Hello everyone,

I am 35 yrs old, 5'2, and weigh 200lbs. My current BMI is 36. I have battled with weight my entire life. After seeing all the success stories and before and afters, I felt the sleeve is the perfect tool for me to finally succeed with my weight loss journey. My surgery is coming up on Sep 1st and I am internally freaking out more and more each day. I am pretty social person and also consider myself a foodie. My weight isn't necessarily from eating junk food, I actually eat very healthy, especially during the week; it's more about not staying consistent when I'm dining out, traveling, or hanging with friends and enjoying myself with food and drinks. My nervousness and second thoughts about the surgery come from that aspect of my life changing dramatically for the rest of my life. Did anyone else have these fears before the surgery? Did anybody else over indulge before pre-op diet with the last meal mentality?? I'm finding it hard to keep in mind why I'm doing it and only focusing on the fear of the changes to my lifestyle

Edited August 13, 20178 yr by Lk664

Yes: today is the first day of my pre-op diet and I've just had my very first protein shake ever. After all I've read on here, it was better than I expected! Yes, I had the indulgent "final" meals. Now it's time to follow the plan and change my life. I love to cook and to eat and don't eat fast food or a lot of junk--just too many carbs, too many fats.

One of the things I've realized is that there really won't be anything off-limits for life in terms of the sleeve--but there are things that SHOULD be off-limits for the sake of my health. I'm okay with that: maybe I'll miss bread and mashed potatoes, but are they really worth the diabetes, ,knee pain, high blood pressure, etc.? NO.

Hang in there, Lk664 . . . and keep focusing on how much better your life will be in the future.