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I'm just days shy of my 7 month surgeriversary!!!!! Yay!!!! Ok, so i'm 7 months out and I feel great. My clothes are L/M in Tops and Meduim/ 9 in bottoms (can squeeze into some7/8) and a size 36 waist that's crazy ... even my feet have lost weight from 9 to 7 1/2...
I'm feeling better than ever !!! I've lost 81 pounds and I'm LOVING IT!!!
the 1st pic is hard for me to see hard because i Know how unhappy i was at that weight. I'm so happy that i decided to do something about it ... LOVING my sleeve!!!
And here are my pics>>>Before 247(49in waist) finally meeting After 165(36in waist)

Tomorrow is the six month anniversary of my surgery. I've lost 65 pounds, and I'd like to lose 30 to 50 more pounds.
Yesterday, I met with my surgeon. All of my labs came back good. He warned me that my weight loss might slow down without exercise.
One problem for me is that I am not ingesting enough fluids. I have been keeping track of my food, and I think that it has a direct relation to my stalls. When I drink less, I tend to stall. When I up my Fluid intake, I lose weight.
I discussed this with my surgeon, and he said that it takes fluid to burn calories. If I'm dehydrated, I won't burn calories and the 40 ounces I normally drink probably isn't enough.
I increased my fluid intake yesterday, and I am down a pound this morning to 190.
I am very happy with my sleeve.
Before my surgery, I weighed 255 and was gaining weight despite efforts to exercise and eat right. It would take me months to lose 10 pounds, but I could gain them all back in a weekend if I wasn't careful.
My right ankle has severe osteoarthritis (spelling?), and it was painful. I'd take medicine for the pain and to help prevent swelling. It swelled frequently despite the medicine.
My girls' bedroom is upstairs, and I would rarely go upstairs because I was fearful of my ankle and because the stairs wore me out.
I hated buying clothes or trying anything on because I was so disgusted with myself.
More and more I found myself opting to not do things because I weighed too much.
I have gone from a size 20/22 to a 12. I now weigh 190 pounds, and I hope to break into the 180s this week.
I am active. I haven't had to take pain pills for my ankle since my surgery. It no longer swells up. I climb the stairs to my daughters' bedroom at least once a day if not more without any problems. Happily, I am eager to do things and love being active with my family.
The sleeve helped me change my life for the better.
When I first planned the surgery, I thought there was a possibility that I would lose all 115 pounds of my excess weight by this time. That hasn't happened, but I am not concerned with my progress either. There are so many other factors that go into losing weight, and I feel like I am right on track. More importantly, I am making exercise a regular part of my life.

Congratulations! I just bought size 14 jeans too. I was really happy because I didn't really think they would fit yet. Helped cheer me up a bit.