Making a goal and trying to stick to it!

I have been trying to loose weight before surgery. This will help with less chance of complications during surgery. I go in on 10/3. I have all my approvals in hand and am ready for the next step in the right direction. My next appt is in less then 2 weeks away. When I started this journey I was a huge 314 lbs. On my first consult I was 309.3! and Today I am 296.5! Yes its a start but not as quick as I would like. I want to be 290 on the first consult and then If i could loose another 5-10 before surgery that would be I ideal. I have not seen 285 in 3 years. I was 298 when I was married a year ago. I am maintaining and not gaining. This is very important to me to loos more weight. I dont have a pre required weight loss amount I just want to be healthy. I guess I need to up my walking or go for a bike ride. I hate my bike though, i cant reach the ground at all. I feel unsafe. I can only swim down at the pond, so maybe I will do that tomorrow instead of walking. My shins were burning last night before I even reach 1/4 of a mile. I pushed through it and made it to 2.5 miles. It felt great but I feel im walking too slow, It took 1 hour and 5 minutes to complete this distance. I know its slow but I feel I need to push myself further. Im going crazy, how the hell does my father do 3 miles a day and in under 1 hour! My coworkers say they do a mile in 15 minutes. I dont think Ill get that fast till I have lost 50 lbs. I wish myself luck, I didnt become fat overnight so i know that it will come off slowly too, but after the surgery at least it will come off a little quicker then now!!!!!!

The first consult

Yesterday I had my first consult, I met with the doctor, nutrionist and physcologist. First thing first was the physc. She met with me for like 20 minutes and asked a whole bunch of nosey questions. She told me at the end of our talk that I wouldnt meet with her again unit after I had surgery. Next was a nutrionist, She told me she was proud that I already cut out soda and that I seemed to have been eating healthier then when I first started this journey. Then was the doctor, I was in there for only about 15 minutes I dont know why all of my visits seemed short maybe an hour total, but I was in the office till 1pm and out of the hospital by 130. I cant believe I sat there and talked to so many people for 3 hours. At the end of my day I went back to work, went to dinner with friends and then starting reading all my paperwork that I got, I have to start a 1200 calorie diet. I weighed in at 309.3 My next visit is on 9/1. I vow not to drink or eat anything before that appt. I just want to be as light as I possibly can.

My story begins..... My wls journey

When this journey began I was 314 lbs. had no energy and was lazy. I do not have any children do to my obesity I am depressed and very shy. I get comments in the stores about my weight and do not like my appearence. Yes I have tried diets before but they just dont work. I have troubled with my weight since my early teenage years.
So how did I get to WLS....
This journey began on May 29, 2005. I say it began on this day because on this day I found out that my sister in law had WLS during mothers day weekend. This is what set my husband in the motion of making me do something real about my weight. He told me that I should look into WLS. WLS scared the crap out of me at first. I thought about what if I die, and what if I do this, can I have children? At first I thought No.... But thats wrong......On June 26 I went to an endrocrinolist about getting a diet pill, something I have never tried. Instead he told me the pills were not going to help long term, he said that if I did loose the weight I would gain it all back plus they dont work for ever! This was news because I have a friend that lost 50 lbs from pills she needs to loose more but the pills are expensive and not covered by health insurance! So this doctor told me I had 2 options ...Optifast which was supervised by the doctor and very expensive and Insurance didnt pay for that either; or get gastric bypass surgery. After a few days of considering it I went on to the sergeons website and called the office, the receptionist told me the first step is going to a new patient meeting, this I did on June 29th! I had already made up my mind this is something I want to do. I want to loose this awful weight and keep it off. I decided to make an appointment for my first consult.... Aug 30th! Good gosh that still seems so far away. During that meeting I decided to change my eating habits now rather then later.... Oh gosh I dont want to have to be told I have to loose weight before my surgery clearence so I better start eating healthy now. This I did start, I have lost a total of 7.5 lbs already! I hope to be 300 lbs by my first consult, and 290 by the surgery date. I have called my insurance and my requirments are not that out of the ordinary, be in a supervised program that treats wls all around with consults pre op and post op from dietitian, nutrionist, sergeon, and a shrink! And have a BMI of over 40. So far so good for me. Now I just have to make sure my PCP supports me. I have the appointment on July 31, There I will have her start the sleep study processes so this will already be in the works before my first appointment. If I can get most of the things done before the appoinment then I should have the surgery before the end of the year!