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I will be honest iam starting to get very very nervous today is my surgeon consultation and that means today i will find out my surgery Date !!! Any HELP on how to keep myself from being anxious and nervous .... It's like my brain is so full of every emotion right now from why did i ever let myself get this obese to I'm ready for this new life.... food i Divorce you !!

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Here is what did it for me.... evidently, once you are very obese, your body chemistry has changed to such a point that there is only a 3% chance of losing all your excess weight thru diet and exercise, and then keeping it off. The surgery changes that equation! So.. we have made the decision to make permanent changes and the surgery will be a tool to support us.

Yay for us!

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It definitely became more real for me when I got my surgery date. I had a minor freak out...lol. But, I had written a blog post early on about my "post-surgery bucket list" which basically outlined all the reasons I was having the surgery. So when I started to have that little freak out, I just went back and re-read my blog and that post in particular to remind myself why I was doing it. I promise you, it's good on the other side and I've never regretted it! Just keep reminding yourself of why you made the decision in the first place.

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When you get your surgery you feel more confident because now you have an idea of when it's going to happen. You still have to do the diet and maybe some other medical clearance things in-between.

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