brendani

Hey guys quite excited- I have just 4 kg to goal!! I can't believe it! I am about 4 weeks ahead of my initial plan of reaching goal by my birthday in August! Of course, this is just my surgeons goal- I will lose another 15 kg but just getting into what my surgeon felt was the top of my healthy weight range was will be awesome!!

How's everyone going?? Been a bit quiet this week.
Wasn't going to have a good funeral but have been counting down my "last meals". 3 days in Central QLD and then off to NZ for 3 nights next week so going to have my fill of eating out for sure. Mum is coming to cook for me even Sunday night!

Don't deprive yourself of that last meal I did abd used to regret it. Couldn't care less these days though lol

That's a funny typo. Just so you know you can edit your post if you click near the top of it.
I have been in training the past two days, and I'm taking tomorrow as a holiday. We are going camping at Noosa north shore!
I have had no problem at all eating solid food. I had chicken salad tonight with some diced capsicum and onion and had no trouble even though some people seem to have trouble with raw veg. I have had meat and crackers and a bit of rice and avocado and boiled egg. I don't know if I am just lucky or what, but I'm just taking everything slowly and in tiny bites and chewing well. I had a couple mini quiche today for morning tea even!
Managing to stay under 900 calories right now even though I could definitely eat many more if I chose the wrong foods.

Lots of Last Suppers!!! You will be able to enjoy all your favourites with the sleeve, but in small quantities. I say enjoy the quantities while you can if you want to as it will be the last time you will be able to. A mental saying goodbye to feasting.

Lol! Did a big double take reading this one Brendani )
Starting to fight the urge to 'last supper' myself. I know that I will eventually eat just about everything I like after the sleeve - just in teensy portions. All those years of dieting and calorie counting have done my head in.

Well guys, I'm officially booked in.
9am Friday the 5th of July @ Allamanda (Southport GC).
Two more weeks of normality before liquids and then the new normal. Can't wait.

Well guys, I'm officially booked in.
9am Friday the 5th of July @ Allamanda (Southport GC).
Two more weeks of normality before liquids and then the new normal. Can't wait.

Ok no more Origin talk, I come here for support and inspiration, not depression. But it's ok. #8inarow #QUEENSLANDER

Ok no more Origin talk, I come here for support and inspiration, not depression. But it's ok. #8inarow #QUEENSLANDER

Well guys, I'm officially booked in.
9am Friday the 5th of July @ Allamanda (Southport GC).
Two more weeks of normality before liquids and then the new normal. Can't wait.

Well guys, I'm officially booked in.
9am Friday the 5th of July @ Allamanda (Southport GC).
Two more weeks of normality before liquids and then the new normal. Can't wait.

Pencilled in for July 5 today. Can't wait to get things rolling.

Hi Lily,
I'm also on the GC and saw the dietician and psychologist today after deciding to investigate yesterday.
Reading this and other forums I've changed my mind about a dozen times already so I'm not completely there yet.
Who is doing your surgery?
Brendan

Hi Brendani,I hope it's something like that.fingers crossed.Trouble is I had no nausea.vomitting or gas pain.Incisions hurt at first but not now.Off to docs now.Keep you posted.

Good luck Bec - we're all here for you.

Congratulations Lissa!
I just got back from my dietician appointment with a heavy bag full of Kickstart shakes and Soups. Heavy until I realised it was two weeks worth of food!
Getting closer every day.

Congratulations Lissa!
I just got back from my dietician appointment with a heavy bag full of Kickstart shakes and Soups. Heavy until I realised it was two weeks worth of food!
Getting closer every day.

Congratulations Lissa!
I just got back from my dietician appointment with a heavy bag full of Kickstart shakes and Soups. Heavy until I realised it was two weeks worth of food!
Getting closer every day.

Congratulations Lissa!
I just got back from my dietician appointment with a heavy bag full of Kickstart shakes and Soups. Heavy until I realised it was two weeks worth of food!
Getting closer every day.

Congratulations Lissa!
I just got back from my dietician appointment with a heavy bag full of Kickstart shakes and Soups. Heavy until I realised it was two weeks worth of food!
Getting closer every day.

Would you guys in Brissie be against the couple of us down on the GC joining your little group? Would be great to meet you all, both pre and post op.

Probably not. I was a 50 and am teetering around a 42 now. Not going to happen. Can anyone say "eBay"??

Would you guys in Brissie be against the couple of us down on the GC joining your little group? Would be great to meet you all, both pre and post op.

Hi everyone .... I am new here and just wanted to say hello. I am currently in the process of converting from band to sleeve and had my band placed in august 2008 at a weight of 110 kgs. I successfully negotiated life with the band and was happy at 68 kgs (I am 173 cms)until December 2012 when I started having a lot of reflux issues and just a feeling that something was not right. I had all of the fill removed after scans came back showing all appeared ok and having such a great BMI the surgeon did not want to do anything immediately. My surgeon at the time was very pro-bypass and as I began to re-gained weight that seemed to be the track we were headed towards. With a feeling that perhaps the bypass wasn't for me I saw another surgeon who said that unlike my previous surgeon he did not feel that band to sleeve is an unsafe procedure and therefore I went ahead and had my band out last month. This proved to be a great decision as my gut feeling turned out to be correct and my band had adhered to my liver!!! Now back at 90 kgs I have a sleeve date of 9th July and cant wait for the calendar to tick around. With 7 weeks to go I am forcing myself to Optifast for 2 weeks to keep my weight stable between now and surgery. Then I will splurge a bit before my 1 week optifast prior to surgery begins. It is really a bummer to be back at this point after 4 years of living life at a great weight and I just want my old "couldn't care less about food" life back!!! Anyway ... just wanting to introduce myself and look forward to getting to know everyone :-)