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The P.A. I see for weight loss at my surgeons office, said that it is used for weight loss also. It's suppose to aide in weight loss, and the only side effects that are common with it are diarrhea and stomach aches. No low blood sugar. I know I lost 5.5 lbs last week and I'm at my lowest wt right now since I've started this. I do think the Metformin helped that because I was not sticking to the liquid diet and still lost that much weight. I've done Internet searches on it also, and mostly people said they thought they lost the weight because of the diarrhea they experienced. I have not experienced any though. I am not pre diabetic either. Not that I'm aware of. Lol. I'm bringing my daughter to her dr today and ill see if I can weigh myself and see where I'm at this week. Hopefully I'm still losing! I have cheated this week also but not as bad as last week. I've also stepped up my exercise to 45 minutes 4-5 days a week. Which consists of riding a stationary bike.

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Hi Danny! My name is Aimee. Congratulations on the weight loss! What an accomplishment! I am still pre op but I am close to getting scheduled, just need to get to my goal weight in order to have surgery. I can't believe you've lost that much weight in that amount of time! I just can't even imagine losing that much weight. I am so excited for this to begin! I was really struggling to stay on track with my weight loss but recently was put on Metformin and its really helping with the weight loss. I'm also on the liquid diet and not cheating like I was. I have five lbs or less to lose to get scheduled. I am just so ready to have it and start this journey. So my highest weight was 321 and last week I was weighed at 307. Don't know what I weigh now but am hoping to get weighed tomorrow when I bring my daughter in to the doctor. I am in MN. Where are you? Hope to meet people here and to hear from you soon!

Congrats!! I can't wait to be on the post op side!

I am completely approved for surgery all I need to do is get to my goal weight of 298. I am currently at 311 lbs. I was put on a liquid diet by the P.A. At my surgeons office. I cannot for the life of me, stick to it. I keep sabotaging myself and I'm so afraid I'm not going to have surgery. I don't know what else to do. I don't know why I keep cheating. I want this so bad. I keep getting stuck right around this weight and can't seem to get out of the 300's, which is so depressing. Please tell me what to do. I am so afraid to face the P.A. And see what my weight is this Thursday and tell her I've been cheating AGAIN. Obviously this liquid diet is making me hungry as hell and I'm cheating. What should I do??

I've only tried EAS AdvantEdge carb control pre made shakes. They're sold at WalMart and come in chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. I have Pure Protein powder at home in vanilla but don't like it. It doesn't mix up well, but those are the only two brands I've tried. I need to try more. I haven't experimented with it enough yet either. I'm addicted to Campbell's 98% fat free broccoli cheese soup. I've been eating that for dinner for like five days in a row now. I'll get soups from restaurants though, that's a good idea.

I am going to try my hardest!! The therapist is just something I'm doing on the side, on my own. It's not a requirement. I already went through my psych eval and all that, I'm just going to therapy for me. I really hope I can get a March date! How exciting!

Just an update on my progress...I had my appointment to get weighed at my surgeons office today and I'm down 5.5 lbs. All that worrying for nothing! I'm at my lowest weight since I've started this whole process. I was also told today that when I lose another five lbs she will contact the surgeon to get my surgery date scheduled. I'm so close now! I just couldn't believe with the cheating I've been doing, that I actually still lost that much weight. I'm so happy and relieved. I think it's this med she put me on. It's suppose to control my insulin better, it's called Glucophage. I think. I'm not diabetic or anything but she says it helps with weight loss. I think it's working and I'm more determined to follow my liquid diet even more now to get quicker results and get that date scheduled!! I also scheduled an appointment with a therapist for next Thursday. I learned she recently went through WLS herself, so I think that's going to be very beneficial. Hope everyone else is doing well.

Haven't been on here in awhile, but still going through with the surgery. I'm completely approved but I need to get to my goal weight in order to have surgery. I'm at 312 lbs. I need to get to 298, and I know that doesn't sound like much to lose but I'm struggling hard! I keep losing then gaining and only have an approval until June 1st. I'm going to get into therapy, and start going to any groups I possibly can. I am currently on a liquid diet and have been cheating. I need to stop and today has gone good. I'm going to take it one day at a time. I give you all major props for losing weight because it is hard work!!

Thanks for everyone's replies. I appreciate all the words of encouragement. I need to come on here more often. The past few days I've been doing a little better. One day at a time.

You are truly an inspiration. You look amazing Tyree!! I am still struggling to lose my last 13 or so lbs. I don't know why this has been so dang hard for me but it is. I've decided to get some professional help and see a therapist. I think I'm going to attend some Overeaters Anonymous too and try to get to one of my hospitals classes for gastric bypass patients. I need all the help I can get right now. I'm not doing good and if I don't stick to this I'm not going to get to have this done. That's all there is to it, and I cannot have that happen. I'm currently on a liquid diet which I cannot stick to because I'm famished then I cheat. I'm going to call my PA on Monday and get some suggestions on what I can do before I see her on Thursday. I just can't believe how good you look. You should be so proud. Keep saving up those clothes, because ill gladly take them! Hope we can get together soon!

I was doing a low carb diet. I lost 5 lbs the first week then gained 1 lb the following week, that's when she put me on this liquid diet. I like the idea of contacting her and getting some suggestions as to what I can have as free foods. I also think I need to see a therapist about this because this is really hard, and NO ONE seems to get that. They just think ( they being my family and friends) here we go again, she's cheating and its not going to happen. Maybe they're right. I don't know anymore but this is driving me crazy. I can't enjoy food anymore. I feel guilty about everything I eat if its not on my plan, so why do I keep doing it? I will tough it out and get back on track. I know I can do this, I just have to let go of food somehow.

This is my very first blog ever. My name is Aimee, I am 33 years old and from MN. I have 3 children and have been married just over one year. I started this process on July 27th, 2012 and I have (hopefully) 2 more weeks or so before I get my surgery date. I just had my first appt with my surgeon and he wanted me to be at my goal weight before surgery was scheduled plus he wanted some medical records from 2000, and wants me to practice taking my meds the way I need to take them after surgery for the next two weeks. So now it's on me how quickly this surgery gets scheduled. I've been approved. I got him the medical records he requested and i'm working on my meds and weight loss. I went in there in July weighing 315. I now weigh 311. Two weeks ago I was at 308 but once I was approved I began cheating like there was no tomorrow. I didnt know I needed to be at goal weight to have it scheduled!! I would've never done that. My goal weight is 298, so I have 13 lbs to lose in two weeks. I first started out eating a low carb diet, but now I switched to 2 protein shakes a day and then a high protein meal for dinner and only veggies for a light snack if necessary. I cheated since my last appointment, which was Tuesday until today--no cheating at all!! Not even one piece of halloween candt today or pizza while my family ate that for lunch. I'm proud of myself today. It's very hard for me not to cheat. I just talked to my husband about it today and I need to get some help, like counseling or something because I know the BIG picture here but yet I continue to sabotage myself and I want to be down to that goal weight no less than two weeks from the 30th- which will be Nov. 13th. I have issues with food that i'm sure a lot of people can relate to but I just don't knoiw anyone that does personally, like I do. This has been a long process and i'm hoping for a date in December, but i'm having issues with that also. My insurance only approved me to have the surgery until December 31st, 2012, and my boss does not want me to have it before Christmas, which I need to comply with. So I am looking at the week of Christmas, if my surgeon will even be doing surgery that week or else looking at getting an extension for my approval from my insurance company. My surgeon is in no hurry to get me in either. I have a history of Pulomnary Embolisms and he's very concerned about that, along with my ability to lose the weight that I need to, plus I take meds for anxiety and depression that I will need to continue after surgery and they need to be taken in a very new way and he wants me used to that now. This is all managable. I can do this, but i'm very nervous because I cheat at my diet and haven't been putting forth the effort that I should be for this. It makes me nervous because I do not want to cheat at this after surgery and I do not want to fail at this. This is HUGE- it is life changing and I just want to be able to succeed at weight loss. I kind of feel like the surgery hasn't happened yet and I don't need to be as diligent as I will be then-or something..I feel like once I have the surgery, there's no turning back and I won't have a choice in losing the weight because it's do or die time then, but what's my issue now then? Why can't I buckle down? I guess I did today, so theres the first step. I need to stop letting food control me. It is always on my mind, it's always there and always will be. I have a family of 5 and food isn't going to disappear. Today I did what I needed to do but I had my breakfast shake at like lunch time, then when it was dinner time I had dinner and then my "lunch" shake after dinner because I was still hungry. I had a snack of green beans in between lunch and dinner time and then a bowl of chicken and veggies when I got to work tonight at 11:30pm. I will be burning lots of calories tonight as I work at a group home and clean all night long. I'M HUNGRY still!!! It's not just in my head- im not only obsessing about food today, im physically hungry. I drank 3, 64 oz. cups of crystal light today- so i'm plenty hydrated. Maybe it's the artificial sweetner in the crystal light that's making my hungry- i've read that sweetners can do that. I am usually not an emotional person either- well I think my meds have something to do with that, but anyways, today i've been emotional. My husband and I are not doing well in our relationship. We've been together 6.5 years, just married over one year now. We started out hot and heavy- mind you, I was at about a size 10 then. As the years passed, I gained and gained and gained my weight. My weight has always been up and down- but after my third child, my husband and I went through a very rough patch when he was born and since then I continued to gain uncontrollably. I was even planning mny huge wedding and instead of losing weight, I almost didn't get into my dress the day of the wedding. I got even more depressed after the wedding- i was in a bad funk for a bout 5 months and reached 321 lbs. Thats the highest I ever saw the scale go. I eventually came out of my funk but our marriage had suffered and still is. We dont sleep in the same bed - EVER, let alone the same story of the house because I snore really bad and he's a light sleeper. This has never been an issue for either one of us until recently for me. See, he spends most of his time, when he's off of work, in his bedroom. He will take the baby with him usually but he hardly spends any time downstairs with me and my two kids ( from previous relationship) This is a HUGE problem for me. H e is aware of it and has been "trying" to spend more time downstaris with us but it's been minimal. We used to be best friends. We used to only want to hang out with each other because none of our friends were as fun as each other was. Now we hardly speak to one another and we both have resentments towards each other and my wieght plays a huge role in our relationship as well. I am now a size 24--I am hardly recognizable from who I used to be. We have NO sex life. He claimns it's because of my weight- that i'm too embarassed about it in bed and he has to do all of the work and it just doesnt work well. I think it's because he's not attracted to me anymore. We just dont have a relationship anymore and it's so sad. We've talked amny of nights about this surgery and how it's going to help our relationship in many ways but it scares me to think that right now is so so bad and because I lose wieght- everything will be ok...Thats hurtful and wrong. If he cant love me unconditionally, then how will this improve our relationship? I realistically know that the surgery will not fix our relationship. It has to be worked on and both of us have to put forth the effort. I do know that I have never been so attracted to anyone as I was to him and I never felt as beauitful as he used to make me feel when I was thin. I know our attraction to each other is strong and I am hoping that, that will come back and we can start reconnecting. This is a scary process. The what if's... I actually cried today- which I haven't done in a very long time. I am unhappy and feel so alone. I miss him and what we used to have. I will write him a letter and we can talk. The next step will be counseling. I feel like this marriage is still so new, but yet so old. I want it to work and I never want to get a divorce- (which I hear the divorce rate after surgery is huge) but I cant continue to live like this. I can't even wait two more weeks to get my surgery date for things to change. It has to be now. Well, it felt really good blogging..I love to write and I think this will be a new step in this journey for me. Hopefully somebody will take the time to read it and give me some feedback possibly. Sorry if my spelling or punctuation hasnt been spot on, i'm just trying to wrtie fast. I better start cleaning now. Tomorrow is a new day--I will work hard on my diet and be as positive as possible. BIG PICTURE

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Congrats!! It's been years since I've been in Onederland and its my goal to reach it after my surgery. I'm currently 305 lbs and working towards 298 for my presurgery weight. Then ill have 100 lbs to reach Onederland!! Oh how good that must feel! I'm so happy for you!!

So I've been approved for surgery, but my insurance company approved it to be done before 12/31/12. Well my Surgeon has requested some old medical records for my history of a pulmonary embolism. The problem is the hospital that I need the records from says it could take 30 daysbefore i get my ecords sent to my surgeon. My insurance company said if its not done by the 31st a new prior authorization will have to be submitted. Im so nervous that this wont happen by then. What can i do??l

Thanks so much Vicki! My thoughts and prayers are with you to get your sugars under control this month. This is such a huge process and it really can take a toll on a person but we just have to stick it out and work as hard as we can at it. The lady in medical records said she'd pull my records and get working on it so hopefully she meant it. I'm working my butt off to get down to my goal weight but I also need to wait on these records to schedule anything. I'm just waiting anxiously!