LaBelle509

I wish the best of luck on your journey!! I was very concerned before surgery as well, and let me tell you IT WAS ALL WORTH IT!! I only wish I had done it sooner!

great job!

thank you:)

yes, what did you have? how much?

Huge congrats on all your hard work clearly paying off. But I wanted to add that you look smoken' hot with the short hair from your before picture Not sure if you want to go short again, but you really pull it off.

My hair really took a hit post surgery:( so I am using weaves for now so I don't have to process my hair with the perm or apply heat to it. But as soon my hair is strong enough, I will go back to my short style:)

Very nicely put! You look fabulous! Congratulations!

Now if only I could look fabulous with my clothes off lol!!!!! THIS IS TAKING A TOLL ON MY BODY!! I have some serious fixin' to do lol!

You are an inspiration!

thanks!! Many others on this site gave me the strength to push forward.

Congrats! You look amazing and I can't wait to have those same feelings!

you will!! It has not been easy!! I cried plenty and had to dig deep to walk away from temptation. Every time I did, I felt stronger and more motivated:)

Hang in there! It's will pay off at the end:)

You look AMAZING!!! Thanks for sharing!!

thank you!!

Holy smoke that was a lot!!

Welcome to the loser's bench! It is a wonderful place to be:)

You look beautiful!! And you're allowed to eat cheetos, just in moderation. =)

thank you. And that's the key right there, moderation. Sadly I am just now learning what it means and I am afraid of messing up and finding myself back at 348 lbs:(

You look ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! You're gorgeous Lady! Congradulations on what you've accomplished so far & Good Luck on the rest of your journey.

I ate half a bag of those chicken & waffle chips. I felt so bad until I realized that I hadn't eaten anything like that in months & this wasn't something I would do on a regular. So I ate the other half a couple of days later but made sure I drank an extra 20 oz of water to compensate.

thank you!

I didn't really feel guilty. Just surprised that I ate as much as I did. But before I would have been able to eat the whole bag, plus soda, plus whatever else. After I ate them, I had to just do a shake for supper since I was still full.

Great job! You look Amazing!

Thank you:)

I ate the other half of the cheetos! LOL

LOL!!!! Not true! I taped it shut and swore to myself I will not eat them until Friday!!!

You look beautiful! Great job

thank you very much!

Great job girl, you have done awesome, congrats

thank you:)

You look beautiful! Great job!

thank you!!

Congrats on your weight loss!! Best of luck on your weight loss journey. You are going to have some stalls, so try not to measure your success solely by the scale. Take pictures, and pay attention to how your clothes fit you.

As for your coworkers, be very careful with them. Some will encourage you, some will go out of their way to make you "regret" having the surgery. At first I shared with a few of them what I wanted to do. It got ugly lol! I stopped talking about it, because the thought of having surgery was enough. I did not need the unnecessary comments. One told me, maybe I did not know what to do with the money, so she suggested that I let her borrow it! She told me to just stop eating and I would not be so fat!!

So I changed tactic on them. I never mentioned the surgery. When I came back, I did the same. I was very vague and generic with my answers or didn't answer at all.

"How are you feeling? = I feel fantastic. How are you?"

"What do you eat? = whatever I want"

"how much can you eat?= as much as I want"

" how much have you lost?= not enough!!"

"how much do you weigh now? = child you must be crazy!!"

I knew it wasn't coming from a good place so I never shared my journey with them. I come to this site for all my venting, sharing, and bragging but that's it.

I would never forget, one came up to me and said You look the same to me. I smiled and said " so do you my dear".

Make sure you bring your meals with you, water bottle, and your snacks as well. I do not eat anything at the office that wasn't planned for by me.

Good luck to you on your journey!!!

You look absolutely Beautiful! Congratulations! You certainly have taken your Dr. Advice and used that tool to the fullest! You are a great example of success!

it's not always easy to follow all the guidelines; but when I do, it shows:)

wow what can i say, but omg what a transformation well done no wonder you love your sleeve x

thank you!! when the doctor told me " it's a tool, it wont work if you don't use" I had no idea how serious that statement was. Now I know lol!!

vavavoommm Missy.... U r gorgeous and congrats

TD41

thank you!

18 months?! this is insane!!

wonderful!! you look so happy and so does your hubby.

I love your hair!!

I am extremely happy actually lol!!

you look awesome, keep it up.....I cant wait to get there

You will get there before you know:)