I have been waiting for actually getting a surgery date and jumping through all of the hoops and testing but now that i have a date I am nervous. Am I making the right decision? If I have failed so many times before - will this actually really work this time? I am so afraid I will fail and need to get myself in the right headspace. I have been trying out the pre-op diet early and am losing but very slowly. Can I even compare my weight loss trends today for after surgery at all? I went to a support group last week at my bariatric center and heard all sorts of great stories but finding it sooo hard to imagine I won’t be hungry - which I heard from so many of the participants in the group. I need to hear from other people who had these same fears of failure and how it translated after surgery. I want to be successful at weight loss and getting healthy once and for all!

It is normal to have second thoughts. It is a huge life change and commitment

you'll lose weight quickly at first, but eventually (timing depending on how much weight you have to lose), you'll slow down to the more typical 1-2 lbs a week. BUT...you'll lose as long as you stick to your plan. And you won't fail if you're committed to your program and follow the rules. The most weight I'd ever been able to lose pre-surgery was 60 lbs - which I promptly regained. There were many times I lost 20 or 30 lbs - only to regain. This was the only thing that "worked" for me.

btw - I lost 16 lbs the first month, then 10-12 lbs a month for maybe the next six months, then 5-8 lbs a month until I was about a year out. Then it became outrageously slow - maybe 2-3 lbs a month - until it stopped.