Mystie

I'm still pre-op but I have confessions to make. I confess... 1. I compare myself to other people I know that had weight loss surgery. ("Oh so-and-so only lost 5lb pre-op and eats junk but still lost 70lbs in her first 6 months, so I know I'll lose at LEAST that!") 2. I'm nervous -- almost SCARED about potentially being non-plus size. The smallest I've ever been is a size 16 and I have no idea what a skinny me would even be like! 3. I've been taking better care of my skin now than I ever have in my entire life, but whenever I dry brush and see myself in the mirror I automatically think of an elephant getting cleaned with those big long brushes. 4. I worry my plus size friends will harbor a lot of jealousy towards me, but I worry even more that I'll start getting uppity about weighing less than them. 5. I have secret boards of Pinterest of all the whorish things I want to wear when I can shop at normal stores.

I was also told no straws on account of getting air in your stomach and you may wind up drinking too fast with them. I think I'm going to play the straw thing by ear.

Me too! I do fine when I'm at work and all I have are the healthy things I packed but then I get home and I feel so hungry and since I'm all done with my 6-month pre-op program I've been overeating. Usually not horrible stuff, but big portions of it.

I thought so, but when I asked other WLS peeps I know, apparently it isn't. I'm not sure if I got scheduled for one because I have a past chole or because my doctor was confused when I asked about post-op GERD and thought I was saying I already have GERD.

I'm not holding out a lot of hope for my arms, they've always been huge and saggy. Think my insurance would consider an arm reconstruction medically necessary if the sound of the flab flapping around hurts my ears?

I was told no soda, too. Unless of course it's gone completely flat, but why bother. One girl I know had bypass 10+ years ago and started drinking soda heavily again, then gained back the weight and could eat bigger portions. We all assumed she stretched her pouch (even her surgeon) and just needed a revision, but when they did a scan it turns out she actually dilated her esophagus. It can be surgically corrected, but it's risky and not hopeful that insurance will cover it.

January 16th! Only 5 days before my 30th birthday!

My arms have always been huge, so I'm not holding out any hopes in that area, so I'll be saving my pennies for a skin removal there. I told my hubby that if my boobs deflate I'm getting implants... he said I can't because I still won't let him touch them, anyway. TS to him.

I went to my honeymoon at Universal Studios because I super super wanted to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. First time on the Harry Potter ride was amazing! Second time on it was just as good! My third time going on the ride.... they kicked me off for being too fat. I was so embarrassed. Then shortly after I got pregnant and was bigger than I'd ever been. When I went back to work after maternity leave in May I was wearing a size 32!!! I'm down to a 26 now, and scheduled for my sleeve January 16, right before my 30th birthday.

I love the Nature Valley Protein Bars!

I don't get sleeved til January and I am soooooo looking forward to next year. I want to be able to go to the costume store and just buy something right off the rack!! But this was me this year....