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Hey y'all, got tired of 'lurking' around your site and decided it was time to join up! You guys really post some helpful stuff. Surgery is Thursday morning. I've been jumping through the hoops since I attended the seminar in March and FINALLY have everything ready. When the doc told me to lose 38 lbs before surgery, I thought, "dang, doc....if I could do that I wouldn't need surgery." I was wrong, but I have lost 55 lbs and I am so ready to get this going! I've already dropped a couple of pant sizes, but I'm thinking how great it will be to not have to buy clothes at the big and tall shop!!!!! Non-scale victories (learned that here) are great goal-setters. Riding the rides at Six-Flags, setting in a booth, riding dirt bikes, setting in a normal size chair on a camp-out, I could go on but y'all know what I'm talking about. Best of luck to all y'all waiting.

Go Rangers!

Dennis

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Hey y'all, got tired of 'lurking' around your site and decided it was time to join up! You guys really post some helpful stuff. Surgery is Thursday morning. I've been jumping through the hoops since I attended the seminar in March and FINALLY have everything ready. When the doc told me to lose 38 lbs before surgery, I thought, "dang, doc....if I could do that I wouldn't need surgery." I was wrong, but I have lost 55 lbs and I am so ready to get this going! I've already dropped a couple of pant sizes, but I'm thinking how great it will be to not have to buy clothes at the big and tall shop!!!!! Non-scale victories (learned that here) are great goal-setters. Riding the rides at Six-Flags, setting in a booth, riding dirt bikes, setting in a normal size chair on a camp-out, I could go on but y'all know what I'm talking about. Best of luck to all y'all waiting.

Go Rangers!

Dennis

Welcome! Best of Luck to you on Thursday. ~Amy

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Welcome Dennis and good luck with your surgery. Sounds like you did great with your pre-op diet. I was at the baseball game on Saturday - what a rush! Wish our boys could go all the way, but we've got a battle on our hands. Don't know where you're having surgery, but if at Northpark you'll love it. They're great!

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Hi Dennis! You know that list of things you're looking forward to doing (or not doing)? WRITE IT DOWN so you can look at it a few months after surgery and be amazed. There was a thread going here shortly after I joined, which was just before surgery, where people were listing all their reasons for having the surgery and everything they were looking forward to. I hunted that down last week, and you know what? EVERY SINGLE THING that I put on my list, I got to check off!! Write it down, take lots of pictures (with clothes, with almost no clothes, posed from every angle, natural un-posed shots) because you're going to want to compare later on, too. There's no way to make you understand how absolutely wonderful this thing is, but we can help you experience the best of it for yourself! :)

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Best wishes Dennis ! ! !Sounds like you're from my neck of the woods, I grew up out near Weatherford as a child, but moved to the mid-cities (Bedford) for most of my adult life before marrying my husband. I miss Texas SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH ! ! ! Cheers to you on your success, and wishing you many more victories in the near future.

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Welcome and good luck with surgery! You have done great losing 55lbs so far...that is wonderful! Keep up the good work!

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Congratulations Dennis on your weightloss! That is awesome! Best of luck to you on your upcoming surgery!

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good luck Dennis! We'll be waiting to hear updates on how your surgery went when you're up to it :)

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      I joined yesterday when I was struggling with this preop diet... 
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        Fear is normal, but if it makes you feel any better, I'm 4.5 months post-op and the pre-op diet was by far the hardest part of the whole process. There will be challenges and a lot of new things to learn, but I can honestly say at this point I feel so much more "back to normal" and was even able to go on a week-long vacation with my kids without stressing over it. It's so worthwhile.

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        @NickelChip This actually does make me feel better! Thank you so much! After the onslaught of Covid, we've all had to deal with a "new normal", so I know it's possible. It's just the fear and frustration in this moment that makes me question if I can find another "new normal" afterwards. The thought of just a few more months seems daunting some times, but I really do appreciate input and real experience. I'll use that to get me through for a few more hours! LOL. Thank you so much! And I'm glad everything is going so well for you! ❤️

    • mamabear30106

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      I started my 10 day pre op diet yesterday I need flavor!! I'm not big on the chocolate protein shakes so I just got to use up what I have was thinking about freezing it to make it like a ice cream so its something I can chew a little. Idk this is hard but I know I can do it just need to find new things to try 
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        You can try. I've read other people have had good results with protein-shake popsicles, etc. My personal experience with it? Sucked.

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