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Hey there everyone hope your Xmas went well.. Just felt like posting my latest update.. Just hit 4 months from the beginning of my diet journey.. 4 long months, lots of dedication and determination and following my plan to the letter; not once going off track. I'm very proud of myself and looking toward the future with confidence. BRING ON 2020 As of today I'm 115lbs Gone!! HW 322 CW 207 GW 180-190 MIKE.

Hi all As you can see, I am a brand new user on this forum. However I have been lurking for awhile. I want to use my first post to share how grateful I am for your candidness and how truly impressed I am with your courage sharing intimate details of your personal journeys. I have learned so much from you all, not just about the basics of WLS etc, but about inspiration, motivation, determination, and compassion towards ourselves and others. If ever I’ve needed a pick me up or some words of encouragement, I have found it here. Thank you all and I look forward to becoming an active member of this community!

Im literally bringing in the new year with a new me. I would love to connect with someone to share the journey with Sent from my SM-G960U using BariatricPal mobile app

#1: it's absolutely normal to have "cold feet" and second thoughts as you come closer to surgery. I know I did. Heck, I was crying as they strapped me to the surgery table! #2: Sagging skin is kind of a case-by-case situation with many factors contributing such as age, sex, skin type, general health, size/how much weight you have to lose, and possibly how long you've been overweight/obese. I've been down the weight loss surgery path twice and my personal experience may help. I had lap band surgery in 2005. I was 35 years old and had 125lbs to lose to get to "ideal" or normal BMI. I lost 90lbs of that. I made it out of the "obese" BMI into "overweight". I felt great and had VERY LITTLE sagging skin. I had my lap band out in 2009 due to a slip and did well maintaining until 2014. I had some major upheavals in my life and did some comfort and binge eating. By 2016, I had gained ALL of my weight back and was right back where I started before the lap band. I had trouble sticking to diets and knew that my lap band had been successful until the slip, so I decided on the gastric sleeve. To date, I've lost 86 lbs and am about 15 lbs away from my all-time low with the lap band. I'm happy. I feel great. BUT...I'm also almost 15 years older and my skin (a source of pride and joy to me all my life) is letting me down. I joked to my family a week or 2 ago: I'm starting to look like a hairless Shar-pei dog. My neck waddle is OK in some positions, but if gravity is working against me it's downright embarrassing. My arms have developed flappy wings and my thighs look deflated with lumpy protrusions where my chub used to rub. I'm VERY happy with my weight loss results and I wouldn't change a thing, but for the 1st time in my life plastic surgery seems like a real possibility for me. I started this 2nd weight loss journey with no plans for plastic surgery, even though a friend of mine (also a WLS patient) gave me her plastic surgeon's personal contact info. My advice: you're young (22), decide what's important to you. You came to this WLS party with a dream or a goal in mind. Don't lose sight of that. Whether or not you get saggy skin, there are options. Best of luck!

I will be starting the process for Weight-Loss Surgery!!!! I get my email for orientation for the classes I will be taking at Kaiser Permanente by email.

I need to join this too!

There is an entire slow loser club here at this forum that you don’t hear from as much. People are way more likely to post good news than bad. I too am a slow loser but will not give up the fight

Congrats! My surgery is scheduled for the 31st. I did my pre op blood work and chest x-ray today. I slip up on my liquid diet in day 4. I had a sausage pattie but since then i have been good. I have already lost close to 30lbs since starting my journey. So i feel i have a strong A- lol Sent from my SM-G960U using BariatricPal mobile app

Thank you - I will look into stool softeners as I didn’t realise there was a difference - good tip about no food too.

Thank you all, you have served your doody! Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using BariatricPal mobile app