August Sleevers?! Where Ya's At?

[sweeteelme 37]

August 8th Dr. Norwood Shreveport,La.

[minniemouse67 32]

I'm 200 now and I'm 5'1". My goal is 130. I picked that # because I remember getting down to 135 a long time ago and feeling really comfortable at the weight. I took off 5 more lbs for good measure. I'll see how I feel when I lose the weight. I would even be thrilled with 140 at this point. I can't wait! Exactly a month to go!

[allnewme 262]

Grrrr! I month away tomorrow. I feel like I get fatter everyday! Wish things would hurry up already! Sorry, had to get it off my chest!!

I went through that the past three weeks. So ready to get this weight off my body! Hang in there, the month will go buy quickly

[timetochange 8]

21 days - freaking out

[iggychic 1,405]

I'm on my way to the docs to get my date . Can't wait to have an official verses sometime in August lol.

Qotd.....I'm 5' nothing and looking to hit 108 to 110....wait, not hoping...planning . That puts me in a healthy bmi and a comfortable weight range. I've been down below 100 but it was always a bugger to maintain so I'm thinking that's just too small for my frame...we'll see what the doc says today .

[Mom_24 72]

I'm on my way to the docs to get my date . Can't wait to have an official verses sometime in August lol.

Qotd.....I'm 5' nothing and looking to hit 108 to 110....wait, not hoping...planning . That puts me in a healthy bmi and a comfortable weight range. I've been down below 100 but it was always a bugger to maintain so I'm thinking that's just too small for my frame...we'll see what the doc says today .

I'm 200 now and I'm 5'1". My goal is 130. I picked that # because I remember getting down to 135 a long time ago and feeling really comfortable at the weight. I took off 5 more lbs for good measure. I'll see how I feel when I lose the weight. I would even be thrilled with 140 at this point. I can't wait! Exactly a month to go!

QOTD - I just want a normal BMI. At just under 5' tall, the high end of a normal BMI would be 125. That goal is 225 pounds from my heaviest so it quite frankly seems unattainable at this point, but a girl can dream.

Glad to know I'm not the only shorty on here. Once when I was at the doctor's office, they told me I was 5'1", but I think they made a mistake. I measured myself the other day and I was barely 5'. With that being said, my goal, at this point, is 125. I have chosen it because when I reached that weight at 15, I was the slimmest I had been or ever would be post-puberty, and it was a struggle to stay there, but I wore about an 8 or 10 pant, so I could live with that. Would I like to be smaller, yes, but healthy is the most important thing. My fourteen year-old is 5'2", is in the 130s and wears a 6, and she is just perfectly sized. She and I are built similarly, so if I were about her size, I would feel really healthy. Would I love to be really petite, yes, but I am "full-figured" girl, even at my lowest weight, so I am not sure I will ever be "petite". Funny thing is that even at 125, I felt fat. I think a number of reasons for that come into play. When I was a girl, in my family, appearance was everything and the scale was used as a barometer, which doesn't make any sense for me, because most of the other women in my family are tall, so it's like apples and oranges to compare. Also, I think I felt fat, because of the diet and food choices my family made, such as all of the southern cooking that went on. Did we have vegetables? Yes, as long as they were either white (e.g. potatoes) or fried (e.g. okra, green tomatoes, etc.). Okay we had green Beans too, as long as they were cooked with a ham-hock! See what I mean? So I wonder if eating all of those carbs, that I am now addicted to and try to stay away from to have any degree of control, as a kid caused me to feel out-of-control, and therefore fat, even when I wasn't. Any way thanks for letting me rant!

I am starting my pre-pre-op liquid diet today, instead of at 10 days out, that way I can make any adjustments I need to before the official day.

So, three weeks from today....! :D

[Mom_24 72]

21 days - freaking out

Me too!!!

[mandmcd 8]

hi

im an august sleever too....23rd for me.

im 39 years old and have approx 85 pounds to lose...or as i like to call it, a small kylie minogue to lose!!

good luck to all who are having the first days of the rest of your lives.

xx

[MamaMelly 97]

Qotd-it's funny when my surgeon asked me this question I just stared at him with my mouth open. I'm having such a hard time wrapping my head around possibility of not being morbidly obese! First goal, get RID of that word MORBID from my diagnosis. I remember the first time I saw that in my chart. I felt sick!

Anywho, I am 29. I weigh 255. Started this process around 263. Last time I was below 200 I was 17. I remember weighing 175 and feeling good about myself. So I know it's on the higher side, but for now that's my goal. Will readjust as necessary.

Anyone else having a hard time wrapping their head around all of this, and the fact that we ARE going to Lose weight??

I'm so grateful for this site and all of you!!

[cegull 53]

My liquid diet started today. Yikes!! No more solid food for the next 5 weeks. I might be chewing my arm off by Thursday.

[leprechaunmomma 33]

My liquid diet started today. Yikes!! No more solid food for the next 5 weeks. I might be chewing my arm off by Thursday.

it will all be good just stay away from small children and weiner dogs lmao hang in there hon we are all here when you need to vent just think everyday you make it you are that much closer to being healthy

[iggychic 1,405]

My liquid diet started today. Yikes!! No more solid food for the next 5 weeks. I might be chewing my arm off by Thursday.

That should cut ya down a good ten lbs

[jorsea 54]

Just 22 days away...I'm so extremely excited. Only 3 Weeks left till the beginning of my new life. What's the first thing that comes to your mind, when thinking about your new life. My new life will be the beginning of the firsts. First to buy small small clothes, first to buy a swimsuit, first to scubadive, first to skydive....oh the life I see is far more exciting than the one im leaving behind.

[Nina88 73]

QOTD: I'm 5'2 my goal weight is 135. My start weight is 270,135 is half of me. But I would love to be 115-120.

Today is my preop appointment. I didn't lose the whole 15 pounds the doctor asked me to. I lost 11. I hope it's good enough. I'm so nervous.

[612belly 32]

Hi I am being sleeved August 16, 2012 7am! Start my pre op diet August 6, 2012