Hey guys pray for me cause I am getting so scared about the surgery I feel like backing out.
This is the best decision I have ever made for myself I do not regret any part of it the soreness after surgery, the occassional dumping, etc. We all were nervous but if this is something you really want put the nervousness and fear to the side and go for it. Its a big decison WLS but like I said I dont regret it not one bit
You're going through totally normal feelings and it is ok to back out and change your mind if you need to. I have not regretted a day since surgery. There have been low, very low and great times, its just life. Either way, we will still be here to suppport in your decision.
*~*Jaci*~*
The more things the change, the more they're still the same.
I'm right there with you. My surgery a week from today and I have 4 trillion emotions running through my brain. I just keep thinking positive and knowing that I am doing this for my health. I also keep telling myself that no food is worth how I'm going to feel and look.....and that's what I've wanted my whole life.
I sometimes will question what in the hell I'm doing but I know everything will be fine and it will be for you too.
Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone!!!!
~Emily~
I sometimes will question what in the hell I'm doing but I know everything will be fine and it will be for you too.
Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone!!!!
~Emily~
Hey Carmen,
you gotta do what you want to do. Don't listen to anybody else but yourself. Why are you doing this surgery? To live a better and healthier life? Can you do it on your own? these are things I had to ask myself and these are things that only you can answer. yes, you won't be able to eat the same things anymore or as much, but the results are so worth it. sometimes I get pissed that I can't eat much or I can't eat something I really want but you know what? I get over it, it doesn't kill me and I'm better off for it. You gotta do you tho, be strong and know yourself and what you really want.
you gotta do what you want to do. Don't listen to anybody else but yourself. Why are you doing this surgery? To live a better and healthier life? Can you do it on your own? these are things I had to ask myself and these are things that only you can answer. yes, you won't be able to eat the same things anymore or as much, but the results are so worth it. sometimes I get pissed that I can't eat much or I can't eat something I really want but you know what? I get over it, it doesn't kill me and I'm better off for it. You gotta do you tho, be strong and know yourself and what you really want.
Rachel
hey girl, there is nothing i can say for you to not be nervious. `cuz its normal. just hang in there
you won´t regret this. its amazing how life can change. you are gonna be soo happy about this.
i was so afraid of the surgery 2, i was scared even 2 months after having surgery and now that i`m 10 month out ì`ve lost all fear and i can tell you now . that its the best thing i could do for myself. and i would do it every year if i had 2.
sooooo be nervious its goood!!1
so girl get your camara ready for the new pictures........
hugs.
mariana.
you won´t regret this. its amazing how life can change. you are gonna be soo happy about this.
i was so afraid of the surgery 2, i was scared even 2 months after having surgery and now that i`m 10 month out ì`ve lost all fear and i can tell you now . that its the best thing i could do for myself. and i would do it every year if i had 2.
sooooo be nervious its goood!!1
so girl get your camara ready for the new pictures........
hugs.
mariana.
Carmen dear...take a deep breath and relax...I know the reasons you are having this and you will NOT regret it...the feelings you have are completely normal! It will be ok...the changes you will make in the very begining will change overtime...it is just a stage and then it is over...just remember the reasons (in the long run) that you are having it...I have not ever once regretted this surgery!!!!! Love ya girlie!
Pre-op 284/Current 180/Goal 145 5'5
Surgery Date:April 23, 2007
I backed out. Went thru all the ropes of pre-op testing and all then waited forever for the insurance approval. As I waited the doc was all like, 'during this time try to lose 15 pounds to shrink ur liver'...i lost 20. then 10 more then another 10. After that 20 was gone, I looked and felt great and noticed I had no desire to overeat or cheat and my motivation was thru the roof! When u see ur clothes fitting better and its not so hard to walk around anymore, trust me, you start to look at food like an enemy looL!
I was down 60 pounds by the time I got approved and I cancelled the surgery. I was like, I only had 160 to lose. 60 is gone and you know what, its really not that hard. If you can get thru the first 2 months, anything after that is a breeze. It was this easy to lose 60, i can do it again on another 60. Jus****ch what you eat...bascially you can eat as much as you want, just keep it active. VERY active. Walk when you can...I smashed my car and had to walk it back and forth 1/2 a mile each day to bus stops and thats what did it for me. And in the beginning you are bigger and your weight kinda acts like a carry on treadmill lol...so it comes off pretty easy. Plateaus suck but I found that lots of water and more activity helps it.
I work with 3 women who had the surgery. 1 lapband, and she still eats like crap and the loss is so slow and with her weigh tloss her band is actually poking thru her belly.
Another had gastric and was still able to shovel down cheesteaks every day and actually gained MORE. You can retrain ur tummy to overeat.
Another had it, lost 100 lbs in 6 months and is now a walking bag of skin.
I figure now that slower is better...and you have to put just as much effort into the surgery post op as u do with losing it the normal way. only difference eating seems top become ur #1 priority and u have to live day by day monitoring it...its seems more like a chore and a battle than just being able to pick healthy foods and lose it the natural way...its all mental.
I was down 60 pounds by the time I got approved and I cancelled the surgery. I was like, I only had 160 to lose. 60 is gone and you know what, its really not that hard. If you can get thru the first 2 months, anything after that is a breeze. It was this easy to lose 60, i can do it again on another 60. Jus****ch what you eat...bascially you can eat as much as you want, just keep it active. VERY active. Walk when you can...I smashed my car and had to walk it back and forth 1/2 a mile each day to bus stops and thats what did it for me. And in the beginning you are bigger and your weight kinda acts like a carry on treadmill lol...so it comes off pretty easy. Plateaus suck but I found that lots of water and more activity helps it.
I work with 3 women who had the surgery. 1 lapband, and she still eats like crap and the loss is so slow and with her weigh tloss her band is actually poking thru her belly.
Another had gastric and was still able to shovel down cheesteaks every day and actually gained MORE. You can retrain ur tummy to overeat.
Another had it, lost 100 lbs in 6 months and is now a walking bag of skin.
I figure now that slower is better...and you have to put just as much effort into the surgery post op as u do with losing it the normal way. only difference eating seems top become ur #1 priority and u have to live day by day monitoring it...its seems more like a chore and a battle than just being able to pick healthy foods and lose it the natural way...its all mental.
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