Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

10,189 topics in this forum

So it's has been 2 months and 10 days since I was sleeved. Today I updated my weight loss ticker and it SAYS I AM HALF WAY TO MY GOAL!!!! WHAT? That's amazing! I feel like I'm not even trying that hard and here I am, just about 60 lbs down! I get married in just under one year and I am so ecstatic to realize that it could very well be a dream come true that I could be a skinny girl on my wedding day! Words cannot describe how wonderful I feel today. I feel like the biggest burden I have ever had to bear has been taken from me and I cannot put in to words how freeing that is!!! HAPPY GIRL! -Kim-

Ive been away from this board for some time.... I had the surgery in 2007 and have lost 110 lbs. Its slowly but sure coming off these day before: after...still in progress:

So, I started out at 277 three months ago before surgery and right before 2 week pre-op diet began. I stepped on the scale this morning and for the first time in YEARS (maybe even a decade) I saw a "2" after the first 2. Just barely but it was there (229.8 to be exact). I just had to shout it out - I was really really excited to see that little old 2. Hitting a new "decade" of numbers has been my short term goal and has kept me motivated. If I think of the 90 pounds I still want to lose it seems overwhelming. I'll stick to my mini-goals and I'd encourage all my fellow bandsters to do the same. NSVs are wonderful - but for me I only "trust" the hard cold numbers on …

HA (made ya look) 34week baby bump, it's kind of hard to see because I took this with iPhone camera, but there are a couple of protrusions from my belly and those little bumps would be her FEET ! ! ! This was taken about 10-14 days ago. . . She's dropped a tiny bit, and rounded out in front, I'm really basketball shaped from the front, and no one can tell from the back that I'm pregnant. 31 days until her arrival ! ! !

I belive my sleeve has saved my life. In late December, both my primary care physician and I noticed a lump in my left breast. Had a mammogram, was recalled for additonal photos and had both an ultrasound and biopsy that day, and result is I have breast cancer. Fortunately, it's treatable and I will have surgery to remove the lump probably at the end of the month, followed by radiation. I am working hard to get my BMI below the obese stage, as obesity compromises survival rates in women with estorgen-postivive, HER2 negative cancers, which is what I have. So, here's another positive result from my sleeve and the weight loss!! I'm off to kick cancer's ass...pardon m…

Last Friday was my two month mark and today I weighed in only to find out that I am now half way to goal!!!!! This is the most incredible tool and I am so very thankful that I have been blessed with it. A year ago I thought I would certainly die from obesity related causes, seriously. Now I feel like that isn't even remotely a possibility.

I have not posted lately. Between work, a funeral, and a slowly moving scale I have just not taken the time to write. However, enough of that crap! So I wanted to say to each of you fine friends out there, chin up! We are making our dreams happen! Sure the scale can be an a$$ and people not get it, however the flip side is we have made a drastic choice that really works!!!!!! to take control of our life and personal issues with food and do something to wrench control from our stomach and finally become on the outside who we are on the inside! What an amazing journey. Each of us are experiancing the things we dreamed of for years, and finding it even more marvelous th…

This is me today I love the Fall weather and the clothes that come with it! Loved, loved the outfit I wore today. 173lbs, 18 more to go to goal ....

I just wanted to tell my peeps that I am in onederland finally!!!! I had my surgery August 8th and I am 8 weeks post op today! I weighed in at 199.1! It feels so good to say that I have lost 35 pounds since the beginning August 1st (one week was preop). I am feeling better these days and have just starting doing aerobic classes this saturday. I am still tired some but its not bad anymore. I can eat anything but I eat my protein first. I am drinking water better these days. I am so glad to be nearly two months out already! Time is flying by! I am having nsv's like crazy!

Hey everyone, Thought I would stop by and post my before and during pictures. I am so happy with the results!!!! Only 77lbs more to go to get to my goal weight. Short term goal is to be in onderland by Christmas!!!! Thanks!!!! Love you all!!! You are all great support!!!!!

I am new on here and will be sleeved october 20. I have decided that i am not going to tell many people about my surgery. Only my three closest friends, my mom and my boss. I dont want to be judged by people who have no idea what it is like to struggle. So i am curious what is the average weight loss like? I am 5'11"" and 265 pounds. My goal is to lose about 100 pounds.

I have been out of circulation for a while. Out traveling on business for 30 days or so. Did not weight myself while I was on the road. Now that I am back home. Yep, it's official, lost 100 pounds since January. It's very difficult to stick to meal plan while in cheap hotels and rental cars. To be honest, I did not. McDonald's fries and New York style pizzas (two of the things that made me overweight). Yet most of the time, it was Soups and salads. It's a personal accomplishment I would like to share and thank everyone; my wife, family, friends, and you. The readers of VST, thanks for the advice and support in aiding me in reaching this most important…

My high-Water mark weight was just a tad over 338 lbs (scary, now that I think about it). Today, I weighed in at 218 lbs. HUZZAH! In addition, my original goal was 225 -- sorted, thank you very much! -- and then revised down to 215... only 3 lbs away. BAM! I think I'm going to re-revise my goal weight down to 200 lbs now that I'm losing weight again (THANK you, regular gym workouts + cardio!)

I have had the munchies. Really wanting to eat a lot of food. Bought a big box of Cookies from costco, these danish sugar cookies, bc it seemed like a great deal for $12 bucks. OMG that was such a bad idea. Therea re 25 dozen cookies in the tin. We have had company this weekend and between all of us, mostly me I think, the box is now half empty and I definitely probably ate more than anyone else because I was cooking and they were there. Not to mention that I just ate from sun up to sun down on Saturday. Grazing all my sleeve would allow. How I wanted to eat a lot. I just wanted to eat a ton of roast beef, carrots and potatoes, etc. I wanted VOLUME this weekend …

So I just wanted to share some pics of my journey so far. I am so happy with the choice I made to have the sleeve. At my highest weight Three weeks out! Me today!! I know this has been the best thing I have ever done for me and my family!

Before at 220 Me now at 155

I registered the 95th pound loss this morning. And, when I measured on 10/1, I had lost an even 12" from my waist. I am now fitting into 14 petite pants and 12 or 14 petite blouses (depending on the cut of the blouse). I can now wear any size L T-shirt or blouse with no worry about it fitting - before surgery, a mans XXL was tight! Attached are my before headshot, a headshot from today, and a picture of me and my elliptical. The third one was shot after my morning workout - I had taken off my shoes, and had my husband snap the picture. As you can see, I have saggy, loose skin - but I wanted to show the reality of how I am now. Life is good - I am really enjoying this…

]ust a quick note on my progress and some photos. I had surgery 3/15/2011 and have lost steadily ever since. My surgeons says I am his best patient...very compliant with the post-op program. I have lost more than 60% of my excess weight which puts me right on track with Gastric Bypass patients. I have about 35 more lbs to lose to be comfortably in the normal weight category for my height. I started in size 24 womens clothes and 2x or 3x tops and now I am in medium shirts and size 12 or 14 pants. I fit into a pair of jeans I kept from years back when I lost weight using Adipex...they are Seven brand and size 32. I just had my hair cut shorter today to go along with …

I am a few days past my 8 month surgiversary, and I am proud to say I have met the Dr.'s Goal!!! I don't understand though why the Dr. has a goal that keeps my BMI above 25. So, now I am on to my personal goal, which is to get below the 25 BMI mark, so I will be considered in a Normal weight category for the first time since high school. I think I have another 8 to 10 pounds to go to get to a 24.9 BMI. Has anyone else had the Dr. set a goal which would keep you still at an "Overweight BMI"?

I did the BIG closet purge today . . . cleaned out ALL the 3x stuff (HURRAY!!) and organized everything else by size. I was previously wearing a size 24 jean and I got into my old size 20s . . . and they were LOOSE!! I also put on a dress I wore when I first met my husband (I think I was around 200-210 then) and it fit . . . snugly, but it fit. I'm SO excited!

I've been MIA buried in work and mostly ghosting this site but I wanted to share that today is seven months since I've been sleeved. Three days ago I officially hit 100 lbs. lost since I started this journey (I lost 12 lbs. pre-op). It still seems surreal to me that I have lost 100 lbs. Some days I can see it and others I still see remnants of the "fat girl". The one thing that is consistent though is that I feel amazing. I am never out of breath, I have boundless energy and simply enjoy life in a way that I never did before. I started running in July and training for a 1/2 marathon. I ran 6 miles with my running group this morning and led the pack. The old me couldn't …

Hello All I was just reading about members psych evals in another thread and someone mentioned that their therapist told them they will DEFINATELY lose friends after the weight loss. My therapist told me the same thing at my session. I really can't envision losing any of my friends because I lost weight! I have a couple friends who dropped some major poundage and I didn't get jealous or hate them, infact I couldn't have been happier for them. So how many of you successful sleevers have lost good friends after weight loss? Were they close friends, any jealous comments? Please share.

One of my goals (I have a line of them, LOL) was to weigh less than my husband. He was sleeved in April 2010 and lost 115 pounds pretty quickly. I was sleeved April 2011 and have lost 81 pounds as of today--5 months out from surgery (plus I had lost 31 pounds last summer). Today, for the first time in our acquaintance, I weigh less than he does--TRUE, it's only by 0.4 pound, but it's there!! I have a long way to go, and these "interim" goals are my way of keeping the process fun. Next: To meet my Halloween challenge (still have a lot to go for that one!) and then to get to -100 pounds, then on to onderland!! So very glad I have my sleeve!!!

Ok I had surgery on June 8th this year so I'm almost 4months post op. My starting weight was 260 and I'm 5"7. As of this morning I'm down to 208.4 that's 51.6 pounds lost (not that you couldn't do the math lol) anyway I'm very proud of the loss, I just feel like a slow loser. My question is how do I figure the % of my loss I've seen it figured so many different ways. My goal was 140 but I've upped it to 150 since that would still be a normal BMI for my height. Can someone offer up some advice here? I don't go back for a check up until the 23rd of Oct and I just want to be sure my numbers are good. Thanks

I weighed this morning and OMG I couldn't believe what I saw! The scale moved again and I realized I have lost half the weight I want to lose!!!! All of this done in just 8 weeks and 1 day. Truly amazing! :dance:

I can't believe I've just passed my 1 year anniversary. It's incredible to be 60 pounds lighter. Each week, when I weigh in, it feels like the weight is coming off so slowly, but a year later, I see how quickly it all adds up. It hasn't all be smooth. I've twice had to have fills decreased because I couldn't even hold down liquids. And I've had to learn how to eat in new ways. After years of dieting, all of a sudden chicken breast is the enemy not a staple-- I just can't swallow it. And every once in a while, something I've eaten a hundred time in the last year, just doesn't go down. But despite everything, it's all been worth it. I know from the scale, and the mirror a…

I took my 3 grown sons camping a couple wks ago. We were swimming and racing up and down the river when my son stopped me and said "Mom look at our empty chairs just siiting there. I am so proud of you Mom" You see, I am usualy siiting in one of those chairs WATCHING my famlly enjoy vacation. Two miracles happened that trip. My very health/fitness crazed son has never told me was proud of me (he is 26) and I was active the entire trip!

So I started out in 24 size jeans, the other day i went to our storage unit to pick up some older clothes that use to fit me for when the time comes, and I tried on a pair curious to see how far i needed. Well they fit! 18's! Then I tried on the next, and they fit. I ran into the living room and showed my mom and started dancing around. I then ran back to my room and tried on the rest. They all fit! I 'm so excited! :D

If someone had asked me one year ago if I ever thought I would be at a "normal" weight again, I probably would've laughed. Yet here I am, at my doctor's and my goal weight and with a normal BMI. When I started this process, weighing 244 pounds, my realistic hopes were to just be under 200 pounds again. That came fairly quickly, and the rest was just bonus. It has been just under ten months and I am here to let everyone know that it is possible, you can do it too! I realize that I am very fortunate that I have not had any issues or complications and am very thankful for that. When I lost my mother a few months ago, I was devastated and used that as an excuse to overe…

I'm so excited!!!! I think I've finally had my first NSV since being banded 8/22. My mother who is 105 lbs soaking wet, gave me some of her rings a few years back. They were way too small!!! So I was saving them for my daughter who of course took after her grandmother. Well, I tried one on.....and it fit!!!!! This totally made my day!!!!

a belt! Yes, I am really wearing a belt and it's holding my jeans up and damn it feels good!

I was at my Lions' Club meeting last night and dinner was served. Main course was a stodgy oversize serving of lasagne with a slice of lettuce and tomato that was supposed to be a salad. I ate the salad and a lapbander sized portion of the lasagne. I had been for a 30km bike ride earlier in the day so knew I had a few calories in reserve. Then out came dessert. Usually it's fruit-based with whipped cream and I can just push the cream aside. No such luck tonight! It was a massive portion of baked egg white and sugar, aka pavlova, smothered in whipped cream and topped with chocolate. Well that just wasn't happening! Three different servers tried to place a dessert in front …

This weekend I cleaned out my cupboards and wardrobe. Three bags of fat clothes are now on their way to the op shop. I found heaps of clothes that I have been saving for when I lost weight and now I can wear most of them. I've still got some clothes to shrink into but I can see myself wearing them really soon. it feels as though I have said goodbye to fat me and hello to getting slim me and I love it! Next achievement is to get under 100kg and start wearing that new gold watch I've bought to mark reaching that goal. Just 10kg to go.

Ok, so I had my first 2 nsv's on the same day! First....I had a doctors apt today and I thought I would try on that pair of pants that I bought a few months ago that I hoped to fit one day. When I grabbed them I thought to myself that there was no way that I would be able to zip them up because the last time I tried I couldnt even get them over my fat thighs.So I pulled them up...all the way. I went to pull them together thinking that no way could I zip them up....and yep you guessed it! Not only could I zip them up, but they easily fit on...and looked good!! woo-hoo! The next was when I went on a hike today with my walking partner. This trail is tuff!!!! It goes straigh…

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!!!!! My weight loss is super slow now, but finally today my BMI starts with 25! I know its 25.8 which still puts me at 6lb overweight, but my BMI has never been this low, and I have been clawing my way to the 25's, by God it feels good! :D :D :D :D :D Ps - I LOVE MY SLEEVE!!!!!

I am too far off from onederland but I reached 240 land. I weighed in at 248 this morning and it has been over 20 years since that has happened. I had a long stall but it is finally broken. I am a little over 3 months post-op and I am down about 67lbs. I feel like a different person. My next stop, the real onederland.

In February my A1C (test of blood sugar average) was 11.1. Today I learned that my A1C is 5.3 NORMAL. The diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is being taken off my medical chart.

I found my collar bones again!!!! When I look in the mirror I can see them without adjusting my shoulders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYYYYYYYY

ONNNNNNNNEEDDEERRRRRRRRRLLAAANNNNNNNNDD!!!!! I am thrilled to have reached onederland! I have not been here for at least a decade! The first 40 pounds to come off after VSG have been off and back on several times over the years. But I am finally past that point and I could not believe it! Last week I posted a NSV about a towel and finally felt like I too was experiencing some of the successes I was reading that others experienced. It really helped me start to believe that I too could succeed with this. Now at onederland, I am beyond excited and really feel I CAN reach goal. I am getting lots of comments from people on the way I look, no only about my weight, but about …

Started all of this with a BMI in the 50s. Today I'm 39!!!! Yay!!!!! Almost 100 down!

Does anyone else suffer from extreme stretch marks I have them everywhere my back sides arms above my breast and of course my stomach. I've lost so much weight but I fear wearing anything that will show them. My arms have finally gotten smaller where i can wear sleeveless shirts and I oh so love them. I love them as shirts, dresses they look so much more appealing. But i also hate the fact that those darn stretchmarks are so visible. Does anyone else have the same problem or am I alone? And being an African American they are much more visible then ever..

Had my surgery 7 months ago this morning. I have lost 92 pounds to this point. I am down over 100 pounds from my all time top weight in September of 2010. I started out in size 24 Women's and now I am in size 12 petites. Don't know what size I will be when I get to goal. I am attaching a picture they snapped of me at my office yesterday. They insist I need a new picture for my ID badge.

I can cross my legs again! First time in over 5 years. I'm beyond thrilled!!

Ok, so I just had to share my NSV, 'cause it is funny!!! I was at the gym last week hanging by my arms doing my lower ab work out. I was wearing a pair of work out pants that are obviously getting too big, because just as I was getting ready to tuck my knees up to my chest....my pants started to fall down! My workout buddy quickly saw what was happening and helped me out by pulling them up and tightening up the drawstring!! Thanks workout buddy, you're the best!

I'm a couple of days late posting this, but it's been a busy weekend around here. 2 years ago on June 3, 2009 I revised from band to sleeve. As many of you know, or have read previously, I had horrific complications with my revision including a leak, a stent in ICU on a ventilator due to anesthesia complications during the leak repair, and an exhaustive recovery that lasted 3.5 months. To this very day, I can assure any one of you that I would endure every single, solitary struggle and hurdle to live the life I have today. My highest recorded weight was 270lbs at 5'2". The day of my revision I weighed 263, and within 6.5 months I had hit goal of 150lbs. I c…

Getting sleeved in 2 weeks and I have to follow a 4 week pre-op diet. So today is 2 weeks since I started. To say it has been a struggle is an understatement. I have had some metldowns about it and really not happy about having to do this for 4 full weeks instead of the 2 weeks most people do. To add to the frustration of it, the scale says I have lost 6 lbs in those two weeks, & I hit that number a week ago, so basically I have lost no weight in the second week. But somehow, it feels like more than 6 lbs. because my size 20 jeans arevall so big on me. I mean, pull them down without undoing the button big. So today i tried on a pair of size 18's that I haven't worn …

I have such a great boyfriend! So for the first time since I have been sleeved my boyfriend said something about my weight all on his own (without me dragging it out of him..lol). We were at his family reunion this weekend... He was sitting on a bar stool type chair and I walked up beside him and he put his arm around my waist. He look at me like he was surprised. I asked him "What?", he said "I can't believe I can put one arm all the way around your waist." It made me feel really good. It also made me feel better about not being able to eat all that great food and desert that his family made. However, that wasn't the part that made me cry. We went to a trail ride da…

6.5 Months out... what a difference! Wearing medium shirts and 30-34" pants depending on type and maker. Started @ 322, 270 day of surgery and now 182. Still losing in that step-wise fashion that a lot of people talk about. If I gain a lb or two, I usually know exactly why and can make a change to drop it back off in a day or two. Fish seems to be my go-to dense Protein when I need to jump start a quick loss. Ask me any questions you want, and I will do my best to answer. Before Consult: http://cdn.verticals..._896_461410.jpg 6.5 Months Out: http://cdn.verticals...1136_317133.jpg

Maybe I'm not normal in the head but my BMI is freaking NORMAL this morning!!!! Holy schlamoly! From morbidly obese to normal in less than a year. Nor.Mal. Starting weight 305 This morning 159 BMI 24.2 Starting BMI 46.4

This is the most wonderful thing I could have ever done for myself..I can't even begin to say how great I feel..and I sure as heck never thought I'd ever have a self esteem again..but I DO!!! As of today I am down 70 pounds!!! On Friday I put on a pair of jeans from at least 8 years ago, that I loved and had saved for one of those days that I might be thinner again..and I thought no way are they gonna fit..OMG..THEY FIT!!!!!!!! and they were a size 17 in Juniors...WOW!! I yelled for my boyfriend to come look, cause I thought they were to tight, and he said they look great!!! WOOHOO!!!! I am loving my sleeve!!!!!!!!!!