First off, this is my first time posting on any type of forum like this so I hope I do it right! :-)
I started my journey back in 2013 and was given 14lbs to lose by my surgeon before surgery. I ended up losing about 35 and felt so much better, then I had all the people around me (friends, family, coworkers) saying, "You look great!, you don't need to have that surgery...you can do this on your own, look how much you've already lost!" So I went no further and now here I am revisiting the surgery and of the 35lbs I lost before, I am down 12lbs from my highest weight, which was 264 (I am 5'7) and my BMI is about 39.5.
One of my biggest questions is...will I lose too much weight? Someone that I know had the surgery and they said to me, if they "only" had 100lbs to lose, they wouldn't have had the surgery. Only 100lbs? Seriously? If it was that easy I would weigh 150lbs right now! All those answers no one can answer...
Why do people want to "test" their new tummy by eating things and larger amounts that they know they shouldn't?
What will I look like 100lbs lighter?
Will I get too skinny and look sickly?
If all goes well...I am looking at either a surgery date sometime in December or late January. I'm nervous but excited at the same time!!!
