April sleever with concerns

[chubbs79 11]

Hello any april sleepers on here? I am tentatively scheduled for April and am really a ball of emotions mostly very very excited but some nervousness. I feel mentally ready I have had to do a 6 month weight loss thru my insurance company and in these first few month am down about 13 pounds. Weight loss has always been slow for me because obviously I like food and I have a good appetite! Everyone says that it will be great and the appetite diminishes post surgery any input there? Also I feel like the 6 months monitored weight loss is slow because we still have that appetite so it’s as hard to be strict?? I guess my question for post sleevers are is this normal? I feel ready and all but I question how hard it will be post surgery cuz weight loss is so hard before to stay on track. Any feedback I can get would be awesome! TIA also anyone that’s an April sleever? I would love to have go thru this with people around the same time for feedback and motivation.

SW 268
CW 255
SW ??

[Healthy_life 1,437]

Congrats on your surgery date. Many people here that will support you through all this. My six month supervised was painfully slow. I was hungry and cranky. Hang in there.

3 hours ago, chubbs79 said:

Everyone says that it will be great and the appetite diminishes post surgery any input there?

Pre surgery I don't think I had the sensation of full. I now feel satisfied on smaller meals. I was not interested in eating in my first month. After I healed from surgery, I have real and head hunger. It's more manageable after the sleeve.

4 hours ago, chubbs79 said:

I feel ready and all but I question how hard it will be post surgery cuz weight loss is so hard before to stay on track.

Its normal to question your decision. Know that this will be different than your past dieting attempts. Surgery is not the easy way out. It will still take work.

I struggled to lose weight and keep it off. It's the reason I had surgery. I'm four years out and maintaining.

[chubbs79 11]

Thank you that is great to hear! I am so excited for the life change