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I am now 1 week a way from surgery (eeeek!!) and down 26 lbs.

Tink, I fear I will be in your shoes in 6 months. I almost feel like future me wrote the post. I'm hanging in there because I have invested 20 years into this relationship and have three young children together but I really don't know why I think a skinny me will make him any less of an emotionally distant a-hole?? I fear the inevitable is coming...

Finally got my official date, May 17!

I got a may 17 day today . So far I have lost 19 lbs on my own and hoping to lose 10 more on liquid diet.

I'm still pre-op and looking for a workout buddy near me. Anyone near Cerritos?

I'm in Cerritos!

Dr. Scott Cunneen. How long ago was your surgery?

What stage is everyone in? I'm pre-op, getting endoscopy on Monday and submitting everything to insurance. Was planning for May 1 surgery date but crossing my fingers for an earlier date. I'm 5'3" and my start weight was 236.

I'm going through cedars Sinai. My surgery is in May, feels so far away.

Cresh, how much are you down so far?

Nica here and I am suffering just thinking about giving up rice, beans and tajadas de maduros

Cresh how are you doing since hour surgery?

Serendipity that's great! I would love to lose 45 lbs pre-op! What was your start weight and how old are you? I'm 35, start weight 236.

I guess I should clarify I have not started the liquid pre-op diet yet. My insurance is making me do 3 month supervised diet and I'm just keeping a 1200 calorie diet. I start liquid diet April 15.

High five ????

I start my pre-op diet April 15. It's two weeks of 3 protein shakes a day plus one small meal. The last three days is just clear fluids. Not looking forward to that part.

Thank you for sharing, you look amazing!! This post is so exciting to me because I am still pre-op and 225, 5'3" exactly like where you were at! Gives me so much hope that in 6 months post-op I can look this great! What is your exercise regimen like?

Sleeve believer, losing part of my stomach terrifies me for sure..and it depresses me that I have to cut out 80% of my stomach and eat a 1/4 cup of food for the rest of my life but being morbidly obese (228 and 5'3") depresses me even more.

Bunnydee, what stage of the process are you in?

I am only beginning the process and have told my sisters, my parents and my husband. Will not tell anyone else unless they ask and not until after the surgery.

Hi everyone, I'm Mady. I have been heavy pretty much all of my life. My lowest weight as a teenager was 145, of course I would kill or that now but at 14 it was actually considered heavy. By 17, I hit 180. Got a boyfriend, got on birth control and within a month hit 202, and just kept steadily creeping up. When I was 26, I tried Lindora medical weight loss clinic and dropped 60 lbs in 6 months. My starting weight was 235, my "heaviest" then and I got down to 175. Not even a week after hitting 175 I found out I was pregnant with my first. Wouldn't you know it, I gained the whole 60 lbs during that pregnancy. I felt discouraged and held onto the weight through two more pregnancies eventually hitting 253. Tried a few more Lindora programs in between, lost some, gained some. Now I now have three beautiful sons, a gorgeous husband who loves to run 6-7 miles a day and the occasional marathon (same boyfriend from when I was 17) and I am ready to take charge of my life. I am 35 years old and feel like its Now time to do or die for me. Unfortunately, at 35, the weight doesn't come off nearly as easily as it once did. My weight is a daily struggle and battle for me, as I'm sure it is for most of us. I started my journey Feb 1. My starting weight is 236.5, my goal weight is 145. I'm hoping, praying and crossing my fingers and toes for a May 1 surgery. I have made some changes to my diet, am currently eating 1200 calories a day, lots of Protein bars as meal supplements or Snacks and have started working out. Currently I walk 10 miles a week (2.5 miles 4x a week). My goal go this year is to run a 5k with my husband by December, 10k by 2014 and who knows maybe a marathon is in my future. Thus far I have lost 9 lbs and have had to do it with blood, sweat and tears. I'm not scared of surgery per se. I'm scared of changing the configuration of my stomach. I'm scared of eating 3-4 tablespoons of food for the rest of my life. I'm scared of puking from a taste of cake. But mostly I'm sad that I can't just be normal. That is me in a nutshell and I look forward to taking this journey with you all. -M

Amazon, can you post pics of your scar please?

I called my insurance today to inquire about WW and they were not very helpful. Does anyone know if I go to my PCP and start WW if they will consider my weight with the PCP as my starting weight or the weight at my consult with the surgeon on Feb 15? I am really eager because my goal is to have surgery by May 15, otherwise, because of work reasons I would have to wait until Sept 1 and I really don't want to wait that long. Also, I have done Lindora Medical like 6 times over the past 10 years. Do you think they would count that or does it have to be immediately preceding the surgery? I have BS of California.

Does weight watchers count as a medically supervised diet? I have paid over $9000 to Lindora medical over the past 10 years, I wish they would count that but the last time I did it was 6 years ago between my second and third child.

Dr. Cunneen at Cedars Sinai