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ihaveadateihaveadate!!!! I HAVE A DATE!!!!! I will be going under the knife on May 22nd. I have a consultation on the 21st. My doc. Is dr. Pleatman in  Michigan. OMG!!!!! Only 115 days to go.... WTF am I going to do all that time? I am practising chewing and not drinking while eating... What else people? what else can I do to prepare and get my mind off of it? I can;t believe this is actually going to happen!!!!! I am soooo beyond excited!!!!!! and its so hard to keep it all in at work I just want to jump up and down and and scream on the top of my lungs I'm going to be skinny!

Congrats!!!

YAY! I'm jealous...j/k. WOW! These are exciting times! Keep us posted on your journey!

I definetly will!

YEAH!!  That's awesome!  Congrats :-D

COngrats. I know it doesn't seem like it, but it really will be here before you know it.!

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOO!  It sounds like you've got some good ideas of things to practice before hand.  I might add - start taking your supplements (normally a multivitamin, calcium, iron and b-12 - talk to your surgeon and get specifics on what exactly he wants you to take) so you get into a routine of taking them.  Other than that - sit back and enjoy the ride! 

Congratulations! I know you have really been looking forward to this day!...advice - turn that enthusiasm into momentum. Start incorportating the lifestyle changes now. You're probably super-motivated to start getting your life back right? so I think that if you harness that energy and put into an "I wanna get a head start on this thing now" kind of an attitude you'll serve yourself well. If you spend the next three or four months on a farewell tour to food (trust me, you will be tempted to) you'll  be doing yourself a disservice because the whole early pre-op liquids and soft-food phases will be more traumatic...Am i making any sense, I don't know - it's friday! TGIF

Congrats on getting a date!!! Since I decided that surgery was definitely in my immediate future, I've been more motivated than ever to make healthy choices and changes. It's like... I know that I will actually have a fair chance to get this weight off and keep it off, so I figure, why not start right now? Usually its that hopeless attitude that always ruins diets (you know, "Sh*t, I gained 2 lbs, might as well eat that giant cheeseburger 'cuz it doesn't matter anyways). Well, I'm not hopeless anymore!

I know exactly what you're saying, it affected me the same way...