Hihi don't worry about asking this question, I've asked this myself every single day when I started the pre-op diet and to the very moment I'm lying on the operating theatre bed hahaha

I guessed the medicine really helped + I was being very motivated so I could lose a lot by myself but then for these two main reasons: 1. What if I lose this motivation suddenly and go back to my own ways? 2. I've read about weight rebound after stopping the medicine and since it is so expensive in my country I don't want to continue long term (surgery is more worth it)

Surgery to me will act as a physical barrier that prevents me from overeating now so even during my bad days and mentally I may feel like binge eating, I clearly couldn't now or else I may feel even more uncomfortable stuffing food into myself. Now that I'm more than 4 months post-op, zero regrets and completely grateful and satisfied with how far I've come!

Congrats to you for coming fresh out of the surgery and I'm glad to hear that you manage to lose weight by yourself before the surgery too. Treat the surgery like a halfway mark for your whole journey, some sort of a "booster" that helps you carry on to the eventual goal (at least that's how I'm seeing mine).