Surgery on the 15th...

[lilypat407 3]

Hi! I'm a newbie here. My name is Susan and I'm 61 years old. I've been on the diet roller-coaster since I was 18. Usually I'd lose 30 pounds. Then gain it back plus. Up and down up and down. I just can't go through another diet only to 'fail' again. I needed something to help me keep it off. I started to read everything I could on weight loss surgery. Thirty years ago I remember thinking to myself that if I had the means I would definitely have opted to have it. Now that the means are available I am looking forward to it. Currently I am 250 pounds with a BMI of 30. I am 5'5 with a large frame. My goal would be perfect at 150. I am on day four of the liquid diet and I feel crappy. I have caffeine withdrawal headaches because I had to stop diet coke. Are there others like me who are having the same problems? How long will they last? I don't want to get discouraged but when I think of eight more days of this I'm not sure I'll make it. Thanks for listening.

[Msmimi 63]

Wow I do understand but it will get better, just keep telling your self it for the better good

[emsgirl114 88]

The headaches will pass. Might try Decaf coffee. It has just a pinch of caf and might take edge off. Or decaf tea. In a few weeks soda will be a thing if your past. I've been off soda 3 years and now even the sight of it grosses me out and I loved my diet coke