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I took the online seminar yesterday and the clinic called me today. I have a PCP visit scheduled for Nov 5 and a pre surgical class for Nov 14. After that my first appointment with the clinic will be in January and by February I will have my 3 month monitored diet complete.

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I started my journey also a couple weeks ago. Went to the seminar and now the 31st meeting with insurance and office manager to start process and learn about the requirements.

I was told bring a day planner to set up appointments so I am excited and very very nervous.

I want and need this so bad and am trying to plan ahead for what is coming in the changes of my life, but I find myself now feeling bad about myself and any food choices I make daily.

anyone else feeling like this?

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I started my journey also a couple weeks ago. Went to the seminar and now the 31st meeting with insurance and office manager to start process and learn about the requirements. I was told bring a day planner to set up appointments so I am excited and very very nervous. I want and need this so bad and am trying to plan ahead for what is coming in the changes of my life' date=' but I find myself now feeling bad about myself and any food choices I make daily. anyone else feeling like this?[/quote']

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Just make the best food choices you can each day. At the end of the day, learn from it, then be done with it and move on. Life is hard enough without beating yourself up unnecessarily. There is a lot to learn with WLS and a lot to adapt to, so save your focus and energy for those things. Good luck!

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Thanks for the encouragement. I am not a big risk taker so I like to prove and know I am able to do something before the events happen. So finding myself worried about diet after surgery so trying to practice before I have no choice to live the rest of my life with these limits.

Then quickly feeling like I failed forgetting there are so many physical changes that happen to the body that helps allows me to follow the limits after the surgery.

I will say I am feeling more in control over my food choices.

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4 years ago, before I had a child, I lost 80 pounds in 5 months with diet and exercise. Then I gained it all back plus some. Over the past 3 years I have been losing 40 and gaining 50 off and on. I am so happy that I wil have a tool to help me. One of the biggest reasons for my "giving up" in previous attempts is that I am so tired of being hungry day after day. I dont even remeber what full feels like. I will be so happy to not be hungry

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I agree..sounds like my experiences lose 30-40 then can't maintain diet and then weight right back up and it brings more with it. My highest was this summer at 347 and I was like no more...I have been losing and now at 318 but struggling to stay on diet feeling hungry deprived...add the medical issues and gastric bypass is my only choice. I keep telling myself I can make it until day of surgery... Any thing I do now will only help me later...

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Wow! a lot of information coming to a reality today. Had my Bariatric program consult today...Set up lab work, Dietary orientation with Dietician and medical history and physical. Found out 6 month diet requirements and beginning the process...I am so excited! So nervous and ready to start this journey to a new me!!!!

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I have my first Dr appoint and Nut class on the 21st. I have been on a supervised diet from my Dr. since 9/19 (down 21 pounds) so hopefully theses months will count toward my 6 months my insurance requires. My surgeon's office requires 3 months of their own Nut. which I understand they know the new ways I will have to change my eating habits and can teach me these new life skills. I am anticipating the next couple months to be very busy with Dr appointments and gathering paperwork! Busy works keeps me on track! So am hoping for a May 2014 surgery date. Then hopefully my summer will be spent healing and losing before the next school year!!!

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today has been full of making appointments and filling in schedule! makes me excited to know the process is moving along!!! I also found out the months before with PCP do count so surgery end of April beginning of May as long as everything else works out!

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today has been full of making appointments and filling in schedule! makes me excited to know the process is moving along!!! I also found out the months before with PCP do count so surgery end of April beginning of May as long as everything else works out!

Great job!

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I have completed everything my surgery date is 12-2-13 !!!!

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That is so exciting!!! You can do this and I will be thinking about you on Monday!

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