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Having annoying stalls, nevertheless I am so grateful for having this surgery!! I've lost 52 lbs so far - more to come!!

New date - Wednesday 3/26/14!!! 

I've been taking Options classes via kaiser since October when I decided to pursue the sleeve surgery. I am now scheduled for surgery on 3/18/14 and I am so excited!! Wish me luck!!! 

2 weeks ago, I made a call to my RNY coordinator and decided to postpone my surgery.  It is such a major procedure, and frankly I am not ready to alter my body - what I need to alter is my relationship with food and exercise (which by the way,  is also needed for success via rny).
SO, I have given myself 6 months (as promised through my coordinator w/o having to do the whole process over again!) to continue w/ a lifestyle change.  I've been walking daily, going to the gym and sticking to protein shakes for breakfast, and eating sensibly.  So far, I have lost 15 lbs.
I am feeling good, I am at peace with my decision and my hives have disappeared completely.  Wish me luck!

I had my pre-op tests last week.  The one that really impacted my nerves was the upper GI w/ the nasty barium cocktail.  So gross.  I was able to see the image of my normal stomach on the monitor.  It made me think - "what the *&^% am I doing to my stomach?" BTW, I have been itchy/scratchy( Hives) phase since i got my surgery date a couple of months back, so that tells you how my phsyche affects my nerves. 
I wish I could relax, go with the flow (like the sea turtle from 'Finding Nemo'), but I am definitely an overthinker.  My surgery date is less than a month away - i am excited to start a new way of life, but i am also scared *&^%less of complications and malabsorption issues(ex, medication, vitamins, etc).  I'm not so afraid of missing food - I definitely believe in 'tasting food and not eating food', so I don't worry about feeling deprived.  Life is so fragile (example - Michael Jackson RIP), I know that by losing weight, I will add years to my life, but I need to make sure that other complications will not arise.  The vitamin supplement/protein factor is key to that success.  Some people here are so educated in this - I need to up my technological knowledge on these areas to help my body the best I can. 
SO - 1 month left - what are the main essentials???  What protien supplement do you reccommend?  Vitamins?? Any advice to curb my anxiety??  Thanks - I know I must sound like a raving lunatic, but like I mentioned before- I am an overthinker at times.

This is it.  2009  is the year I turn myself around.  2009 is about some serious 'me' time.  I want to feel good in my clothes, in my skin - I want my husband to be totally blown away by my success.  I want to motivate my friends to make a change in their lives as well.  Most of all, I want to set an example of healthy lifestyle changes to my family.

I am a happily married mom of 2 wonderful children, my angels, Michael and Gabriella.  A major obstacle for our happiness to continue is my health and overweightedness (I loathe the word obesity).    The weight has been sneeking onto my body, little by little, since I've been married - even more so since I've had the kids.   I am 5'6 and weigh 260.  My BMI is 41. 

Thank God I don't have blood pressure or cholestrol issues (yet), but I have serious vascular issue due to my weight- I am also asthmatic.  I have had vascular surgery in the past and the veins are bulging again.  I shy away from wearing swimsuits in public, which is horrible because I love the beach, suntanning and playing with my family. 
 
I have tried everything under the sun, even phen-phen.  Sure, I'd lose weight (even 40lbs once w/ the fat flush diet), but then I'd regain it + 10 lbs more.  Tired of being discouraged at every turn I researched WLS. 

I feel confident that this is the right road for me to take.  I know that I am in very able hands @ Orange Coast Memorial Center (they are a 'center of excellence' for bariatric surgery) with Dr. Chin. 

I am so excited- I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas.  I finally have my one on one appt. with my surgeon, Dr. Chin - this will be my final hoop before final approval for surgery.

Wish me luck!!