Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

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I did a vlog on this last week, but thought I'd throw it out here too! I'm half way to goal (lost 69.4 with 59.8 to go) and I'm feeling really exposed without my fat! I explained it to my hubby like this..."Imagine I'm a football player and I'm running out on the field without my helmet...that's how I feel. Like I'm going to get crushed by those really big guys and have nothing to protect myself with!" I know that it's just mental...that my fat never actually protected me, but my heart felt safe behind my wall of fat and now....it's disappearing really quickly and I feel very exposed. I'm working through getting those negative thoughts out of my mind and off "repeat"…

So, I belong to a Meetup group for single people. I just changed my Meetup avatar to the same one I have for this site. I went to a pool party on Saturday night & this guy there starts asking when I changed the picture. He then spend the whole night referring to me as the "Hot Librarian". LOL. I think he must have called me that 20 times. He even made someone pull the picture up on their phone so he could show everyone. It was honestly the first time anyone has ever referred to me as 'Hot' in my entire life. Super flattering, even if he is 15 years older. It made my entire weekend. Krista

Yay this morning i stepped on the scales and they said 189.2!!! I've lost 50 pounds since surgery 11 weeks ago. only 40 more to go!!!! I love you little sleeve. You are my BFF.

Just Curious, if anybody had a defininig moment when they made up their mind that the weight had to come off. I will start it off. I was at the playground with my son and there weren't many kids around so I decided to play with him. After chasing him around for fifteen minutes I couldn't go on. I was hot, sweaty and felt like I would pass out. I took him away from his fun in the sun so I could get back to my easy chair and the air conditioner. I wasn't gonna let my fatness ruin his childhood.

When my ex husbands girlfriend came to pick up my son the first thing she said to me is "Wow you really have lost a lot of weight!" This really meant alot coming from someone who doesn't compliment me at all and the fact that she is super skinny. It was very nice to hear! So eat your heart out ex husband! I have lost 30 lbs and I don't have ghout anymore! Tonight I also took a long walk with ease and didn't get out of breath I walked the longest and fastest around my neighborhood that I have ever done! I am so thankful for my sleeve!

I hit goal yesterday ! I scared the snot out of my husband when I came flying out of the bathroom and woke him up to tell him HAHA! It has been 28 weeks since I had the sleeve done. Started out at 240.8 before the liquid diet, 228.8 day of surgery and exactly 150.8 as of yesterday Cannot believe I have lost it all YAY! The weight is coming off still and I don't plan to stop it yet. At only 5'4 my goal of 150 lbs still puts me in the overweight category (which I think is beyond stupid) so I will just let my body do what it wants to do for now. The best part? No one believes I weigh 150, everyone says I look so much thinner, so yay for me Even though I had a …

Went to a old seafood restaurant we like, first time in 2 months with the wife. This is my first food outside of the house. I ordered a shrimp & oyster platter with a side of greens. I was confused. I knew I was ordering to much BUT knew I had supper & lunch tomorrow. Well I ate 2 small oysters & one shrimp & WAS STUFFED! I knew I couldn't eat much but was still surprised but pleased. Ate 2 shrimp for supper, I love greens but they fill me up FAST. So I stayed with the shrimp. Anyone else been surprised at a restaurant?

My son is in the military and owns a supplement store and he recently introduced me to the best Protein shakes ever. It is called Lean Dessert. The flavor I love is called Fresh Cinnamon Roll. Oh my goodness is is great! You can also use the Protein powder mixed with a little Water and make the best pancakes. Just mix and pour on a griddle. Yummmy. they also have vanilla and chocolate fudge pudding. delish Nutritional facts are: calories 150 total fat 3.5g total carb 8g protein 21 g

I came in at lunch from a short walk around campus at work. I have to pass through another department to get to my office. As I turned the corner to go through the double doors toward my office, an aquantance called my name. I didnt hear her... she called again and I turned. She screamed "How much weight have you lost!!! you look amazing!" I was startled. I made the same old knee jerk reaction by telling her it was probably because my hair was pulled back that it looked like I had lost a lot of weight. Then I realized, Hey! I have lost 27 pounds so far! I told her it was 27 pounds and she was so excited for me! Then I was excited for me! I dont know why I try t…

Hey everyone! I am 4lbs away from goal weight according to the scale yesterday, but I feel like every time it bounces down it'll bounce back up a lb. GRRR. Either way I can't deny that it felt amazing to see a 149 on the scale!!!! We had our honeymoon in Hawaii the last week of August and I am posting a bikini pic on here. EEKS!!!! I am not 100% happy with my body but I am so proud of my accomplishment that it takes away any sort of anxiety about sharing! haha Another thing that I am SINCERELY hoping you all can help me with is a "contest" that our photographer is doing. I have to get 100 people to post a comment on her blog post about our wedding. We win a po…

NSV, non scale victory. Yes, these are the things that make us smile and jump and laugh and say hooorahhh! But I think they should also be reflections as well. This evening I was feeling a little antsy. So close to 9/11. As many of you know, I am from NYC. I basically grew up on Wall St. from the time I was 19 years old. Needless to say I lost a lot of people that day. I had just moved to Chicago a few months prior. When I was working in NY I worked in 1WTC92nd floor, I worked with these people that many I considered family, for 15 years. No one made it out that was in the office that morning. So, feeling antsy, I decided to take a walk, get out some nervous energy etc. I…

I know that everyone's journey will be different. But just wondering, how much at you lost at 3 months?

Hey everyone! I just wanted to put up a quick post about my progress since the sleeve. Today marks 2 months since I went under the knife in Seattle and I can now say that it's quite possibly the best thing that I have ever done for myself. This morning, I jumped on the scale and I weighed 165.4! That means that since my sleeve, I've lost a grand total of 44.6 pounds and my BMI is 30.3. A few things that have changed for me since the sleeve: 1. Shopping is fun again! I don't have to skulk off to the plus size section and flick through the mumus with an ashamed look on my face. 2. When I notice men looking at me, my mind doesn't flash "stoplookingatmyfatstoplookinga…

Hi everyone . I am 11 days post op and have list 17 lbs already. My diabetes seams to be gone (so far) and I feel totally Blessed to have been able to receive this gift !! I went back to work after 7 days and that may have not been the best thing for my physical self but it was very good for my mental health. I started with the depression within the first 5 days. Felt like I lost my best friend ( food) And just couldn't get happy. Since I love my job and have the greatest people to work with , I am now feeling like a million dollars now. I have only posted a few ttimes but every time I feel down I pick up my IPhone and read this forum... You all have helped me and do…

I met with my nutritionist yesterday and am down 25 lbs based upon their scale. I got 2 big thumbs up on my eating, protein and overall progress. I got "official" approval to move on to the next stage of foods and it's not nearly as restrictive as I thought, so I was thrilled to hear that. I feel like a real person again who gets to eat like "normal people"! Now, my first small NSV - I had time to kill after a doc's appointment today so I went to Kohl's to spend my Kohl's Cash and was perusing the women's clothing section. I'm not buying any clothes yet until my current clothes are falling off, but I wanted to see if I'd gone down any sizes. I was pre-surgery in …

I put on some jeans I got for Christmas about 7 years ago. They have never fit. They didn't even fit last week, but today, they do!!!! And I don't mean in that don't breath barely button kind of way, I mean I comfortably wore them all day and looked good, no muffin top. I am the smallest I've been in 12 years.....still plugging along, but feeling pretty flipping good.

At my heaviest I was wearing a 20/22 just prior to surgery in Oct 2010. For several years I have kept a few tubs of my nicest, most expensive and mostly classic styled clothes in smaller sizes so I could wear them again when I lost weight (many were actually still new). While cleaning out our garage last weekend and unpacking the last of the boxes from our move two years ago, I ran across those tubs. I was so excited to go through all these awesome garments until I realized that each and every item was too big for me. Because I don't see myself as a small person, I never would have imagined not fitting into my "small" clothes (10-14). So the moral of the story is....…

And from August 13th to today I have already lost 16 pounds! I guess it will be a slow month next week. I can't believe I am 235! That is only just a short distance away from 199 and then a short distance away from wherever I land. WHERE WILL I LAND! I don't ever remember weighing less than 180 since high school and even then I don't remember weighing less than 180, and I don't think I was 5'10" when I weighed 180. If I get to under 200 I will be happy, but anything under 199 is just going to be nuts! I haven't even started to work out! Which now that I feel I can consume more, I am going to start this month sometime! THIS IS NUTS, but I am so glad I had good en…

I recently hit my 4 month post op and it's such an amazing feeling to walk into a place where there are people I haven't seen all summer and for them not to even recognize me!!! I love it!!!! I can't believe how different I look and feel already..I'm finally half way there and have 67 pounds more to go!! It's such a great feeling..I know that I couldn't have and never would have lost this much weight on Weight watchers...I thank god every day for my sleeve!!!!!!

Grocery shopping with my kids is never a pleasant experience. After picking my 13 year old son up from an event yesterday I was forced to take him with me to pick some things up for a party we were having last night. Rather than making deserts, I decided last minute to pick up a variety of things from the bakery section of the grocery store. Everything looked wonderful and I jokingly said to my son "it's never a good idea to let me run loose in the bakery while I'm on a diet". My son replied "Uh, mom, you don't need to be on a diet anymore and should be able to eat this if you want to. Just saying..." I have always felt bad that I was overweight when all the fri…

Today is my 6 month surgiversary. I have been wanting this day to come for so long!!! I remember how miserable I was the first 8 weeks after surgery. Sometimes the only thing that would get me through it was knowing that I would someday be right here - near my goal, eating more normal food, and living a good life. I was not sure what to expect from this journey - and it continues to surprise me. In some ways I am more limited than I thought I would be. However, I am also a lot more successful than I thought I would be. As of today, I have lost 52 pounds, gone from a BMI of 31 to a BMI of 23, gone from a size 18/20 jeans to a snug size 10, gone from a 40DD bra to …

I'm 8 months out, and feeling pretty good. In the beginning, collages like these always helped to remind me wht my ultimate goal wa. . I'm lost more than 100lbs and am getting closer to where i want to be. Its been quite a journey, and the time has flown by.

I was getting ready for yet another crazy day. I went into the bathroom to do something with my hair and I swear I saw a glimpse of a collar bone!!! I didn't believe it so I went to another mirror in another room. It had to be a shadow or something, right?! NOPE! It's faint and it is only on my right side, but I can see a collar bone. Jumpity-jumpity-jump-jump-jump! I was so happy, the baby came in and danced with me!

I threw an entire load of laundry in the dryer - work dresses, casual dresses, shirts, shorts ... you name it, and it's 100% Cotton, and it was thrown into the dryer. And as I did it, I was thinking all my clothes could use some shrinkage. Like 73 pounds of shrinkage ... Just like me. These clothes got me through my biggest, and now that I am WAY smaller, they needed to do some minimizing as well. I still had a heart attack when I was shaking them out. My body may not be the fat chick anymore, but my head is still catching up.

My size 20W pants are literally falling off so I was shopping in the back of my closet and found a pair of jeans my daughter gave me in a regular size 16 from Old Navy. Did you hear me say "regular"? And they fit perfectly! A little too long...do they have a surgery to make you taller yet? LOL Just giddy! Can't wait to shop in the other department! No more "women's" for me! Yippeeeeee!

So I just had to share..... I'm 10 weeks post-op and i'm down 55lbs!!! I am so thrilled with my results already!!! NONE of my old clothes fit anymore.... I had to go shopping the other day!!! I went from a 4X Top and 24/26 pant, to a 1X top a size 20 pants!!! Next on my list will be new bras and panties...hehe!!! I'm 29lbs to ONEderland!!! AGGGHHHH i'm so excited!!!

This is the change due to the VSG, to anyone wondering whether or not to take the plunge I say it certainly worked for me. Love to all, Jane xx

Okay so I'm in the Goodwill with my mom and son, I was in search of the perfect shade of grey slacks. Well I pick up a size 8(which can I say I am thrilled to be able to fit), a size 6, and a size 4 that I knew no way in the world I would be able to fit. But hey my son said, "mom they look like they could fit you." I was thinking "Mmmhhmmm I don't think so." Well sleeve family, I could not wait to get online to tell you guys that I not only got in the 8's, but I even got in the 6's -very comfortably might I add. But HELLO can you hear me, HELLO, I say, I even got in the size 4's. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I love my sleeve. I love my sleeve. I was in the …

To be honest the sleeve has been a magic wand (or tube as in this case for me. I have been overweight my entire life. I understand nutrition extremely well, have eaten Clean for over a decade, worked out, did all that, but couldn't lose weight. I am 10 days short of 4 months since the sleeve and I am down 79 lbs. For the first time in my life when I try I actually lose weight. And truthfully it has been easy! And I am thrilled about that. What other freaking area in life do we purposely look for the harder way out? I don't need the hard way to build character. I have put up with skinny people all my life without breaking too many of them, :-) I've done my cha…

I was at a friends little ones bday party. They own a coffee shop soothe party was there during off hrs. So I was behind the counter making espresso and I hear my friend say "that's Pasquini" I look up a a woman who I have known for about 9 yrs, though I generally only see her a few times a yr. Is standing there talking to my friend and she says, "who?" my friend replies again, and she stares at me and then says "Oh MY God!!!! Wow, now if you want to reinvent yourself THAT is how to do it!" and goes on for a while about it to my friend. About 30 min later I hear my friend laugh and say "that's Pasquini, you know him. Yes you do, (mentions my kids names) no really" and …

33 weeks after my surgery! I am so excited--I didn't know how much I was looking forward to this until I realized I was close last week. I still have 10 lbs to goal and then I'd like to lose another ten for a regain cushion. I should be within a few lbs by Halloween. I low-carb and it is working for me. I am 56, hypothyroid, and 5'8". I love my sleeve!

Howdy! I converted from the lap band to the sleeve on Aug. 25. Today, I put on jeans for the first time since surgery and they were loose! The best feeling in the world. Then, I took my wedding ring to the jeweler to make it SMALLER. I was having to wear it on my right hand, as it fell off my ring finger. I went down 2.5 ring sizes! It was a happy day for me. I know I have rough and difficult days ahead of me, but I am enjoying the fact that today was super!

Maybe this is "stoopid", but it makes me wonder. So, you've been sleeved, lost the weight and WOOT! Reached your goal at last. My question is this; is there any emotional "fallout" after you've reached goal? Pre-sleeve there wasn't a day nor hour that went by that I wished I wasn't fat. The health problems, the physical problems, the way i looked - you name it - all reminded me of what a fat cow I was. Post-sleeve and 160+ pounds later I am a few months away from my goal. I still daily think about my previous state and am anxious about reaching goal. I run in to people daily commenting about how good I look and asking how I did it. All reminders of where I …

For those not on my Facebook, I just had to share ! ! ! We closed on our first home today. It was a very exhaustive, emotional time for us, but we did it ! ! ! When we first married, I weighed around 270lbs, more than 100lbs heavier than my lovely husband. Today, he officially carried me over the threshold. He has carried me around the house several times, body slammed me while wrestling since VSG, but today, he actually carried me over OUR threshold. AND, I'm 7.5 months pregnant, weighing about 23-24lbs heavier than my maintenance weight (all gained in the pregnancy) even though apparently you can't tell from this picture, I'm super pregnant ha ha ha! …

During this journey, I have actually been avoiding pictures. I'm still working on breaking the "avoid cameras at all costs" mentality. So today, I was looking at some pictures and could actually tell a difference. I almost wanted to slap myself for not taking any body shots.... Anyways, I decided to post them here.... because this is just one of my many victories to come! *** This one is me somewhere between 250-245lbs*** ****This one is me Two Months Post-Op at 209lbs****

Sure, there's a ton more women on this forum, but I know theres a bunch of guys too. Post your pics guys... see if we can keep it concentrated in this one thread. It would be nice if the forum made a section JUST for PICTURES with a category for MEN and one for WOMEN.... Before/after pictures are such a driver of motivation... I wonder why this isn't already in place.

Hi Guys and Gals, My most recent pics I feel great! I had such an awesome week between self realization, NSV's, my doc's appointment, and I lost 2 more pounds!

I went to the orthopedic doc again today, to see if I could get out of the d**n boot cast (from spraining my ankle a month ago cleaning my closet to find skinny clothes). No luck - one more week with the boot. Then, four weeks in an ankle stabilizer. This contraption laces up like a toe-less boot, with laces from above my toes to my shin. Then, it has three straps to completely imobilize the ankle joint. Anyway, the point is, the tech needed a size EXTRA SMALL stabilizer! It took him three different ones to get one that fit. I have never been a size extra small EVER IN ANYTHING! I entered this world weighing 9 pounds and kept going from there. No part of my body is …

For the first time ever in my life, I have succeeded in weight loss!!!! My hubby has never seen me this light ( though I have been smaller- I really hope the saggy skin on my lower body keeps shrinking as it has). But who cares if it doesn't!!! My only worry about this whole self image thing is..... When I catch a glimpse of my face in a mirror, I see my mom!!!! Weird.........,

I got the new Lane Bryant catalog today in the mail....I thumbed through it...and tossed in the trash!! Woo Hoo....don't have to shop at LB anymore. It felt good

I bought a super cute flared pair of size 16 jeans from Old Navy! They are adorable and fit perfectly, make my butt look good!!!!! YAY! I havn't been able to buy jeans there for years in the regular section!

I've been taking measurements...and my 60" tape wasn't quite long enough to measure my hips (gulp) ...but today, THE TAPE FLIPPIN' TOUCHES!!!!!! (TMI perhaps...but that includes the 'apron')

I have always hated taking pictures so I dont have too many before pictures. I was looking through my husbands phone and ran across this picture from December 2010 which was a few weeks before my surgery so I has to do a before and the after photo was taken about 3 weeks ago. Its weird cause every one says how skinny I am and I dont see it. I know that I have lost weight since the scale and clothes tell me. I can only see the difference when I look at old photos and new photos of myself. I am only 2 pound from goal so I will have to post new pictures when that day comes.

I found an old video of me in a Martial Arts class from a couple of years ago. I couldn't upload the video but I took a couple of screenshots, they are blurry, but I was watching and oh boy, I now see a difference between then and now B and A.bmp

Just had a scare with my heart 9 moths post up, but spent about 20 hours in hospital either way. Weird NSV's,, not feeling guilty as they pushed me down the halls in the stretchers. Not having to wear the "bigger, different gown" No need for the bigger BP cuff. Now for the really weird one, I wear a hair piece in the front because at 7 months I lost my bangs. Well I have SUPER UBER SELF CONSCIOUS about this! So I have to a head cat scan and suddenly I remember I have it on and I have to stop the the scan to I can remove it, well when it was done suddenly the tech and a "transporter" are telling me it is done and I am saying don't look, I have to put this ba…

Sorry to be so personal, but the new sex positions we've been trying are awesome! Oh and lets just say I can see what's going on a lot better these days. By the way, I'm 68 lbs lighter since my June 6th surgery.

Yesterday I weighed myself as I do every morning, and I was officially 100.6 lbs down from my highest weight! I lost 44 lbs pre-op and about 56 lbs post op. I am so happy! I am getting closer to my goal I attached a recent pic as well as my before and during if u havent seen it

THE LEGS IN THIS POST BELONG TO GOOGLE IMAGES, NOT ME. NO LEGS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS POST. As I was sitting here reading about all of your NSV's only seconds ago, I had one of my own. I comfortably crossed my legs not once... but twice! I wasn't even planning to do it. I was sitting like that for a moment before I realized it. For me, losing enough weight to cross my legs comfortably just once was an NSV. To accomplish a relaxed leg-tangle, without it taking effort to keep it that way, is pretty awesome for me.

I'm officially down 100 pounds!!!!!!!! I'm rewarding myself with a trip to Portland to visit a friend.

I've notice I get very cold post op. Is it because I don't have the extra tissue as insulation keeping me warm. A few examples are in the super market and movie theaters I have to bring a light jacket. At night I must move the thermostat up a few degrees and/or use a blanket. Never had this happened before WLS. Any one else share this situation. Lash