diedie

Today marks 5 months post op. I have lost 62 lbs. I feel great and I have so much energy. I love my sleeve!
First time posting picks on here...

Shanked in prison... Shuts them up every time!

I am ready to post some before and after pics now -61 pounds down since surgery day november 11th 2012.

Even though i hated my before pics, it takes a lots of courage to ost these!!

Before:230
now: 169.8

Black = night before surgery 264 pounds
White= 5 weeks post-op 232 pounds

[ATTACH]10429[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]10431[/ATTACH]
First pic 267 second 193 got 40 more to loose

I cheated as well on my liquid diet. Try your hardest to stay on track today. The other thing I did was drank a bottle of magnesium citrate. You need to stay focused today through your surgery date Wednesday. I know how hard it is. If I did it. You can do it. Don't risk the chance of them canceling your surgery because of your cheating. Good luck, it's worth it. I'm 11 months out and have lost 115 lbs.

Any kind of potato chip!
And god I love cheez it's

You look amazing!!! High boots is a NSV I cant wait for!

All great advice. He promises he won't do anything until we are in a better situation. I do believe him. He says he is fully aware of his past behavior and won't do anything to screw things up. Thank u everyone for your advice. I am going to stick this out a little longer. I've never prayed but maybe now is a good time to start. I just want peace in my life Thank u everyone again. It feels great have this group xoxo

[ATTACH]10429[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]10431[/ATTACH]
First pic 267 second 193 got 40 more to loose

Congrats !!! You look beautiful

Im not young im.35 but i wanted to wish you good luck i wish i had this option available at your age. I love my sleeve i believe you will too.

Anyway, I believe everything was expressed with OP and 3 or 4 individuals... Maybe this thread needs to take a Xanax and calm down.

So, I share these thoughts in this forum becuase they do cross my mind.
Just to be clear 98% of the time I am running around....woohooo.... I am no longer carrying around the weight of an extra person!!!! Who the hell cares what my BMI or scale number says - I feel great, i look about 4 hundred million times better then I did before.
In truth, I am not as obsessed about this crappola as I make it sound. My hubs has not been the most supportive person in the world, and he really doesn't issue compliments. He did say to me that I am "the same size or smaller then the typical woman my age." He is right and it isn't worth stressing over a few pounds over or under. Of course, he couldn't leave well enough alone and finished the remark "but that is because everybody has gotten so fat these days" groan.
I keep a few before pictures highly visible - so I see them everyday... just to keep that mind of mine in line and behaving itself!!!
that final pic - that is me on the right with the shiny earring. do I even look like the same person??? Who the heck cares about a couple of pounds???
I didn't notice until just now - in the before pics I am oozing out of my shoes even. My goodness, I even had obese feet!!!! I had to get rid of those shoes as they got too big!!!!

I was looking through some old pictures of mine, and then some others on here. The "befores". I noticed the strained smiles and pain in the eyes. We were all hurting so much. That is one of the big gifts of the sleeve. Freedom from that pain when a camera is pointed your way, or your spouse sees you naked with the lights on, or your last pair of pants don't fit. Why did that pain send me running to food? It did. Than the guilt and self incriminations! I am still in the loosing phase, but somewhere during my loss that voice got nixed. I don't even mind my husband seeing me with the lights on! I want a ticker for that! Or maybe a parade.

Just had a thought... if I'd lowered my goal to 163 I would be at goal...lol!!!

Hey! *waves*
Just found this and was compelled to post!
Just want to say, thank you to each and every one of you who posted kind words about me! Heart warming indeed!
The reason i don't post that often nowadays is because I feel that many newbies and not so newbies don't think my journey is successful cos I ain't at goal. Often I will post and my comments are over looked... I guess I can't be bothered to be ignored!
However, I do pop on here most days and stay in touch with my sleeve friends!
I am sure my story is not uncommon, the fact that I am still around here is more to do with me being proud of my achievements, regardless of that stupid scale, whereas others might see not reaching goal as a failure.
I have to be honest, I was in that failure place... and believe me it was dark, damp and ugly. I really had to kick my own ar*e - with the lil help of my cyber friends (you know who you are) - and get on with it!!
I've said it elsewhere, so forgive me if you've read this before...
Over the last 2 - 2 1/2 years there has been many 'issues' in my personal life that has really knocked me for six, and only now on reflection can I see that I have come through them as a better, stronger person - with no weight gain - NSV right there.
I was told that I was peri menopausal 2 years ago, but I have had the 'symptoms' a long time before that - I just blamed my weight! I am now menopausal at 41 yrs of age, and although it is not an excuse, I do feel that is part explains why my body has stopped losing and would seem rather comfortable at this weight! Stupid body.Since being sleeved I have also had other health complaints... are they other reasons for my lack of weight loss? Who knows!
The upshot is that I've been in a stall for nearly 18 mths. I've exercised, dieted, done the refeed, taken time out and so on with no results on the scale. Do I stop trying... hell no! My sleeve is precious to me, it has given me a life back that I never thought I would ever get! There is no expiry date on this bad boy!
Will I make goal? Dunno! Do I care... yes!!!
For those of you who know me, you will know that I will keep on keeping on... I've got my eye on the prize!
Oh and to Celebrate my 'failure' *coughs*, I mean success I am getting a TT with uplift this week. And that will only mean one thing... yep! Me rocking a new pair of skinny jeans...lol!
Seriously though, if you consider yourself a slow loser, cut yourself some slack. Take a deep breath and remember the bigger picture.
I used to say that my journey to goal was the scenic route because it is much prettier!!

I think of "coops" when I think of a slow loser who always kept moving forward and sticking to plan. She was sleeved sometime mid 2010 and hit goal maybe just in late 2012. Coops was always my hero, a true testament to the story of our sleeve is but a tool...follow the plan for the weight to come off.
Search members coops and read about her incredible journey.

Hey folks - I tried to post a thread on the Success board in an attempt to stave off some of the frantic "I'm a slow loser" posts.
But what I meant to be a motivational thread that invited OTHER slow losers to share (so it could motivate everyone else) instead got picked up by just a small handful of newbies and turned into a "Yay Cheri!" post. Not my intent at all.
If any of you are also slower losers (as in, you didn't drop 110 pounds in five months) I'd ask you to please share your story there so people can find it. If we get enough good posts there, the thread might merit pinning.
No, it won't stop the frantic slow loser posts but it might give reassurance and help adjust the expectations of people that research.
I know a number of people that could post there (where are you, coops!) but the thread was quickly buried.
Here's a link if you're willing to share. I know a lot of you are at/close to goal after just a year. I'd be happy if you'd share a more moderate experience, too, but I'd love to see the folks that took 1 year + to reach goal posting.
Too many people have this idea that there's a magical window of loss when it simply isn't so. Hungry and hormonal people are already crazy...add in a scale freakout and people lose their heads altogether.
~Cheri
http://www.verticals...w-loss-success/

I tell everyone as well that asks. I don't give a flying f bomb what people think of me nor do I care.

Always been busty. Had a reduction at 17 to go from 36g to 36c. Gained weight and got to 40ddd. But when I lost weight I never got smaller then 36 full c to 36 small d. DH is a boob man. So I hope they don't end up looking like eggs on a nail....

Same here!!! I will do everything I can to keep from these pups heading south.
Mine have stayed the same in the cup...but I have lost several inches around my chest.

Not a little black dress, but I love these pics.
For reference