Hit Plateau, Physically and Mentally
I'm scheduled for 1/14/09! Initially I was ecstatic, especially when the surgeon's pre-surgery weight loss requirement ended up being a LOT less than I'd anticipated. The first month I lost over 7 pounds and was completely gung-ho.
Then the whole olympic appointment-making-athalon began, and by the time I finished up ALL those appointments, I think I lost my zest for the whole thing and found myself loosening up on a lot of things.
Now that I've found these forums and the encouragement and team-spirit they provide, I'm feeling a lot more optimistic, but am still finding myself not sticking to my guns the way I did the first month. I only have six weeks before surgery and better get my buns in gear!
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Did it last long?
OH MY GOODNESS.......YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
You worded that so good. YES...i am going through the same exact thing right now!!!!
This is a great question to post on the main board...over there is where you will find all the experience and wisdom.
I didn't let my hopes get up at all the whole time i was jumping through the insurance hoops. (approx. 9 months) I did all my tests on the same day and was given a date for the following month to have my WLS. It was such a shock to have a date so quick. I mean i had 9 months to prepare but i didn't know if i would get turned down so i didn't let myself get ready for it. 30 days was not enough time to get everything and get everything in order. I moved my date to JAN.
(it was suppose to of been in OCT)
So I was supper gung-ho and talked about it all the time and gave up soda and caffeine and ibuprofen and began to drink tons of water and discovered i LOVE ice tea. All that was fine and dandy until a few weeks ago. I have kinda lost interest in everything and even though I have not gone back to my old soda drinking ways...( well...i have had a little soda here and there but i didn't enjoy it and i have had a couple of chocolate candy bars but they were too sweet and i didn't enjoy them either) I have become less obsessed about everyhitng.
I was worried for a little while that maybe that meant i was not serious about the surgery and maybe I was not ready for it. I'm pretty sure its normal to have a little burn out after months and months of fighting the insurance company and "hurry up and wait" for everything to happen.( again..ask this on the main board) It was all i thought about 24-7 and now i only think about it a few times a day..LOL Maybe its a sign that i have accepted the fact that I am going to be changing my life forever and will finally be i good health and wil be skinny? Maybe my mind just got overwhelmed? Maybe its because i know its going to happen now so i don't have to worry about it as much?
I have been very mindful of what i am eating and I caught myself eating emotionally and out of boredom. I recognize that i eat too fast and don't chew my food good enough. (all of which I am working on by the way!!) I have days where i am super excited and cant wait and want to talk about it with my hubby (he is my MAIN support...poor guy..LOL) and then I have other days where i just want to ignore the fact that i have to give up food in 34 days. Food doesn't taste good to me anymore and i don't crave anything anymore. I want my WLS to hurry up and get here and be over with so i can move on to the next phase of all of this. I'm tired of waiting. (of course, this is my own doing...they wanted me in b4 the holidays but my hubby couldn't get vacation until JAN)
I feel like i am kinda burnt out on the whole "I'm getting WLS and want everyone to know about it and I will educate everyone i see" LOL
Maybe I will feel different when i start my liquid diet. It still doesn't feel real to me. I have still not let myself get 100% excited about the surgery. I would be totally crushed if something came up at the last min and I had to cancel or postpone my surgery again. I'm sure it will all hit me as i am being wheeled into the O.R. and if not then when I wake up and have tubes hanging out of me and am in some pain!!
I think we are OK and we shouldn't worry. Ask the main board if they went through thist and had these feelings/thoughts. They are so good about giving advice and support. Be forewarned...not ALL the advice is warm and fuzzy over there. They tell it like it is!!
HUGS HUGS HUGS
Hang in there...come here and post and talk about your feelings...it not only helps you but it helps the rest of us too. We are all going through the same thing and its good to know we have each other. Thanks for posting such a great question. Glad I'm not alone in my feelings/thoughts.
You worded that so good. YES...i am going through the same exact thing right now!!!!
This is a great question to post on the main board...over there is where you will find all the experience and wisdom.
I didn't let my hopes get up at all the whole time i was jumping through the insurance hoops. (approx. 9 months) I did all my tests on the same day and was given a date for the following month to have my WLS. It was such a shock to have a date so quick. I mean i had 9 months to prepare but i didn't know if i would get turned down so i didn't let myself get ready for it. 30 days was not enough time to get everything and get everything in order. I moved my date to JAN.
(it was suppose to of been in OCT)
So I was supper gung-ho and talked about it all the time and gave up soda and caffeine and ibuprofen and began to drink tons of water and discovered i LOVE ice tea. All that was fine and dandy until a few weeks ago. I have kinda lost interest in everything and even though I have not gone back to my old soda drinking ways...( well...i have had a little soda here and there but i didn't enjoy it and i have had a couple of chocolate candy bars but they were too sweet and i didn't enjoy them either) I have become less obsessed about everyhitng.
I was worried for a little while that maybe that meant i was not serious about the surgery and maybe I was not ready for it. I'm pretty sure its normal to have a little burn out after months and months of fighting the insurance company and "hurry up and wait" for everything to happen.( again..ask this on the main board) It was all i thought about 24-7 and now i only think about it a few times a day..LOL Maybe its a sign that i have accepted the fact that I am going to be changing my life forever and will finally be i good health and wil be skinny? Maybe my mind just got overwhelmed? Maybe its because i know its going to happen now so i don't have to worry about it as much?
I have been very mindful of what i am eating and I caught myself eating emotionally and out of boredom. I recognize that i eat too fast and don't chew my food good enough. (all of which I am working on by the way!!) I have days where i am super excited and cant wait and want to talk about it with my hubby (he is my MAIN support...poor guy..LOL) and then I have other days where i just want to ignore the fact that i have to give up food in 34 days. Food doesn't taste good to me anymore and i don't crave anything anymore. I want my WLS to hurry up and get here and be over with so i can move on to the next phase of all of this. I'm tired of waiting. (of course, this is my own doing...they wanted me in b4 the holidays but my hubby couldn't get vacation until JAN)
I feel like i am kinda burnt out on the whole "I'm getting WLS and want everyone to know about it and I will educate everyone i see" LOL
Maybe I will feel different when i start my liquid diet. It still doesn't feel real to me. I have still not let myself get 100% excited about the surgery. I would be totally crushed if something came up at the last min and I had to cancel or postpone my surgery again. I'm sure it will all hit me as i am being wheeled into the O.R. and if not then when I wake up and have tubes hanging out of me and am in some pain!!
I think we are OK and we shouldn't worry. Ask the main board if they went through thist and had these feelings/thoughts. They are so good about giving advice and support. Be forewarned...not ALL the advice is warm and fuzzy over there. They tell it like it is!!
HUGS HUGS HUGS
Hang in there...come here and post and talk about your feelings...it not only helps you but it helps the rest of us too. We are all going through the same thing and its good to know we have each other. Thanks for posting such a great question. Glad I'm not alone in my feelings/thoughts.
~AMANDA~
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