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your time is coming up fast! good for you!

it does seem awfully quiet here, doesn't it?

toni o

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i sometimes wonder that myself...but i do try to reach out to those on this forum

if anyone wants to talk, please just let me know...it doesnt have to be about weight loss, it can be about anything

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Please add me to. My surgery was the 12th. Four days ago. My pre op was or our weeks, went great and I lost 30 pounds. This post band whole new adventure. We live fairly rural. So this forum is my support. Please start conversations or keep threading, I will take anything at this point lol

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Please add me to. My surgery was the 12th. Four days ago. My pre op was or our weeks, went great and I lost 30 pounds. This post band whole new adventure. We live fairly rural. So this forum is my support. Please start conversations or keep threading, I will take anything at this point lol

wow, four days, you are a newbie...how are you doing?? its nice to have people who are in the (shoes) be there to help you understand and offer each other support...

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I am doing better today than I have. Pressure n as killed me. I thought I was going o die. Pain meds, chicken broth n lifetime network got me through. Tuesday back to work n reality. Hopefully that will go okay.

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well, if you feel you cant handle work, dont go

i know the first coupe of days i was very tired...but you sound like you are doing well

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I'm here! I'm new and just starting my journey. I have lots of questions and lots of anxiety about insurance.

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I am 22 months into my journey I have lost 209 pounds ....granted I am not fat anymore ....but it wasn't that long ago and I'm happy to answer any questions to help someone else get to their goals

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Did you get approved first then have to do the pre diet? Or prediet then approval?

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I made an appointment with my Dr and told her I was done being fat.

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i sometimes wonder that myself...but i do try to reach out to those on this forum

if anyone wants to talk' date=' please just let me know...it doesnt have to be about weight loss, it can be about anything[/quote']

I am here for everyone who needs any kind of support :)

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I was banded on the 13th September - still a little sore

Angel, how are you doing? I just posted update but doing much better....jan

Banded 9/12

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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    • KimBaxleyWilson

      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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