Any other October sleeves?

I’m very anxious. I had planned on doing this last year and I chickened out. I’m trying not to get into my head too much.

My date is 10/15/18. I am getting more excited/nervous every day. I've been working on getting approval for a little over a year. I am an (traveling) operating room nurse and I know exactly how/what goes on pre-op and during surgery. It's more of what happens post op that has me nervous. I don't want to wake up thinking "WTF did I just do to myself?" I want to heal properly, with no complications, and be able to follow all the rules/recommendations. I want it to be an uneventful recovery. I know I'm letting my nerves get to me. I'm not generally an anxious person. (Except when flying.) However, this is the biggest life changing experience that I've ever faced. How do you deal with all the emotions/nerves?

I feel the same qay. Am I making a mistake????

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On 09/11/2018 at 11:24, sleevemebaby7781 said:

O.g, I just did the math.... 24 more days. What am.I doing???????

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Not long to go!

Just had my surgery date moved to 29th September!

Just got a tentative date of October 10. My insurance just received my package so I don't know if its approved or not. Feeling stunned that the time may be so close. Just wasn't expecting it. Hopefully the insurance will come through. I'm anxious and scared.

My date is for 10/1/18

That’s also my date

Hi all! Surgery date is on October 8th and I am so excited and nervous at the same time. What are some of the things you all are doing for your liquid diet? I am considering Pure Protein or Premier Protein powders for my shakes. My surgeon recommended 4 shakes/day in between I can have plain Greek yogurt, sugar free popsicle and pudding (meh). If one shake is 25-30g protein wouldn’t that be too much protein for 1 day? Will have to call my nutritionist. Anyway I’m glad to be a part of the October sleevers!

I got mine October 3, 2017 and just reached my goal today. I believe I could have reached it earlier but I wanted to pace myself and build more muscle to replace the fat trying to minimize sagging skin. I still have more fat to lose. I aim to replace that with more chest pectoral muscles. I am hoping to stay around 180-185 when all is done. I was a gym rat but with a new puppy at home I have switched to resistance bands for a different workout. My buddy showed me a pic after 2 months of banding and I thought he was on steroids. With the bands I can spend more time at home working out 45 minutes a day and playing with my new puppy. Will be walking during my lunch break. I consider myself half way there. Now that I reached my goal, I will judge my success in 2-3 years from now. I believe the last leg is of utmost importance to ensure you have changed your lifestyle and stick to a sound maintenance regime.

Good Luck in your weight loss journey!

My friends have been asking me how to lose weight and I prepared this for them. I let them know about the surgery and my 19 month journey. I let them know I can eat what I want or at least taste it or have a 1/2 cup (knowing that I will have to makeup for it possibly). I also provided a pdf attachment of the same.

Weight Loss Tips

Below are some tools/suggestions I have for weight loss
If you can be “accountable” for what passes your lips you may be on your way to achieving your weight loss goals.
The tool I use to help me be accountable is “My Fitness Pal.”
Click link here https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ There is an app for it as well.
Here you will log your weight, meals, snacks, exercise, water, etc. I use it to plan my meals; it keeps track of just about
everything, and it’s free. Once you start logging a complete day it will give you a prediction on how much weight you will
lose in a month if you continue eating the same way as that day. I personally try to maintain at least 1200 – 1500
calories a day. I have protein, carb, sugar and fat goals. I log everything from sugarless candy to nuts and you should too.
No shame in being honest with yourself. To lose weight you cannot starve yourself; your metabolism will slow down
slowing down your success. I am on a low-carb not no-carb diet as you need carbs. You must eat, hydrate and exercise.
Exercises are broken down into cardio or muscle building. I started with minimum of 30 minutes of exercise a day and
now my daily goal is 45 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight training.
Exercising

Walking – Is the best exercise aside from running for weight loss. Walking is easier on your joints.

Mix it up – Don’t do the same exercises day in and day out. When exercising your legs, you can walk, jump, skip, leap,
stretch, squat, and run.
Calisthenics – best exercises to combine with walking. There are tons of free YouTube videos to work out to like these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K727ao6Kjr4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CE4ijWlQ18

I keep sugarless candies nearby to satisfy my sweet tooth. My favs are lifesavers and werther’s hard candy.

Water Water Water Water – I cannot say it enough. You need to drink a lot of water. Often times we think we are
hungry when we are actually thirsty. Keep a water bottle on hand at all times.

I have little goals I set like; I can’t get off the basketball court unless I have made three free throws in a row every day (I
made 13 yesterday). Find something you enjoy like swimming or walking a beautiful mountain trail. Find a buddy and
hold each other accountable. If you did not make at least a light circle of sweat around your neckline, you did not push
yourself hard enough.

Vitamins – Is a must. When you start cutting calories, you may not get all the nourishment you need to lose weight. Take
good quality vitamins. I take a multi-vitamin, also biotin, B complex and baby aspirin.

Clean out the garage, clean something and log it in as exercise. Do not get complacent and move, move, move!

I have cheat days once in a while where I have lifted my boundaries but always, always get back on the horse and charge forward

Weight Loss Tips.pdf

Edited September 13, 20187 yr by FishOn
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