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New to the site...Gettin' Sleeved November 4th!

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Thanks Toccora!

I've been doing 3 Protein shakes, drinking one bottle of Cocotein and then having a can of tuna or chicken with one tablespoon of light mayo and some mustard with one serving of Melba crackers. I drink nothing but Water. No caffeine whatsoever (and oh I miss my white monsters!!!). If the pace slows, then I'm going full liquid with 5 shakes only.

I didn't give myself a lot of time to meet the doctors pre-op weight loss goal (38lbs) because I need surgery by the 4th or I have to wait until January due to work. I didn't have my first appt with the clinic until 8/25!

I am having 5 Protein shakes/bars and low calorie and low fat dinner. No goal, just trying to make this lifestyle change.

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I just got called to set up my date today...so it will be in November i hope!

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I'm having surgery on November 12th too. My insurance was approved and I am under my weight goal, but I notice the closer I get to surgery the more scared I am getting. Don't get me wrong, I want the surgery, but I'm afraid I won't do it right when I get home. I want to do it perfect, but I am afraid of screwing up. Also, I'm afraid of how my life will change. I don't know how to be thin. I've never been thin, except when I was seven. I do know I've tried everything and I've lost weight several times only to regain it and more. I'm doing this for health reasons I'm in constant physical pain, I am borderline diabetic and just plain sick of being sick because of my weight. Did anyone out there have fear before their surgery? Did your thoughts ever stop going all over the place?

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My surgery is November 11th and I already have insurance approval.

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I think we'd all be liars if we said that we weren't scared. Of the surgery. Of failing. We see the stories on here. Hear them from friends who know a person who gained all their weight back. We wonder if that will happen to us, if we'll be the person in that story they're telling next time.

And the truth is, we might be. But then again, we might not.

I'll be honest, I've seen comments from posters that have said how they don't want to track their food because that just makes it feel like another diet. And in a way, it is. Only this time, we're all getting the tool to make that diet what it should be... A lifestyle change.

This is a life altering surgery and we've gotta be prepared to alter our lives in order to be successful.

I, for one, am scared s###less but I'm more scared of my life if I continue the way it's been going. So here I am! :-)

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November 10th... nervous

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I just got called to set up my date today...so it will be in November i hope!

Yippee!!! November is quickly approaching.

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My surgery is November 11th and I already have insurance approval.

I am the 10th.

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November 10th... nervous

Same date as me!

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I think we'd all be liars if we said that we weren't scared. Of the surgery. Of failing. We see the stories on here. Hear them from friends who know a person who gained all their weight back. We wonder if that will happen to us, if we'll be the person in that story they're telling next time.

And the truth is, we might be. But then again, we might not.

I'll be honest, I've seen comments from posters that have said how they don't want to track their food because that just makes it feel like another diet. And in a way, it is. Only this time, we're all getting the tool to make that diet what it should be... A lifestyle change.

This is a life altering surgery and we've gotta be prepared to alter our lives in order to be successful.

I, for one, am scared s###less but I'm more scared of my life if I continue the way it's been going. So here I am! :-)

. That was very true and extremely insightful. I am rooting for all of us to be successful.

Edited by ToccoraVSG

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Me too! We're all gonna rock this!

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How was the pre-op diet today. Any challenges?

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I wasn't very hungry at all today. Moved my meal to lunch instead of dinner and ended up only having 2 shakes at work. Ate my lunch late, between 4-4:30, and was pretty hungry by the time I sent to the gym at 8:30. Made me cave and I ate a P3 pack for dinner/after without snack.

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