Also I got approved the first week of May, 2014 and my surg got my surgery scheduled for May 29 2014 just in case the insurance tried to back out again. So it definitely didn't take to long.
March 2014 (366lbs) - May 29 2014 surgery date VSG (350lbs) - June 9 2014 (329lbs)
NSV - "non scale victory". Weight loss recorded on the scale is a victory, but so is looser clothing, seat belts getting longer, chairs getting bigger, etc.
Re: eating slower. Have you tried the App "Eat Slower"?
Good luck!
58 yo female, 5'9" HW: 297 SW: 285 Surgery W: 252. CW: 224.8 GW: 160
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ~ Frederick Douglass