PRE-OPS I CHALLENGE YOU ...

Ok .. your sitting there thinking ... O my .. the day will never come .. or you are reading post where things for others are really going well .. and you are doubting yourself .. or wondering what life will be like .. Well I am here to tell you .. your day is here TODAY .. even though you have not had the surgery .. Each day from now on is yours ... 

I began living the life of a GBS patient long before Dr. Hutcher stuck the knife in my belly .. I began walking .. eating better .. getting rid of sodas .. etc ....  I want each of you to do something positive tommorow . I want you to find something you can change ... or work on .. do it ..

You can begin your WOW moments now ! Do not wait ....  If you start getting rid of Sodas  If you start your vitamins  If you count your protein  If you count your carbs 

I want to hear from you ..  What are you going to do .. to start living your life as a Gastric By Pass Patient .. ?

Life awaits you .. no more sitting around .  Let's get to it .. on Your mark - Get Set ..,, Go ... I will meet you at the finish line ! 

I am here for you .. and I am in your corner !!!  Nat

how motivating is that?  i would love to see your pictures!

Are you talking about my Plastics pics ... Or my before and Afters ...  Lemme know , I will send you the pass words .

How did you read my mind??   I am 2 months away from finishing my six month diet and feels like its taking forever lol. I read other posts about how much exercise they do and I just get defeated so thank you so much for starting this for us pre ops :) So the thing I will start this week is no drinking with meals which is gonna be big for me  I already do no sodas and take my vitamins so seems like a good next step :) Thank you again for your uplifting spirit

Oh how exciting ... Let me know how it goes .. and try each day to do something different ..  SO PROUD !!!  Keep me posted ...  Natalie

OMG--What you have said is what I have been doing since before meeting with my surgeon. And do you know why??? Because of Stories like yours and Leilani's and so many others. As I sat and read profiles and then the Virginia Boards I knew in my heart that surgery was a tool. It makes no sense to me to wait until I was post op to make the changes in my behavior.  Do I fall off? Yeppers. But I climb right back on. My wonderful doc contributes my weight loss to my attitude. Without "trying" to lose weight, I have gone from 242 lbs to 228.5 since March 8th!  Thanks Natalie for starting this post. Thank you all my friends on this VA board for teaching me how to be a successful "loser" Jen

You are so welcome Jen .. it will all pay off in the end ..  You just keep doing it .. and ya know .. I fell off more than once .. but here I am ...  WAY TO GO ...  Nat

Hi Nat,  I was away for the holiday weekend and I came on the web site to see what I could do to get  started.  My surgery is on July 11,  I have decided to cut out soda. I have already started slowly exercising,  I also  am going to cut out sugar as much as  possibe. I am looking for anything else I can do to help.  Thanks , Lanette

Lanette ,  You are well on your way ... Good for  You !!  You may want to try upping your protein . With your surgey over a month away . Protein will help to build your stores , and help you to heal . Protein does so many things for our bodies .. and with out it .. well .. we would all look like skeletons .  You can try some protein shakes now if you want , but your taste may change after surgery . But you cal always add food protein to your diet for now .  Seafood - Shrimp - Beef , Eggs . Cheese - Yogurt .. all great protein sorces .  You may also want to begin increasing you fluids . This is a must with this surgery . I was able to maintain 80 ounces at about 2 months out . And you will need to try to get in as much as you can right afterwards , to prevent dehydration . But do not panic if you can't . Just do your best to sip-sip.. I have some information if you would like for me to send it to you in  PM . It may help you to ready yourself and understand what is about to take place . It also has info on vitamins and minerals .  Best to you .. and please keep us posted .  Natalie

Thanks Natalie for the support its very much discouraging to me and Im almost 2 years out to see so much of this stuff, and for me to keep the pre-ops positive and on the right path of there journeys so thanks for the incouragement you shared, hope others will join in . I still cant get my smileys to drop down so no clue whats going on I miss them.