometime in June.

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mjfx2    31

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How's everyone doing? I had my 2nd NUT Appt last week. I had to set a couple of goals. So we decided I would focus on not skipping meals and increase my steps. I've definitely have done better with not skipping meals and increased my steps over the weekend but not so good over the past two days. Going to keep plugging along though. Please share if you are working on anything?

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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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      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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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