I've got my surgery date!!! I'm so ready to begin this journey! I am 5'7 and 282 pounds. How many others have started their journey like this and how did your weight drop off? What advice do you have? How much weight lost in first month, six months, year? Thanks for taking time to answer my 20 questions, lol. I know every body is different...but a general idea of what I "could" expect is wonderful.