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qbeefabuliz85    34

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Today is surgery day and I made it! With this process, there is definitely a sense of great accomplishment despite the gas pain of course and discomfort lol....let’s remind ourselves of the reason we are doing this....to create a balanced, healthy life full of mountains we are set to climb and conquer. Cheers and blessings to everyone waiting on their surgery date and to those who have just made it to the loser’s bench!!! WE GOT THIS!! #Warrior

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DropWt4Life    957

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Congratulations! You definitely have the right attitude. You will do well!

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LittleLizzieLilliput    919

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I LOVE your fire and energy!! You are 100% RIGHT!!!!!! WE ARE WARRIORS!! People have no idea just how hard this is and the amount of determination it takes, I think your drive and enthusiasm is exactly the engine fuel you need. YOU GOT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so proud of you for doing it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks for that! It's actually what i really needed to hear right now. My surgery isn't scheduled until January, so I'm trying to lose what I can now. I've got to overcome this head hunger thing.... I can do this! I'm a warrior, too!

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Thanks for your energy! I'm 10 months out and in a real rut. I need your newbie fire! And also, great job--hope it all went well!

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qbeefabuliz85    34

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I LOVE your fire and energy!! You are 100% RIGHT!!!!!! WE ARE WARRIORS!! People have no idea just how hard this is and the amount of determination it takes, I think your drive and enthusiasm is exactly the engine fuel you need. YOU GOT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so proud of you for doing it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Thank you so much! It was a little nerve-racking at first but the opinions of others are that of people who don’t truly understand the process. Knowledge is power!! [emoji5]


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qbeefabuliz85    34

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Thanks for that! It's actually what i really needed to hear right now. My surgery isn't scheduled until January, so I'm trying to lose what I can now. I've got to overcome this head hunger thing.... I can do this! I'm a warrior, too!

Congrats on your January date....and the head hunger was the first step of the mental preparation that we will continue to need. Every time I looked at a plate one of my family members had, I just stopped to remind myself that we didn’t get this far for nothing. You got this and I’m happy for you! Sending blessings and prayers in advance!! #WARRIOR

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qbeefabuliz85    34

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Thanks for your energy! I'm 10 months out and in a real rut. I need your newbie fire! And also, great job--hope it all went well!


Thank you! And yes, this process can allow growth when we continue to focus on the greater picture. Congrats on your 10th month! All is well #WARRIOR Love that hashtag lol


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congratulations on making it to the losers bench!!! Keep that fire and you will do fantastic!!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

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