Pre-Op Success and Disappointments (Cross-Post)

Although I read this forum faithfully each day, I haven't been posting much lately.  I'm still in the pre-op phase with no surgery date in sight.  I'm waiting for the April calendar to be available from the surgeon's office and have been promised an early date in the month.  I don't know why but just having that date will mean a lot.  There is so much waiting in this process, you would think I'd be used to it by now.  It's wearing on me though.  I'd feel better just knowing, you know?  Sigh.....  

The happy news?  As of this morning, I'm officially down 50 lbs pre-op!  I'm so proud and happy with that number for sure!  I started with my 3 months of supervised weight loss on 10/1.  It's taken me a little over 5 months to lose that weight, but I'm averaging over 2 lbs a week even on my own.  I'm SO happy with the loss.  Granted, this is probably the 4th time I've lost this 50 lbs, but this is the final time.  

Anyway, I just wanted to give an update on where things stand with me.  Today I have my final pre-op appointment with the surgeon's office and the rest of the time will be weekly weigh-ins until my surgery date.  Here's hoping I get that date locked in soon!!

JC

Losing 50 lbs. is great.  I know the waiting gets old.  You just want to move on.  It took about 6 months for me to progress thru all the hoops.  In the 70s I lost about 50 lbs. on Weigh****chers but got over confident and gained all 50 lbs. back plus a few more than I started with.  I was never able to lose any significant weight again on their program.  Seemed no matter how hard I worked at it I just didn't lose.  I would get discouraged, quit and rejoin.  I probably have the record for the number of times a member has rejoined.

Since RNY in 2008 I've maintained my loss except for the last year.  I put on a few lbs., but I'm working to take those off.  It seems doable.

Hope you get your date soon.

Thank you so much for your kind reply.  April 1st will be my 6th month from the start as well.  Congratulations on maintaining your loss and experiencing minimal gain. You will have that off in no time!

Congrats!! You're almost my WLS twin! I started my supervised weight loss program on 10/2 and am down 62 lbs as of this morning (although it's the 3rd time I've lost this much too). My surgery was supposed to be 4/13, but my doc will be out of town, so now I have to wait til May, grrrrr. What a weird set of coincidences. Keep up the great work!!