lyndeeboo

Oh sweet lady! I could have written this post myself but since I'm having a 'strong' day I can tell you this: you ARE doing the right thing IF this is what you want! Nothing in life is ever easy, but you have to just keep rolling with the punches. I am like you in not telling anyone (besides a few close friends and my husband) that I'm having surgery. I've had to go to wayyyyy too many appointments and I feel like my boss and coworkers HAVE to know something is up...then again, maybe they're all too busy to notice? I hope so Don't be so hard on yourself! It sucks that you're having so much come up over and over again that seems like it's getting in the way, but the fact remains that you're still trucking along and that is GREAT! Take one day at a time, celebrate your successes (like the candy bar - - yay you!!!) and I'm sure your surgery date will be here before you know it!!!

I can remember my first nutrition appt and in the blink of an eye I completed my last 'required' one yesterday. I plan on continuing to see mine, however, because I adore her! She's uplifting and supportive and I feel like if I keep seeing her I might have a fighting chance at this to be successful. Glad your first appt went well! Best of luck with your journey!

Best of luck. You've got this!!!

You are glowing!! great job for working that sleeve!

Heck yeah I can see a difference! You go girl!

It makes me sad how mean people can be hidden behind their computers....so sad. People that have never had a weight problem /food addiction can't understand what it's like to fight a never ending battle with yourself

I'm so glad you came back and updated...but HOLY COW! Girl, you were SICK Glad they got you in check and that your weight is going back down. How very scary. Since it was pneumonia I wonder if the pain in your ribcage area was possibly your lungs? Regardless, I'm happy you're on your way to recovery!

I had it all planned out. I wasn't telling anyone except my husband and my two best friends. I had decided no one else needed to know because it was MY business. When people asked how I was losing the weight I was going to tell them eating better and exercising. When I needed to take a week off of work I was going to say I had to have a hernia repaired. But realistically, can I get away with that? I mean, most that have had this surgery drop weight crazy-fast. Will anyone truly believe I've lost 40 pounds in 2 months? Considering I won't be able to really exercise until 6 weeks post surgery, and that will be when I drop a BUNCH of weight (I'm thinking positive here...I WILL lose weight!!!) am I going to be the only one believing my lies??? My reason for not telling is simple. When people hear you've had weight loss surgery, right away they think you've taken the easy way out. And I guess in a way, I AM taking the easy way out. BUT, I can't do it on my own. I've tried SO many times and just can't stick with it. I need something more powerful than myself. I don't think that people that don't have a food addiction can possibly understand the relationship I have with food, just as I cannot understand why someone can't just put down a pack of ciggarettes and stop smoking. I don't want people discrediting all of the hard work I'm doing (exercising, eating better, etc) and give ALL of the credit to the surgery. I know that's lame, but I want some of the credit! But for those of you that have done this...is it realistic to not tell anyone??? I'm not a god liar, so if anyone ASKS me if I had WLS I would tell the truth...I'd rather tell the truth than be caught in a lie. BUT, dang it I don't want people to know I'm having surgery!!!

Anyone with a thyroid condition? I've always heard that people with thyroid conditions benefit from losing weight....but when you have a thyroid condition, sometimes it doesn't matter WHAT you do (diet, exercise), sometimes that darn weight just won't come off. I'm curious if any of you sleever's that had a thyroid condition had success with weight loss, just like everyone else, or if the thyroid problems were/are still a curse. If you DID lose weight thanks to the sleeve and hard work, have you noticed that your thyroid issues have been any more controlled?

I can TOTALLY relate! I WANT this surgery, yet one of my fears is that I will become depressed when I can't eat as MUCH of my favorite things as I used to...how silly! It's not that I can't eat my favorite things, it's that I can't eat AS MUCH...and I wonder if that will make me depressed! SO DUMB that I let food control me the way that it does. I haven't had those thoughts lately....this past week my thoughts have been how NICE it will be to have some new (smaller outfits)...ummm yeah. I don't think I will even have surgery until August, yet I'm already NOT doing any shopping because I want smaller outfits...I can't wait for the surgery so my skinny body can catch up with my skinny mind

NICE!!! I love each of your NSV's and you give me hope that I, too, can have your success! Way to go for doing so well

Okay, great, that is exactly what I was wondering! I first wanted to make sure that weight loss was still possible, and then I was curious to see if meds were able to be reduced. WOW, so it IS true that weight loss truly has positive hormonal effects. I had always heard that it did, but this is proof! Thank you for responding, ladies

Just wanted to wish you luck! Originally I was wanting to be banded...thought it was less scary than permanently being sleeved...but the more i thought about it and researched it, the more the sleeve looked to be the way for me to go. I hope your journey is quick and uneventful and you're on your road to being sleeved soon

How are you today??? I just saw your above post...I say go to another doctor TODAY. No sense in waiting until your Doc returned Monday. What you are describing are reason to be concerned to me. don't wait!!! Maybe it's nothing and we can all laugh with you about it, but to me those symptoms don't sound like 'nothing'. Swelling, rapid weight gain, pain under a rib cage, tenderness and warmth don't sound like no big deal type of symptoms. Please go get it checked out TODAY!!!

I wanted to wish you luck!!!

Please keep us posted. Hoping it's nothing major, but glad that you're not ignoring whatever is going on

I love your testimony!!! Way to give God all of the glory and to trust in Him!!!

I want to follow responses. Up until this point I've thought I will tell people what you have told them...that you're on a high protein/low carb diet...but I worry that I will feel GUILTY later on that I haven't told the truth! You're making me reconsider what I tell people if you truly DO feel guilty! Ugh, why do I feel like I need to be an open book!!! By the way, congrats on looking so dang good

I admire you ladies, and as I get closer to surgery, or maybe even after having it, maybe I can do what you have done. I just have a LOT of nay-sayers in my life...and it always seems that the ones AGAINST what you want to do are so much more vocal and opinionated than the supportive ones. Specifically my MIL and a few coworkers. I work with a department full of men (men talk smack SO MUCH more than women!!!) and I have been witness on more than one occassion to my MIL as well as a few of the guys I work with speaking negatively about other people who have had WLS. I can count on one hand the people that would be negative about the surgery, but it's those people who are actively in my life and that I cannot get away from, that are making me NOT want to share my surgery with anyone. I am sure that 95% of every, single person in my life would be supportive, but it's that 5% that make me cringe when I think of what will come out of their mouths. I may change my mind as I get a surgery date, and hearing that you ladies have had no problems with people knowing make me feel better about the situation, should I decide to share. thank you for your stories!

I cannot WAIT to no longer have to shop at Lane Bryant! On my list of reasons for WLS surgery, one of them is "No longer shop at Lane Bryant!"Good for you, girl!!!

You all make me SO HAPPY!!! thank you for taking the time to share your personal stories with me and to tell me that I CAN "tell the truth" and get away with it. I am just SO READY for this to all be behind me and to be on the other side. Every single day I'm one step closer to being a healthier person and I CAN NOT WAIT! Daily I'm making better choices, and every time I make a good choice I get such a good feeling...it will be nice to be sleeved and have the willpower to keep on making great choices instead of what I've done my entire life, which is make good choices for a few weeks and then 'fall off the wagon'. Thank you for the wonderful feedback!

What a great thing to have to do! Congrats on your success!!!

What an amazing transformation and testimony!! I'm still in the waiting stages and seeing posts like this take away ANY doubt and fear that I might have. Thank you for this! And seriously, can you look like any more of a SUPERMODEL?!?! You are gorgeous!!!

Hahaha, that's what my Mom always told me when I would be having a pity party about not losing much weight in one of my MANY attempts at weight loss. It's always 'stuck' with me and weeks when I will only lose one pound, picking up a POUND of better at least gives me a smile Are you still stalled, or have you started losing again?

....I hope you saw the rest of that sentence that said "But...." and continued with saying that regardless of the stall I personally thought she was doing great. I was attempting to support the original poster and not discredit her being disappointed at her stall, but trying to POSITIVELY point out that she had already lost 61 pounds, which in itself is a huge, amazing accomplishment! As I said, I haven't been sleeved and am SURE I will have moments where I need support...my comment to the poster was just one that was trying to be supportive