My surgery was just scheduled for the end of September, and I immediately had second doubts.

For the past 6 months I have been working toward this surgery and have lost 46 pounds (HW: 317, CW: 271). I've always been big, and I've never been able to lose more than 30-40 pounds and keep it off. But now I'm wondering if I could do lose the rest on my own, but I don't know how realistic or hard that would be. I've also been on Lomaira for the past 2 months, and I can tell a difference in my appetite, which has helped. It's hard to say if that's been the major thing helping or the fact that I've taken getting health more seriously than ever.

So my question to others is.... did you have any doubts? Did you question whether or not you could lose the weight on your own? Was there any information you learned that sealed the deal? I'm just wondering how others handled their anxiety and fears around the surgery. Thank you!

I second guessed myself through most of the process. It boiled down to being afraid to succeed and losing the weight means breaking down some walls I had put up.

I would say it's normal to question such a major surgery and everything it entails. But I would say when making your choice to think of whether it was hard or easy to lose the weight.

If you can keep the same discipline up for the rest of your life then maybe you don't need the surgery.

The surgery isn't a quick fix but it is a great tool to help those of us who have yo-yo dieted and lost and regained weight. For me it helped in that I knew the majority of my stomach would be removed and I would not be able to physically eat as much as before so it would make me stick with it as I wouldn't have a choice.

It also helped knowing that the hormone that causes hunger, ghrelin would be greatly reduced thus helping with the weight loss as well.

So for me the surgery was the right choice.