I am happy to announce I have my date

[ItsMeBirdie 18]

I got my call today from the scheduler stating thaI am thinking what a wonderful Christmas present I am am about to receive this year 22, wahoo I am so excited this has been a long road and and longer road to go. I have done very well thus far I have had losses every month except for last month I gained one pound I was very upset about it but the RN stated it was only 1 pound no big deal and told me to just stick with it.

Congrats for all the others that are having their surgeries set i start my Protein shakes in three weeks and I feel this is going to be the hardest thing for me because i love food so much so this will surely be a challenge for me and I have already started buying and stocking up on soft Protein foods for after the surgery for when I can eat again

[macon_me 68]

Congratulations

sleeved November 8th. HW 273 SW 233 CW 223. IG @macon_me

[My4Brownies 283]

Congrats and just take it one day at a time..that was the hard part for me too but the Clear liquids after is worse (taste buds messed up) but the new life journey makes it ALL worth it???????????? November 9th was date n ????????????????for the journey????

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[James Marusek 5,244]

Congratulations on your upcoming surgery. Since you are at the beginning of this process, I would recommend three things.

1. Take a good before photograph of yourself, so that you have something to compare to after surgery. Many times we are blind to our obesity. We do not see ourselves. Therefore when the weight begins to drop off rather dramatically, we question if this is really happening. Photographs are a good visualization of our success. Many people carry a before and after photo with them, just to remind themselves of their success.

2. Walk 30 minutes each day, every day until surgery (or equivalent exercise). Walking helps the recovery process go smoothly and minimized the pain levels from surgery.

3. Wean yourself from caffeine and carbonated beverages now. After I gave up my 6 diet coke a day habit, I suffered from a week of severe withdrawal syndrome consisting of severe headaches and body aches. I was miserable. You don't want to combine the effects of caffeine withdrawal with the effects of surgery.

[Mindy142 3]

Congrats!

[ItsMeBirdie 18]

Congratulations on your upcoming surgery. Since you are at the beginning of this process, I would recommend three things.

1. Take a good before photograph of yourself, so that you have something to compare to after surgery. Many times we are blind to our obesity. We do not see ourselves. Therefore when the weight begins to drop off rather dramatically, we question if this is really happening. Photographs are a good visualization of our success. Many people carry a before and after photo with them, just to remind themselves of their success.

2. Walk 30 minutes each day, every day until surgery (or equivalent exercise). Walking helps the recovery process go smoothly and minimized the pain levels from surgery.

3. Wean yourself from caffeine and carbonated beverages now. After I gave up my 6 diet coke a day habit, I suffered from a week of severe withdrawal syndrome consisting of severe headaches and body aches. I was miserable. You don't want to combine the effects of caffeine withdrawal with the effects of surgery.

Thank you for the advise I have being going through the per op process for 7 months now and they have been training me for the surgery and after surgery. And i hear yeah that is the one good thing a lot of the changes they wanted to make were things I had already changed and I was really never a soda drinker or coffee drinker tea is my thing and i did have to give up my kombucha for a bit they stated I may be able to add that slowly back in sometime after the surgery. Potato chips was the hardest thing for me to give up that was my comfort food of choice. My whole team is very confident that I will get through this just fine they have all been very pleased with me from the start

[ItsMeBirdie 18]

Well i am on day two of my Liquid Protein diet after tonight I will have 8 more days for my surgery the liquid diet appears to be going good I thought this was going to be hard but it has gone by fine I am lucky I dont have to cook meals for others which I am sure helps a lot. I am getting more excited by the day I have been pre op for 7 months now and I am down 62lbs hw 372 cw 310

[ItsMeBirdie 18]

Update surgery tomorrow morning got to get up very early in the morning my check in is at 5:15am I am ready for this next leg of the journey I would like to be to puree foods by my birthday I am so tired of the shakes now