My journey begins.

[mommy67 1]

I started my journey on May 20th 2013. My highest weight was 385lbs and I am 5'5. I've seen the phychatrist twice and the dietician once so far. I had all my blood work done and did both of my required support group meetings. I just had my endoscope yesterday. I've met with my surgeon already as well. So now I have one more appointment with the dietician next week. Hopefully then I will get a date. About six years ago, I fell out of the shower. Long story short. I ended up with 3 herniated discs and nerve damage in my left leg and foot. Growing up I was always over weight but since I got hurt this is my highest. Before I would level off between 303 - 333 lbs. I tried weight watchers which did work but I gained it back. I tried several diets with no long term success. So here I am. Now in this stage of the game I've been trying new Protein and Vitamin products to find the ones I can tolerate. I think I have that down. I would like to do a utube video. I tried once already but I didn't post it. I'm not that comfortable in front of the camera. Thank you for listening to my story. I'm excited that I found this app. I hope to learn a lot from everyone.

[Richard Foor 655]

Welcome. Enjoy the journey it's not always easy but it gets better as time goes, stay positive as much as possible. It's great to try the Protein products before hand, but I don't recommend buying a bunch of anything before surgery because most people (myself included) experience changes in there tastes after the surgery. I have seen many posts on here about people who bough a bunch of a certain protein they liked preop and then couldn't stand it post op. Good Luck.

[mommy67 1]

Welcome. Enjoy the journey it's not always easy but it gets better as time goes' date=' stay positive as much as possible. It's great to try the Protein products before hand, but I don't recommend buying a bunch of anything before surgery because most people (myself included) experience changes in there tastes after the surgery. I have seen many posts on here about people who bough a bunch of a certain Protein they liked preop and then couldn't stand it post op. Good Luck.[/quote']

Thank you for the words of encouragement. They are greatly appreciated.