Yay for your date!!  I was so crazy with nervous energy before my surgery.  I planned, re-planned, made lists, researched, organized, cleaned, etc, I am suprised y husband didn't leave me with all my craziness!!  I think it just comes with the teritory.  

You should consider telling people about your surgery, my co-workers and friends have actually been my biggest supporters.  They can share in your joy and victories.  I know thats been my experience at least.  :)

Good luck to you, this time will seem like a blur when it's over!

Today I wore a new pair of jeans to work for the first time.  These are special jeans.  They are the FIRST pair of jeans I have bought at a store since I was in high school.  They aren't the cut or length I want, and I don't particularly like how they look on me, but WHO CARES!  I bought them in a store!  No more irrational fears of my house burning down and not being able to replace my clothes because I am too big to shop at a store!!!!

I am only 3.5 months out and feel like I am eating more than 6 weeks ago.  I feel like I have to eat about 1000 calories a day, and I'm still starving.

I wish I had seen this!  If you have more, please let me know!  I am FINALLY almost down to that size and am desperate for clothing.

Oh thank you!  There was a shrug there I REALLY wanted, but didn't want to spend the $$ on!  Now I have an excuse!!

I received a gift card to Catherines for my birthday, well today I ran in there to see if they had anything that might fit.  I haven't been able to go into a store and buy clothes in I can't tell you how long.  I have had to exclusively order online and even the 6x shirts I was buying were getting small.  Today I went in and bought a 4x shirt!!  Not only was I able to buy a shirt locally, but it wasn't the biggest size!!!!!  

I did a little happy dance in the dressing room I was so excited!!!

I tend to do this same thing.  My therapist said you can't focus only on the bad.  Yes, you're going to endulge eveyr now and then, but make sure it's only every now and then!  Like someone said before me, you only ate 1/4 cup, if you're like me, pre-op you'd have eaten the whole carton, and it wouldn't have been sugar free!  Yesterday, a friend at work gave me a piece of Dove chocolate, and I said you know what, I'm going to eat it, and the little saying on the wrapper said something to the extent of "be happy with today".  I kind of took that as my karmic sign that it's ok, to eat 1 piece today and not beat myself up.  In fact,  I should give myself a little pat that I only ate 1 because physically, I probably could have eaten 3 or 4.  

You have to let the little "slip ups" happen, but make sure they don't become habit.  That is when it will be bad.  

:)  Good luck girl!

My BMI started in the 70s.  I chose sleeve because I wanted the flexibility so to speak of the sleeve.  I didn't want the constant worry of if something might make me sick.  I didn't want to deal with the malabsorption of RNY either.  My husband started out with a high BMI as well.  

I have documented my whole journey post op with a blog (in my signature).  If you want/need anything else please don't hesitate to ask me.  I will give you my e-mail if you would like.  

My BMI started out in the 70's.  I originally wanted RNY before I knew the sleeve was available.  Both my husband and I had VSG on 1/30/12.  Our surgeon said he was confidant we could lose at least 75% of our excess weight, if not all with VSG.  

Now, some days I am thankful I chose the sleeve, I love that I have yet to get sick from anything, and that there isn't as much malabsorption and vitamin deficiencey etc.  

Then there are days when I regret not having RNY.  I feel like I eat too much, I HAVEN'T gotten sick from anything there for making me tempt it.  

I DO however have to keep close count on carbs.  When I was off the progressive diet and restriction, we started eating whatever, in moderation, and under 1k calories, we were also working out and walking.  I still gained.  I put carbs under 40g a day and still worked out and exercised, I dropped 12lbs last week.  I have lost 85lbs in 9 weeks.  (My count starts with pre-op diet week).  I call that a win, even though I wi**** were more.  

It's a choice for you.  If RNY had been the only thing available, I'd of had it done.  I am also fairly young, 28 this month, and I like that if God forbid I lose all this weight, and turn around at 45 and I have gained it all back, the RNY option is still there.  

GOOD LUCK!

LOL "no surgery for stupid parents" that is awesome!  Thank you for that!  :)

 just wanted to share something that happened yesterday.  I really hope this doesn't happen to anyone else, if it does, I am so sorry.  I just wondered how everyone else deals with things like this. 

Yesterday my husband and I were in a store looking for some new walking shoes, when this girl walked by, stopped, no parents in sight and looks at my husband, then looks around him to me and says "they both fat".

This girl was at least 9 or 10 years old, old enough to know how rude that is.  It was a stark comparison to all the good things we have been hearing lately.  Friday alone I had three people stop me to say how they can tell I have lost weight and how I am looking good.  

We have each lost 75lbs, and I want to be happy about that, but then 75lbs is a long way to go when your starting was almost 550.  It really makes it hard to celebrate 75lbs lost.  

We turned around then and left.  My husband was just plain mad, but I of course burst into tears when I got in the car.  

HOW can people not teach their kids how insensitive and hurtful those things are?  Her parents were no where to be found, and even if they were, would they have said anything to them? 

He is great!  He actually had the surgery the same day I did, so ti benefits us both!  :)