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[RoyT]

I'm a 56 year old guy. I am currently starting the second week of the pre op diet with surgery scheduled for August 28, 2019. I've been a 'normal' weight until about 16 years ago. Then I started gaining. The more I tried to lose weight, the more I gained. I have a host of health issues related to the extra weight and my primary physician says I have three to four years of life left (max) if I don't shed the weight.

While I am excited about again living a healthy active life, I am scared, and beating myself up for getting to this point, wondering why I let myself get like this. I am staying on the diet, but experiencing cravings. I am a little sad I won't be able to eat normally again, however I do realize I haven't eaten normally in a long time.

 

[honeysgirl]

I think the process gets easier the further along you get.
I was freaking out thinking about all the things I might never be able to eat again. Having to talked to a lot of different people, I think there are a lot of good things you can still eat just in moderation.
Just that you are making the right decision. Is food more important than living? Probably not.
Wishing you the best of luck.

 

[AnnieLuv]

I have experienced the sadness too. It's a break up with food and breakups are hard. The sadness goes away!
The pre-op liquid diet in some ways was the hardest for me because I was hungry and also craved my "old" foods. In other ways it was easy because I was terrified that if I cheated, my liver would get super large and make the surgery difficult! Sometimes my mind is not my friend lol.
You will be thankful come surgery day that you stuck to it and after you will find your new normal.

 

[missdarmitage]

Don't beat yourself up for too long. Acknowledge where you went wrong and then focus on the road ahead of you. You have so many great things to look forward to. If you are dwelling on how you got to where you are, you will miss where you are going. Stay strong and I wish you the best of luck!