An eventful week on the Journey

So this week has been an eventful week for me on this weight loss journey.

* In my quest to end my caffeine intake up until the past couple of 2 weeks, I had been doing good. It has been a couple stressful of weeks so I did break down and have a beloved Pepsi. So I have been trying to go back to being good and drinking water.


* I had gotten an email from my doctor's office that they needed to reschedule my final appointment with the doctor before surgery scheduling. It is getting bumped back one week as the doctor is planning on taking a couple of weeks off at the beginning of December. My question was by bumping this appointment back, would I still be able to have the surgery by the end of December? On Monday I got reassurance from the insurance specialist in the office that I should be able to get it done by 12/31. I hope that is the case, because I am ready for it NOW!

* On Tuesday I attended the second of 2 mandatory support group meetings that you have to attend prior to having surgery. It is amazing to hear the post op patients talk about how much weight they have lost, some of the struggles they have gone through and things that have worked for them. I really enjoy these meetings. I think I'm gonna keep going after surgery.

So yesterday I got to talk to a woman I met at the first meeting I had attended. She was 2 weeks post op at the meeting. I peppered her with questions about what to expect, and she was great about answering them. She said she stepped on the scale and had lost between 20-30 pounds since her surgery. I can't wait to see her in January. Hopefully by then we'll both be on our journey of skinny!

At the meeting they focused on how to deal with the stress of the holidays and how to deal with not being able to eat the big, traditional holiday meals. Hopefully by next year, it won't be a problem for me.

* Today was my appointment with the Psychiatrist. So after a little wait, I finally got called back. He went over the results of the 400+ questions I had to answer before seeing him. Turns out, according to the answer of the test, I qualify as "normal". I had no signs of any eating disorders or depression. No suicidal tendencies. I understand what I'm signing up to do.

So all in all, it's been a good week in the journey. Although it seems like it is moving slow to me, I know that it will be here before I know it....hopefully.