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Hello! I am new to this app! I've been looking for support from people who know what I am about to go through.

I am in my beginning stages, literally, I have my first nutritionist appointment on May 13th. My first of 6 months of supervised nutritionist appointments (required by my insurance) so my surgery will be mid October!

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Welcome! I am new, too, just starting the journey. I have 3 months of supervised weight loss so we can start together.

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Welcome! I am new, too, just starting the journey. I have 3 months of supervised weight loss so we can start together.

So cool! Have you had your first nutritionist appointment?

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Hey!! I'm new to this group as well..kinda looking around...I had my 1st nutritionist visit on April 19 (4 months supervised per insurance). Excited an scared all at the same time.

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Hey!! I'm new to this group as well..kinda looking around...I had my 1st nutritionist visit on April 19 (4 months supervised per insurance). Excited an scared all at the same time.

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Awesome! Welcome. How was the first visit? What is it like? I'm just curious.

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The visit was ok..I guess I was expecting more...just talked about what I ate and trying to eat 3 meals a day and drink more Water.

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That's what everyone says... I just hope October gets here fast.

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Start writing down questions to ask your Nutritionist. Be honest with them and let them help you make the changes you'll need to make. Take advantage of this time you have before surgery and prepare yourself as much as possible.

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Start writing down questions to ask your Nutritionist. Be honest with them and let them help you make the changes you'll need to make. Take advantage of this time you have before surgery and prepare yourself as much as possible.

Great advice. Thank you. I was thinking of starting a journal. When will the 'liquid diet' start, is that pre-op or post-op?

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Every plan is different with the diet plan. My surgeon doesn't require a liquid pre-op diet unless I weighed over 400lbs. From what I've seen - most require one for 10-30 days pre-op. Those are great questions to ask your nutritionist. Keeping a journal is a great idea!

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Every plan is different with the diet plan. My surgeon doesn't require a liquid pre-op diet unless I weighed over 400lbs. From what I've seen - most require one for 10-30 days pre-op. Those are great questions to ask your nutritionist. Keeping a journal is a great idea!

Thanks for that! Yeah, I want to start a journal with a lot of "before" pictures. I need to stay motivated!

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I'm just starting out too - I hate to rush Summer but I really want to get on with this journey!

Exactly! I'm so ready. I hate that I have 6 months! I feel frustrated.

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