I'm still working on pre-op stuff. I'm told that it will likely be February before I have surgery. Any recommendations in the meantime? I'm currently doing 1200 calories and 1 hour of cardio, 5 days per week. How do I keep my sanity until then? I'm really impatient about the wait.

I dropped 50+ lbs pre-surgery by cutting out all foods containing sugar, flour, white potatoes, rice, and processed foods. These are my trigger foods. I consider myself to be a sugar/food addict. I can never go back to eating these things with abandon.

I started using the Baritastic app. I occasionally used liquid protein shakes during that period. My calorie count dropped to around 1000 per day. I attended water exercise classes three days a week, including swimming 1/4 mile each time. I also increased my mileage on my walking tricycle to at least a mile a day.

I've lost another 50+ lbs since my RNY>RNY revision surgery. I still strive to avoid my trigger foods. It's harder to resist now and weight loss is slow going, but I'm still dropping a few pounds a month with lengthy stalls.

Wow! You are a Rockstar! I hope to be as successful. I'd love to be able to swim but I live in a rural community with no local pool. Congratulations on your successes and thank you for the tips!

It will go by faster than you think. Just keep following the plan.

For me, the longer I ate healthy in a that same 1200 calorie deficit, the more it became second nature. It gets easier as time goes & it'll go by QUICK. That discipline will become a habit!

Thanks. That gives me hope. I appreciate your reply.

I had my surgery in the pandemic. It should have been a 4 month wait but ended up being 8. It broke me at times but the information I gained while waiting and reading back pages of this forum really set me up for success. I knew exactly what to expect. In the New year the time will fly for you. You will be so busy getting your house ready [ nesting] and then doing your pre-op diet. I made broths for the freezer and bought a mixture of foods for the early days like instant porridge and a variety of protein yogurts etc. Being older and disabled at the time I didnt have much energy while recovering so was really glad of this prep work.

Wow. Having surgery during the pandemic must have been challenging. I do notice that I'm in a nesting pattern so I smiled when I read that you were too. I'm a 2nd grade teacher and I hope to get back to work after 2 weeks. I'm extremely hopeful that I will be able to. Reading the forums definitely helps as I try to distract myself. Congratulations on your progress. Thank you for your reply.

the dietitian I did my six-month pre-op diet with had me eating 2000 calories/day and exercising at least 3x a week, I think (well, I'm sure on the calories - I can't remember how often she had me exercising). Between that and the all-liquid two-week diet my surgeon required, I lost 57 lbs (15-20 of that was from the two-week liquid diet)). But then I weighed over 300 lbs, so I would have lost weight on 2000 cal/day no matter what (I was probably eating 3000 calories before that in order to maintain that weight). It wasn't that hard to do. I think i would have struggled on 1200 calories, but then, it's likely I started out much heavier than you.

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I started the Seattle Sutton Healthy Eating program. I thought I was eating lightly but after beginning this program with portion sized meals, I have definitely realized that I wasn't. I've only lost 18 lbs since my first weigh in. I did lose 3 this week though. Congratulations on your successes. You should be so proud of yourself!

I’m in the same boat as you…and understand the anxiety of just wanting it to come.

I need 12 visits in my program per my insurance which puts me in Feb-Mar 2023.

I try to use the time to really study my eating habits, get educated on what to expect, make lists of what I’ll need, try different shakes and such…that helps. YouTube us great for education videos. I’m really trying to “think” about why I eat, what I eat, etc.

I made myself a binder with all my info, visit reports, etc to review and keep track. I use myfitnesspal.com to track food and exercise.

Think about other distractions…things you always wanted to get done, new hobbies, a new reading list, etc.

Make this time about “you”. Taking care of you, prioritizing you, really studying you, so when surgery comes, you are in a good place and ready for your new life…YOUR new life.

You have got your ducks in a row. I think it helps us to feel like we have some control over the situation when we can do these things. Congratulations on the steps of your journey. May our waits be short!