Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

It's been 3 months, going into 4... I've had 3 fill ins, still trying to get into my green zone. I loose, but not as much as I hoped for. I think I need to work out more. Starting weight at 257 current weight 219. Here's some Pixs: Me before surgery Two weeks after surgery I think about a month? 2 months ago Last month, shirt fit me big I got my old size but it didn't fit well, sadly I wore it once, and not again This is me now, with a shirt that marinated in my closet for two years. It fits and loose now.... Well everyone, I can really only count with the honesty that you lovely people can give me. It least I know you will be h…

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I had my surgery in February and have lost 85 pounds so far!!! Yay!!!! I am a high school teacher and just started school again. I am teaching 6 Foods courses (pause for recognition of irony). We have increased from 787 students to over 1,000 since Spring. We are expecting another influx after Labor Day. We are bursting at the seams and doing everything we can to meet the needs of the students. Ahhh the joys of living in the Bakken. I absolutely LOVE my job, but there is a high amount of stress right now. I know stalls are to be expected, but could my current stall be the result of the stress? Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

I dared to order this dress and when I tried it on I had my first "I actually see the loss" moment. WOW. My husband loves it! I told him you actually have a "hot" wife. He said no my wife has always been hot now she is "flaming" LOL 3 1/2 months post op 57 pounds down and just 3 more to get to my personal goal of 180.

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These past years i've been avoiding vacations.. and plane rides.. they are what nightmares are made of for me.. :ph34r: now.. I'm 7.5 months out and half way there to my goal weight.. and I'm hopping onto a plane to SFO tonight for the long weekend.. and hopefully.. this time i'll not be spilling over my fellow traveller's seat.. and the NSV part.. i was packing my bag last night.. and usually.. I would not know what to pack.. well.. it is not easy to find.. weather appropriate, good fitting and cute clothes.. and fit them in one bag! Yesterday.. I did not know what to pack.. there were so many options.. I packed a weeks worth of clothes.. and there's still some…

Now I'm feeling like backing out of this surgery.... Why am I feeling like this? I was so anxious now I'm getting scared... My life will change forever :-(

I get banded tomorrow and was wondering do they weigh you at the hospital b4 surgery or do you just use your starting weight from home the morning of to track by??? Sorry this is probably super dumb lol

I'm happy to say that the clothes I've had in my closet that I couldnt' imagine wearing again are now too big for me! They fit perfectly 2 years ago during my phentermine weight loss days and slowly ended up becoming too small as I gradually packed the pounds back on once the pill became ineffective. Today, I am wearing a pair of jeans that use to fit like a glove a couple of years ago and they are hanging off of me.

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Did any one have their surgery with the New Jersey Hackensack team. Dr. Trivedi, Dr.schmidt , and Dr.Ewing ? Just wondering how they are. I want 2 make the right choice. [ATTACH]17300[/ATTACH]

i went to my dr today for a pre op physicle for and knee replacement and weighed in at 200 pounds and the dr said that he thinks i should not loose anymore weight also did pre op blood work all my level are now good and no more high blood pressure so my dr took me off all the meds i was taking for blood preasure,trygliserides and cholesteral so its a good day but i still think i want to loose 10 more pounds

I've been away on vacation so not as active on this board as usual...but I'm back! Here are a couple of photos--the first one is (I think) my last known photo taken before I reached the decision, one year ago, to start my weight loss surgery research. I would go on to gain 8 kilos (about 17.5 pounds) before I actually had the surgery in March 2013. So very very glad I did. The second photo was taken yesterday morning. I was leaving for work and, when stopping by the mirror to make sure my dress wasn't tucked into my underpants or something equally mortifying, I said to myself "Wow..even I can see a difference now!

I was banded on 12/3/12... Started off slow losing weight. But after a "good" fill results are happening fast!

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Just got back from my PCP....one Dr. I still see every 4 months, along with complete lab work.... Don't know where to start, but things could not be better...My PCP could not contain his pleasure...all my lab results where right down the middle of normal... I have absolutely Zero complaints..my weight is well within normal range, as is my Body fat%... My PCP sat back and asked if could remember where I was a few years ago?? He could say it now, that I was a real mess...literally one foot in the grave....didn't know if I would make it much longer or not.... He kept leafing through my file, looked up and said "there's nothing I need to do...." "Isn't there anything …

This week I noticed that after being down just over 40lbs my seat belt retracts in the car when I get out. I used to have to pull on it to make it go back in place.

I have lost a little more than 100lbs and have about 30 - 40 to go. I thought it would be a great idea to start a thread for others who are close to goal so we can share our stories, habits and get advice from the vets that have made it to goal. Losing may get more difficult as we get closer to goal and if there are any tips to get there, I'd know I'd love to hear them. My hope is to to be down 30lbs by the end of October 2013. I'd love to hear tips and about the journey of others.

Yesterday I turned 30 years old... it's so crazy to think that at the age of 30 I am the healthiest I have EVER been. I even think back to elementary school when I was in 6th grade wearing a size 12. I am not 30 and wearing a size 11 in juniors!!! This has got to be the most unbelievable feeling. Not only do I feel amazing, but my life has had so many positive changes over the past year that at times its hard to believe that this is my new life! My sleeve not only changed my life, but saved it! I am so grateful that I have had this opportunity.

Hey Everyone! Almost three years ago I signed up for this page and was so excited about my journey and getting sleeved. Shortly after that I moved over to ObesityHelp.com and spent most of my time getting support over there. Well, I decided to check out this site again and boy, has it sure changed! This is a happening place! I'll have to stick around and see what the fuss is all about. Anywho, I love my sleeve and don't regret my decision for a second. I have been loving life and living all sorts of new adventures. Here's a couple of pics. It's been very inspiring spending some time here today and reading about everyone's triumphs. Rock on! Keeping it off…

I can see my toes... and paint them. I can put on my socks and tie my sneakers. I can play with my energetic little dog (who has taught me to fetch Lol) I can bend over and straighten up again without back pain. I can work all day and still have energy when I get home. I can change my clothes in the front seat of my jeep (don't ask, Lol) I can go upstairs and not need to recover from the trip. I can't wait to see what else I can do as time goes on... :-)

I am so excited, I just hit that magic figure of 50lbs loss, I so love my band and how I look today.

Hi all, I am 4 months pre-op as of yesterday. Highest weight 266 weight on surgery date 253 and current weight is 186! It's only been 4 months and I think I've hit a stop again! Is this normal? I'm so worried that I'm done losing and will remain this weight or even put weight back on!! Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts on this??

Hello all! I'm self pay so I actually don't know who to talk to about this but I'm 5'5" size 24/26 315 lb I'm guesstimating that I'll hopefully be right under 300 on the day of surgery 10/7/13. I'm thinking that I hope to make it to 170 when it's all said and done and be a 12/14. I feel like I'll never be in single digit sizes. Has anyone my size gotten down to like a 8? And if you are a size 8 how much do you weigh?

If there is any info out there that would help me starting off please share. New experience for me don't know what to expect. Any info would be helpful thanks

I like to say congrats to everyone who made this decision to have the surgery. Before my date (4-8-13) with the knife, I read so many success stories on this board. I couldn't wait to be one of u. I now am one of u. I went from 343 to 229 (weighted in this morn). I can't believe I lost 114lbs in 4 1/2 months. I have so much energy now that I've been running over 2 miles now for the last few weeks. Started off walking with little bursts of a jog. The effect it has had on my 3 boys is the reason I took this journey. We do some much together now that I tire them out lol. Good luck to everyone and never look back [ATTACH]4728[/ATTACH]

I will be 7 months post op on 8/31/13 and have lost 66 lbs. so far. I am a little bummed cause I am not losing much. I am battling thyroid issues as well. Had total thyroidectomy 5 years ago and now with the weight loss my levels are all out of wack. I am guessing that probably has a lot to do with it. I have people all the time tell me how great I look but I still see myself as "fat" and I hate that. When will I ever be " normal" or will I ever?

The day has officially come! In the waiting room waiting to get admitted!! See you all on the other side ????

Went for my 3 mo. post op on Friday, saw a PA I had not met before. He looked around the room and asked where the bariatric patient was. That it couldn't be me, because I was svelte. SVELTE. My new favorite word!

My surgery was July 9 my highest weight was 335 surgery day 305 a month after 284 I weigh myself last week and have not lost nothing I was so disappointed started feeling depress like a failure. Since I haven't weight myself thinking I still haven't lost any weight I been working out 3 days a week eating small portions of tuna and chicken breast no carbs lot of water so any advise as to what I can do????

Very unexpected but i have lost so much padding around my butt that now i am getting presure points. it is hard to sit in a chair for any length of time, even with 75 pounds off . I guess that is a victory of sorts. I am feeling bony prominences that i never knew i had and when i lay down they also cause presure points ( shoulder, hip) I hope i adjust to this and dont have to keep shifting my position in chairs and beds constantly.

My weight has been really slow. However, today my pants were really lose so I put on a belt I bought in June. My husband had to make an extra hole about 2-3 inches from the last hole. It was an amazing feeling!

Okay I was sure hoping to lose at least 15 pounds the first month. But yesterday got on the doctors scale and was happy to find I had lost 16 pounds in just 19 days since banding! Yeah! I know there are a lot of stories of good losses here, however I had lost 176 pounds prior to banding so I thought it might be slower for me. My surgeon told me I could expect to lose 30-40 pounds in the first couple months. But like I said I just did not expect such a good loss! Puts me just 8 pounds away from the 200 gone point! Maybe by my 1 month point who knows? Have a blessed day one and all!

Down 89lbs since 1/2/13 and down 72lbs since surgery on 2/12/13. Wish I would of done this years ago!

Surgery date 1/21/13 starting at 299 Cw at 185 my goal weight at 7 months 114 pound lost .. Now that I'm here and looking great I think imma go for another 10 pounds I really want to try 20 to be at normal bmi but I'm afraid imma be too small but I just wanna so to the new sleevers hold on you'll get there

Hey everyone! I simply cannot believe how time flies. It seems like yesterday I was still contemplating surgery and going to my first informational meeting. At that time, my biggest goal was to fit back into my size 14 Old Navy jeans I've had for 10 years. Well, I've quite surpassed that. I now wear a size 12 jeans (size 10 in dress pants), and can go as far down as a Medium in blouses. I can't express how wonderful it is to be able to walk into a store and go into the "regular" section. My biggest problem now is that size 10's and 12's are apparently very popular, because I have a hard time finding THOSE now. Here's a pic of me the night before surgery (sorry it's …

So today is my one year surgiversary!! When I began this journey in the spring of 2012 I weighed 240 lbs and felt disgusted by myself. I can honestly say this surgery is the best thing I have ever done for myself. I am current at 150 lbs. my goal is to get to 140...

I just posted some before and progress pictures!!! The before pictures was soooo hard to post! I had to hunt for the ones I posted I have been running from the camera for so long it's kind of sad. I was looking through hundreds of photos and only found the few. I'm talking beautiful family moments and I'm not in any pictures it's like I wasn't even there. I'm so excited to make new memories and I will be front and center! I already love taking pictures... cant wait to get to goal!

I am a visual learner. I love looking at people's before and after pictures and can't find a thread on here already dedicated to that. I so far only have before pics because my surgery isn't until August 8th but I would love to see others pics as inspiration!

Hi guys! So I'm having a really hard time eating, I had surgery April 17th and for a bout a week & a half now if I eat two bites it feels like like I'm going to puke.. Idk if this can be a stricture or not, just need some advice.

My 6 month surgiversary was yesterday and I'm 67 lbs down since surgery! I've been losing slower than a lot of people on here but as long as its still coming off I'm happy. I only have 39 more lbs till I hit onederland and I'm giving it my all to get there. Im so glad I had this surgery, it really does change your life.

Hi friends!! Just wanted to post my 15 months progression pics. I am currently 167. I am 14 pounds from my goal of 154 which will give me a normal BMI of 25. I wish I could get to 145 but I think that is a dream!! It has really been hard the last 3 months. This weight is crawling off. I know I will reach goal but it may take me until the end of my 2nd year out. That is ok though. I started out at 294 and to date I have lost 126 pounds. I'm so grateful!!! I'm having a lot of back issues and finally had an MRI two weeks ago that showed 9 bulging disc, two protruding in my spinal cord, benign tumor, bone spurs, spinal stenosis. This MRI was of my neck and middle …

that's overall. surgery was 5 months ago and down 55 since then. scale slowing down so decided to post new before after shot to help motivation. got to look at the old pictures once in a while when the scale slows. this way can see how far have come. if you are pre op take plenty of before shots!

Sorry if this is TMI but I'm curious. Is throwing up a sign your over Eating ? Or is it possible to be over eating and never throw up? I'm hoping that if I was eating over board I would get sick and up chuck and not just be stretching my stomach

So, I seem to be on a mini stall right at my three month post op mark which seems to be a trend around these parts. I have been losing and gaining the same pound for the last ten days, and my loss for the last 30 days is "only" about 8 pounds. My clothes are getting a wee bit looser but nothing significant. This slow loss certainly isn't what I signed up for when I chose to have WLS because I just knew I was going to be one of those people who loses 20-30 pounds a month, blah blah blah. I've lost more than this on WWs the gazillion times I've done that program. GEEZ LOUISE!!! That said, I am having HUGE mental NSV each and every day!! I am still tracking my fo…

My daughter gave me a pair of her jeans she doesn't wear much...they are size 14...AND THEY FIT!!! Such a Snoopy Happy Dance

I never thought it would actually happen. I am 4 1/2 months post-op and have lost 97 pounds. I still have 40 pounds to go. It's all about rebuilding muscle. Best decision I ever made. Have a great weekend!

I just got my first "you're losing too much weight" comment today. I ran into someone I haven't seen since I was sleeved, she told me how good I looked and told me not to lose anymore weight. I told her I still need to lose at least another 40. She said no just stop now! you're going to look sick! Now I'm 198 @ 5'3 so far from being a healthy weight... which is what I'm aiming for!

I am 4 weeks out, the first 2 weeks I lost 27 lbs, on my 4 week checkup I gained a 1.5 lbs. How did this happen I can't even get hardly any food or drink in. Anyone else have this happen or any suggestions?

Hi all I was sleeved Dec 26 2013 starting weight 276, day of surgery 269 and today 203!! I'm so happy with my progress.