So, I'm almost 3 weeks post op now. I am recovering well. I went back to work after one week. I am mostly sitting at work, so it went well. I have been tired in the evenings and had to take a nap then was ready to go. I feel the restriction and hunger is greatly decreased. I have major head hunger at times thinking of all the fattening foods that I cannot have. I hate food commercials!! This process really does make you deal with things because I love to go out to eat and that isn't realistic

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So this feels very real now. I am scheduled for surgery on tomorrow after being rescheduled. I only had to do clear liquids for one day then nothing after midnight. According to the plan, I will have to do clears for a week post op. I am worried that since I have only clears that I will be weak or tired and I have to return to work in a week. I am hoping I'm able to function well when I do return. Anyway, I'm nervous but okay. I am packed which was slightly nerve wracking, but packing

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So I have found out that I have my surgery scheduled for 8/8/2013. As I type that I feel that is pretty soon. I am nervous by the process but I feel its more anxiety related to the possibility of change. Change is a good thing because I cannot keep going the way I was going. Im trying to take it one day at a time and enjoy where I am currently. I have a tendency to get ahead of myself. I start thinking of all of my future goals like having a child after the weight loss (which the surgeon reports

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So recently my family went riding on ziplines and I had to sit on the sidelines due to the weight requirement. The same is true for parasailing on yesterday. As I approach surgery, I cannot help but think of all of the things I have to miss out on due to weight requirements, fear that I weigh too much, or fear that other people will be staring or talking about me. I would consider myself a fairly adventurous person so I hate when I can't do the things I would like to do. So those zipline and

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I am a 33 yo female who has lost weight partially several times. However, I can't ever remember being slim after age 9 I've always daydreamed about it though. I would daydream of the clothes and the look on the people's face that bullied me. I'm great at losing weight initially but I'm planning on using the sleeve (date will be determined this Tuesday) to help get to a normal BMI (which sounds like a fantasy to even say). I now have to plan ways on how to make it there and stay there.

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