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Just joined this site and saying hello to all of you here.
I have struggled with severe eating disorders most of my life, and increasing overweight when I stopped controlling my weight by compulsive purging, laxatives, exercise and abusing weight loss meds.
I might as well be a leper - as a overweight gay man - this is how I feel by the looks I have gotten. Unwilling to continue the yo-yo dieting that always fail - I began looking into WLS surgery this spring. In July I was ready to set up an appointment with a surgeon. Besides high blood pressure and elevated Cholestorol levels, that I take meds for, I am perfectly healthy. I underwent psyc. evalutions for 8 weeks in order to qualify for surgery and got the green light - no eating disorders anymore. I have seen a nutritionist and I am supposed to loose 30 pounds pre-op (to shrink the liver and amount of intra-abdominal fat - to make it easier for the laporascopic surgery) - still need about to loose about 11-12 pounds and I have a date set for RNY GBY surgery Dec. 13.
I hope I will finally be able to loose weight and keep the weight off
and I have been reading and preparing myself as much as I can - collecting recipes, protein supplements, buying rogaine to prevent hairloss, and a bodygroom hairtrimmer to shave my stomach and buying smaller plates, bowls and utensils and food containers. I definitely prefer homecooked stuff over premade foods.
I also hope my self confidence will grow again and that I might even get the courage to start seeing some one again.
I will post an avatar picture - always nice to put a face to a name !
Just joined this site and saying hello to all of you here.
I have struggled with severe eating disorders most of my life, and increasing overweight when I stopped controlling my weight by compulsive purging, laxatives, exercise and abusing weight loss meds.I might as well be a leper - as a overweight gay man - this is how I feel by the looks I have gotten. Unwilling to continue the yo-yo dieting that always fail - I began looking into WLS surgery this spring. In July I was ready to set up an appointment with a surgeon. Besides high blood pressure and elevated Cholestorol levels, that I take meds for, I am perfectly healthy. I underwent psyc. evalutions for 8 weeks in order to qualify for surgery and got the green light - no eating disorders anymore. I have seen a nutritionist and I am supposed to loose 30 pounds pre-op (to shrink the liver and amount of intra-abdominal fat - to make it easier for the laporascopic surgery) - still need about to loose about 11-12 pounds and I have a date set for RNY GBY surgery Dec. 13.
I hope I will finally be able to loose weight and keep the weight off
and I have been reading and preparing myself as much as I can - collecting recipes, protein supplements, buying rogaine to prevent hairloss, and a bodygroom hairtrimmer to shave my stomach and buying smaller plates, bowls and utensils and food containers. I definitely prefer homecooked stuff over premade foods.I also hope my self confidence will grow again and that I might even get the courage to start seeing some one again.
I will post an avatar picture - always nice to put a face to a name !
Thanks IceMan30! I sure hope it goes well too 
I did struggle a while to accept that I needed WLS. I have seen my weight going up during the last 8 years and tried everything to loose weight - but always gained it back and some more. So time to stop the insanity before I get any bigger. I also hope I will be able to avoid surgery to reduce excess skin by acting now - even though I might need a mini-abdominal plastic surgery later. So yes I am getting a bit nervous as the date comes closer. I even wrote a will. But I trust the surgeon - he has performed more than 2000 RNY GBY surgeries. So I hope it will go well - just need to loose the last 11-12 pounds before surgery. They do it as overnight surgery here and only keep patients an extra day - if they have more pain than usual - to observe if it is caused by complications like leakage. And they say that I have to be up walking 4 hours after surgery ... we'll see how that goes ...
And I put up a recent picture - It does not match my inner selfimage ...
I did struggle a while to accept that I needed WLS. I have seen my weight going up during the last 8 years and tried everything to loose weight - but always gained it back and some more. So time to stop the insanity before I get any bigger. I also hope I will be able to avoid surgery to reduce excess skin by acting now - even though I might need a mini-abdominal plastic surgery later. So yes I am getting a bit nervous as the date comes closer. I even wrote a will. But I trust the surgeon - he has performed more than 2000 RNY GBY surgeries. So I hope it will go well - just need to loose the last 11-12 pounds before surgery. They do it as overnight surgery here and only keep patients an extra day - if they have more pain than usual - to observe if it is caused by complications like leakage. And they say that I have to be up walking 4 hours after surgery ... we'll see how that goes ...And I put up a recent picture - It does not match my inner selfimage ...
Welcome to our forum.
..it's a great place to be. Congrats on your surgery. I see by your ticker that you and I started off at the same weight. I also thought I could lose the weight myself, but I couldn't. I chose to have the surgery and even though I am only 8 weeks post op....i would do all over in a heartbeat. I feel great and I'm feeling much better about myself. My RNY was the best gift I could have ever given myself. I wish you the best!!
..it's a great place to be. Congrats on your surgery. I see by your ticker that you and I started off at the same weight. I also thought I could lose the weight myself, but I couldn't. I chose to have the surgery and even though I am only 8 weeks post op....i would do all over in a heartbeat. I feel great and I'm feeling much better about myself. My RNY was the best gift I could have ever given myself. I wish you the best!! 
I lost 33 pounds before surgery. My new life has finally began
Heya Niller - You're in the right place! Don't you worry - every man, woman and child on this board knows exactly how you feel about so many different topics.
I was where you are a little over a year ago - I remember the fears, the anxiety, the pressure to get through this. You'll do fine - the anticipation is the hardest part.
So glad you're stopping in! We'll all get through this together.
I was where you are a little over a year ago - I remember the fears, the anxiety, the pressure to get through this. You'll do fine - the anticipation is the hardest part.
So glad you're stopping in! We'll all get through this together.
Thank you Lisa (funny coincidence that we started out the same weight!) and Don. 
I am so happy I found this great community of people going through the same - in all different stages. Reading your stories strengthen my resolve and determination, and give me valuable insight and experience. I am going to need that and a lot of strength to go through this.
I am so happy I found this great community of people going through the same - in all different stages. Reading your stories strengthen my resolve and determination, and give me valuable insight and experience. I am going to need that and a lot of strength to go through this.
Hi Niller,
Congratulations on making a courageous decision to change your life. There is a lot of useful information on this site and a lot of supportive people.
I got thru a lot of my fears and anxiety thru the support and care of the folks on here and it was a blessing.
I will tell you that most of the things I had worried about were a waste of energy and that this was the best decision I have made for myself in many years.
I am 6 months out and 105 lbs down and couldn't be more pleased. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
If there is anything you have concerns about you can post it on here and get a lot of good advise.
Dec 13 is right around the corner and it will be the start of your new life.
Kevin
Congratulations on making a courageous decision to change your life. There is a lot of useful information on this site and a lot of supportive people.
I got thru a lot of my fears and anxiety thru the support and care of the folks on here and it was a blessing.
I will tell you that most of the things I had worried about were a waste of energy and that this was the best decision I have made for myself in many years.
I am 6 months out and 105 lbs down and couldn't be more pleased. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
If there is anything you have concerns about you can post it on here and get a lot of good advise.
Dec 13 is right around the corner and it will be the start of your new life.
Kevin
RNY 4/27/2009 Highest weight 296 Current weight 175 .!
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