I was sleeved on June 21, 2013. I will be honest with you it was the best thing I have ever done for myself! I am down around 71 pounds. I got a little off track for a couple months around the holidays and didn't follow the program. I am back on track though and losing again. Part of the problem with me was I loved myself at 200 pounds..LOL I hadn't been that small in who knows when. I thought if I never lost any thing else I would be happy. Which I probably would have. It is rough going at first and I didn't want to go through all of the bad part and not give it my best shot! So I recommitted to the program and have lost 6 pounds in just a couple of weeks. I can appreciate your anxiety I was the same way. I told someone it is like child birth sucks when you are in the middle of it but after a few months you can't remember the bad. Good luck!

My food diary is open so feel free to look at what I eat. i am 3 1/2 months out and down 68lbs. My best advice is to give up your addiction foods. 50% of wt loss surgery pts regain all their former wt within 5 yrs. These are typically the people who think they can continue to eat the foods that made them obese in the first place but just in smaller amounts. They rapidly realize that they can graze on rich, carby processed food throughout the day thereby completely eating around their surgery. Wt loss surgery does not cure food addiction, it will be right there when you wake up from surgery. Wt loss surgery does not cure medicating with food instead of dealing with your problems. Now, when death and destruction come into my life, I deal with it. I do not medicate it with food. My addiction foods were wheat, rice and potato. I no longer eat wheat, rice and potato. Turns out I can completely control my calories and food intake now with great ease. If the thought of never eating items like pasta, pizza, chips, fries, cake, pie, bread, fried rice, sushi and candy again make you panic you will need to work on this. Your new lifestyle will be 70%protein,25%veg-no potato5%whole grain carb. White carbs like potato, wheat and rice are empty calories. It is hard enough getting your protein in without blowing over the 750 to 850 cals per day to encourage steady wt loss. Not to mention they are also the typical foods of choice for most obese people. Nobody gets fat off steak and broccoli. People often ask "When will I be able to eat like "normal" again?" Ummmm, Never. If you were eating like a normal healthy person you would not be obese. That said this has been the greatest tool ever for me. I have been obese since 2nd grade and never knew what full felt like. At 184 lbs now I am the size I was in 7th grade.

Breath, relax and keeping reminding yourself how this will be the first step to a wonderful tomorrow. Then make sure you stay connected with the groups who will help you navigate the days and weeks after surgery. This really was the best thing I did for myself in a very long time and I am so much happier than before. Not just because I am thinner but because I feel so much better physically and mentally. WLS is not a cure but it is a very powerful tool that can finally help you feel like the battle is winable. Once really believe you can win the sky's the limit.

You should be post op by now!!! I hope you're doing great!!! Now is your honeymoon period, take full advantage of it and hold on, it's a wild ride, but oh so fun!!! Enjoy every single pound and change. You won't believe your life a year from now. This is truly life altering. Now is the time to make permanent changes. I am four years out in a few days......I still weigh every day, I weigh and/or measure my food when we're at home, I log it all on MFP and yes, I'm diligent about this. I cannot become complacent, this is my new life, as natural to me as breathing!! Establish good NEW habits now and your life will be much easier when you are maintaining!