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I am so sorry about your shingles out kids no fun and hurts so bad my 13 got it last year. My soon liked using the ice hot on his it was on his head.

Yesterday was my second step to a new life. I had my first consultation with the surgeon and gat a new body analysis done. This is the body analysis that they will be sending into the insurance company. So for starters I am now at 274.3. I have lost a pound. Wahoo! So I am now to start taking my chewable daily vitamins, no more capsules. I will finish off my bottle that I have and then full on chewable. So I was given a binder for reference and was told to start reading it. It is a guide to what is to come from now to the rest of my life. I have briefly flipped through it and tell in detail al the steps that I need to complete. I am hopeful that it will answer question I may have as things keep progressing. We talked about a surgery date. Right now we have it a projected date of February 11, 2013. Wow that is so close. I am already signed up for the pre-op orientation with the hospital February 5th and I need to have my psych evaluation and schedule with the nutritional assessment done by the end of the month to have it by our projected date. I will be calling on Monday to get all those done. Once those are complete and the insurance approves, “we are green for, go Houston!!!” I getting really excited to know that soon, getting around will not take a ton of effort to complete. I can’t wait. :wub:

Thank you for sharing with me.Congrats on your new life change and I will be right behind you coming down the hill to a better heath and weight. I feel you had a large Victory for not wanting the McDonalds fries as most of us do...I struggle everyday not to eat large portions or stop the thought about ice cream and chocolate as i do everynight and day. when i can write and say i did not want food is the day i know it is really happening. I will drop a few lines with u from time to time and see how your travels are going as you are leading the way and have been over the rocks that I face ahead. So please how is this week going since on Jan 5th you were able to pass on fries is it harder this week?

In the past for other weight loss programs i used abd love the Amplified whetybolic extreme 60 shakes from GNC. I have used every flavor with only water and had no trouble with them. Put in powder add water in shaker cup and shake for a minute then top it off with some ice and enjoy. I am taking it to the nutritionist in 2 week to see if that is going to be a good shake or not after the procedure. It can give you 60 grams of protien in a the 3 scoops for 280 calories but cut it in half and and it is 30 grams of protien and 140 calories and it still tastes great. I have done a compare and with the one the doctor office gave me and it is very close to the same. Good luck and I wil post my findings .

Hello Blog, Sorry I have been away. I have been traveling for work this week and the next. After living out of a bag in a hotel room for a week I began to ponder how I am going to eat during the next training. There was a group of us that went and we had fun, or at least I did and realized that in March when we do this again I will be eating total differantly. I wonder what other took with them and what they ordered to stay on point. I will be talking to the doctor and nutritionist about these concerns. I will go in on Monday January 14th for my psych evaluation. Where I will be on a "Three hour tour" of my mind. I do hope that I do not hit a storm and get stranded on the island named after a clutz(Gilligan's Island). I am sure that the evaulation is to ensure that I am mentally fit to have the surgery. I will meet my nutritionist on Tuesday January 22 to go over my goals and what I need to start doing to be ahead of the game. I do not like surprises when it comes to my food. Plus a great co-worker of mine is going to teach me some easy recipies for veggies to season them so I might actually eat the darn miscolored food items. I will post in my status bar on if I pass the eval or get stranded on the island. Ta ta for now

Whoo hoo!! look at all of us...What a great month to get sleeved.

Congrats!!! My projected surgery date is February 11th . I am right behind you. Hope all goes well.

Many good vibes your way. I am so excited for you

This is my first blog ever and it is on my journey to a new life. A life without pain each morning, when I wake up because half of my body when numb, because of my weight. Knowing that my first thought will not be “I will need lots of caffeine today to stay awake because I had trouble sleeping from tossing and turning and having trouble rolling over, or because I was snoring so loud I woke myself up”. Dreading what I am going to wear and will it fit today or have I out grown it. Thinking to myself am I going to make a mistake at work today because I cannot focus because my clothes are too tight. These are the things that I think about before I even get out of bed in the morning. I am so tired of these thoughts. There are many more that happen throughout the day. To help me with all the issues listed and many more I have decided to get the gastric sleeve. I have been to the orientation and got all the information and went to the free consultation to find out if I qualify for the surgery, and I do. At the free consultation I received a free body analysis where I found out a lot about my body that I did not know. My extremities weights are torso (head to stomach) 67.2 pounds, right arm is 8.82 pounds, left arm 8.22 pounds, right leg 21.34 pounds and the left at 21.25 at this time I weighed in at 263.9. My BMI was 40.1. My lean muscle was at 142.6 and my body fat mass was 121.3 pounds. Since this weigh in on 11/12/12, I have gained much more. I currently weight on my scale at home (which is always 5 pounds less than the Doctors office) said 275.6 pounds I have gained 11 pounds since then. I believe it is because I quit smoking and snack more at night, and have not tried a new yo-yo style diet. I am waiting for the surgery. Figure I better enjoy it now because soon I will not be able to. Today was different I did not want to enjoy eating large amounts of food. I wanted the weight loss to start. I only have a few clothes that fit me that I feel comfortable in to go to work that I am feeling depressed. I recently thought it was because of the holiday season, but it was not. It was me tired of being tired of being FAT. I am ready to get this weight off and I need all the help I can get. If that means major surgery; than that is the extreme in need to do. I am making the call on Monday December 31, to schedule my consultation with the surgeon to get it started. I am afraid of all the things that can go wrong, but I want a longer more for filling life than the one I have know. I am getting tired and could go on and on about how I feel. I am in hopes that I will keep the blog up and I am wanting to do one on youtube so that my family can see me and my weight loss, and maybe help them and others like me that struggle daily with food. Tata for now.

Thank you all and best wishes to all and make this year 2013 the best. No more weight related problems.

So today I scheduled my Initial consultation for 1/3/12. I feel that I am starting the new year off on the right foot. I know this is not an easy fix to all my weight troubles , but it a start in the right direction and I am feeling better about it. Thanks to all who commented I am so happy that there are people out there that are going threw the same problems I am. I can not wait to report that I am starting my pre-op diet like you JennieDK, and like you Michelle1977 gaining weight after the appointment. Thanks ladies