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7.5 months out with pics!!
Disclaimer: this is a really long post, but I'm going to be VERY, uncomfortably (perhaps) honest about my journey. I hope it will be helpful to anyone just starting out. Pre-surgery and my first few months out, I was very active on these boards. In the past few months, I haven't been, so there are many of you now whom I…
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First stall, exercise, and sickness
So after 6 days at the exact same weight (literally, down to the ounce) I'm going to call this past week my first stall. I was prepared for it to happen, but it is frustrating. Oddly, it happened the same week that I started training for a triathlon. I don't know if I scared my body into storage mode because I'm all of a…
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36 hours post-op and OUCH
I was so excited to finally have my surgery after a year of fighting for it that I wasn't nervous at all going in. I was thrilled. I joked around with my pre-op nurses and shook my surgeon's hand and I was beaming the whole time. I was probably smiling when I drifted off to dreamland. Then I basically woke up throwing up.…
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Haven't Even Started and Stalling?!
Ok, ok, so this isn't a real stall. But I started my liquid pre-op diet a week ago and I’ve lost exactly 1.1lbs. I haven’t cheated, not even a little bit. I’ve been drinking tons of water and taking all of my vitamins. I have a week left of this, and every day I wake up hoping that five pounds will magically be gone. I’m…
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Thoughts on therapy?
Now that I have a surgery date, this is all becoming very real to me. I didn't really "dig in" on my supervised diet because more than a 10lb weight loss would've triggered an insurance denial.... at least that's what I'm telling myself. Maybe I wasn't ready to dig in quite yet. At any rate, I've been reading a lot of…
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After a year-long fight, I have a surgery date!
To preface this, my insurance process has been a nightmare. I started all the way back in March, and was required to do a 6-month long medically supervised weight loss program (pretty standard). But I also heard that my particular insurance company would deny you if you gained any weight during the program. Unfortunately,…
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I finally get to meet my surgeon, and I need some advice!
My journey to VSG began all the way back in March of this year when I went to orientation at my bariatric clinic. My six-month doctor supervised diet ends on October 27th, and I finally have an appointment to consult with my surgeon (Dr. Krause at Royal Oak Beaumont, for anyone in Michigan) on November 10th. Hopefully I'll…
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New and in need of friends
Hi all! My name is Sam and I'm about 3 months pre-VSG (hopefully). My insurance company requires 6 months of medically supervised weight loss before they'll issue an approval and I'm in the last month of that now. I'm excited to be a part of this group, all of your success stories are really inspirational. Now it's time…
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New and in need of friends :)
Hi guys! I'm new to MFP and love that this site has such an awesome community. I'm looking for friends so I can be inspired by your progress and you can hold me accountable for mine. I'm 27, in Michigan, and I have about 120lbs to lose. Anyone have any tips for staying on track when you're stuck in the snow four months a…
