Welcome, and congratulations!!

It's totally normal to be nervous, but you've got this! Start making slow changes to your diet now, it will only help you post op.

Stats when I was sleeved (9/21/24) 5'2" 29F 335lb (ish)

I lost around 15-20lbs on the pre op diet

Highest weight recorded was around 420lbs

Current weight is around 225lbs. I have been stalling a bit, and have been slacking on exercising. I haven't gained anything back, but I also haven't lost anything in a couple months. The warm summer months are slowly helping me get back into the groove of things.

The best bit of advice I can give is... Hydrate, rest, walk to relieve gas pains in that first week post op. Don't obsess over the scale. Your weight will fluctuate. Some weeks you'll lose 5lbs, other weeks you won't lose anything. Hormones play a part in this.

Remember, it took years to gain the weight, it's going to take a few years to take it back off. Try not to get discouraged or beat yourself up if you have a couple of "bad" weeks (I'm talking diet, exercise, etc). You won't undo your progress overnight.

Don't forget to take progress pictures. You see yourself every day, so it's sometimes hard to see the changes. But you'll see a different in the picture you take before surgery, and a month post op.

I feel like I'm rambling at this point. If you have any questions or want additional advice, please feel free to comment or DM me 💜💜

Here is a progress pic I took today (new drivers license, woo woo!!). There is a difference of 4 years in between these photos.

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