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Now I'm nervous lol

Thank you so much

Wooow! I don't know if that is a good thing or bad lol.

It was kind of hard to find the FAQs but it says you have to have had bariatric surgery a year or more prior to starting lol. That settles that!

Is it unethical to do those after surgery lmao. I mean, it's almost certain if you follow the diet regime and workout you'll lose weight, almost 100%, but most, but is is bad karma to do that? I didn't do it yet, obviously and I probably won't, but 100 dollars a month at losing 60 lbs over 12 months is a winning total of 3000, haha. Seems like cheating and if they'll even let you do it, it seems unethical and like karma will get you. Kinda interested to see if anybody has done it after surgery.

My family lives like, 15-20 minutes away, my mom is going to help a lot, she already does, they all do, Thank God!

Thanks for your advise!! 2. Oh I'm not blind to how big I am, though, my doctor did say that when they did a weird scale thing test that my actual fast to muscle ratio makes me not qualify at all for the surgery, they won't I put that to my insurance so I can get it covered anyway. Not that I'm proud or anything, I a want to get rid of my PCOS and Insulin resistance. 2. Oh I know as well! I bounced back from my c-section 6 months ago like a champ! I'm hoping to do the same! I run for an hour now, so I know it will take a while to get back to it! 3. I really only drink water and crystal light, even when going out, because water is is so great for skin and overall health! But I didn't even think about carbonated water! Good idea!! Thank you so much for the advise!! I love hearing from people who've we there!

Firstly, thank you for your kind words, I miss him so much it helps to hear his leaving is appreciated but thank you! I've very excited! I like to think it shouldn't be that difficult for me sinse I've been eating under 40 carbs a day no sugar, so basically what makes others lose helps me maintain lol. I'll keep in mind that it will be hard post, because it seems like a hard lifestyle, somewhat, to get used to? Thanks anyway

Congrats! It's funny, I can be a jealous person, but hearing about everyone getting the surgery done is actually really exciting because I know how relieved everyone is, so the jealousy isn't there haha. But Thanks! I've been doing extensive research for three years now and took the step last month to actually start. My daughter is 6 months old and we dont want another for a year so timing Is great. It's all happening so fast, like my journey to have my daughter with medication was fast one good news after the other. For example, I got lucky and the day I saw my primary for a referral, I got into the initial class my surgeon puts on, and if I didn't get that class that day, it would would have been a two month wait! I'm getting lots of tests done this month as well. So, it just seems meant to be it's all happening. Sorry I wrote a novel sized comment back haha.

I don't think it's fair to say i if you're not scared you're not taking this seriously, I've been thinking about getting the sleeve for a few years now and only just recently the past month I've taken steps toward it. I'm not scared whatsoever. I have faith in my beliefs, and also, it's good to know your surgeon statistics. You should look at satistics of Surgeons around you too.

It went awesome, the office is so so great. It's so new to be talking with doctors, people in general, who know that I don't eat too much or think I'm lazy but know that my body isn't functioning as it's supposed to. It's really refreshing and I'm really optimistic about the future. She did say that my estimated surgery date would be the beginning of October, my husband gets home from deployment the end of October during our daughter's first birthday, so fingers crossed!

That's exactly what I mean.

I think, honestly, and people will hate me for it, but I know/have known people like this- unfortunately-but I feel if a person over eats or just makes terrible decisions and doesn't try to stop eating badly and doesn't try to better their health, then for that person, whom hasn't tried every ave. (like us!) to get healthy, this surgery is the easy way out. The people I've seen do that and have that mentality, gain the weight back because they haven't changed anything. But I also know the majority of bariatric patients have actually tried and actually have lasting success with the surgery, hense the phrase "quick fix" for those that gain it back and don't change like I mentioned above, in the process giving the rest of us a bad rep. Those like us who've made a life long commitment to this, it's a struggle and the bariatric surgery is a magical (in the sense that we feel like freakin' finally something is freakin' working!) TOOL for lifelong success, but not without change, like I said. And yeeesss girl, I feel you, like you mentioned, very similar stories! My family is also very supportive and having read other posts, we're very blessed and lucky to have that kind of support. I'm beyond excited to have this done, to not have the "insulin resistance and pcos for dummies this is why I'm fat" speech I have on hand to tell people lol.... "so I have this thing called insulin resistance, basically the hormones in my body think I have anorexia thus turning all the carbs and sugar I eat straight to fat instead of energy like most people, and this other thing I have, pcos, just makes it harder to lose weight, I eat healthy, low carb, no sugar and work out. I've had this sinse I was 8." lmao, the looks I get are either pity, interest, or doubt because I'm fat so I must be lying and I over eat... I'm excited for that to go away, though I literally can't imagine a life like it, like I hope lol. Good luck to you girl, but you sound like a bad ass, so you probably don't need it [emoji3]