I'm a newby...just starting the process

[anitac 0]

Hey Gang!

I am only in the beginning stages of the pre-op phase. I am excited and scared at the same time. My husband and our daughter (she's 34) are doing this together. Our insurance has very few hoops to jump through so I hope that the process goes quickly. I look forward to starting the new phase of our lives. I have about 140 pounds to lose. I lost exactly that amount on my own through diet and exercise 14 years ago only to gain back every single pound....therein lies my greatest fear- that I will do this successfully only to gain it back again someday.

[JamieLogical 8,708]

Hi and welcome! It's neat that you are all going through this together. It will be nice to have such a close and sympathetic support system! Regain is a fear for us all. I lost 90+ pounds on my own in 2010/2011 and regained 80 of it before deciding to have my sleeve. I am optimistic that if I do regain at all, it won't be nearly as much. I am just not physically capable of bingeing the way I did before. Sure there are ways to eat around your sleeve and regain, but it would require some conscious effort to do so. As long as I stick to the rules of Protein first and only eating on a schedule, I am hopeful I won't run into that problem.