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Lissa, you are correct. She told me before and after the surgery. I was beautiful, period! She is truly a wonderful friend to me. I love her dearly.

I really hated looking at myself before my sleeve. However, one of my dearest friends had taken a picture of me 1-month before my surgery while at a football game. This picture truly showed how large I had become. I hated this picture, but it's proof of what the sleeve can do for you. The second picture is this past weekend. The success of my sleeve is truly visible. I'm very proud to have taken the opportunity to save my life and make the sleeve work for me. Good luck to all of you who have undergone and/are beginning this transformation.

A big shout out to you! Congrats! I'm almost there...201!!! Get me there. Get me there!

Beautiful!

I am 3-months post-op. I can tell you from my experience it is a chore to eat. I always try to get a protien shake in for the morning to get at least 1/2 my protien in for the day. Then I have some cheese cubes about 5, some tuna or chicken salad with 5-crackers for lunch. dinner, well, I don't cook anymore so it's either some protien or a salad with some cheese, bacon bits, and fat free dressing. I guess the worst part is remembering to eat for me. Sometime I don't remember and it's my sleeve that reminds me.

WOO HOO! You rocked your sleeve, girl!

I was 5'7" and just at 310 when I had decided I was going to do it. I lost 25 lbs before my consult.

Agreed, Lissa! I'm trying to stay good. I've basically lost all my clothes and most of my shoes. I've had to purchase 3 pair of work pants, 2-pairs of jeans and some tops. I blew past the 18 and basically the 16. Don't think I'll be buying for a bit until I hit the next round of my clothes falling off again.

Jeni, I've gone down from a 9 to an 8-1/2, but it was the widith of my foot that moved from a WW or W to a Med. The narrow stuff I can't do.

So, I've been trying to be good on the shopping side. I guess my biggest love of shoes is greater than my love for food....thankfully that one is finally under control...thank you sleeve. Today I had to return a pair of heels that I really didn't like, and I exchanged them for a pair of sandals since I have lost my other sandals to weight loss. But, being bored and tired of working and studying I ended up in a department store trying on shoes for 1.5 hours. I finally picked on pair of red stacked heels...the were cute and would go nicely with jeans. Did I mention I love shoes? (yeah, I've probably purchased 8 new pair in the last two months)...bad, bad. But it's such a dream to finally be able to wear beautiful shoes again and not just one's that fit my feet. But it didn't stop there. I decided to try on some designer jeans. I pulled a size 16 and they were too big. The sales lady kindly brought me a size 14 and oh yeah...they looked fabulous! Then, I walked over the the Calvin Klein's and decided to try my luck. My gosh...the outfit fit and it was on-sale!!!! I really don't know how to behave having the ability to buy "regular" clothes. For over 20-years I've only shopped the women's section. But now this is just crazy. I have to be careful I could really begin to love shopping for the 1st time in my life.

So far, that has been one of my favorite NSV!

Congrats to you! You're doing a great job.

I loved that one too. I just changed out my necklace (which was way to long) to the original one I bought with my diamond pendant. It fits! WOO HOO! Oh yeah, I had a link removed from my watch today too!

You look amazing!

Oh yeah! I will love it when that happens! Congrats!

Great Job!

Congrats! I'm about 11 lbs from wonderland, but total weight loss at 99lbs! Go away that one lb!!!

LOL...that was hilarious!

Great job! you look awesome!

Great job! Congrats!

YAY!! I'm close...just 15-lbs from there myself! Let the party begin!

ME too! I noticed that a few weeks ago and thought....what the heck, why are my knees hurting. Then I realized it was my bones! Love that pillow I put between my knees at night now. :-)

AWESOME! You go girl!

Thanks, Diva! It truly is a journey.