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Hi everyone!!!! My name is Ty & I just wanted to take a moment to reach out & say hello. Hopefully, I can learn from other members here & end up supporting some other people as well. I am pre-op and in the process of getting all of my clearance done now. Hope to talk to everyone soon!!! :-)

Hi i had my gastric bypass in 2009. i'm a big part of the weight loss community on youtube. after my surgery i saw a video that someone made that bariatric advantage has a program that if you get your surgeon to fill out a form for them about you, you get free 3 month supply vitamins. i did this and it worked. i got them free. it was hard finding the form on the site, i think they make it that way lol. that was almost 3 years ago so i don't know if they still have it. try looking and i'll try looking right now too. i'll let you know if i find anything, and let me know if you do. :)

i am doing the ten day liquid protein diet right now and struggling.  i am constantly hungry even with the vegetables that i am allowed to had.  i do work around food so that is hard.  i haven't cheated at work but i have cheated at home two times.  i finally threw away all the stuff that was in my fridge that i'm not allowed to have.  i thought i had an ok relationship with food but now realize that my worst time is in the evening when i am watching tv.  i tended to watch tv and snack in the evening.  what to do with myself during that time is the hardest part of the day.  i am intentionally going away this weekend to a friend's house who is also on a strict diet (different than mine) so that i can just get through the next three days.  i have to be on the protein diet until tuesday, may 29 and then do a clensing with clear liquids on may 30 then my surgery is planned for may 31.  i'm just afraid that i have not made enough of the lifestyle changes during the past year or so.  how would i know if i am making the right decision for myself?  i have so much riding on this and the hopes and dreams of my family as well.  i feel like if i change my mind i will be not only letting myself down as well as my family's.  i want to be active with my dad and go hiking, camping and biking with him which i cannot do right now.  i have a gym membership pending but can't seem to get myself to go and actually sign up.  they are holding everything at the front desk waiting for me to sign up.  maybe i'm just getting cold feet cause it's so close to the surgery date.  i also want to run a 5k with my friend.  she ran her first one a few weeks ago and i promised i would run with her sometime.  i do have goals but are they enough?

 Hi My Name is Khaled Tamraz...I am new to this website but decided to join right after my surgery for the support.  I had my surgery on May 6th and at first i though it would be a breeze and not need any support but after the second day i had so many questions that i didn't have answers for and found what i was missing on this website.  I started at around 349lbs. and would like to be around the 190 lbs. range...currently at 313...from the looks of it, it is not going to be easy...but will do my best to survive and enjoy the rest of my life with my 5 kids and beautiful wife.

I am looking for the help i can get from all as i am basically the newbie here.

Thanx 

So I had my appointment with the nutritionist today, at Portsmouth Naval. Very disappointing. She wouldn't clear me. Told me I hadn't made enough lifestyle changes and to come back in a month (mind you, I spent 6 months with a dietician last year, under my doc's care). The appointment itself was very tense. I had the feeling she wasn't a fan of bariatric surgery at all. I realize you have to be realistic on the difficulty of things, but I thought the environment would be supportive. As of now they are scheduling surgery for August, now this will set things back at least until September at the minimum. Not sure how this benefits me at all. Totally frustrated.