Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

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Tomorrow will be 14 weeks post op. I'm Down 68 lbs Pre op 248 Day of 235 Today 180 Size 20 now size 12-14

This is my third long post on my journey so far. Probably should have been a blog, but no time to keep it up! Thanks for hanging in there with me! “If you work at something with total commitment for a really long time, you will succeed.” 8th grade runner, in newspaper story. Such a simple but profound statement from a young girl who set out to change her life by running. A statement that has come to define my journey. I gauge my progress by non-weight goals. Yes, I do weigh in every morning. I do love to see the scale go down. But my real excitement comes not from the number of my weight, but from the increasing quality of my life. The time I starte…

I have to bring her back every once in awhile... Just got done watching "Extreme Weight Loss". I always feel so inspired when I watch that show. This lady was about the size I was when I had surgery. She was 290 and I was 294. She got down to 149 and then gained 32 pounds back in 3 weeks!!!! She eventually lost it but so scary how she gained it back so quickly. I know it would take alot for us to gain that much weight back in such a short time but still...... I felt her pain. She had such emotional problems. I could relate to her so much. The pain she felt from her past. The pain I felt when I would aways turn to food as a child because I always felt abandoned. Long stor…

Hello and congrads to everyone who have met their goal weight and congrads to those of you who are getting there! I wanna know how do people treat you now that you've lost the weight?? For those who are single?? How is your dating life?? For those who are married?? Do you notice any changes in how your spouse treats you??

I had two pairs of brand new jeans bought a couple years ago that sat in a drawer because they were too small. I finally pulled them out today and guess what? They are too big!!! I got down on the floor last night to look under the bed for something and popped right back up. I was like wow that was easy. I usually take several minutes getting off the ground. I cut my toenails the other night and realized I can just reach down and cut them no problem. It use to take forever just to get in a position to do that. I love love love my lap band!!!

Hi! I want to share to give encouragement for who is struggling like i did! I'm not "there" yet, but now that i reached my almost 60%loss i can go slow and i wont mind! Dear 200lb, i lived with you for a long while of my life, but today i have to "end our relationship"... Be happy! (50lb loss since surgery, 57 since pre op)

When and why do most people have trouble maintaining goal weight after gastric sleeve success?

I'm not a success story yet but I thought it was time to share my progress. I was sleeved 2/4/13. I've lost 95 lbs since my pre-op started.

My hubby has a bypass. Half a glass of wine, and he is drunk. Is this true for sleeves as well?

Insurance approved and date set for next Monday!!!! I can't believe it. I'm so excited but a little nervous at the same time. Can anyone provide me with a good list of things I need after surgery? I would appreciate it. And any advice about abdominal binders too. So excited!!! By the way.... HW 246 CW 242 Height 5'4 Not sure about goals yet. Can't wait for my journey to begin!!!

Hey there I'm just looking to meet female fellow sleevers in the houston area to hang out with and catch a movie or something. Didn't know how else to find one so I thought I would give this a try

Almost 3 months post-op, and still having issues with mucus in bowel movements. Is that typical?

hello crushhead.....im trying to c if those in aurora il or close to aurora il can start a group n maybe we can sit have coffee n walk n excersise 2gether talk abt da dues n dont. ecorage eachother bfore n after surgery....what do u think?

sorry curehead i juse crushhead.....lol

Stats are Starting weight: 246 Day of surgery: 234 Today: 194 Total loss of: 52lbs

Hello Jamine........when did u have ur surgery done how u fell n how much have u lost.....my name is Ana

I am 6 days post-op and feeling pretty good. But the more I read the more it amazes me how badly people want to get back to old habits. The questions of 'when can I eat this again', and 'when can I have that' seem to be posted by the hundreds. I have to say I am in NO hurry to eat again. I don't want to visit 'Starbucks' or my local 'bar' as that is partially what put me in this position. Please don't take this the wrong way, I know some of you are just trying to get a feel for what is to come and when you can start doing some things. I just want to reiterate that this surgery is a tool and changes are desperately needed to be successful! Now is the perfect time to make t…

I was banded January 21,2013. I weighed 346 pounds. Have stage 3 COPD. I was on 2 liters oxygen 24 hrs a day and considered permanently disabled. Smoking a half pack of cigarettes a day. I could not walk, talk, and breathe at the same time. I was taking blood pressure meds and cholesterol meds. I think I was well on my way to an early grave just like my momma. She died at 59 years old. I still don't recall what they sighted as cause of death on her death certificate but it was all related to her being morbidly obese. Fast forward to today six months later. I am at 266 pounds, well maybe a few pounds less as I have promised myself to stay off scale for at least a w…

I was strolling through some FaceBook photos and decided to put these two together. I feel like I can see my weight loss so much better when looking at photos vs looking in the mirror.

I am 22 hours post op and feel pretty good. The first 12 hours were bad and then out of nowhere I felt better. Walked the halls about 5 times, waiting for my leak test and some ice chips.

I have finally reached my goal. Yes, it was a long hard journey but it is so worth it.

I was sleeved on July 9, 2013. I am now transitioning into pureed foods, and I am scared that I will gain weight. I know that my body needs proper nutrients, but I don't want to become the binge eater I once was. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't know when I'm hungry because that hormone is gone, and I just feel lost.

The most exciting thing happened yesterday and I became so excited about the rest of my healthy life. I raced my 3 year old son to the mail box and back home. Yes this sounds silly but before there is no way I would have run in public. Yesterday I did it without even a second thought. We used to go on family walks and I would walk behind everyone and watch my husband chase around our kiddos and watch them giggle at him as they chased him down. Now I finally get in on the action. Being overweight I was to scared to go to Disneyland with them because I didn't know if it was safe to ride. I am going to plan a Disneyland trip for Christmas this year and guess what I will be g…

We all know this journey is just as much about the head journey as the scale journey. Today the head journey is winning! Thinking that my weight loss has stopped or being severly altered at just 9 weeks post op. I have lost 45 pounds since surgery pre op on 05052013. This month so far just 8 pounds.. I had a low bmi but wondering is this it? It can't be I know. I try not to be a slave to the scale but I weigh myself at least 3 or more times a week. Trying to be patient but just wondering what is the earliest someone has stopped losing? How could the weight loss slow down so quick! Sure this is my first sign of slowing but the head is messing with me. So glad to be in ONDE…

Any way I've been saying I'm 6 months when I was 5 months I just turned 6 months on the 21 first of this months so I hit 100 pound lost at 5 months I believe so I'm down 104 pounds if your surgery was 1/21/13 tell me how many months you are .. I must be having to much fun to keep up or I'm losing my mind lol

There are so many temptations in the world that I'm finding it hard to stay on track. I haven't had my surgery yet and I'm supposed to loose 34 pounds before they will even start the process. I'm down 17 but it's like a fight to go out side my home. There are so many fast food restaurants around that I find myself stopping at one on the way home. I've even started leaving my money at home so I can't buy anything. How has everyone else delt with this? I'm struggling every time I leave my comfort zone. It's like I can taste the food I want to eat. I feel like I'm a crackhead. Lol Does anyone have any helpful tools on how to get through this? Please!!!lbvs

I'm two weeks away from surgery, but I wanted to offer some advice regarding alcohol post-surgery. I know this is the type of thing you've probably heard about before, but wanted to share an experience. My ex-wife had bariatric surgery in 2004. At that point, we had been married for 14 years. She was never a drinker before that. I can remember a whole year going by without her even drinking a glass of wine. For the first couple of years after surgery, everything was fine. She lost nearly all of her excess weight. Then, she got a job at a restaurant where the staff would drink a glass of wine together at the end of the night. Within a year, she was an alcoholic. I…

I started crying this morning when I saw this!! I can't remember weight below 200!!! Maybe 15 years ago before I got pregnant with my second daughter and tomorrow I will be 6 months post op !!!!

Weighed in this morning and my bmi is 29.something- I have turned the obese corner forever! Loving my sleeve and loving my life! Have gone from a size 20W to a size 14, a size xxl to med or large in 4.5 months! Best thing I have EVER done!!!! So happy:)

Hi Everybody! Can I say that the Sleeve rocks! It is the very best thing that I have done for myself! I am a Revision... Lapband to Sleeve this past September. Wish I had done it soooo much sooner! I am so happy with my journey so far! Thanks, Dottie

Ok I have heard all of the good and now I want to hear all of the bad and the ugly. I don't care how bad it is. I want to hear. My sleeve date is Aug 7th. I really want to know EVERYTHING there is to know about the sleeve and i'm sure the good out weighs the bad but I NEED to know the bad. Thanks in advance.

Is being 10 weeks and I stop loosing I have 40 more pounds to goal weight. I did notice that for the last two weeks I am being eating a lot more. And feeling a lot tired. What should I do I dont feel restricted. S Any sujestions please I dont want to give up or anything like that. Please help next appointment with my surgeon is going to be in three weeks.

I had a bad eating day i feel like today.... does anybody fear so much about gaining their weight back? I feel like i worry about it to much. I do not ever want to be that fat man again I was so un happy, I just need to relaz. Anyways when it gets hard I just look at these pics. Hope it helps some one else out..

Stepped on the scale this morning and about fell off!! On Cloud Nine :D

I woke this morning to an email from Alex congratulating me on my anniversary with VST. What a difference a year makes. A year ago, I had just decided to move forward with surgery and joined VST after lurking for a few weeks. A year ago, I was carrying 133 more pounds than I am today. A year ago, I would never have believed that so many people that I had never met, would make such a profound difference in my life. So many of you here have been so many things to me that even those closest to me could not be. You walk in my shoes. We share a unique bond and I am thankful to so many of you for being a wealth of information, mentors, shoulders to lean on an…

I wanted to share this one with the board... I started 2013 at 300 lbs, today I am 232. Got some more work ahead of me but I am very excited at what I have accomplished. Also I finally broke down and bought new clothes... it was getting rediculous! Went from 54-56 pants to 46; 3x-4x shirts to XL.

I can't believe it has been 5 years! I had my surgery 5 years ago. Since then, I have lost nearly 70 pounds and what a difference that has made to my life. I am more active, feel better, and do more than I did when I was younger. Hope this can inspire someone to get the surgery. BTW, I am almost 65 years old and I'm planning a white water river raft expedition for next week. Something I would never have dreamed of 5 years ago!

On the way to hospital- excited and nervous.

You may not have known, but you are truly an inspiration to me. I wanted to make a special post to thank you for your dedication and guidance to so many people on this forum. Purely inspirational, and I hope I can pay forward a fraction of the inspiration that you have provided someday!! Cheers to you!!!

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it, but I'm officially in onederland!!! I never evereververever thought I'd EVER be a ONE hundred something pound person, again!! I had surgery February first. This was my one year goal...to be in onederland. The fact that I've met this goal about 6 months early is pretty amazing. I was going to share pics, but I'm going to save that for my next big weightloss goal, 100lbs!! Only 7lbs away!

My ample bottom actually fits in the chairs at my doctor's office! I no longer have to sit on the edge or have the arms dig into my thighs.

I don't like having my picture taken, so I don't have many before pics (especially at my highest weight right before surgery - 244 lbs.), but I want to share my journey so far. So here goes, a before pic and an after pic at 2 months out (at 201 lbs). It's not the best pic/lighting, so don't judge my camera skills. I haven't taken a body shot yet, but I'll post that when I do. Mainly I wanted to show how much you can see it in my face. It's surreal to see the side by side!

Did you buy the list of Vitamins needed or did your PCP write a prescription for you?

Just saw my surgery date ticker and turns out that today, July 19, happens to be 75 days since my surgery on May 6! My highest weight ever was 357 and my weight the day of surgery was 350... today I am 296 meaning I have lost 61 lbs and broke into the 200s! (is that Twoderville, Twonderland, etc ??) At 5'9, my goal weight for now is 200, which means I am 96 lbs away and have achieved 39% of my journey! Now for the NSVs... I have been Instagraming a lot (as many 21 year olds do nowadays)... I hadn't had any pics of myself on my Facebook in years. A restaurant I hadn't been to in awhile has very tight booths - for once I wasn't touching the table at all. I haven…

So, some of you already know, I will have been banded for a year on August 15. In that time, I've lost 100 pounds, and can hardly believe it. It is taking a long time for me to recognize certain victories, but I can say for certain that today was one of the best ones. I had to go to a wedding, and the dress I was planning on wearing ended up being way too big. I didn't know, until I attempted to get dressed, and started to freak out because I had nothing to wear. I called my mom, ran to her house, raided her closet and while holding my breath attempted to wear one of hers. Well, this formally size 24, was able to wear her mother's size 10! That's me, the blonde on the ri…

I'm 5 weeks out post op sleeve and from the very beginning I was very nauseas. My surgeon gave me Zofran and said it will take a little bit of time. I had to get use to my new stomach. Well 4 trips later to the ER with dehydration. And still nauseous they had to hospitalize me. I've been here 8 days and they had to give me everything through IV fluids including my protein. The only thing that helps my nausea is Phenegran by injection the pill form doesn't work for me. Im so miserable and unhappy with the sleeve. The sad thing is you dont know how your body will take it until you e had it done. I research this sleeve for two years before i decided to do it. Sadly I was not…

I'm down 65 lbs. It's been a bit tough at times, but I'm getting there, here's a progress picture.

Here are some better pics. Still not used to seeing the new me.

I had my first NSV! I have been waiting to have one of these . I went to buy a few pieces of clothing and I'm down one a size ! I'm so proud! I can't wait to hit the gym in the morning before church . I pray that the scale keeps going down. I know it will because I've changed my life !