Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

Hw: 381 Sw: 358 Cw: 234 Surgery date 5/17/13

In my line of work, I often meet potential clients at Starbucks for the first time. Because we've never seen each other, it's always been my habit to describe myself as "short and round with big curly brown hair" and no one has ever missed me. I can always tell if the person I am meeting is a chubster, too, because they giggle at my comment. Today, I was the only female in the place when a heavier lady walked in who was obviously looking for me. I waved her over to the table and she looked at me and said, "I thought you said you were round. Were you trying to be funny? Making fun of fat people isn't a joke.' EHRMAHGHERRRRRRRD!!! I never even thought about it. …

One of my very closest friends of 4 years is now my VERY SERIOUS boyfriend. We had been buddies (yeah...some stuff happened every now and then) and in that time we got to know each other inside and out. Well now, he's mine and I can't put into words how it feels. See he's a "hot guy" who is also down to earth and sweet - even with my personality, I didn't think someone like him would want me. Guess what? Not only does he love me, but he's crazy attentive and goes out of his way for me. He lives out of state right now, but he comes to Houston every other weekend, so it's not so bad. I won't go into the details, there is so much to love and be excited about in this r…

I have never been so happy in my life!!!!

I have less then 14 hr before my surgery I have to be at the hospital at 6am.am happy it have been a long 7 months for me am just super excited. Am not nerves at all.just happy . congrats to everyone who had their surgery done and who is waiting on their surgery date.be careful

Am no longer overweight, my BMI puts me in the normal range.

Down 65 pounds. Love my sleeve!

Just wanted to share my progress so far. 41 pounds gone. Exercising 5x a week. The left photo was taken the first day of school this year in August 2013. I weighed 369. The right photo was taken last week because I felt "skinny" for some reason at work. I am now 328. My surgery was 10/2/13. I still have a lot of work to do, but: 1.) my clothes fit better 2.) I'm rediscovering old clothes I haven't worn in 4-5 years 3.) my shoes fit better! 4.) I'm not tired all the time 5.) people notice my weight loss now

Down 109 pounds in 10 months from 306 to 197, feeling and looking better than I have in years. I'm in control of everything in my life, good job, great family life, nice car and home, lots of friends. Why couldn't I control my weight without the sleeve? I feel like I cheated, my life is like a game of 9 pin no tap, I know you only got 9 pins but were gonna give ya a strike anyway. I guess its not so bad i just wish I could have done it on my own.

Having a hard time with this stall. Taking the new pics this morning helped me feel a little better =) [ATTACH]40574[/ATTACH]

VSG 06/26/13 HW 328 SW 308 CW 221 5'4 34 years old Whoop woop I am so proud of myself. I NEVER thought I'd see the day! It's definitely been a challenge but it's been soooo worth it! Things were progressing really well that is until New Year's Eve when I had emergency gallbladder surgery. Although things are fabulous now. Got clearance to return to the gym today by my doc. I've been having rowing machine and stair stepper withdrawals! I cannot believe I actually miss the workouts. It's such an amazing life transformation. Any and all obstacles to over come are completely worth VSG! Pics are from 6mo out 12/26/13

I wanted to tell my story. I had to fight for one year to get my Vertical Sleeve and actually had to change Health Plans to get that approval. I had my surgery February 14th 2011 at Magee Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa with Dr Ramesh Ramanathan. I recommend all of the above, the Fight, Sleeve, the Hospital, The Surgeon. Before I got my surgery I was over 300 pounds. I have lost 90 pounds and have been at a weight plateau, but I know it just takes a little change to lose more weight, meaning I don't watch what I eat. However, I don't go to the salad bar, I eat Protein first and if eating out I take home 1/2 of what is served. That's what the Sleeve does, controls portions. And s…

So my goal for 2013 was to lose a 100 lbs and I did it! I realize that this post is about 12 days late, but I reached my goal in October and everything else is just icing! I've gone from a size 22 to a size 12. I wear a Medium instead of an XXL. To Celebrate I'm going on a cruise in 18 days and I can't believe I'm actually excited to wear a bathing suit! You can see how big my pants were because my best friend and I both fit in them!

I seen my pcp last week an the 19 th will be 5 months my diabetes is in normal range 5.5 they said I was cured. My blood pressure is normal all blood work is normal. I'm 7 lb from goal. Down 80 lb from this time last year. I went from size 44 pants to 32 pants. i'm in large shirts. I never though I would be in the hundreds again. when I started I could not do 1 push up now I do at least 20 to 40 every day and 40 to 80 sit up. Im 55 years young. THIS IS AS CLOSE TO A MIRACLE AS I HAVE HAVE SEEN. Thank you Dr Dennis Dr Sharm an all the people in the Spectrum Health of Michigan.Life is good an good luck to all.Thanks Doug from Michigan

Fourth fill did it for ME.... NOW I know what everybody was talking about! I've had the long periods of time between meals, but now I'm finally satisfied (FULL) on such a SMALL amount of food. LET THE LOSING BEGIN!!!!!!

Okay so my first i got the surgery I lost 16 pounds I'm from 276 so 260. this week I have so far only lost a pound and I'm working out I'm getting all my protein I'm drinking my fluids I don't understand what's wrong and my negativity isn't helping because now all I can think is it's another diet it's not to work I put my body threw hell for nothing. I have heard of people stalling after the first month for about a week but never heard of people stalling at the second week I just have a feeling this journey is going to be even longer and harder for me then normal people

I am just over 8 months post-op VSG. I have lost a little more than 70 pounds, and gotten my BMI from super morbidly obese (43) to overweight (28 and change). I've gone from a size 22W to a size 12. I love how I look, how I feel, how much more physically active I can be. But that's really not the best part! My GP ordered a full panel of blood tests for me recently. He also ordered a Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT), the test that is used to diagnose diabetes and gestational diabetes. As background, I was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2007. Since my surgery, I have not had a single high reading. The GTT results I just got back today show NO SIGN OF DIABETES! I can …

Hi Lapband Talk Family, on August 8, 2012 I had Lapland surgery weighing in at 245 (5'6 and size 18/20) and I met my Weightloss goal on Thursday August 1 weighting in at 144 lbs (size 4/6). My goal weight was 145. Please check out my transformation, and thanks to everyone that encouraged me along this journey. 9 more lbs to lose to live in my maintenance range o 135 - 145. Loving my Lapband, what an awesome tool! Update: I'm now at 132 lbs and I'm wearing a size 0/2. I'm loving my Lapband!

The scale doesn't lie. But as I'm sure most of us know. I don't really "see" my 36 lbs weight loss. I was feeling like I needed some encouragement so u snapped a pic. I'm happy to report I can SEE the difference. I still have a long way to go, but this is a start

I have lost 103 pounds already with another 103 to go to get to my personal goal. I had surgery on July 1st. Here's my before and current pics (hope they attached!).

My new year is all about fitness and I love it. I am doing the Rugged Maniac, a 5k/obstacle course (google it, it's awesome), my first 10k, a Zumba instructor certification course, and my Black Belt 5 day Leadership Camp (read that 5 days of martial arts HELL in the middle of July OUTDOORS in North Carolina). If you had asked me last year this time if I thought I would ever love to move my body as much as I do now, I would have looked at you like you were nucking futs! I am so so so so so so happy with myself, my decision to have this surgery and how freaking HOT I look and feel. NO REGRETS!!! NO REGRETS!!!

I've lost 30 lbs!!! Im 4 lbs away from being under 300 I am so excited! I am learning everyday what is friendly and what's not. Like today I learned that peanut butter for me is a no no. The Beast was not happy. I have named my band Beast because it's a beast when I screw up.

Today is January 15th 2014. Exactly 6 months ago today (178 days) I took back my life! In 178 days I have lost a total of 104 LBS!!! Sucks I don't have better before pics but as you can see. Befores were only taken when I wasn't aware! Highest weight 350 Surgery weight 343 Current weight 246

Hw 292 Sw 276 Cw 236 Sleeved Oct 21 2013..Im 3mths post op this has been challenging in some many way but worth every obstacle. Gw I want to reach 140-150.

The cream colored sweater was right before Christmas and the black sweater was last week when I finally dropped under 200lbs. Today I am 194. My highest weight was 282 in May and surgery weight was 252 on 8/28. Down a total of 88 lbs. [ATTACH]40451[/ATTACH]

Happy Monday everyone. Hope your day went better than mines as it seem like it was one thing after another but I survived (big smile). I've discovered during my 6 month supervised diet that I'm an emotional eater and I'm so proud of myself for recognizing I was about to turn to junk food as a comfort this evening so I speed out of the Dunkin Donuts parking lot and brought my hips home.

Woo-Hoo I finally did it . 198lbs as of this morning, finally broke my stall, I am sooooo happy!

Weighed myself this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see that my bmi is below 30! My weight loss has been super slow (sleeved Aug 6) and I've plateaued several times, but it seems like i'm finally back on track. Thank god for this surgery and even though I had post op complications (5 days in hospital due to an infection scare), I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Hi, i'm almost six months out. My weight last year was 387 pounds, my weight on the day of surgery was 341 and now it it mid January and my weight this morning was 240 pounds. I have lost just a tad over 100 pounds in this amount of time which is fantastic. But my pulmonologist thinks I have lost too much weight but originally I wanted to get down to 225 but the way I have been losing I almost wonder if I will lose more weight than that. Have you guys started losing weight with a "desired goal" in mind and changed that number up or down after you had some sleeve time? Do you guys think that I have lost enough weight??? Let me know.

On January 9th of this year marked my 1 year anniversary of having the Sleeve surgery! I am so happy with my results and truly love my sleeve. I started this journey at 228lbs. I had to do the 6 month supervised diet so 10 months later, the day of surgery i was 203lbs. On January 9, 2014 i weighed in at 135lbs. I have learned to use my tool and know what my limits are and what my slider foods are. I am very aware of what goes in my mouth as opposed to before i had surgery where i ate or drank whatever i wanted. It has to be worth something good for me to eat it. Things i would have done differently: Definitely Exercise more! I didn't start going to the gym un…

I was sleeved about 7 months ago. Started program in April of 2013.. Down over 190lbs. The only pain i have is the ammount of Vitamins i take a day twice a day.. I recently was told about an all in one Vitamin called BARIATRIC FUSHION.. Its only $25 per bottle and it takes care of everything.. You take 1 3xs per day. Thats it. I would recommend people checking it out. Hope all are doing well.. Christian

Today I am celebrating being one year post op rny. Hard to believe it's been a year and all the changes this year has brought. Started off on the day of my surgery I was 319 pounds. I wanted this surgery for 3 main reasons...wanted my diabetes and high blood pressure gone, wanted to be all around healthy and was very much hoping it would fix my infertility issues. At 8 months out I had lost 125 pounds and found out I was pregnant. Earlier then I had expected yet I was on cloud nine. Scared and excited cause the one thing I really wanted, I was being blessed with. Today I am 22 weeks and have gained 10 pounds back. I was 30 pounds from my goal weight when I got pregnant b…

Hi everyone! Today marks 5 months post-op for me, so I figured I would post a few pictures to show my progress. I started out at 288 and this morning I weighed in at 200.7 (ALMOST onederland)! I can't believe how fast the time flew. I would like to lose about 35 more pounds to get to 165. I'm starting to think that may be too small for my frame, but I'll see as I get closer and will readjust if necessary. Hope everyone is having a great start to 2014!

Today makes 4 months that this journey started and I'm happy to say I'm down 77lbs. I've been experiencing hair loss which I'm not happy about but the good thing is I have thick hair. Still struggling to get in enough Protein but I'm working on it. Overall I'm happy and everyone around me has been supportive. Here's a few pics.

Woo hoo! I finally fit into a size 14 pants (in one brand, anyway)! This is honestly the first time I remember shopping outside the "women's" department, and it felt great!

Today I'm down a total of 120 lbs in 8 months!!! My surgery was exactly May 14, 2013. I'm 20 lbs from my ultimate goal weight. Loving life! [ATTACH]40300[/ATTACH]

Which do you prefer?

I've gone from wearing a size 3 in tights/stockings to a size 1. Not since infanthood have I worn anything with a 1 that wasn't followed by a couple of X's. LOL

I had my 8 week appt yesterday(even tho tmw is 8 weeks)...I got released to eat "real food" yahoooo! I had a mini salad and loved every bite! My doctor was very happy with my results thus far, down 37lbs from preop diet...over 1/3 of my excess body weight(100 lbs) we discussed my goal and his goal for me, which were surprisingly different, I am 5' even and he said he thinks I should be aiming for 130. I had set my goal in my mind to 110(started at 211) this puts me smack dab in the middle of normal BMI & what I weighed when I was super physically active and in shape. He thinks I will have quite a bit of excess skin due to a difficult pregnancy I had that stretched m…

Hi everyone, Largest weight 132kg Surgery 15/10/12 Weight 123.5kg or 272.2lbs Height 173.5cm or 5ft 8.5inch Currently 75kg or 165.3lbs My age today: 27 Total loss so far post op: 48.5kg or 106.9lbs, approximately 95% of excess body weight lost. BMI before: 41.3 BMI now: 25.1 Goal: to lose 10kg or 22lbs via toning of excess skin and exercise in the next 12 months. Very happy with the results, a massive thank you must go to Dr Craig Taylor and his team for their support. Having this surgery has changed my life! Anybody with questions or needing support please feel free to contact me and if I can I will help you with your journey. It's not easy and we al…

I cab from the train station to the office and most of the regular cabbies know me pretty well. So yesterday I got into the cab and since I've been out a lot because of the hip replacement surgery, the driver hadn't seen me in a while. English is not his first language so I have to remember that he meant it as a compliment when he told me that I was skinny now and not big fat any more. What could I say except thank you... LOL.

First off I will start by saying that I currently have no before & after pictures to show you guys as I am in no rush to show anyone what I look like since I'm still a work in progress... so.. sorry to disappoint on that front! I WILL add some eventually but not yet. Not even most of my family has seen what I look like and they are waiting impatiently! For me it's kind of a TADA moment. Like letting my family open a present. That being said, I am down whatever it is my ticker says... some crazy number (lost 190 lbs or so?) which is AMAZING! I can do normal things now that most people I know take for granted and it feels great. My blood pressure is generally perfect…

Success did not come easy, but, none the less, it arrives. Hello my name is Dee, I live in West Central Minnesota, with my husband Terry (& 2 of my 3 girl children, more on them later). In the land of Ten Thousand lakes & the Northern farm belt. Prime fishing, hunting, summer & winter sports wonderland. I'm originally from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. So all in all, not a bad life. UNTIL!!! wait for it!!!!!!!...wait for it!!!!...my Doctor informed me I was FAT!!! well of course he didn't say that, he called me...wait for it!!! MORDIDLY OBESE!!...what the hell?..no I'm NOT!!.. and that's why my fellow WLS'ers, my DENIAL FILE weight a ton more than I did!! …

Getting close to goal!! A few more added to my Gallery as well.

I've been on a roll lately, losing weight through the holidays like a champ. I've even progressed from weighing myself EVERY day...to every few days or so is about the norm for me these days. However, to my shock and almost horor, the scale told me I'd lost 10lbs. in 2 or 3 days. Now, had I just started out on this journey, it would be cause for celebration but considering I am almost to my goal, to drop a substantial amount of weight that quickly and without any change in routine would be a bit alarming for me. I stepped off, waited for it to reset on three different occasions...the scale said he same 146.4. I accepted it and vowed to start paying attention to what …

I have begun to lose again. I was stalled for while but got my first fill and the scale is going down again. I hit the BIG 50! 50 lbs lost. I can't believe it. I never ever in my wildest dreams thought that I would mutter those words. Even as I'm typing this, it seems surreal. I can't believe that I only have 14 lbs to goal. I have never been close to my goal weight since I was 7 lbs 8 oz. lol This forum has been my life line. Even tho I don't always post or comment, I am always reading others' stories for inspiration. A big 50 lb THANK YOU to everyone on here.

Haven't posted in a while but just wanted to share. I am almost 10 months post op and down 55 pounds. While there are days I hate this band (like now as I'm trying to eat chicken breast) the positives definitely outweigh the negatives!

​Hello Everyone, I am only 4 days post op, but I can say that my skin looks amazing. Not just on my face, but on my body. The nurse even complimented me on my skin that made me smile even with all the pain. Prior to surgery I didn't have horrible skin, but it wasn't clear like it is now. I truely hope this stays! I'll give up some hair loss for clear skin! Has anyone else had something happen with their body that they were happy with after surgery (besides the weight loss)?

I ran out of time before surgery to have my husband take pictures of me before my surgery, so I had the nurse take a few. The one on the right was taken on 10/25 and on the left was 7 weeks and 1 day later on 12/15

NO, no the mouse doesnt die.. it's just cute a LIttle Mouse get's His Work out!!