I'm about 3 months into my 6/7 months of preop wait for my insurance and I've been doing all the things to get ready for this surgery. I keep reading the books, finding people to follow online, exercising, trying to watch what I eat, but for the life of me I feel like I'm already failing. I was on Saxenda and was doing great, but my insurance decided I didn't need it and now I'm worried I won't lose weight before surgery. I don't have an amount I have to lose and the dr office says I'm doing great, but I keep putting so much pressure on myself. Almost as if I should be losing a ton of weight alone, however, if I could, I wouldn't need wls. Right. Haha. Sorry I just needed a place to let these feelings out. Does anyone have any tips on managing this pressure/anxiety? Any tips on something to read? I guess maybe it's the wait, I'm ready now to take this journey, but with trying all I can I keep losing nothing and it's so defeating.

10 minutes ago, blizair09 said:

I absolutely do. I keep my carbs below 25 grams per day. I lost over 100% of my excess weight (I am actually below goal at 173 pounds), and I have been maintaining for months.

That's awesome! Thank you for your advice.