Superfox1 11 Posted May 23, 2018 I am starting on the 2nd month of my mandatory 6 month pre-op! I decided to jump on in and get all the mandatory stuff out of the way, blood work, Dr clearance, upper GI, and psychologist eval. I go for the upper GI next week and then it will be nothing but a waiting game. I hate the hurry up and wait. The surgeon isn't putting me on any special diet and I will not have to do a 2 week liquid only diet, so that's good. So what do you do while you wait? I have worn out Youtube videos and forum posts reading everything I can about the surgery and other peoples stories. 1 Matt Z reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reboot 13 Posted May 24, 2018 I'm much in the same boat as you... and the wait is killing me! Like you, i've done everything I can so far, burned through youtube and podcasts, etc, etc. The wait is driving me crazy. I do know that I should start to limit my portions, eat slower, practice not drinking while eating, etc but its hard to do. Sometimes I feel like all of this isn't real. My surgeon has a monthly support group which has been helping - everyone says the time flies by, but it doesn't feel like it to me so far. I've also been collecting recipes of things that I think I might like post surgery - i figure it will be helpful then during meal planning. I suppose trying hard to distract yourself with other things in life is best, but hard to do. Hang in there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Z 4,139 Posted May 24, 2018 20 hours ago, Superfox1 said: I am starting on the 2nd month of my mandatory 6 month pre-op! I decided to jump on in and get all the mandatory stuff out of the way, blood work, Dr clearance, upper GI, and psychologist eval. I go for the upper GI next week and then it will be nothing but a waiting game. I hate the hurry up and wait. The surgeon isn't putting me on any special diet and I will not have to do a 2 week liquid only diet, so that's good. So what do you do while you wait? I have worn out Youtube videos and forum posts reading everything I can about the surgery and other peoples stories. You could hit a few local support groups, not just for the sleeve but others as well, so you can get yourself a nice full picture of the process overall. You could also start getting into an exercise habit now rather than waiting for after surgery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superfox1 11 Posted May 25, 2018 On 5/24/2018 at 10:45 AM, reboot said: I'm much in the same boat as you... and the wait is killing me! Like you, i've done everything I can so far, burned through youtube and podcasts, etc, etc. The wait is driving me crazy. I do know that I should start to limit my portions, eat slower, practice not drinking while eating, etc but its hard to do. Sometimes I feel like all of this isn't real. My surgeon has a monthly support group which has been helping - everyone says the time flies by, but it doesn't feel like it to me so far. I've also been collecting recipes of things that I think I might like post surgery - i figure it will be helpful then during meal planning. I suppose trying hard to distract yourself with other things in life is best, but hard to do. Hang in there! I haven't thought about podcasts. Any you recommend? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superfox1 11 Posted May 25, 2018 On 5/24/2018 at 11:02 AM, Matt Z said: You could hit a few local support groups, not just for the sleeve but others as well, so you can get yourself a nice full picture of the process overall. You could also start getting into an exercise habit now rather than waiting for after surgery. I will be starting the work out part next week! Definitely want to get a head start on it. 1 Matt Z reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reboot 13 Posted May 25, 2018 27 minutes ago, Superfox1 said: I haven't thought about podcasts. Any you recommend? Absolutely... google "Reeger Cortell" 1 Superfox1 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCrush 408 Posted May 27, 2018 The mandatory 6 month preop diet seemed like it lasted forever, but I'll tell you it was what made me a success with the surgery. I lost 88lbs during that preop diet by changing my eating habits BEFORE the surgery. That made all the difference ss I wasn't trying to make life - changing nutritional adjustments at the same time as life-changing physical adjustments. My advice is to go "all-in" during the 6 month pre-op diet phase. It will lead to a much higher success rate and more rapid loss. For me personally, this meant 88lbs pre-op and now almost 75lbs post-op at about 5.5 months post-op. I'm only ~17lbs away from goal weight and not even 6 months out, whereas most people take 12-18 months to get to goal weight. I also have never hit a stall. My surgeon and nutritionist attribute both of those to me going all-in during the 6 month pre-op phase. 1 Em_Jay75 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superfox1 11 Posted May 29, 2018 On 5/27/2018 at 9:11 AM, BlueCrush said: The mandatory 6 month preop diet seemed like it lasted forever, but I'll tell you it was what made me a success with the surgery. I lost 88lbs during that preop diet by changing my eating habits BEFORE the surgery. That made all the difference ss I wasn't trying to make life - changing nutritional adjustments at the same time as life-changing physical adjustments. My advice is to go "all-in" during the 6 month pre-op diet phase. It will lead to a much higher success rate and more rapid loss. For me personally, this meant 88lbs pre-op and now almost 75lbs post-op at about 5.5 months post-op. I'm only ~17lbs away from goal weight and not even 6 months out, whereas most people take 12-18 months to get to goal weight. I also have never hit a stall. My surgeon and nutritionist attribute both of those to me going all-in during the 6 month pre-op phase. Good advice. I've been making slow progress, but I would like to be at least 20 pounds down before the surgery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites