August 3rd this one is for real !!!!!

Ok use to be july 6th now august 3rd I am so excited little over one week I am starting to freak out a little. Help you guys I need some encourage ment. I set it so soon because I know I will keep putting it off. AAAAAAAHHH!!!!

I'm August 3rd too! And, I'm starting to freak as well- I keep trying to think how much I'll enjoy next summer and even the holidays this year. I'll be thinking of you, and remember, we're doing this for all the right reasons, better health, a longer life, more energy. YOU can do it! Anne

Margaret: Wow August 3rd will be here before you know it and you will do just great and be back online just in time to let me know first hand how it was. I think the most important thing is keep a positive attitude and do your breathing and leg exercises as soon as you can after surgery. The a anesthetist said if we work together as a team we wont have any problems. Best wishes Patty

OMG I know, mine is Aug 3 too and people keep asking me when is your surgery and now I am saying Aug 3 if I dont chicken out! I am so freaking out! It is hard for me to even think a positive thought! I have a feeling i may even end up pushing it back because i am freakin out so bad! I dont know what is wrong with me this is what i have wanted for so long and now i am just trying to sabotage myself! Well good luck to you! I will keep you in my prayers! KRistin

Margaret that is awesome, I am on 8/2 and my roller coaster of emotions hasn't stopped! Everyone is saying it is normal to feel this way....i have to keep reminding myself of that. Just remember that this is for your life...Just think of all the great things we will get to experience once we are on the "losing side" Our self confidence will be like we have never known. I won't be a wallflower anymore afraid that everyone will dislike me, We will have the confidence and ability to learn new things. I have watched my sister Heather go from not being able to even walk around a store to rollerskating for hours with her 5 year old son, she has learned all these new dances and gets herself right out in the middle of the dance floor and wont stop! She went from 5 meds a day to nothing!!! She went from being unable to work, to getting a job and being promoted to management in less than a year making more money than she has ever made. People were finally able to see what her family has always seen in her. I want that for me too as I am sure all of us about to have WLS , so when you are freaking out try to focus on all the doors and opportunities that we have walked by before afraid to open or have been denied us and just bust up in there and let everyone know that you have arrived! Find that flame inside you and turn it up!

Yahoooo! Me too! I just got moved up to August 3 from Aug 16. I'm freaking out!!! But, I can't wait until it's over, because I always have this feeling that it will fall through somehow. I have been waiting sooo long!

ME TOOOOO!!! One more week and we will all be LOSERS!! Never thought I would EVER call myself that but I'm so excited to. I can't wait!! Nervous?? OH YES!! But I know that I'm ready for this both emotionally and physically and I know I'm doing the right thing. I have to do something, I'm only 31 and I feel 95. I can't wait to run with my niece, who is my own personal angel!! I can't wait to do the things I've always dreamed of. Doc says he wants me at 175. The last time I was at 175 was like in 3rd or 4th grade. I have always been morbidly obese and I'm ready to make a change!! I'll be thinking about all of you and we can do this TOGETHER!!! Good Luck and God Bless each one of you!!