Michele M.

I'm pre-op and my surgery is scheduled for next Monday, November 21st. I am begining to have second thoughts and I really want to make sure this is the right decision! I have heard both good and bad stories and I am so confused on what I should do! Also, I am paying for it myself, so that is also a reason I am begining to second question everything : (

Thanks for all the advice everyone! I spoke with my "representative" today at True Results, and we postponed my surgery till January, and the best part is she will call me and check in with me in January. So I have some more time to consider and really give this deep thought and research.

I'm new on here and was searching for people with advice. I have heard tons of good and bad stories and my surgery is scheduled only a week away, so I need advice The sooner the better please!

Eww... Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead sounds pretty scarry... but motivating and eye-opening I presume! So are you also contemplating the decision of surgery? You seem very well informed, not just on the surgery, but on nutrition as well.

Thanks for the website! It's great and will help me out since I am just begining to cook lol : / I am so glad you were honest with me and weren't telling me to go ahead and go do it just because. I know it has been wonderful for some people, but for me I have been contemplating the decision very hard. I did do some research, one of my friends that got lap-band loved it and lost weight, and the other gained weight and eats everything they used to. I know, my head sure does need fixing lol My parents were so worried! They were supportive, but I could tell they were really worried, so I'm sure they will be happy I'm waiting and trying other options. You want to know the saddest/funniest bit of all... my husband co-owns a gym that I have full access to and a nutritionist.... and here I am jumping feet first into this :/ Thank you for opening my eyes, and making me take a good look into what I'm doing wiand the decisions I'm making : )

Thank you so much for responding : ) I think the reality of it is kicking in. I'm just scared I guess

Glover, I am so sorry. I read my comment about not getting the surgery and going with everyone's advise and it sounded really snappy! Not the way I intended on it I really meant it in a sarcastic funny way.. too bad computers can't show our emotions lol I would like to apologize for that. I am also a little light headed from being on the pre-op diet and I'm quite hungry lol

No, thank you so much! That's just what I need to honesty! Like you said, I am young and I have been feeling like I kind of jumped into this. My husband told me to at least hold off and reshedule for a few months and see if I can lose the weight since I am just getting back into sports. When I am in the sports, I can generally eat what I want and stay at a certain weight, however it's just reaching that point. I feel like I have lost a good amount of weight on this pre-op diet and that has got me thinking that maybe I can do this on my own. I will try, because I think a life without any bread, Pasta, or cake might just be the saddest life ever :/ I will try harder and see what happens. Thank you so much for your honesty and I really do appreciate you helping me, because I honestly have no clue what I'm doing lol : ) Sorry if I came off snappy, I was actually trying to be funny when I said I will not be doing the surgery... etc... I'm a big joke-ster so I hope it didn't come off the wrong way : )

By the way, I way 225, and when I was competing in sports I was anywhere from 170-180

Okay, so I guess everyone has just made my mind up for me... I guess I will not be doing the surgery. I took two years off of sports to finish school, my student teaching. I play soccer, volleyball and I am a powerlifter. I just started getting back into them, like the past couple of weeks. I just feel I have never learned to eat correctly and it is so hard to eat like I'm suppose to :/ I guess I just need to suck it up and get back into sports and try to diet.

Thank you for your honesty! I really have no clue, I just need everyone to be completely honest with me and tell me, is it something you can keep up with, or should I reallllyyyy try to control my eating by myself? I am a BAD yo-yo dieter. I have lost 32 lbs on my own and I have NEVER been this heavy in my life :/

Yes! It seems the closer I'm getting, the more questions keep popping up! : ( I am also a competitve athlete who is just getting back into sports and some have told me I would not have the energy I used to to compete at the level I would like to due to the amount of carbohydrates I would need... I'm so confused, and I would hate to spend so much money and I just don't know... I need to be able to look into the future for a second lol