gota a date.....sorta

OOOOOOHHH YEAH!  I have been schedule for July 30 for my surgery at WW in Edmond. I am so excited and scared at the same time.Got my cardio clearance yesterday. I still have to get my last sleep study done here in Amarillo to Dr B.( they are having trouble finding it) Then it is a GO!!!!   I need to ask for some help and support from my friends here. This is a silly thing but I am so afraid i will screw this up. I  have almost all of lost my pre-op weight off. BUT.....I am turning 50 in 2 weeks. And there are going to be some major partying going on.(3 parties over a weeks time) I am very grateful that everyone is taking the time out to do this for me. But I am scared that with all the food and beverages I will put it all back on and then some! Mind you this is a pattern for me. Any big hick up in my routine results in weight gain BIG TIME. Not only do I fall of the wagon...I rip the wheels off! So will you guy do your collective magic and send me that positive energy that I will be able to maintain my efforts. I would very much apprecitate it. Cheryl

Congratulations on your date!!! I'm so excited for you. Now...as for your parties and keeping your weight off...my suggestion would be to just keep focusing on losing. Then...when you have a party, allow yourself to have a little of the food that you haven't been having. Don't completely deprive yourself of it, but don't go crazy with it either. I have complete confidence that you will do amazingly! I know sometimes we feel like we need to eat what food is there so we don't hurt people's feelings, especially if it is a party for us. I would just make sure you let your friends know and understand it isn't that you don't appreciate their efforts that you're not eating a ton. It is merely because you don't want to sabotage yourself and your efforts thus far! Your friends will understand. :) love ya, girl. You hang in there!!! Liz

Liz Thanks for the confidence. I will keep the damage at a minimum. Thanks for being so kind Cheryl

  Cheryl...don't get me to *****in' in the forums!  You're soooooo close, so you just tell te people doing your "celebration" that you want a cheese and meat tray..... other than that..stay away from the rest of it... On the other hand....  WOOOOOOO_HOOOOOOO  so happy you got your date!  i'm majorly happy for you!!!!!  Just think of how knockout-dropdead-gorgeous you're gonna be in a year! So I'm in you gang of people who are just as anxious about having surgery as I am about my own!  hehehehe! Just ask Liz...I live for her updates!  Anyway congrats! ...and Happy Birthday! T.

OK OK....iIwill be good. I just wish they could make a meat and cheese taste like birthday cake or a cosmo. Now....say that again about the knockout-dropdead-gorgeous part.....gawd I would never get tired of hearing that. Thanks for being so damn funny and fun. BIG HUG Cheryl

Cheryl...just keep your eyes on the prize.  You most likely will loose more weight between now and July 30th.  Just keep after it and do your best at the parties but I think you'd be okay to party a tiny bit.  You've worked to hard and long to let this get you.  I did a major party thing on a Friday night and 10 pounds showed up at the doctor on Monday...post op-  I was so depressed but then I didn't have a date set at that time either.  I KNOW what I can do if I let myself.  I physically cannot do it anymore since my Lap RNY....that goodness because I would I know it.  I LOVE MY NEW TOOL!  You'll do fine.  You're focused on July 30th and your new tool.....Debbie

FOCUS....FOCUS...FOCUS!!! Me ....I have to focus on focusing! Thanks for the help. Cheryl

Man I never get to eat at parties!! I am so busy running my mouth all the time that I usually don't put anything in it! Stick to diet drinks or water and just walk around yappin! No one knows what's in the drinks, so they don't know they are just diet....Party, party, party!! Just don't eat much or like our resident Cowboy says go with cheese or meat tray type stuff. Excitement usually makes me NOT hungry so maybe it will work for you too....You can get through this!  Have a blast!!! Keep your eye on the goal though... Sherry

Sherry I am planning to be laughing so much that I can't eat anything. That alone is pretty intoxicating. Thanks for the support. Cheryl

Cheryl- It's true. :) Cowboy literally stops breathing if I don't give him an update! It's become one of the first things I do in the morning for fear he won't make it!!! lol We all love the updates of our friends on here!!! Keep it up, chick. You WILL make it!!!!! Liz