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I will not get under the BMI limit by surgery so I don’t have that to worry about. My worry is that opposite actually...I was put on some blood pressure meds that made me gain around 15 lbs since my original consult. I have lost that weight but barely and worried I will weigh in a few lbs over my weight they saw me last even though I have been working hard to get things back under control.

Ohhh, sorry I saw 150 gain but you said back to 150 overall! This is so awesome to see and i would really love to hear more about your focus and routine you stuck to to accomplish such great results.

That is awesome!!! What kind of exercise did you do during the weight loss phase? If you don’t mind me asking, what led to the 150lb gain even though it still kept you at a great loss overall?

I should be getting an official surgery date soon and have really cut back on carbs and upped my protein intake to prepare. I have also been tracking my food over the last few weeks but the scale is not moving. Feeling frustrated as I know I need to lose at least another 5 lbs before my official pre-op appointment that will most likely occur in a couple weeks. Please help! I don’t know what I am doing wrong and desperately want to see the scale move.

This makes total sense and your right...my Bp was super low after my gallbladder surgery. Thanks!

Wow-30lbs lost already, that is awesome! I have my pre-op diet appt starting on Friday and am going to get myself prepped this week. I have cut out my Diet Coke addiction but still am struggling with drinking at meals too. Need to find a trick to get myself to stop it. I did not have to do a monitored diet of any sort for my insurance and I am thinking that was a mistake! We will see how much I can lose in the next 5 days.

Good to know! The cardiologist and pharmacist said to take with applesauce but I won’t be able to do that for a while. I have my first pre-op on Friday so I plan to see what my options are at this point. Thank you for the response!

I have a Oct 1st date! Just counting down the days😀. I have my pre-op appt on the 9/6 to start the pre-op diet. It will feel real then! Feel like I keep on trying to eat things I shouldn’t right now in a last meal mentality. Nervous my weight has not gone down since my consult months ago and don’t want to get denied after all these appts and steps completed. I look forward to continuing the countdown.

I am trying to diet but my weight loss is very slow...trying out eating shakes and sticking to mostly protein to get myself weened off sugary stuff. I am confused why my weight is holding on though...I am eating wayyy less than I used to. I need to get a few more lbs down so that I am below what I weighed in my consult months and months ago. I too am ready for this day to get here now!

I have been waiting for actually getting a surgery date and jumping through all of the hoops and testing but now that i have a date I am nervous. Am I making the right decision? If I have failed so many times before - will this actually really work this time? I am so afraid I will fail and need to get myself in the right headspace. I have been trying out the pre-op diet early and am losing but very slowly. Can I even compare my weight loss trends today for after surgery at all? I went to a support group last week at my bariatric center and heard all sorts of great stories but finding it sooo hard to imagine I won’t be hungry - which I heard from so many of the participants in the group. I need to hear from other people who had these same fears of failure and how it translated after surgery. I want to be successful at weight loss and getting healthy once and for all!

October 1st surgery day for me! Trying to be patient now but do not start my pre-op appointments until 9/6. During the testing process I was put on a blood pressure medicine that made me gain some weight (almost 15 lbs- mostly water weight) but I have had them change that med. Now I am trying out the pre-op diet ahead of time and have lost all 15 lbs I gained because of that experience. Making small changes too like cutting out my Diet Coke addiction😀. Also realizing I need to pay attention to drinking at meals - that is a habit I need to do some work on now! Getting nervous about how long I really need to be out of work because we have some major changes occurring and I hope I can get back to work as quickly as possible! Waiting on my official insurance approval too, so I hope to get that within the next week. Glad someone started an October thread, can’t wait to hear about everyone’s journey here!

I just received mine this morning- October 1st! Why does that seem so far away now?

Thank you for the info on your recoveries!

I appreciate all the feedback and good juju - exactly what I needed! I will get to walking. I have been tracking my food and have not run into this issue so early when trying to get back on track so I hope that helps! Thanks all!

I drink a pretty large amount of water but started to add some crystal light sugar free to it lately to help ween me off of diet cokes for good! I will get my butt in gear to add some additional activity and see if I can jump start my loss again. I have so much to lose overall (around 200lbs) that I thought these first lbs would come off quickly. I also started taking a multi-vitamin a few days ago but I don’t think that should cause weight loss to stall. Thanks! Stressing myself out because I don’t want to lose my opportunity to get this surgery just because I can’t seem to get this last five lbs off right now. My dr had mentioned you cannot gain weight from your consult to your first pre-op appt and that is exactly were I am sitting right now😕. I was but in a beta blocker that made me gain weight but just switched to a new kind instead to see if it helps with water retention. Thanks again!