Welcome! I did a sleeve last April, and was where you are now last year. It is an amazing ride, and there are some really awesome people in here. Read lots, and ask questions when they come up

Welcome!

Welcome! I am still pre-surgery but I'm hoping to have RNY about a month or so from now. Its been a long and complicated process and now that I'm nearing the end of the waiting stage it feels like it has gone by so fast!

Congrats on putting you first! This is an great place full of awesome people! I had RNY 2 months ago. Feel free to friend me if you'd like!

It is a journey, for sure. But so worth it. Remember most of all to be kind to yourself. Welcome!

Welcome! This is an awesome, supportive group. Glad to see you so excited to start your journey.

Welcome! There is a lot to learn that you may not get in your program. My general advice to newbies here is to go back and read a few pages of topics to see the kinds of things that are discussed. Ask any questions you may have. Also, add as friends anyone who resonates with you or your situation, as well as a number of folks at all stages of the process. You can get food ideas for your own stage of the process, look back at anyone's diary for what they ate just post-surgery (for instance) and see the real struggles and successes that happen daily.

Also, as you are early in the process, hit the pre-surgery program hard. Anything you lose pre-surgery is a pound you don't have to lose post-surgery. The surgery really helps for the first 6-9 months, and then the weight loss gets harder. If you can hit your goal (or close to it) in 6-9 months post-surgery, you will have a much easier time of it. These next few months as you prepare for the surgery are the perfect time to nail your habits and behaviors which will serve you well after the surgery.

Don't see the time as a maddening delay, use it to your advantage!

Rob

Pre-op went very smoothly as did my surgery. I was asked to lose 30 pounds and actually lost 55! Unfortunately I tend to retain a lot of the fluids from the IVs! I gained 20 pounds and have to say I was discouraged and questioning if I made the right choice...7 months later and I KNOW I did!!!

This stuff affects everyone a little differently. Personally, I was out 3 weeks, but I could have gone back to work after 2. Was glad I had the extra week, because when you are getting less than 600 cal/day, you need naps, and your brain might not be so sharp.
Day 2-4 post op will be the most painful, provided nothing else goes wrong. I's like that for almost every type of laproscopic surgery though. Every day after day 4 was better, in my case.
I've lost over 175. I have saggy skin, it is what it is. I look pretty good in most clothes though.
Dehydration is a real challenging thing. So is the associated bowel issues that accompany it. even 6 months out I take a stool softener every other day or so to keep from becoming impacted/constipated.
Some people get dumping syndrome over sugar. Mine is triggered by too much fat. Some people don't get it at all.
There are days where I can't keep a meal or a drink down, and it comes right back up. I fast for a few hours or a day until I can keep things down. This happens mostly when my food and liquid intakes are too close together.
It's easy to forget your new lifestyle and fall into "the old ways". Fat Logic never dies, it just goes into hiding, waiting to trip you up.
You might lose a bunch of hair. Seems to happen to women ore than men.