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thanks so much laylasmojo! I have done all of my interviews and have already been deemed medically fit! My first choice is to be a pilot so that's my goal! I rrrreally want to be fit for my basic training and be fit for my career.. I'm really hoping to get most physically fit female when I graduate basic training!

congraats!!! you should feel proud of yourself!!!

Good luck with your surgery BriarRose!!! Im really gald that I did this NOW before I have to worry about anyone else Now I know when I have children I will be able to be there for them in all ways required

Becca.... Good luck on your sleeve surgery!! I know you will do great! MP8BTC--> I want to fly in the air!! and I want to be healthy and happy for as long as i can!!! I thought Id put my story out there for everyone.. it might strike a cord with someone

i started to crave raw salmon sahimi and eel and tuna and anything fish it was really weird.. i think my body wants those sources of protein???? im not too sure? lol

Hello everyone! Here is my story as to how I got here and why I am a Sleever! When I was a young girl I was always a little plump or chubby. I knew that I was because anytime I would go shopping with my mom and I was in the change room I would hear her say to the sales lady " she is a little chunky so this one might not fit so could you get a size up please..." or "hunny you cant buy those shoes because they are way to narrow for your wide feet" etc Yes she was right no matter how much i weighed my feet were and are wide however this was a crutch in my awareness of body image. I attended a catholic school for most of my life and I remember being a very impressionable child praying to God to make me skinny one day. These are definitely memories that I would love to forget but they are ever present in my mind. I stayed miserably plump until I went into high school. Now, I must say that I started to sneak Snacks here and there because i wanted those snacks so badly... I dont think my parents ever knew that. But even with the snacking I was a VERY active kid. I played soccer in the summer and I was always outside with my friends. When I hit High School age I started playing Hockey in the winters and took up Rugby, Soccer and Golf when it was warmer. I slowly lost my "baby weight" and during my high school years i bounced between 130lbs and 150lbs. After graduating from High School I was in a very serious relationship with my now husband and became "comfortable" as most would put it. My highly active lifestyle came to a stand still. I no longer had the time or money to play so many different sports and as a consequence the weight began to pile on pound after pound. Every single time that I would come home to visit my parents my mom would mention to me that she noticed i gained more weight since last time she had seen me.. this always bothered me but you can not silence a lion! As my second year progressed I was climbing the scales and reaching the 200lb mark quickly. During that year my hubby proposed to me and thats when the comments about my weight increased from my mom. She would tell me that if I did not lose weight that my DH would find more attractive women else where and cheat on me ... I was hurt and argued but I couldnt help fearing that there was some truth to it. By my third year of University I decided to join Herbal Magic (a weightloss company that gives u supplements to curb appetite while following their eating plan) and when I began that program I was up to 212lbs. over all i lost a little over 40 lbs and was feeling great. My DH and I got married the following May and I was about 175lbs on my wedding day. Although i felt accomplished I could not afford to keep up with the purchasing of the supplements (225$/month) especially because we were living on student part time wages. So, unfortunately slowly but surely the weight crept back on and there I was back to 214lbs!!! I felt like a total failure! I tried doing the Atkins diet but never lost a lb it was terrible feeling, working so hard and not seeing any results. My DH and i started running every morning before work and I still didnt see any results... I finally threw in the towel because i thought this is where my body wanted me to be. BUT I want to follow my dream of becoming a pilot for the Air Force, So i really took working out seriously but never saw the results i wanted to see. I grew up in a military household where both parents were in the forces... so working out was always hard core every time. THEN!!! I discovered information about the VSG and was obsessed with research and finding out how i could make this possible! I made the necessary adjustments in order to get financing for my sleeve and there I was on Oct 1, 2010 in Tijuana getting my sleeve!!! Its been 7 weeks tomorrow since surgery and as of last friday when i last weighed myself I have lost 30 lbs!!! Im at 184lbs, but Im weighing myself tomorrow to see where I am at the 7 week mark! I was very lucky to have found this option so early in my life! i have had no negative side effects from the surgery.. not one day of nausea or acid reflux. I feel great!!! I cant wait to Celebrate my 23rd birthday in June a totally new person... by then I hope to be in Basic Training so that i can become an officer in the military!! thanks for listening! Jackie

:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: Thank you for your personal story! I am hoping that you get VSG and that all of your tests go well!!! I am almost 7 weeks out now and i am feeling fabulous! this is the best decision I have ever made and Im sure you will feel the same when you are where I am now!! Because of your personal story I am planning to write one of my own after I reply on your thread Thank you!

YAY Brian! Welcome to the club... Ur doing amazing! I totally agree that this surgery is not the easy way out but rather a very effective tool in aiding in our battles against obesity! Thanks for ur post!

awesome job! Congrats on your continual success... I'm just over 6 weeks out and its so great to hear about that glorious light at the end of the tunnel! Thank you!

congrats on ur decision... I'm 22 and just got my sleeve the beginning of October... So far in 6 weeks I'm down 30 lbs.. I feel great and my feelings of hunger and incessant need for food has been totally abolished! I'm loving it.. And most of all I love knowing that I'm going to reach my goal and stay there! Good luck!

WOOOOOOOOWHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Way to go girl!! YOU DID IT!!! COngratulations :cheer2:

Thanks for all of the support!!! things are definitely going well Im hoping i can do another 30 in the next 6 weeks... that would take me to Christmas eve!!! thats my goal so we will all see whether or not i can make it!

Thanks for your post!... I have had no negative side effects with eating foods just like you! I thought maybe I would be intolerant to some foods but i feel so lucky that im not!... As for me eating bad foods, I have seized that behaviour. My thought process in not eating bad foods is the thought of putting that food in my body and not getting the proper nutrients from it. Due to the fact that we are unable to eat alot of food the little food that we sleevers put in our mouths is very important as far as nutrients go. I really want to treat my body like a temple because at the end of the day its all that we have! I always tried before hand but my LARGE appetite stopped my from making the best choices that i could make... now that i have more control it is alot easier! Good luck Estrellita! And congrats on your continuous weight loss!

Most of the people who give you comments like that are A) jealous or feeling uncomfortable because they are not to used to the "new" you You look great but what ever your goal is, keep that #1 on your mind!! COngrats so far on your weightloss!!!

looking great! Way to go!!! near death experience? I'm glad ur ok and was able to get ur sleeve

Hey everyone !!! Just wanted to let you all know that today is my 6 week surgiversary and im down 30 lbs!!! YES SIR YES SIR!!! Im feeling great.. i have started to eat a lot of beef and turkey Jerky because i love it and its a good grab and go snack! I hope everyone is feeling great today, I surely am!! Im pretty happy with everything so far and I actually feel like being a normal BMI and keeping my body like that is actually attainable! THANK GOD!!! HUGZ Jackie!!

in the same boat... happened to me the other day... its weird to bring it up but its great to know they are TOOOOO BIG!!! heheheh!! good one to bring up!

Hey Octobers I had my surgery on the 1st of October and so far I have lost a whopping 28lbs lol... looking at everyone else's losses I feel like im oon the slower end but I have i think about 61 more pounds to lose to get to goal so thats sort of exciting... I have not had any issues with any foods or anything like that... not one day since surgery have i experienced heartburn or naseau but i am gassey after eating or drinking.. which i know is normal lol! glad to see all of the great progress so far!!!

I'm 5 weeks out tomorrow and I got my period about 2 -3 weeks before my surgery... And when I was due to get my first cycle post op I was late... I was sorta scared and worried that I might be pregnant so I too took a test... Negative TG! But about 5 days after that my period started ... Now today its full on and I'm like ugh go away lol!.....

Welcome to VST Matt!!! the liquid stage right after surgery is sort of an awkward spot for me anyway. Many people just didnt understand what was going on with me when i was on the liquid stage of my post op diet... and I was not always up to explaining why I was doing it.. Energy wise for me, I had my surgery Oct 1 and I was back to work on the 7th. I definitely think that it is doable for you but if you are able to get the surgery a bit sooner.. Id personally do that... only because im impatient and it at least gives you a few more weeks to get yourself ready for this interview!!! .... I wish you all the best and I really hope that everything with your VSG and interview go amazingly for you!! You wont regret it one bit... maybe a little buyers remorse the day after surgery but that will pass

awesome news!! sleeeeve to the rescue! Another one saved!

Good Morning everyone! Today I have been officially sleeved for 4 weeks! I have lost a total of 21 lbs and unfortunately i did not take my measurements so I do not know how many inches i have lost but i know there have been alot. Especially in the stomach region and legs!!!! its really nice to be putting on my pants for work and they can literally be pulled right down because they are too big There is definitely no feeling like knowing things are working!! I am not disappointed that i have only lost 21lbs because i know that I am already one quarter of my way down to get to goal! Well, I hope that everyone has a great friday and lets work those sleeves girls and guys!!!!

the reason why this article did not SHOCK me is because I know how many people out there in the world are UNEDUCATED about the complexity in regards to obesity. Yes I realized that I should probably do something to live a healthier life by choosing VSG but I also understand the biochemical reasons as to why it is so simple and so difficult to become obese and then try to lose the weight. There is a lesson to be learnt by all of this regardless if we want to recognize it or not. The general public (who has a "normal BMI) has no clue when it comes to the issues involving obesity because their body does not react the same as an obese person. For example we all know countless people in and around our lives who are a normal BMI and eat fast food, junk, and have not experienced weight gain where as the obese can eat whole foods, that is deemed healthful foods and still be obese. Yes life is not fair but writers who are going to post something so uneducated is just asking for a war. Needless to say.. just down right immature.

LOL!! Gayle, I do the exact same thing!! when i realized my weight moved i go to change my ticker immediately! its so funny how that happens but i guess im not the only one that does that!! ... i have just experienced my first "3 week stall" and Im not beating myslef up over it because i know that the body naturally has stalls during weight loss as to adjust to the changes that we are going through! when its over its really amazing and you start to celebrate!!!

i just watched the story online and I didnt feel like it was a negative towards the surgery what so ever!! yay for that... and yeah i think Sleeve is going to become alot more popular http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/surgery-vertical-sleeve-gastrectomy-11968867 thats the link to the actual video they showed last night on ABC if anyone wants to watch it Im not even 4 weeks out yet and im down 20lbs .. which is about a quarter of the weight i need to lose to get to goal!! YAYAYAY!! 8)