Weight Loss Surgery - Finally!

Well, I called my insurance today, and I finally have an appointment with a doc AND nutritionist to discuss my "decision" (he he). It is like all of a sudden I talked to someone who (1) gave a crap (2) actually knew what to do about it. It isn't until the end of April, but that is sooooo alright. Now the interesting part, they don't want me on ANY kind of diet, they want a month long daily food journal. I was lowcarbing, and have been for almost 5 months so all I can think about is carbs! I am really going to try and not binge at all, I don't want to walk in there and have them go, hmmm....let's see, you ate an ENTIRE box of cookies, went to Burger King, had some Krispy Kremes, and you REALLY wonder why you are so over weight? :) I don't have binging problems, it is once in a while that I go crazy, other than that I eat just like if not less than my DH who is all of 170lbs. That really angers me, does anyone else have that problem?
But anywho, sorry to ramble :)

very interesting about the journal. the insurance company wants the journal? what would they do with it? or is it the doc and nutritionist? that would make more sense to me.

but congrats!!!! you got an appt much sooner than lots of people do... this'll be interesting.

and about the food thing. yes. some people lose easily and others don't. now, guess which ones go for surgery???? <sorry, i couldn't help it> life just isn't fair., in many many ways.

Hey Shayshay!

I'd be curious as to what the purpose of the journal is too. Call me suspicous but I wonder if it something that can be used against you and your goal of surgery. Is there someone you can ask?

Congrats on the appointment date! It will be here before you know it!!! Keep us posted!

peach

The doc is the one that wants the journal, but now peach has me wondering if it could be used against me, since I have been so pushy about getting the appointment in the first place. I think what I am going to do is switch over to a more "balanced" way of eating, you know the typical healthy stuff. That way I have proof that even when I do eat portion sizes of the "right" foods that nothing happens. Now I am all paranoid!! :dizzy: :lol:

Hey, just a question.......do they put you on a semi-diet prior to surg. to see if you can deal with the restrictions post surg? The whole journal thing would have me questioning stuff too. Good luck!

YGH

Shayshay, I suppose it is too much to hope the journal is for research purposes...

I share the experience of having to write about doughnuts, fries and cake in MY journal. Oh, wait, that's probably not what you asked about. Ditto on the other: DH is 6ft tall and about 170-175. Luckily he appears not to notice that I outweigh him by more than 50# (on a "light" day).

Nice to hear that you have an appointment day. It is good to have the process moving along and looking forward to the next stage in your life.

not quite sure why the doc wants a food journal, but it's probably only to see what you're eating. and he'll probably tell you to follow some sort of diet so that you don't gain anymore weight before the surgery.

that's one of the issues, grasshopper.. there are a number of reasons for controlled eating as a preop... one is to lose some weight so that you're not such a high surgery risk. another one is to see if you can stick to some sort of plan. and to see if you're seirious and able to follow directions.

so many people fail to get a grip on their emotional eating before the surgery and it's doubly - triply <is that a word???> hard for them afterwards.


shayshay.. if you think the surgeon is doing something weird with the food journal, maybe you could find another one. i think it'll be ok, but it's a good idea to have another plan just in case...

I was just so darn excited to actually have someone hear me, not just listen that I didn't even question about the journal. I am assuming that it is to see how I am eating, not just what I am eating. Maybe to see how "out of control" I get. I don't really have a problem following "direction", I have more of a problem when I don't. I totally have my emotional eating understood and pretty undercontrol, there are moments still, like I am sure there is with everyone, the important thing, at least for me is that I understand why. My background is pretty "shaky" to say the least. I am only 23 and have been taking care of my Mom, who is mentally ill, for the past 10 years at least. So that is a big source for me, and I understand that and no longer binge in the middle of the night while everyone is asleep. I also don't eat alone. Ever. So I have come really far. My biggest concern, is that I have never spoken to a dr and had any sort of outlined plan of action that would be in my record. I don't know if this is something I can just say, Hey doc, this is what I want, this is why, take my word for it and schedule me a surgery date. (a bit more intellegent though :) ) So that is where I am a bit nervous.

Oh my, so sorry to babble and jump around like that :o :o

Shay

Wow Shay, you sure sound older than 23. I was never even close to your level of understanding issues at 23, but it sounds like you've lived through a lot already. At 45 I'm still struggling with emotional eating and food issues. Good for you for being so willing to do the hard work it's going to take.
Chickadee

Shay, what an admirable young woman you are! I could see how it would feel good to have somebody hear you out about anything, given the tremendous amount of responsibility you have, on a daily basis and how isolating that must be most of the time. The discipline you have already had to practice, while caring for your mom for almost half your life, will serve you well after the surgery. As for "babbling and jumping around", not only is it perfectly acceptable here (NOT that you did any of that), but on certain days, this is my only form of exercise! :dizzy:

well, stilltrying my dear.. if 'babbling and jumping around 'are your only form of exercise...

WHY HAVEN'T YOU POSTED IT ON THE EXERCISE THREAD???? Hmmmmm??? <that evil moderator butts in EVERYWHERE, doesn't she??? >

and shay... you ARE wise beyond your years. and in my book, that means that you are ONE FABULOUS woman!!!!!

OMG Jiffy, you must be PSYCHIC!!! Would you believe I was going to end that sentence with that VERY question? I actually wrote "Jiffy, d'ya suppose I should post that on the exercise thread?" but I CHICKened out and deleted it. I do that a lot. I thought our VERY caring moderator may think I am not treating her exercise thread with the respect and seriousness that it deserves.
Actually, all joking aside, the last few days I have not been able to walk so I've been feeling sluggish. Can you and Peachie get around with the latest gift from mother nature? Even if I can get into the street and get going, my driving neighbors forget that I am not waterproof.

BTW Shay, I hope that YOU have some good and effective stress release interventions in your arsenal. Caretakers like you are jewels to their families and the mental health practitioners and you deserve just as much care, yourself :)

:)

stilltrying.. the 'caring' or 'evil' moderator really does'nt care all that much about the 'respecting the thread' deal... as long as people are nice to each other and relatively few 4-letter words show up, she tends to not put her glasses on to read the posts.

yeah,, i'd rather have the truth. as L144 said, our exercise thread sounds like it has real people on it with real struggles...

and i figure that if anyone posts ANYTHING on it, they're paying attention.

in all seriousness. change is a major huge big process and it can't be done all at once. im' a big fan of prochaska and diclemente's model of change, in which there's a pre-contemplation stage - some folks call it 'denial' or 'head in the sand.'

and then there's contemplation , the point where you start thinking about doing something.,.. and so on..

sooo i don't really care if anyone's in precontemplation/denial/sand... if they post, it shows they care...

even when we hijack shayshay's thread...