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Samanthadiva, that is a fantastic mantra. I'm going to adopt it. It is simple and goes to the heart of the matter we're facing!

I start my pre-surgery diet tomorrow. You're having surgery on Monday and I'm having mine on Wednesday. So we'll kinda be going through this together. I hope you feel like posting before too long after your surgery. I'll be wondering how you're doing. Will you be in the hospital long? Do you have a local doc or heading elsewhere?

Sweets have been my problem solving tool. Except now they are the problem. I know I'll probably grieve for the old life of using food for comfort and as a reward for anything and everything. But I am so relieved that there is a light at the end of this tunnel I've been in for so long.

Hope you have a good surgery day! I'll be thinking of you.

Hey we're on the same day!! I'm so glad I'm not alone! lol

Wow....seems like I'm not the only on ewith the fat girl/skinny girl complex. At 25, I was 272 at my highest weight. I have surgery Monday and am struggling with getting other people to understand my lifestyle changes. It seems like everyone wants to take me to dinner this week and let my fat girl have a farewell tour.

I think that more than food in general SUGAR has been a more challenging habit to kick pre op, as cupcakes and petit fours solve all my problems. I've been trying to repeat a mantra of sorts when I hit a stress bump and want something sweet and I hope it will help anyone looking for something to try. I find that the mind is a powerful waepon and you have to take control of your life back! I live in New Orleans, by far the capital of good tasting everything.

When I get a craving, I look at the item and in my head repeat, " I'm stronger than you. I will defeat you. I'm over you." Then, I walk away or look away. I always feel better because I have reminded myself that this challenging journey is about ME being a better ME. Seriously, how much better would we feel about break ups if we got to be that honest with a guy? You might not feel that way the moment he walks away, but hell, when we snap out of it.......isn't it always reality?

I hope my optimism doesn't die after next week. LOL

Hi there...I'll be two days after you and I'm right here on the northshore in Mandeville.

Congrats! I just got my date today too!

Good luck with your pre-op diet...the Protein Shakes I'm drinking really fill me up.

thanks for the post...I can't believe it's been a month already!

I don't know if I was even posting yet but I remember reading about it somewhere I around the time I first got here. wow..time flies.

haha...love the banana!

Thanks to both of you...I'm all the expected things. Nervous, happy, excited, anxious, apprehensive.

I got all the chewable Vitamins and stuff from the surgeon's office so that's out of the way. I have two prescriptions to get filled.

I have to go to the hospital on Friday to do my pre-op there.

I'm so excited!

Next Wednesday morning, April 28, at 7:30 am I'll be going into surgery.

I explained to them my dilemna and my small window of opportunity and they made it happen! I love my doc!

oh and I'm down 23 lbs since the middle of last month when I started changing my diet and then started the pre-op diet at the first of this month.

ugh...I have very superfine and thin hair already. In fact you can see my scalp through my hair on the top.

I lost a lot of hair after the birth of my second child and I went to a dermatologist and had shots in my head to stop it from falling out. It seemed to work but it wasn't a very pleasant experience...especially with my needle phobia!

I don't want to have to do that again but I guess I will cause I will seriously be almost bald if I lose that much hair!

Good luck and best wishes for a smooth surgery and easy recovery!

Will be praying for you!

Looking forward to your updates too.

Wow...that's FABULOUS!

Congratulations and Happy Birthday!

Good to hear she came out ok!

Wishing her all the best!

The PrescriptFit chocolate tastes just like brownie mix to me...it's really good.

I don't care for their vanilla at all though.

I get it at my surgeon's office but I'm sure you can buy it online too.

I tried Chike banana flavor today and it was ok but to me it had a powdery taste.

Glad to hear it went well and as you know from reading everything on here...it WILL get better.

I keep telling him that... A Happy Wife Makes for a Happy Life!

I don't have one yet...I'm hoping I will find out tomorrow. They told me it's usually between 7 and 10 days after the pre-op so I'm hoping for either the 28th, 29th, or 30th.

Good luck and best wishes for a successful and smooth surgery and recovery!

Please update us as soon as you can!

Congratulations!

I'm looking forward to the girls getting smaller!

I've already told my husband that a lift just might have to be in my future.

I have my pre-op appointment tomorrow and I don't really any questions in mind because they've pretty well prepared me at the nutritional class I had to attend last week.

They also gave me a list of things I have to bring with me to the hospital and how to prepare the day before.

Example: I have to buy this Hibiclens soap and shower with it the night before surgery and the next morning before going to the hospital.

They told I'd be given an incentive spirometer at my pre-op appointment and that I needed to practice breathing with it 4x/day up until surgery and afterwards as well. They told me to make sure I bring it with me to the hospital.

She told me what kind of Vitamins to have on hand and what kind of scripts they would give me at my pre-op appointment.

They told me what to expect when I get to the hospital, what to expect when I come out of surgery and that first day and night in the hospital, etc.

She told me what they'd give me in the hospital medicine wise and what it is used for.

I'm guessing I'll probably come up with some questions while there but I haven't been able to come up with any so far!

I *wish* my husband was only worried about me not waking up.

I really would like to get WLS, but my husband is convinced it's the "cheater's way out." It really hurts my feelings....I don't think anyone knows how it feels to be fat unless they've been there themselves. They don't realize that not it damages you physically and mentally. I haven't had a photo taken of myself in about 5 years because it disgusts me to see it. My knees hurt. My legs hurt. I sweat like crazy. I get out of breath all the time. I'm pre-diabetic. If he knew how all that feels....if only.

Anyone have an suggestions on dealing with a situation like this? He's normally very supportive...but not about this. He believes I haven't "tried hard enough" to warrant it, whatever that means. :crying:

I totally understand. My husband hasn't actually really come out and said it but I know he sometimes feels that way. Not always though...I think he goes back and forth. Right now he's on a supportive streak again...he's especially happy because I started taking Chantix in an effort to quit smoking. To him that signifies that I'm serious about wanting to get healthy.

I call him Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde....because he's so wishy washy all the time.

But even though he's probably my biggest critic and may not be 100% behind my decision, I know that he'll be right there by my side as I go through it, and he will do anything I need him to do afterwards.

I sat him down the other day and laid it on the line to him though. I told him I AM going through with it and that I did not need any negative comments from him. If he couldn't be positive and supportive then he needed to just keep his mouth shut. I don't have a problem with him expressing his concerns or whatever but that he needed to figure out how to do it in a way that didn't piss me off. LOL

I've been trying to bring it up more and more and when we went shopping at Sam's the other day, we were looking at nutritional labels and stuff and talking about what I could have post-op and what not. So I think he's coming on board.

But either way, I'm going to succeed either with him by my side or in spite of him..matters not to me which way it ends up. :biggrin2:

Maybe you could convince him to go to a seminar with you? They said in the seminar how for most of us diet and exercise alone wasn't going to be enough to get to a healthy body weight and to keep it off. They cited studies and such. Maybe hearing something like that would help him?

I also agree with everything Tiffykins said.

I'd just keep working on him little by little and wear him down.

Good luck to you and I hope he comes around.

MidwestGirl...how tall are you?

Congratulations also on your fabulous success!

Hi there....where is Keithville? I've never heard of it.

I live just north of New Orleans.

So hello fellow Louisianian!

Congrats on your loss....that's damned good.

Tiff...I love your post...that is great information.

With my family's busy schedule, we eat out ALOT.

Do you know the actual physical capacity of your sleeve right after surgery? At the class I went to last week she told us we'd have a 4oz. capacity stomach. She also said everybody gets the same size no matter what. Do you think realistically say at a year out like you are it will have stretched just a little and maybe end up being more like 6 or 8 oz?

Well ONE it is a little too late to even bother analyze it because my surgeon has my money in his pay pal acct already, My flight is books and my hotel is too.

And TWO I dont think anyone is ever fully prepared to actually do this. They all seem to be just to the point of: they are as ready as they are ever gonna be, so...

I am as ready as I am ever gonna be...

Well good luck to you and I hope your surgery goes smoothly and your recovery as well!

Chancie...that's AMAZING!!!!

Tiffany,

Do you really think you're ready to start this?

Once you do it there is no turning back and there will be no more eating everything.

Do you think you're mentally prepared for what's to come?

Can you get this Dreamfield's Pasta at most grocery stores or do you have to buy it online or a specialty store?