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I am very much pre-op, but I wish I could just have the surgery tomorrow! I have met with the surgeon and I am getting all my other appts set up. I am hoping to have the surgery in late August or early September.

This evening my husband said, Hey, how about we go to the Chinese buffet one last time. I thought, sounds good! We really don't go to the buffet often at all, so this really would be the last time for me. Of course, at the buffet I ate "all I can eat." After we are we were waking around the mall and I just felt disgusting. I felt horribly fat, full, and gross. Makes me wonder why I ever do that to myself. It just makes me feel horrible about myself. I am supposed to lose 5-10 lbs before surgery. I even weighed in at weight watchers this morning and was down 1 lb, which I am sure I negated then some at dinner. I know I can do this. I feel that the sleeve will give me the physical restriction when my mental restriction fails me. Otherwise I will stay in my roller coaster of losing and gaining weight. I know that the sleeve is the right thing for me. I am ready to start my journey, just hope my insurance company feels the same way.

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I like to refer to the sleeve as my "forced behavior modification." I can deal with head hunger, but when legitimately hungry will choose not-so-healthy foods...and eat a truckload of them. Ergo...fat.

That's changing now :) Keep your chin up - it will be here before you know it!

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Like you Im sooooo ready!!!! For my insurance I have to do a 6 month program thru a Center of Excellance....I started in January my programs required monthly doctor visits, 2 support meetings, 3 nutrition classes, surgical class, of couse all the labs and ekg, psych visit and lose 10% of my body weight (30 lbs) well its now 6 months later I have finished everything except for my Psych Appt which is July 8 so hoping to have surgery by August or Sept.

Dont beat yourself up to much for having a few "last meals" I think pretty much everyone goes through that, I know I have had more than a few the past 6 months. You will do great and before you know it you will be on the other side!!

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I am soooooo ready also......went to a wedding today.....oh my gosh......the food kept coming for four hours--it was non stop............knowing what my dinner would consist of after I'm sleeved, I made much better, smaller choices than I would have a year ago LOL

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I'm ready and I'm just starting my 6 month diet on Monday lol

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I'm ready and I'm just starting my 6 month diet on Monday lol

6 months will go fast enough, well some days it felt like forever lol I am past my 6 just more waiting now, someday I wish self pay was an option but its not so whatcha gonna do :) good luck!

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Good luck, you can get through it!

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