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Isn't it great! What's old is new:). Keep up the great job.

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Me too I'm 2.5 months out. Figuring out what to eat sometimes gets frustrating! Soup and shakes suit me fine ...

I feel the same way!! It seems like a chore to eat and I worry that what I eat is going to make me sick, slime or just taste different. I'm not complaining but eating seems so over rated lately!

i hate food now. really at this stage im ready to go back to just shakes and liquid diet.< /p>

I have lost 61 lbs so far. It's coming off much slower, but I am so happy I did this. Sometimes it gets frustrating when you really want to sit down and eat, but after a couple of bites you are stuffed. When I put on my smaller jeans and my beautiful new coat from Victoria's Secret, I know that it's all worth it.

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That's not love, that's more like borderline verbal abuse. Run now, get skinny and he will be so regretful. His loss, you're better than that!
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That is exactly why I have not told anyone. My husband and I are the only ones that know of course except my online support friends:)

Congrats! You look wonderful

I spent the last few hours putting thousands of dollars of clothes on ebay that no longer fit thanks to my sleeve!!! I just wanted to give everyone a heads up because I put a buy it now price on everything as well as a bidding so not sure how fast things will go. I'm selling 20+ pairs of silver jeans (most sizes 18 and a couple 16) also some other jeans that fit similar to silvers at the same sizes, along with a few pairs of casual khaki type pants/shorts, tons of shirts and dresses that fit xxl to xl. I'm an hourglass figure with extra minutes so the tops will be accomidating for those of you with large breasts (mine are 36ddd) and the bottoms are for those of us who don't want pants up past our belly buttons and fit good for those with large thighs and bottoms and more defined waists from their hips. Most of these clothes are barely worn or never worn seeing that I have a shopping addiction but live in scrubs since I work ALL the time with no time to wear real clothes. My name on ebay is ebaytna6468 if you want to look me up and see if you are interested in any great clothes for a faction of the cost I paid.

I cannot believe it, I'm one year out from my sleeve surgery. I remember my doctor told me this would happen. Last night I moved my SIZE 6 dress pants into my closet!!!! Even though my doctor said it would happen, that I would get down this small, in the back of my mind I had my doubts. But I'm here! I did it and according to my doctor, I'm not finished. He says I should/WILL get down one more size into a 4. Absolutely, freaking, fantastic!!!

The title says it all - I immediately start fretting that I am not at goal so i cant do a commercial - then on to I need tooth whitening strips, to get some self tanner and some clothes that actually fit haha. I will let you guys know how it goes. My hubby will most likely be in it as well (though I have not told him yet haha) he's down 130+ lbs. since his own VSG two weeks before my own and is right at goal - waaaaay soooner than we ever expected.
If we do end up doing this i will be sure to post a link.
Here is my surgeon's new site: http://www.swedishweightloss.com/

Before surgery I think I had reached a tipping point. That is a point at which if I hadn't lost weight I would have gotten sicker and sicker and then eventually died from being overweight. I had a mild heart condition that would have gotten worse if my blood pressure would have continued to be high and a fatty liver and I couldn't walk very far without a lot of pain. And my blood sugar was a little high and I weighed 240 lbs.
I think I have reached the tipping point again going back the other way. I have lost 34 lbs now (almost 15% of my body weight and about 30% of my excess weight - in about 2 months.) I have noticed that my knees don't start to hurt as fast as they did before. I can now walk about a mile (even though it still hurts a little toward the end). I can go up the stairs faster now and without having to hang onto the rail and pull myself up. I can stand and cook and clean in the kitchen now without getting tired right away and walk around the house and clean up. And the other day I started dancing again. I used to dance around all the time. I danced through 2 songs. About 7 or 8 minutes. I find this awesome and it can only get better the more weight I lose.

Before and after :-) best decision of my life!!

And I feel absolutely amazing!!! I am down 61.6 pounds since my surgery day! Thanksgiving was not as tough as I thought. I had turkey with no skin, had a bite of a few other things and I was full and satisfied without sabotaging my eating for the day! This was the best decision I have ever made, my only regret is not doing it sooner. This not only saved my life but enhanced it in so many other ways. It is hard to describe how life changing this really is. I have a long way to go still but have had a great start! Just had to share how great I feel

I really started this journey 2 years ago, I set a goal that I would weigh under 200 by my 50th birthday. I weighed @265 at the time and hadn't changed that weight in years of trying. I worked hard, I ate right (I thought) and exercised as much as I could. I lost 10 lbs. I went to my Doc for help. She put me on Meridia. I lost another 20 lbs. But I never got under 200. After I came off the Meridia, I gained the weight back. Last summer when I started my Vertical Sleeve journey, I weighed 265 again. I thought I was destined to weigh that much forever. My diabetes was starting to go crazy and so was my blood pressure.
Since my surgery on Sept 5th, I have lost 66 lbs and I'm off my medications. I feel great and I have energy. Sometimes I forget that I had the surgery but after a few bites, I figure it out again.
Best of all, I now weigh 199!!!!! I haven't seen Onderland since high school.
I love my sleeve!!

I finally did it. Booya! I don't know if I'll ever see a 6, but that's fine by me.

Pre surgery :: 299
Day of surgery 9/7:: 279
Today :: 229.6

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Now ^
We even did our FIRST family pictures!!
We just bought our first house life couldn't be better! I'm finally at pre baby weight! Best decision I've made for myself! And I still eat what I want, I just make sure it has a good amount of Protein. Can't wait to hit onederland!
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So I am a couple days past my 4 month mark and so far so good, although, as expected, the losses are slowing. Down to about 2 lbs per week. I started at 317, was 205 lbs this morning. Thats 50 lbs pre-op from the beginning of March through the end of July, including the 2 week pre-op diet that shed 20 of thos 50, then another 62 lbs so far post-op. I feel good and have had a lot of people tell me not to lose more but I still want to get to my goal of 185 by the 6 month mark. Not sure if I can get there with the slow pace but close is good enough for me!!!
The first pic is a picture of me at my sister in law's wedding in the last week of February and this is me just a few min ago in my office. I actually had a full head of Fabio hair when I started the program....haha, obviously I am kidding!

This is me currently (as of about 15 min ago)

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Surgery 8/20....down 102 as of today...wow....did an 8K Turkey Day Morning....I don't know how to behave, friends...I got on an airplane this week and for the first time in 13 years....NO EXTENSION!!
Thanks for all of your support. :Reading your stories has inspired me!!

Needing some inspiration today! I feel horrible, I've gained 5lbs... I've been in physio for the last month as I was in a work accident before my weight loss journey began.. I've been here for a month doing physio 5 days a week and only get to get home on the weekends! They only thing I've noticed besides the weight gain is I have bicep that I've never seen before!
I live in a hotel for the week and go home the weekends, I try and eat as healthy as I can I buy a roasted chicken and the bagged salad, I know not the greatest but at least it's better then restaurant food!
I also have a smoothie for Breakfast everyday I'm here, 1 cup frozen mixed berries, 100 calorie single serving of Greek yogurt, a scoop of body by vi and a scoop whey Protein Powder and water!
I indulge in some chocolate everyone and then nothing over the top now, and just recently started drinking tea and hot chocolate for a sweet fix!
I don't eat potatoes, Pasta or bread! I do how ever eat long grain rice 2 tbs at the most very rare though!
Is Water seriously the issue here? I think I've answered my own question I think I only get about 1800 mls a day and obviously that is not enough!
Any advice any help would be appreciated as I don't want this to be it the 250"s my goal is too loses anywhere to 80-110 more pounds!
Thanks guys... I go home Friday for good and start slowly back to work as a nurse, agh so stressed????

I started at 314. Goal weight 190. Today i weigh 252. Thats 62 lost/62left to lose!!!!