Surgery April 25th! New to forum! Nervous/excited!

[findjoy13 30]

Im nervous I'm having this surgery to lose 50 lbs! I am 5'7 and weigh 275. I want to lose at least 120lbs! People i know have been telling me that, that is to high of a goal! I want to prove them wrong! I have PCOS and have been battling with my weight forever!

[slojo 150]

You can do it with the sleeve. That is a reasonable goal...

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

battling with my weight forever!

findjoy13

losing 120 lbs is not too high of a goal

if you look around the board - many, many people lose that amount of weight - or more, or much more

you/me/us shouldn't EVER listen to other peoples opinion about "our" surgeries

you are the one that will have the WLS - you and your dr know your goal weight, leave it at that

start losing weight, if you need/want to lose 120 lbs - go for it - if it turns out you end up losing more, or less weight, thats YOUR business!!!

I'm not going to tell you to say MYOB - because i think thats going overboard

but you can "politely" say something like - "I'm not sure how much weight i want to lose, as time passes i'll see where i feel right to stop" - something like that!!!

but the truth is, its none of their business - never let anyone intimidate you (not even me)

good luck on your venture