SeattleFan

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm down 19lbs in two months since the start of this thing. It's kind of starting to feel empowering! (obviously today has been a good day) ????

Thank you ????☺️????

Clearly I CAN do it since I've already lost 15lbs in 1.5 months so it's not that I'm lazy or unwilling to help myself. I'm not just trying to "not gain weight," but LOSE weight by following a very restricted diet BY MYSELF. But it would be NICE if this period wasn't so long since it's much more challenging and super difficult without the aid of medical intervention.

Thank you all for your comments. It's nice to know that there are others that understand. Also, thanks for the information about the danger of nicking the liver! That really is good motivation to keep trying my best to keep losing weight. Scary!

I tried to use that link. I answered all of the question, but there is no way to save my preferences. Also I still cannot upload a photo. I always get an error, ugh.

For those of you that commented, thank you for your encouragement

I have to admit I'm very jealous of those of you who only had/have to wait only a couple months for your surgery. I'm really struggling with the fact that I have to wait through 7 months of supervised diet program before I can even get my surgery date. Is anyone else on here really early in their long ass process? This dieting is hard when you haven't had any medical help yet (surgery). I've lost 13lbs in my first two months...but that's been super hard. Do I even need to worry about losing weight at this point? The struggle is very hard and it just seems like it would be better not to even try to follow a strict deprivation diet until the actual surgery takes place and I can drop weight faster and easier given my new tool. Is there any real benefit putting myself through this torture for a whole 8-9 months before the actual surgery even begins? I'm feeling pretty lonely at this stage. And people who know I'm dieting have no idea it's in preparation for gastric bypass surgery so I can't talk to anyone about my struggle right now...it sucks.

Hi. I'm in the very early stages. Just a few weeks into my 6 months supervised weigh loss requirement. Is everyone else already post surgery? Or is the support group for someone anywhere in the process? I live north of Seattle in Lake Stevens, WA.

Is anyone out there really early in the stages? I have 6 months of medically supervised weight loss and I'm only a couple of weeks in and really struggling. How am I supposed to cut what I eat in half overnight? 1500 calories just is not cutting it pre-surgery. How am I supposed to do this for another 5 months?!? What I wouldn't do for another 300 calories a day! I'm nervous to go to my first check-in appointment. I've only lost 3 lbs so far and I only have 10 days left. How much has everyone else lost presurgery? Do you know how much they expect you to lose? I already feel like a big fat failure and I'm at least 8 months away from surgery! It's been a bad evening, sorry.