Re: Re: Thank you for all your answers and support

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Being excited and scared all at the same time are really normal. You will even 2nd guess yourself and wonder if you are doing the right thing??? Trust me you are. This is a life changing event. All you need to think about is YOU and no one else. This will be a retraining of your old brain and the way you lead your life. You will be recharged because of the amount of weight that you lose in the first few months--it comes off pretty easy. You will ask yourself what if I am the ONE person that this will not work on? We all did that, because we had failed at so many other diet attempts. You are NO longer on a diet, but a lifestyle change. Just remember the first month after surgery honestly is the hardest month you will do. We all inhale our food and just shovel it in--we consume too much food and ate too fast. That will end once you can eat food at the end of the 30 days. You will NEED to take small tiny bites and chew and chew and chew and chew until what you have in your mouth is like a liquid. Trust me that was the hardest thing I had to learn.

Just remember there are some fabulous people on this site and we are there every step of the way for you, and we are her to support you & help you, and listen to your progress. Congratulations to you, you seem to have your head in the right place and all the rest will fall into place too.

Keep us posted, and hugs,

Suzanne

In a message dated 4/13/2011 10:50:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, nicki_8875@... writes:

I get scared too. It is weird- I want to lose weight and be thin but I am also afraid of it. It has been so long and I worry that people around me will change or that I will change. But ultimately if I dont do it I know I am ensuring an early death and I dont want that. I work at a clinic and I watch all these elderly people walk by me all day and think I will never be able to do that b/c I wont be able to walk due to my weight. Im excited and scared!>> Very well said, I feel the same way. I AM READY TO CHANGE! I get a bit scared > but am soooo ready. > > > > > > > ________________________________> From: <nicki_8875@...>> > Sent: Mon, April 11, 2011 4:37:35 PM> Subject: Thank you for all your answers and support> > > I have decided to get the sleeve! I scheduled it for 4/27/11. I am very > excited about it. At this point I *have* to do something and I think I have > realized I cant do it alone and I cant eat what I want and be the person I want > to be. So what is more important? A candy bar or going on rides with my kids? > All the things I have been missing out on by being fat. I want to be able to > LIVE and not hide away b/c of my weight.> > Any tips or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again! >

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It'll be fabulous Nicki I just got sleeved on March 11. The first 3.5 weeks or so were SO hard, but now that I'm eating normal food, I'm starting to feel like a new person. And yes, you'll change. I am already changing. I have more energy and I smile alot more!!! So, if that's sounding like a way you want to change then go for it! I'm down 29 lbs and have alot more to go, but with my new tool, I feel like the world is mine to conquer!!!!!

From: <nicki_8875@...> Sent: Wed, April 13, 2011 7:34:49 AMSubject: Re: Thank you for all your answers and support

I get scared too. It is weird- I want to lose weight and be thin but I am also afraid of it. It has been so long and I worry that people around me will change or that I will change. But ultimately if I dont do it I know I am ensuring an early death and I dont want that. I work at a clinic and I watch all these elderly people walk by me all day and think I will never be able to do that b/c I wont be able to walk due to my weight. Im excited and scared!>> Very well said, I feel the same way. I AM READY TO CHANGE! I get a bit scared > but am soooo ready. > > > > > > > ________________________________> From: <nicki_8875@...>> > Sent: Mon, April 11, 2011 4:37:35 PM> Subject: Thank you for all your answers and support> > > I have decided to get the sleeve! I scheduled it for 4/27/11. I am very > excited about it. At this point I *have* to do something and I think I have > realized I cant do it alone and I cant eat what I want and be the person I want > to be. So what is more important? A candy bar or going on rides with my kids? > All the things I have been missing out on by being fat. I want to be able to > LIVE and not hide away b/c of my weight.> > Any tips or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again! >