Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

Hey everyone! Just a quick update of my exciting journey since my RNY on June 10th of this year. Thank you for all of the support this group has given me. For the newbies, check out my other Youtube videos as I have recoreded my entire journey starting pre-op.

HAS ANYONE ELSE FACED PRESSURE TO NOT BE SLEEVED? My adult daughters are upset with me because I have been moving in this direction. Have had all my tests, received a c-pap machine, been going to mt pcp regularly (am on month 4). Have lost 13 lbs slowly since beginning. Am 5.5, weigh 232 and am 62. BMI = 38.6. Their argument is that I can lose weight on my own w/o surgery. I know full well the reasons why i should be sleeved, but I need to be encouraged. Or....are they right? Help!

I was never excited about shopping, but today i did... I found my outfit, it looks good, even when I stop loosing pounds, I am still loosing inches. well, pants went down a size from 24 to 22, tops when down 2 Sizes from 3x to 1x, I even modeled the clothes to my sister like the Jane in "Drop death diva". I am so glad I have my band. It is the first time in a long time I have so much fun shopping for clothes, it is a shame those clothes are going to be big on me in a couple of months!

So happy to step on the scale this morning and POOF! 199.2lbs! I took a picture and texted it to my hubby I was so excited! Glad to join all of you that are there and encourage those that aren't yet, that you totally can be! I'm down 81.4lbs total. Now, time to get to work on those other 49.2

Just wanted to see if anyone else feels this way post surgery. One of the things I had always done when eating out prior to surgery is that I would look at the menu and make decisions about what I would order based on how much food I thought I would get. It was the quantity that was most important. It didn't matter if it was something I might have liked the taste of as much as whether it would fill me up. It actually took some time after surgery to get to where I was out of this mindset. But now, it is really liberating to sit down and know that I can't eat like that even if I wanted to, so I now can focus on the quality and taste when in choosing what to order. …

Well I went to my high school reunion over the weekend and on all the rush I forgot to bring myself anything to wear the day after while visiting family so I had to run to Wal-Mart to grab some jeans and a sweater, nothing fancy just cheap and something that FIT. Normally I would just steal my mom's clothes but I'm no where near the right size to wear them anymore. Anyway, I have been wearing 10/8 jeans depending on the cut bit I had noticed they weren't really sitting 100% so I tried on some 8s and they were too baggy so I grabbed a pair of 6s and left without even trying them on since my family was waiting for me. I got back to my mom's and reluctantly slipped on the 6s…

I have two little 5 lbs dogs, Piper and Trigger, who both like to sit on my lap at the same time. My scale informed me this morning that I lost 30 lbs in 5 weeks. That makes me very happy but it got me thinking- I have lost 6 dogs!!!! I tried to imagine where I could fit 6 dogs on my body at the same time and it made me giggle because the thought is so ridiculous. Let me know what you have lost. I am really enjoying this sleeve thing

Yesterday was my 2 month surgiversary. I am 60lbs down since the start of the process and 30lbs since surgery. It was a rough start but I'm eating and drinking more every day. I can finally say I'm glad I did this.

Today is my 6 month "bandiversary". I'm exactly 50 lbs down...8 pant sizes from a 24 to a 16. Down from a 2X shirt to an XL/L. I've run 2 5ks, exercise 5x/week, sit with my legs crossed, don't mind photos anymore. My last BP was 114/70. I'm 1/2 way to where I want to be. I feel good. I feel renewed. I heart my lapband!

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Okay, it's been almost 6 months since surgery. Lost close to 100 pounds. Things I have noticed. Firstly, I have gone through all the clothes I had in my closet, from xxxl to l. Even the clothes I used to wear when I thought I was at a " normal" weight are huge on me. Hard, uncushioned chairs are uncomfortable for my now bony butt, painful! The weight loss has happened so quickly that when I look in the mirror I can't wrap my head around the way I look. I can walk up 3 flights of stairs at work without having to sit down and catch my breath before I can chat with someone. I'm not depressed anymore, and don't let people take advantage of me. 3 different responses from peopl…

3 years ago today I had the VSG! So much has happened in the last 3 years in regards to my attitudes, abilities and awareness surrounding my body, what I eat, and how I exercise. I will do my best to keep this short! First and foremost, I am one of those people who had a surgical procedure to help me lose weight. And I hit a "low" weight and then, in the space of about 10 months, regained about 20ish pounds. Nothing is more humbling than being a "statistic" in this way. I had always heard that this regularly happens to WLS patients and a part of my brain said "oh that won't be me!" Haha. Lessons learned the hard way are sometimes the ones that stick with us the most.…

Would love to see some before and after photos if anyone would care to share. My journey is just beginning so I find it very inspiring!!

I lost 70 pounds and now am hitting a wall. I haven't lost any weight in 30 days and am getting nervous. Any foods that give the full sensation or tricks to get me out of this funk? HELP!

I needed some motivation this morning so i decided to look at pictures. First one was sept 2012 and the other pic is now. Its crazy how much you can change. Its been 10 months since my surgery and i don't think i have ever been this happy!!! But I'm at a place now where I'm not sure what i want my goal weight to be...does anyone else have this problem? [ATTACH]28095[/ATTACH]

Today is my 4 year band anniversary. .still rocking it:))

I've gone from an xxlarge to a medium shirt size and I'm only halfway to my goal. This sleeve continues to amaze me. Pant size... 24 down to 14 so far.... My weight in ticker is probably wrong. I only weigh at my dr office. PCOSers!!!!!!!!! We finally have a tool to help us! :) Good luck all. Crazy

Hey all. Just wondering if anyone of you have resorted to any books for support? Same with cookbooks for good recipes. I'm sure you have if you like to read. Can someone help me out with good ones? Hope I get some good responses. Thanks!!

I am here at the dr office. And I have seen a weight gain of two pounds. This month I have really been a slacker. One day of exercise if that and not watching my food as well as I should and it shows...... I need to meet my goals or I may fail. So sad....

It's been 5 months after surgery. My own surgeon looked at me standing in the waiting room, STARED, blinked, tried to focus, scratched his head... then heard me laugh and a lightbulb went on! I look amazing, feel amazing, and still don't drink 64 ounces of Water per day! ha ha! My primary doctor did every possible laboratory: I'm healthier than ever! My skin is clear, my blood pressure is perfect, my sleep apnea is gone, all the pain and misery is GONE. WENT FROM SIZE 16 JEANS TO SIZE 5! I look 30 years old! My teen girls are proud of me... I never dreamed this could happen... but it happened! I can eat everything I want, just a few bites and I'm good. I'm very l…

I'd like to see some before and after pictures of my band family. I'm having my surgery in Feb 2014, I've been working out and portioning my food. I'm trying to get a head start. Just need some encouragement with stores and before/after pics. Thanks guys! Weight: 278 Height: 5'5 BMI: 44 1/2 Waistline: 50 (ugh) Hips: 37 Breastline: 48 C Arms: 42 1/2 Thighs: 47 Okay, get my point. I'm soooo ready to change these numbers.

I went to the doctor for my 6 week checkup today and I had lost 29 pounds. She said the average is 25-35 so I am just fine. I thought I was going to be one of those that haven't lost what the average people loss by this point. I started at 278. I also found a multi vitamin there that I only have to take once a day and it is small. I am so ready to hopefully get down another 25 pounds by Thanksgiving.

Hi all! Let me give you a little background info. I am 31, 295 lbs, mom to a 20 month old beautiful littke girl and wife. My weight has completely taken over and ia controlling my life. My insurance dies not cover wls. However, my grandfather is going to possibly gelp my pay for sleeve. I am trying to gather as much info I can to present to him to help my case. Would anyone be willing to write a testimonial on how vsg has positvely changed your life? If interested in helping me out let me know and I will get my email address to ya. Thanks so much! Mandy

I've been doing a ton of research and gone to a few support groups. I have met some very successful people with both Lapband and the sleeve. I'm curious to know how your recovery was with the sleeve? I have 3 kids...2 younger ones and I work full-time. I was planning on hopefully scheduling a December surgery date but was going to maybe only take 10 or 11days. Is that sufficient time fir the sleeve surgery? As a mom I originally was leaning towards sleeve because it seemed the least risky...but I've noticed alot of band to sleeve revisions. Would love feedback on this. Thanks!

i went to the dr the other day and weighed in at 185 and since I have surpassed my goal by 15 pounds he actually did an un fill he took out 1/2cc so I will stop losing but he told me to be careful because a lot of people the get some out gain a lot of weight real quick so if I start to gain get in to see him right away and he will put a little back in the nice thing was he told me not to be embarrassed if I gain he said he understand and he is here with me for the long haul and we will get it right it has been a week and im holding steady

Well I thought it was my band-adversary but I looked and it was 4 days ago. I forgot to weigh this morning so I can't report exactly but I am sure that I am still in my 133-138 zone that I prefer to stay in, probably 134 based on what I have been eating lately. Since I was banded I have really changed the way I eat, I cook almost everything we eat from scratch, no more processed foods (except corn chips, my one concession to junk food). The funny thing is it really doesn't take longer or cost more once you learn what to do. I absolutely stay away from anything with high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners, as far as I am concerned they are poisons that confuse yo…

I weigh half of what I used to weigh..from 286 to 143 in the last 10 months...I feel amazing! Thank you to all the people here that have supported me and cheered me on....13 lbs to go until I reach my goal then I will need to figure out how to maintain for the rest of my life...any tips from maintainers greatly appreciated!! Will definitely get some before and after pics up soon. Keep plugging away guys, you are all so worth it

I'm 5 months out from surgery and I've lost 94 pounds. I have 55 pounds left to lose to reach my goal of 125. I'm 5 ft tall. I'm so excited about the weight I've lost so far and feel a million times better. I hesitate to post this because the before pic is me in my underwear but It's the only pic I have that really shows the difference. I hope it doesn't offend anyone. My family is getting ready to go on a beach trip and I bought a swim suit. I got a halter bikini top and swim shorts. I tried to find a pic of me last year at the beach but I couldn't find any that showed me from the shoulders down...but I found this underwear pic from the night before surgery. …

Hello all, needing to vent some frustrations I'm having during this journey. I have BCBS IL and they are doing everything imaginable to deny my surgery. It first started when my insurance coordinator tried to verify that I had the benefit. It took four calls for them to tell her yes. Then it took 2 weeks to pre-authorize my psych eval. Now after I've completed all required pre-op appointments, they are back to saying I don't have the benefit in my policy. A couple phone calls later, they again say I have it but they denied me cause I didn't complete required appointments. . . Although I have. This is so frustrating and I'm about to give up! Has anyone else had to deal wi…

I started this journey last November with a yearly check-up with my pcp. At that appointment I inquired about weight loss surgery. My doc handed me a referral to their bariatrics team. My weight was 289 lbs. I went to the informational meeting in Dec. Between Dec. of 2012 and August of 2013 I went to monthly meetings with the bariatric team, monthly appointments with my pcp, and had all sorts of tests and appointment to cover all of the requirements for my insurance. During this time I lost 23 lbs. On August 12 I started the 2 week pre-op liquid diet. It was hard at first but after the first few days it wasn't so bad. Aug. 26, my day for surgery I weighed 251…

So, my husband and I decided to invest in some 6 flags season passes that go through fright fest this year and next. I went to fright fest this past Saturday and was terrified and have an underlying fear of being turned away from rides (since it happened at my highest weight) but now that im over 120 lbs lighter than my highest I thought id give it a shot and guess what? I rode all the rides my heart desired without any issues or embarrassment. it was probably one of the single greatest moments of my life. To someone who has never had to worry about it, it would seem silly, but to me it was like winning the lottery. I loved it so much that a friend and I went back to six …

So I made 9 months on the 21 of this month I started at 299 now at 173 down 126 pound goal 185 im12 pounds under and 9 pound to normal bmi .. I wanna share sine pics through out my journey I started in a size 24 2x tops now I'm in a size 10 pants and med tops small dresses .. I can't wait to my yr come up a lot can happen in the months oh and did I mention I lost my first 100 at 5 months

So one of my goals from preop was to be able to wear my husband's t-shirts. Not that I will wear them but just that I could be able to. He wears a large and I can't ever remember buying large shirts. For as long as I can remember I've only ever bought XL shirts. A few months ago I found a t-shirt that I really liked but they didn't have it in an XL so I went ahead and bought it in a large. I wore it this past weekend!!! I also tried on one of my husband's t-shirts and IT FIT!!! GGGOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!! I was so excited! I also had a pretty funny NSV the other day. I was standing and looked down and saw a shadow next to me, I couldn't figure out who was standing next …

Any potential December Sleevsters out there?? Im finishing up a couple of the requirements and hoping for a Dec 5 surgery date. Just in time to recoup for Christmas with my kids. Getting super excited!!!

So I got banded on May 30th 2013. 1 day pre-op diet and no Fluid in band at surgery I was 262 lbs and tight in a 2x and 40 pants. Than I had my first fill a month after with 3cc then 2 weeks after I had a unfill of 1.5cc due to me getting sick Now I'm 1 week away from 5 months and I'm down to 202 lbs and I'm in a large shirt and 34 pants I had to buy a whole new wardrobe I have been at 202 for about 1.5 months now but In that 1.5 month time I had gone from a XL shirt and 36 pants so the scale stopes moving but I'm still shrinking Here are some before And after pics

Wearing my bathing suit, looking in the mirror in the gym locker room, I realized today just how much my body has changed. Seventy pounds gone. I absolutely never used to have any hope of losing weight. I was so resigned to living this way the rest of my life that I stopped trying. When I'd get upset, I'd just feed myself until I didn't care anymore. But today, watching myself shrink befote my eyes, I have hope for the first time in many years that I will be successful. And it is just so exciting to see where life will take me from here. I just had to share this. It sounds strange, but I feel like I'm healing, finally. I know you'll know what I mean.

Had my six month appointment today. Everything went well. Said I need to take iron supplement as my iron was a little low but everything else was great. Check out my before and after pictures. The before was my first visit and the after was today at the appointment. Bmi was 44.8 now 31.2! Waist down 18 inches,hips down 12.5 and chest 14.5!! Feeling great!

I can’t believe that October 24, 2013 will be my fifth bandiversary. In June, 2008 my best friend gave me a beautiful journal. My first posting? I was going to start a new diet! I wrote: · Exercise daily · No white stuff · No bread (I guess I meant no wheat bread) · No Alcohol · Write my food down daily · Keep track of points · Drink 8 glasses of Water daily Obviously I couldn’t do it because the next posting in my journal was on October 20, 2008 when I began my liquid diet in preparation for surgery. Some of the things I worried about then? Giving up control! Little did I realize that that band was going to help GIVE me control. I wondered…

Hey I just wanted to update I'm almost 5 months out and I'm down 90lbs! Here are a few pics. [ATTACH]19762[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]19763[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]19765[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]19766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]19767[/ATTACH]

On Nov 6 I will have my one year. I had lap band with plication. I have been very successful. I guess I was just ready. I followed all the rules. I haven't needed a fill yet(which my True Results doctor says I'm only one of three) but I knew my stomach was small not ever thinking about my band, which was only lubed during surgery, but my thought was I don't want to stretch my small stomach! I weighed in at 215 lbs 5 1/2 in short fought my weight since 1972 (1st. Child at 18 Gained 72lbs. ). That was back when doctors didn't say much bout weight gain! That was 41 years ago. I've been at weight now since Aug. My goal was 145 but my body stopped losing at 132. But …

I've lost 54 pounds since my initial consultation with my surgeon on June 24th (surgery on July 24th). I'm down three jeans sizes, my bras no longer fit right, and my rings spin all day long on my fingers. I've already got a ton more energy than I have the last several years, I'm sleeping better, and I'm starting to get a little more comfortable in my own skin. Almost every day someone asks me how much weight I've lost so far because it's starting to become noticeable to even people who see me all the time. THIS ROCKS!!!! =D

Went with my daughter to a filed trip from her school, at a mineral mine and I was able to go down the hill, do some mining and come back up like 1/2 mile in a sand and rocks path... Amazing we had so much fun!

I'm starting to get use to my new weight, but I've been having a difficult time finding clothes that I like at the prices I'm willing to pay. So when all else fails...what do we do? Hit the thrift shop! I went to the Goodwill Select store in my area and found a few very nice - nearly new pieces. One that I'm especially proud of is a Talbot's sage green short cardigan sweater, the tags were still on it - Retail $59.99, I paid $4.99 but I think the best part is that it was a size Large - which we know for a store like Talbots is a size Medium everywhere else. I also bought a sweater from somewhere in the U.K. that was labeled size 16. I looked up the size conversion a…

Went to the surgeons yesterday for my 9 month follow-up (technically its been over 10 months) and received 2 high-fives and a hug from my wonderful surgeon! He said that my BMI was finally in the 'healthy' range! 98 pounds lost so far and he could not be more pleased. 2 more pounds until Im in the 'century club'! Things just kept getting better...went to Old Navy and bought a pair of super skinny jeans and took a photo of them side-by-side with my fat jeans that Ive saved for comparison. Wow. All in all, it was a great Monday

Am 8 days post op and down 30 lbs.....wow! I am so happy with my sleeve! That is 9 lbs pre op and 21 lbs post op! Unbelievable really! Still on clear fluids till tomorrow then full fluids....feeling better every day!

I have been post-menopausal for 5 years. I had started spotting off and on a few months before my VSG but after surgery I have been having a full-fledged period like, every 2 weeks ! So... I followed my mother's advice (she's always right) and talked to my PCP about it. He didn't like the sounds of my symptoms and ordered an ultrasound. That showed that my uterus is enlarged and the walls were thickened. The PCP sent me to a gynecologist. She did a biopsy and I got the results today - I have endometrial uterine cancer. I now have an appointment with an oncologist and I'm pretty sure I'll be just fine (and lose more weight too ! If my hormones hadn't been stirred …

Okay I am going to try a post todays weight on my scale. I have not seen this number on the scale in such a long time! I simply cannot believe it.

Its been 3 months now here is a updated pic...... I feel so great...

I I'm new to the forum, I live in the uk and had my lapband in 2007, I weighed a mighty 18 stones which at5'2 was not good, I was approaching fourth and decided I was not going to be "fat & 40"!!!! since my op I have lost ten stone and now weight 8 stones and 6 lbs and I feel fab although there have been some high prices to pay things that they don't tell you about, but it wouldn't change a single thing.

Before picture was taken 8/2012 after 9/2013 76# lost