34 Year Old Male. Battled my Weight All my Life. After Years of Yo Yo Dieting I Am Getting the Sleeve.

So I have been over weight most of my life. I have been dieting on and off since I was 14 years old. I have done them all. Weight Watchers, Atkins, low calorie, low fat, biggest loser, all of them! lol! I have always been a pretty muscular guy. I am 6,1" tall and to be honest have always had an easy time losing weight in the physical sense. When I am geared up and going good I can lose a pound a day no problem (physically)! Mentally is a whole other story. I feel as if I have an Angel on one shoulder and a demon on the other. This struggle continues the entire day. A silent battle that no one else can see. I wake up and my brain says FOOD! Hour after hour, FOOD FOOD! People who do not have this addiction can never understand. Within the last 3 years I have lost 120 pounds only to gain 80 pounds of it back. I have done this many times throughout my life. The longer I am on my diet and the more weight I lose the louder the addiction voice inside my head gets. I have even went as far as spending 6 weeks in a "resort" working out as much as 8 hours a days and taking daily classes on not only nutrition, but the mental health aspect as well. I did not come to the decision of bariatric surgery easily. I have always been a proud guy and no matter how hard I struggled I was going to lose the weight on my own. I will be turning 35 in two weeks after my surgery. My joints hurt, I now have moderate high blood pressure and the weight keeps coming. I am not getting any younger and I do not want to look back on my life and regret never have reaching my goal. Even more importantly I want to be able to make it out of my 30's without having a heart attack! So here I am, I go in Friday May 13th! My new birthday! So ironic it might just be good luck! I am one hell of a fighter and my prayers are with the help of the surgery I am about to turn my life around, achieve my life long dream, and be damn proud of what I am doing. Want to see what it looks like to lose a ton of weight and work your butt off!? Then keep in touch:)

So for the last week I have been on a modified pre op diet. Shake in the morning. One at lunch and then a 4-500 calorie meal for dinner. That was bad enough! lol! Been taking my multi vitamins too! The first week was bad enough and I was still able to eat one meal a day. I have two weeks of this. Bottom line is it is going to suck! This last week I have been pretty irritable and sluggish! I have also had a couple of dizzy spells but not too bad. I have learned to drinks lots of fluid and get up SLOWLY! This will all be worth it and I know nothing worth while is ever easy. I will stay in touch!
P.S. I started my day out by watching all my co workers eat breakfast burritos! I will just be here over in the corner sipping this shake! lol!

My Dr. is adamant that I do the duodenal switch. He swears the loop version is showing the same side effects as the sleeve which is very little, but I should receive a 20% boost in my weight loss. He wants me to lose 200 pounds. So that is what I am doing! I go in this Friday morning! 7:30! Lost 20 pounds so far on the pre-op diet. Excited and very nervous! p.s. The pre-op diet sucks!