Wait! Everyone just hold on!

[forrealthistime 7]

I feel like I want to scream that to everyone! Like, "Just wait, everything's gonna change in a couple months. I know I look gross. I know I don't fit in that chair. I know I'm not healthy! Just hit the pause button! I'll be there soon!"

Does anyone else want to hit the pause button on life until your surgery comes!?!?!

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

everything's gonna change in a couple months

@@forrealthistime

WELCOME to the wonderful world of WLS

i see you are three days OLD

before you know it you will be 3++++days/months,/years YOUNG

continue to come to the boards

you might see questions/answers that pertain to your similar situation

visit U-tube for pics/discussion about sleeve,lapband ,other WLS

read books like "Weight Loss Surgery for Dummies"

you are on the to road to a healthier, happier, longer life!!

who deserves it more!!!

I have issues with that word "GROSS" - but enough said

good luck

kathy

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Yes, I understand. For me it was more die to mobility issues. I had gotten to a place where my lack of mobility was impacting just about everything in my life and had no real hope that it would ever improve until I decided to have surgery.

Once I made the decision I knew I might be able to do some things but was on the limbo of not knowing how long it would take to get there.

Now, almost 6 months post-op, things are improving faster than I anticipated!

[BohemianBeauty 58]

I feel the same way. I'm not having surgery until early next year. Still in he classes. I can't wait to hit Onederland. My highest was 313 and currently 274.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I was the proverbial "active fat". I had a busy social life and had been exercising regularly for a few years prior to surgery. However it took more and more planning and to do the things I liked to do. We'd go to NYC and I'd have to cab it instead of walking. Take the elevator rather than the stairs. Ask for the chair with no arms at restaurants. I have chronic health conditions and when they flared up I was done. I had no extra energy to fight them because I was already using working hard for day to day things.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

Much like @@BLERDgirl I live/lived a very active life. I worked out, walked a lot (can run skinny people into the ground at a mall), etc.

The only thing I kinda have on hold right now are some pricier overseas vacations. Those are really more planning and than waiting to get skinny,

You only this young, in this moment once. Anyone can die at any moment. Don't stop living life or put things on hold waiting to magically be x size or weight. Live this life, be happy with who you are right now, because if you aren't happy with yourself now, you won't be happy when you are smaller either.

[BohemianBeauty 58]

Totally relate!! Active fat girl! Side note.. I love this website/app. ????

[forrealthistime 7]

Totally get it!! Maybe my post came out wrong. I'm also fat active! I have an amazing husband and two beautiful daughters, I have more true friends than should be allowed for one person. I travel all the time and live a very busy life! I haven't let my weight stop me from doing anything (except fit on some rides) and I'm very happy with myself. Interestingly, at 322lbs, I'm happier with myself now than I was in my weight loss days of 160lbs. I owe that to 3 years of therapy working on body issues that no amount of weight loss will ever fix.

Maybe I mean that "hold on" thought for people that don't know me well, or don't know about this 39 year journey I've had with my weight. It's more like... "Yeah, I know how I look! Hold on... Because soon my outside will match my inside." Does that make sense?