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So way back last September I started the process of getting gastric sleeve. My starting weight was 469 and needed to lose 130 pounds before the doctor would okay going through with the surgery. I had lost 60 pounds eating right and exercising. I was doing so well I went and got a new job which is working in a factory for 10 hours. I didn’t see how to maintain the eating schedule and the needed water that I cancelled my appointment and that took me out of the program. My old job I was able to take days off to make appointments which is an hour away. There was no way to continue my appointments. Now i quit something I had worked on months for for a job I totally HATE. Could be that I hate it so much because my legs and feet are in absolute pain while working. I wish someone had a real talk with me when I started. I thought it was a good move my husband works there, it’s a good wage and there’s a 401k. I have lost another 10 pounds bringing my current weight to 398. So I’ve jumped hurdles from where I was with numbers but in my ability to do physical things but now I just don’t know.

I’m on my feet daily for ten hours. I barely can walk when I’m home. When I started though I couldn’t walk a street with out sitting down so I have worked myself up from where I was. Thank you for the protein shakes idea though.

I've been losing or trying at the very least to lose weight since September. I was told to lose a good portion of weight before I could have surgery.I've had some success but as before it's almost an exhausting mind set to be in to be on top of my eating behaviors as well as mentally keeping myself encouraged to exercise. I feel like the thoughts of needing to find movement because it'll burn some calories are becoming obsessive. Food is always a thought too trying to stop cravings. Those damn commercials make pizza look so friggin good. I take the inside of my lip and bite the inside of the cheek. It's not to really hurt myself but to impose a negative reinforcement. Along the lines of when junk food looks appealing I'd associate with discomfort. anyway in the past with losing weight I've always become like this though apparent by weight it never sticks for long, I feel concerned with weightloss surgery it'd have to be a 24 hour focus. Is this along the lines of normal that you'll always be obsessed and is it common for weightloss patients to develop eating disorders?

I waited 6 months to go to orientation at the Iowa city university hospital where the doctor informed me that I would need to loose a 130 pounds before my case would even be submitted to the insurence company and the god knows how long that battle will be. If I lost that kind of weight I would almost be happy alone. Can anyone give testimony to being successful with this scenario because I could really use some hope right about now.

I went sept 22nd and today is oct 2nd im down 19 pounds from that weigh in but honestly there was water retention from it being that time of the month and a days worth of eating that hadn't passed. So I've probably only really lost about 9-10 pounds but I'm taking it.

Thank you all for your comments. I was given a diet of 1800 calorie diets and protiens,carbs and fats to stay with in. They said to stay away from protein shakes because they want you to eat real food. I've been so wrapped up in the idea of surgery I guess I had just thought that when I saw the doctor I was on the road to an end to that goal instead of given a mountain to climb. I'm going to work at this and see where I get and I'm open to suggestions. Thank you for suggesting the over 400 group I will be checking this out.