Tisa

all of those i agree with but also being a jean size under 20 not having a stomach sticking out not having neck fat or chubby cheeks (like a squirrel) not having to wonder "was it because im fat?" when people dont like me/ things happen ect being able to buy a bra at victorias secret or aerie. not feeling stressed/anxious when i walk into a skinny people store because i know nothing will fit not having to buy wide shoes no knee/back pain being able to do the birdcage and other yoga streches without my stomach getting in the way being able to properly do a crunch having my practice swim suit fit properly over my boobs not having to feel like people are wondering how a fat person can be a lifeguard not having to hear people say "You have a cute face"

I have mine scheduled for July 1st. I am really nervous they asked me a bunch of questions like I was gonna die. Apparently I have to pick up a secret beige phone when I get there to tell them I'm ready for surgery lol

Lol sorry for misunderstanding. It is a huge transition I hope to have it done this month so I can adjust before I have to go to college. I can def relate to the feeling of liberation. It's like I want to go up to a cheeseburger and be like "im the boss now you punk " but yeah. Good luck to you

If I had to guesstimate maybe 35-40 g per day

I chose other. For me it wasn't about the fear. Well when I first heard about the surgery, but after doing research for a few weeks I wasn't afraid/ I was willing to accept the risks. It was more about my age at the time. I was 16 I'm now 18. I didn't have the resources or maturity. Now I have a job, I drive, I have money I can go out and buy my own groceries. I'm better at cooking (back then i could barely saute an onion). Now I can be responsible for my own health. I have also had time to reflect. I don't look at food the same, I'm now a vegetarian, soon to be vegan. I question everything I put into my body, and ruled out a lot of foods/ ingredients. I think im in a good place to do it now

i have to give it to you straight. What you're doing is very dangerous . You can end up in a hospital for months because of a leak, you could die. Its a very real thing not a game to test out. If you weren't ready to give up crap food you should have never had surgery. I know it's hard ok, I know but you have to be strong. Don't baby yourself. don't even buy crap food anymore, you dont need that temptation. If someone else is buying it, have a serious talk with them. Your life is on the line here, the surgery is done. It's time to get serious

i'm not particularly protein focused. I mean im sure I get it from the beans i eat and other things but i dont worry bout it so much my diets probably 60% carb 30% protien 10% fat. I am afraid that once I get surgery not eating enough protien will hinder my weight loss since everyonce seems to be saying. I mean im sure I could incorporate it with beans and veggie burgers if I really needed too. What is the ratio of protien doctors want? like 90% protein? I dont really understand why it's so stressed.

yeah i had that mindset the first few months of my 6 month. Let me just enjoy food as much as i can right now before I have to get surgery and start living healthy yeahh. Ironically I was at my unhappiest those few months when I was eating whatever, Then i snapped out of it and just stopped and took control thank god. I think we need to remember the reason why I want to do this. Eating crap makes me feel like crap. When I treat myself well I feel more confident. And the happiness from food is only momentary. Anyway there is a lot of healthy food that taste delish

Platos closet? Girl you must be from Long Island

You guys should go to the nyc Long Island thread were already meeting June 14th

I'll definitely try to make it! I'm out here in Suffolk and I'd love to meet you all, I'm only pre op so I hope I'm still welcome lol

I'm not scheduled but I'm hoping to get mine done in April also

We just got to stay strong and believe that things will be different this time

I also feel the same way, I have been freaking out similar to you I was told not to gain weight and I gained like 5 pds

Well I get mine at the vitamin shop you want to either get plain biotin which can be found at Walmart/target for pretty cheap, but i think it's worth it to get a formulated hair vitamin, because it gives you more nutrients, I use maxi-hair brand

i am also gonna be in this alone. the only person who knew at first was my mom, then i told the rest of my immediate family. My game plan is to get rid of everything that is a trigger food and keep only healthy things around... also have a bunch of carrots cuz you cant gain weight because you ate too many carrots I also want to be jacked up on veggies. Most of the time w je have cravings because the food we eat is not nutritious enough Lastly i plan to stick to organics/hormone free food from trader joe's as much as I can.

Well i've finally got the ball rolling, I saw the surgeon a few months ago now i've finally scheduled my sleep study for this wednesday so I should feel really excited and bubbly right? Wrong! I just feel UGGGHHHH GRRR BLAHHH. The main thing right now is that the doc said he wouldn't operate if I was one pound over what I weighed at the time I first saw him. Right now i am about 10 pounds heavier. At that time I was doing my swim season exercising 3hrs a day. Right now its freezing asses outside and all there is to do is sit inside and eat things -___-. I mean i always gain about 10 pounds in the winter then lose 10 pounds around spring/summer, isn't that normal for most people? I mean i suppose I could lose if I did some crazy **** like the south beach diet for a few weeks. I just feel so irritated because if I can't even lose ten pounds right now how am i supposed to lose the 130 pounds necessary to goal and how am i supposed to stay there. I feel like I need to reevaluate my whole life and decision to have surgery right now It makes me want to blame everyone else, like my parents for always bringing home pies and muffins when they know i have a problem. My doctor for requiring me to lose weight. The weather for sucking. But i know deep down I'm just being a whiny b***h and the truth is that all of this is my fault and my own problem since the beginning. I just feel so powerless right now and it makes me pissed off . I don't know what to do. I can't exactly dedicate my whole life to fitness right now I have to keep my grades up for AP exams coming up around the same time as my surgery. Then again my life is always going to be this way Im always going to be busy with something if not my current 5 ap classes, then medical school or some other ****. I guess I'll just pull out the old greek yogurt and hope than somehow I get these extra pounds off of myself before February rolls around

Hey there, well i'm 16 and under fidelis child health plus insurance and i've been mulling over weight loss surgery after my back pain and asthma started to affect my life on a daily basis.I researched and decided i really don't want any surgery but VGS, but recently i heard (through the grape vine you know) that medicaid finally approved it. I think this is a sign from god because as soon as I was sure about it the surgery was approved my medicaid. but anyway I'm really nervous because I don't know if the hospital i want my surgery done at will operate on a minor, and i can't afford to cover more than $2000 dollars, my parents can't help me they don't have much money, but i have a job so i can cover a little myself. I want it done at Mathers Hospital in port jefferson, NY. I don't know if anyone here can give me answers on what my chances are of getting approved.I sent an email to my insurance about it, and i went to my PCP with my mom and the doc tried to convince me i wasn't that big, pshaw.However she did make me get a bunch of bloodwork done which i am still waiting for 2 weeks later, how long does that usually take?Then I can have a consultation with the surgeon guy at Mathers. I am morbidly obese btw. I'm just kinda worrying a lot these days because I really have my heart set on it and i don't even know if it's possible for a minor to get sleeved. I know lapband is pretty common in teens, but i don't like the idea of lapband. Any kind of answer at all will be appreciated. Also I have SAD will that help me? or will it hurt me because they'll think i'm crazy?I manage it very well.

I had my initial consult today, I weighed 277, he says if i am even one pound heavier on the day of surgery he won't do it. He says he wants me to get down to 260. I've never been at 260 before (well that i can remember) so i am semi freaking out. Mostly because i have a tendency to gain like 10 pounds during the winter and get into the 80s . I mean i know i can do it sort of kind of x.............x gaaah i dunno i just have a huge problem losing weight in the cold months.

well i have pretty thick hair already but its much healthier since ive been using maxi-hair vitamins, theyre worth a shot

eat some yogurt to balance out your bacteria, chobani is my fav

sooo i've been aiming to have this surgery for a good year and a half now and I finally got the ball rolling, I'll be talking to doctor Angus Lambros at the Nassau Uni Medical Center Oct 15th .. I'm a little nervous because I haven't read anything on here about him, and when I went online to furiously stalk him all I found was an old court case about a woman who had the bypass, had a leak and tried to sue him for malpractice, not a good sign at all I'm kind of excited but super nervous.... and also kind of wary, i mean every surgeon has had some leaks right? The next nearest doctor my insurance is in network with is all the way in NYC a good 3 hours from me. I dunno... what was your initial consult like? What should I expect/prepare

were you on the liquid diet when you lost weight or did you just do your own thing