Jai Marie

Hey all I didnt know there was another AA sleevers thread... I always post on the other one. Now I have 2 to stay connected with yay!..
ANywho, im Joy..im 26 and I live in long beach.. was sleeved when i was still 25 (lol) in sept 2011 (sept 1st to be exact).
Day of surgery..270 pounds size 20 waist
currently im 204 wearing size 11... still wanna lose another 50... ive yet to exercise.. but imma start! I have a trip to miami for memorial day to get me started! LOL

Ok i guess im far enough out to post a pic now... its not a dress but hey its a before and after...
before 270 pounds...size 20 jeans
today 204 pounds.. size 11 jeans

Ok i guess im far enough out to post a pic now... its not a dress but hey its a before and after...
before 270 pounds...size 20 jeans
today 204 pounds.. size 11 jeans

Ok i guess im far enough out to post a pic now... its not a dress but hey its a before and after...
before 270 pounds...size 20 jeans
today 204 pounds.. size 11 jeans

Ok i guess im far enough out to post a pic now... its not a dress but hey its a before and after...
before 270 pounds...size 20 jeans
today 204 pounds.. size 11 jeans

Hey all I didnt know there was another AA sleevers thread... I always post on the other one. Now I have 2 to stay connected with yay!..
ANywho, im Joy..im 26 and I live in long beach.. was sleeved when i was still 25 (lol) in sept 2011 (sept 1st to be exact).
Day of surgery..270 pounds size 20 waist
currently im 204 wearing size 11... still wanna lose another 50... ive yet to exercise.. but imma start! I have a trip to miami for memorial day to get me started! LOL

Ok i guess im far enough out to post a pic now... its not a dress but hey its a before and after...
before 270 pounds...size 20 jeans
today 204 pounds.. size 11 jeans

Thank you! and no i dont exercise lol.. I eat what i want when I want and have yet to walk, run, or hit a gym. Dont recommend anyone follow those habits.. but hey im only being honest...i WANT to start working out. Ill be in miami for memorial day and want to b close to fitting in a bikini if not in one...
my weakness are CHIPS..any chips LOL
I just gotta find a routine that works SOLELY for ME and stick to it.. everyone will progress at their own stage anyway ya know?

Ask them if they can hold their breath for 30 seconds. Then when they say yes, ask if they can hold their breath for 50 years. Starvation has always been considered torture but people really believe that a lifetime of starving ourselves while feeing hungry should be a-OK and is just a matter of will power. Ain't gonna happen. Our biology works against it at every level. Only by altering our biology can the majority of us change the game. At least that's my current opinion.

I had to tell someone that I wouldn't be having surgery if I could do it on my own. I wouldn't risk going under anesthesia for the first time and I wouldn't ask someone to remove the majority of my stomach if I was capable of doing it on my own.
The best thing that I have learned is to not care one way or the other what people think about it. I am doing it for my health and so I can live to see my kid grow up. If other people don't like it, they are entitled to their opinion, but it doesn't really matter to me.

I beg to differ. I'd say that emotion eating and addiction play the biggest part in weight gain. I know several people who eat only healthy foods but way too much of them. It is okay to enjoy ALL foods in moderation. If fastfood is a trigger for you (mine is sodas) then stay away from it. Make the best choices you can and understand that treats, like fastfood, are just that. They are not everyday food.

LOL.. thanks!!! i just wanted to be honest.. we will be stuck outside or will just feel like eating there... its natural... its not like we can eat a couple of big macs anyway, so whats the big deal !!!
@LESLIE: LOL.. glad i'm not alone!!!
FYI everyone else:
I would love to order a grilled chicken anything, but I live in Korea... 7,000 miles from home, and the menu at McD's is laughably limited.. only crispy chicken, nuggets, or beef... and i'm not a big beef fan even though i'm from Texas and salad on the menu.... now I'm really laughing... the only salad on the menu here is a corn salad.. (a cup of corn with mayo mixed in... ugghhh.!!) this is a carb centric society that i'm living in... Fat free or sugar free anything... HAHAHAHA!!! even yogurt.... full fat and sugar or nothing... a bit limited!!
I'm sure once im back in the US i will be able to make healthier food choices... then again if i want to eat a chicken nugget i will... it wasn't eating 3 chicken nuggets that made my ass this big, it was eating 20 plus fries...
Oh, just want to say that even some of the long timers on here admit to eating crap... but they stress that it is okay, as long as it doesn't become an everyday occurrence and as long as you realize what you are taking in...

I love reading this post. I am glad everyone can be honest enough and share even if they don't agree with the rest. I am just over two months out and I just don't crave fast food like I did before. Before it was almost a daily thing, sometimes even twice a day especially late nite after work to just swing by Mc'Ds was quick fast and easy. I will admit I have stopped for food at wendy's twice. Once during mushy stages and got the chili it was great. Also, recently for Breakfast I got the egg n' sausage burrito from the $1. Peel the tortilla and ate the insides. It was great. I think as long as you are consicious about making better choices and not overeating in the end you will be just fine. It is very apparent everyone on here made the better choice not including or limiting fries, no sugar, no bread/less carb versions of what they wanted. For me it was the everyday or several times a week habit with 2 mcdoubles, a mcchicken, of course fries and a large drink, oh and maybe an apple pie if I felt I deserved it after work that got me so big. Not the occasion piece of chx and lettuce. Congrats to all of you out there living your lives. We didn't make this choice to change who we are and stop living, but to better ourselves and become heathier verisions of us.

Hell yea to the sleeve!!!
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