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"I cooked all my foods 6 weeks before my surgery and froze them in 2 oz condiment containers." That is really impressive! What a level of commitment it shows!

What type of machine do you use to purée the tuna and picker juice? I'll need to be doing this in about 4/5 weeks.

Hi again everyone! So what is everyone eating and doing this 3rd/4th week before our surgery? Is anyone doing anything different? I'm "trying" (the keyword in everything for me right now is "trying") to eat better, to get my life organized, to really, really get to the gym and not just be thinking about it. I am going to use this long weekend to try to get ready for the surgery - I'm just no longer so sure what exactly I should be doing to get ready. I have certainly had too many favorite last meals and right now I am really sick of eating that's for sure!!!

Hi all! I got my insurance approval today yeah!! My sleeve is now scheduled and it's for Tuesday 7/29!! I'm nervous and in disbelief!!! It just doesn't seem real. What type of pre-op liquid plan does everyone have and when does it start? Definitely looking for support!!

For my Pre-op I am only required to do 24 hours of Clear liquids and not the 2 weeks I see mentioned here a lot. When others have had doctors requiring only 24 hours, how did you handle the weeks before the surgery? As of tomorrow my surgery is 4 weeks away and I want to do something structured, but I worry that I won’t have the total commitment and follow-through because the doctor doesn’t require it. I don’t want to start beating myself up over a self-imposed plan that may be hard to follow. On the other hand, I want to go into this healthy and ready and not overeating until 26 hours before surgery!! Very anxious for ideas, support, help! If you want to message me privately please do. If you have the same problem and want to support each other that would be great too.

Crazzescrapper - maybe we can help each other. It sounds like your friend said something similar to what had been said to me. Confusing!

Thank you everyone for your help and suggestions! I became confused a while back when someone told me she did the shakes for a week even though her doctor didn't require it and that after the surgery she regretted not indulging during the time she could have. That would sooo be me, sad and regretful, yet I want to be as healthy and ready for the surgery as possible. I need to figure out what eating clean would look like for me. I know the junk is gone, but what about the rest? what type of meat? I've been on a steak kick... Well, I see how I managed to be 100 pounds more than I should!! If I read this post from someone else I would laugh and think they have to know better!!! Wow this addiction is tricky and loves to play dumb!

Hi Everyone, My sleeve is scheduled for July 22nd 2014. Today was June 22nd so I was really crazed all day. I just don't know what I should be doing with myself as the surgery gets closer. I feel like there are things I should be doing - some people have written that it's like planning for a wedding. I am doing my doctor required stuff and finding good Protein shakes - am I missing something??? My doctor does not require any pre-op diet, only 24 hours of Clear liquids just before the surgery. I think this part makes me confused. I don't exactly know what to do with my food. I want to improve each week in the next 4 weeks until the surgery. I want to do a liquid plan the last week to be extra healthy, but it's hard to know if I can do it without support and knowing it's not required. Anyone else having issues similar to these? Thanks, Lori

I am so happy everyone is being so honest and not judgmental! My surgery will be in July, so I had been afraid to post about my overeating so far out. Well, I continue to overeat, I'm not happy about it but I know myself, and my mind sees this as the real finale on a lifetime of dieting - it's the king of all binges because this is truly the last, last time! YEAH!!! July is just very far away which is hard! I do have a short list of rules - no matter what I do: 1. I cannot gain more weight, 2. I cannot DIE (very important bc I don't want to have a heart attack or something crazy!!! From all the junk food) 3. I must eat 5 fruit and/or vegetable servings a day. Preferably fresh and organic. This includes fruit smoothie, (counts as 2 servings) carrot celery juice, (counts as 2 servings) etc. (this goes with the I "can't die" part - it helps me feel physically better and to digest and deal with foods that are fried or very fatty otherwise i feel SOOOOOooo much more sick.) This overeating is no surprise to me. it is to be so expected for me, if it weren't i wouldn't need this surgery to get my life back!! Thank you everyone!!! Hugs!

I was eating too much this weekend and I was having trouble stopping. My surgery should be in mid-July so this is annoying!! My goal at the moment is simply not to gain weight, but i need to find a way tommanage this a little better. I am wondering what is motivating others to eat light before you have to? It feels like the sleeve will take care of my weight much more expeditiously than I can so i am having trouble finding the motivation at the moment. I am still preparing well for the surgery and changing habits, I know I will make sure I am a post-op long-term success - basically because I never, ever want this life I have now back and will do whatever it takes to stay far away from here.) Are others feeling like i am?

Hi Tanya, It's a great concern to me to read your post. I expect to have the sleeve done in late July and worry a great deal that it is irreversible. But my weight and the aches and pains I have now are also irreversible for me. I see no way out, I just can't go on like this, it isn't really living. There's too much of life that I can't and won't do - it's no way to live. I say this as I too struggle with making this very difficult decision and feeling I have no other choice. How would you look at this decision now, given your regret? I'm wondering - does it feel like the weight isn't so bad, or like maybe there was a health plan that might have worked? I hope it is okay for me to ask, I just don't want to be fooling myself into thinking i can handle the sleeve. Finally, what makes it "all consuming"? Can you or someone who has had it done tell me what you have to do that is all consuming? Hang in there. I do think you will be thrilled once it becomes more routine.

The 2 songs I'm really loving right now are listed below. (I always loved these songs when I started a diet - but now, with WLS scheduled it feels like my prayers are being answereed in ways never ever imaginable. My dream songs are coming true) 1. I'm coming out -Diana Ross Sample Lyrics: I'm coming out I want the world to know I got to let it show There's a new me coming out And I just had to live And I wanna give I'm completely positive I think this time around I am gonna do it Like you never knew it Ooh, I'll make it through 2. Get this party started Get this party started on a Saturday night Everybody's waiting for me to arrive Sendin' out the message to all of my friends We'll be looking flashy in my Mercedes Benz I got lots of style, check my gold diamond rings I can go for miles if you know what I mean I'm comin' up so you better get this party...

I came home from work today and decided to count out how many more days I have to go to work and wear these same clothes that I am sick of. My sleeve is in July, so I have 58 actual working days left. If I have 15 outfits (that fit) then I only have to wear each one about 4 more times before they are DONE! NICE! OF COURSE all bets are off if I continue with these endless food funerals I'm having and gain weight. Maybe THIS is the calculation I should really be making: 12 more weeks X 1 OR X 2 pounds per week and I could easily be up 12 or 24 pounds!!!!! Can you imagine?!?!? OMG!!! Help. What IS up with the food?? Anyone else want to share thoughts going through their mind...

I've turned to many things in making the decision to pursue WLS. One that helps me hold onto my courage to get the sleeve in July is: " Every person dies, not every person truly lives"

HELP What if I'm not sure if I can really do this? I wish there were a checklist to tell me the truth about where I stand. Am I ready? What does ready feel like, does it feel this confused and unsure? Yesterday I was given a surgery date at the end of July and I've been a little in shock. I keep wondering when did I decide to explore surgery? Is this really where my life is going? I have no choice, my body can't handle this weight anymore - so I am thrilled about all the pluses, but I am also thinking more about where I should have my last meals than I am about the seriousness of what lies before me. I'm not young, I am a woman in the New York area close to middle age - I should have this much, much more together - but I don't. I am so confused. How do I know if my head is where it needs to be, or is everyone's head a mess at this point? Will it all come together? ANY thoughts, guidance or experiences would be very much appreciated. This is my first post on this site.

I honestly feel like each of you has changed me and helped with the direction of my life. There are invaluable nuggets in each of your responses and when all put together are really powerful. I can't believe how much my own post, with answers really directed at me has helped. I posted because I was SOOooooo miserable and needed to complain. I had no idea there would be really thought provoking responses covering an entire spectrum of thoughts that would help me. I feel like I can face my life for today, what an amazing thing! Thank you all, xxoo

Thank you to each of you who has taken the time to respond to my post. I am reading and re-reading your responses to try to "get this", to see deep down inside what I feel. I may have some questions, and I will let you know more as this sinks in. All your responses combined provide me with so much to absorb and to try to hold onto. Thank you!