I'm in the middle of my pre-op journey I'll be finished the Thursday before Thanksgiving. I'll be scheduling my appointment with my Surgeon then after and my date will be most likely Jan 2016. Not sure if my military surgeons perform over holidays.

I am too. I have been to the info session and had my pre-surgical meeting with the dietitian and surgeon. I have a surgery date of Dec 7 so I started the 6 week pre-surgery diet today. I am very nervous about doing this but it has been a 30+ year struggle of dieting, mostly failing and I need a little help in this battle.

Hi, My name is Kenda. I will be having Gastric Bypass in two weeks. I started my supervised diet ( 7 weeks) at 398 lbs and as of today 10/31/15 I am down to 301, so I have lost 97 lbs since March 2015. I have changed everything about how I eat, I am now a Vegan and I LOVE it. Most people ask me why I'm having the Gastric Bypass since I have lost almost 100 lbs on my own?? I tell them that losing the 97 lbs was a test to see if I have the right mind set to lose the weight and keep it off. I have learned that I need to eat to live NOT live to eat, there is a very big difference. I am having the Gastric Bypass because it is the "TOOL" that I need to get me to where I have to be, and keep me there :-) I hear a lot of people talk about how scared they are of weight loss surgery, and I get where they are coming from because I am scared as well. But what we need to think about is, if we do NOT have the weight loss surgery how long are we going to live because of our health? My kids say " Mom what if you die from the surgery? " and I tell them, If I do NOT have the surgery, I'm going to die because I'm over weight. At least I'm taking the chance to better myself, and to me that's an amazing step. Anyone who even thinks about having weight loss surgery, is stepping up and admitting that they have a problem and they need help to fix it. That's step #1 :-) Anyway, enough babbling lol. I would love to hear from anyone who has had surgery, I would like any advice you all have :-)

Good luck to you all on your pre-op diets etc.
I am 13month post bypass op and having walked the mile in your shoes can relate to how you are all feeling. If you have any questions etc feel free to message, ask or add me.

I am still under the care of the hospital team and have an appointment in 3 weeks, hopefully to confirm I am still doing well and back on track. (I had family issues last year meaning I plateaued).

I was advised to accept the NHS offer of surgery as many years of weight loss attempts hadn't succeeded in keeping the weight off and surgery was the only option if I didn't want a premature death. I think I had a 14month journey with tests, advice etc before my operation in December 2014 and haven't looked back. I have posted some (very) scary photos in my profile as a reminder to myself and overall have dropped from 390 to about 270 or so lbs, like us all, some lost before the bypass.

Late night munchies is terrible and tough to break (

I have fruit with the wife in front of TV as a snack and walking. Walking is key afterwards and I use it (still) to either delay food or to think of the hatred of walking in the cold to distract myself from habit eating. It does get easier though as you use protein more than carbs but your dietitian will direct this as sleeve and bypass differs slightly.

Find something you like, whether its carrot sticks or a tangerine. Our brains will force us to eat until we retrain it, so best we can do is eat healthy

I had the VSG on 'Fat Tuesday' - February 28th, 2017. I'm down 31 pounds (51 1/2 overall, from highest weight). How is everyone doing?