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My weightloss was fast, and I have been pretty lucky with excess skin. I started about the same weight as you, and I think my goal weight is about the same as yours is. I tried to stop my weighloss. It wasn't as easy as it seems.

I am doing really well now thank you! Last christmas I was really sick. I was underweight and having issues with keeping anything down, now 12 months down the track I am feeling fantastic! Still can't eat much and having issues with maintaing a healthy weight, but feeling great. Its weird to read back over this post. I thought I'd really made the wrong decision, now I tell everyone I can about it

I have lost about 119 pounds. And sit fairly steady on 119 pounds.

I thought that the food is more important that the liquid, and if you drink you can't eat as much?

Well done Tiff. I am now 12 months out, I am working on now putting on some more weight , I have lost a little too much now. You are looking so great, I don't get on here much anymore, but wanted to say well done!

I was back in with dehydration a couple of weeks post op, but I was throwing up over christmas too Hope you are feeling better!

Yep I do the same thing, and I end up feeling terrible. Deep fried food makes me feel heavy and uncomfortable. I love a good salad now and can't believe it keeps me full for so long! I'd have the shakes after a salad in the 'olden' days!

You can have mine if you want Steph :thumbup1:

I can barley see my scars 7 months out.

I am only 31 so I don't think my weightloss has made me look older.

I too eat whatever and whenever I want, and I dont exercixe, glad to hear it hasn't effected you 2.5 years down!

I drink soft drinks, but not alot because they make me uncomfortable. I have found with alcohol a little gets me silly very quickly but I also sober up very quickly too!

Hi thanks for asking, I tended to ramble on a bit, but someone from another forum was there and she said I did ok! I had before and after photos to pass around as well!

All the Vitamins I found were huge and horrible, so I didn't take any. Now I have a Vitamin B12 deficencey and have regular B12 injections. I wish I'd found a good liquid vitamin and taken it

I don't have an issue with Pasta or noodles. bread makes me feel horrible though.

Hmm this was all well and truly forgotten, why drag it up?

Hi guys, I have lost 88 pounds in 6 months. Its very achievable!

I'm not a doctor, when I had my surgery I was informed of the risks involved.

What the?? Why would she sue? complications are a fact of major abdominal surgery. If her surgeon hold told her to suck it up and move on, then yes then take it further, but her surgeon tried to help.:cursing:

I had terrible complications too, but 6 months out, I would do it again in a heartbeat.

I find that baby food is really bland. You don't want to be eating bland food, when you can only have a little bit. It needs to have flavour.

Just copied this from the other forum:

You know what, the RNY is another option if the sleeve doesn't work for you (Which in all likelyness it will). Once you have the RNY there is NO going back. Whereas if you have the sleeve and it doesn't work you can then get the RNY.

I would never ever choose the RNY over the sleeve, only leave it as a final option.

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Step away from the scales!!

Your body is probably in shock! Don't panic, it will happen, it can't not!!

I have just had a phone call from my surgeons receptionist. She has asked me to talk at an information seminar they are holding TOMORROW night. Ekk!! I haven't been to an information session, so I have no idea what they are like!

Do you have some thing particular you think I should mention? I am surprised they want to hear from me, the first few months were pretty difficult! I will read through my blog tonight to refresh my memory, but I'd really like to know what others found helpful.

Yep it stops, it goes from one extreme to the other, I am freezing all the time! Even though its summer here in Australia at the moment!

I have 2, 1 was damaged by pregnancy, its on my hip, my tramp stamp is ok though.