Hi Harleyx3. I myself am hopefully about to undergo WLS. I'm trying to decide if I want the Sleeve or the Bypass as my doctor has said I could choose. So right now I'm researching as much as I can, asking friends about their journey, and so on. But I think it all boils down to how much your willing to commit because no matter how much I research or what I find out about how much this friend or that friend lost, it doesn't mean I'm going to have the same results.
What I have found however, is that I want to know what they would change about their experience. What I've heard so far is they wished they would have stayed with the dr. ordered diet even a week longer. I myself at this point don't really know what that means or how significate a week would be but if they say it, then they must know. Also, I've noticed on one particular friend that she has a lot of excess skin after her weightloss. I'm pretty positive she didn't do much of any exercise after she was "allowed to". So I'm keeping that in mind when all is said and done. Use those people "problem areas" to your advantage. If they say they would have done something different.. You do what they would have done different.. If you see the results of someone not exercising, then know you have to exercise EVERYDAY otherwise you will have the same results.
I know I am.
Best of luck to us both!!
PS Jill... AWESOME job!! Enjoyed reading your post - Great info! and Congrats on the new addition!