Originally Posted by finallyfreeforever

I cleaned out my closet over the holiday weekend and realize there are soooooooo many things I can no longer wear. I do still plan to donate a fair number of things but I have a lot of things are either new or very near new so I decided to try my hand and selling them online. So far in two days I've already sold two things and have watchers on a few others, so if nothing else that money can help fund the new clothes I will have to buy. I also got to wear my new size 16 jeans and by the end of

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Originally Posted by finallyfreeforever

It seems as though I've been waiting for this for ever and now it's only 8 days away and if you count all of the meetings, lab work, classes and appointments I have this week leading up to it, the process really starts on Tuesday, just 2 short days away. Even though I was out yesterday buying last minute items, it really freaked me out when the hospital admissions office called me yesterday to pre-admit me. I'm really starting to become super anxious but one good thing is that the insane food

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Originally Posted by finallyfreeforever

I had a pretty tough day today and was out running errands around lunch time. I really wanted the fries, could actually smell the fries and thought about how I would usually turn to my old friend Big Mac to make me feel better. I won't lie, my first thought was, I have 15 days until my next weigh in, I could work it off which is probably true, but more important than that, it's about changing the habits that got me into this situation and that's the emotional eating. I made a quick right turn

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Originally Posted by finallyfreeforever

I went to the mall today to buy something for my daughter to wear to a birthday party this weekend and I suddenly realized that many of the stores that I was passing by, I'll be able to shop at in just a few short months. That got me to thinking about what other things may change and what I was looking forward to
1. Shopping somewhere other than Lane Bryant, Avenue and Torrid
2. Being able to sew right out of the pattern envelope without having to enlarge the pattern or make major

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Originally Posted by finallyfreeforever

I'm successfully fighting the urge to have one last run at the things I won't be able to eat after the surgery but I guess I'm surprised at how strong those urges are. I'm determined to lose as much weight as possible before surgery and not to give them a reason to turn me away so I think I'll be fine, I just didn't expect to have spend so much effort to fight it. Has this happened to anyone else?