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Well it's been over a year and I feel great. To celebrate my one year after surgery a bunch of my friends and I went down to my favorite bar in the jersey shore and celebrated together. I couldn't ask for a better way to celebrate my new life then spending time with my family and then my friends because they all played such an important role in my transformation

Thank you

Thanks. Yes it does I'm so happy to tell people yes I did lose 135 pounds lol

Thanks. You too!!

Thanks. For protein I don't drink as much as I should but when I do I drink Atkins or there's a health food by me that make amazing Protein shakes the best is a Peanut Butter mud but I make sure every meal I eat has a form of protein and Make sure I eat all of that first exercise I walk and run. I'll go to the gym and walk for 2 hours and I do sit ups and side twists

Thanks so much everyone

Thanks I love putting my pictures side by side it makes it so real

Thanks so much

I know exactly how you feel!! I've lost 135 pounds and feel I need to lose more. It's hard to get use to seeing yourself in this new body but you need to keep in mind you do look different. Something's I have done is I've taken old pictures and put them side by side with new pictures to see the difference or I still have a few old clothes and I'll try them on to see how much smaller I am. I will admit even though I went from a large plus size into juniors sizes and clothes that I wore in the 8th grade are to big on me I still have my moments I feel I'm fat or feel like other people are looking at me as being fat I even catch myself before I go out asking my mom "does this make me look fat " or " do I look heavy in this and is my stomach look big" and everytime she says " your not heavy anymore you look beautiful" It's sad how what we use to look at and what we have thought about ourselves for so long can still affect us now that we're aren't those people anymore.

I have horrible reflux I came home taking nexium everyday. Now almost a year later I'm down to a Prilosec every 3 days or so and a couple tums here and there. Sometimes if I drink water it helps or a trick that helps is I chew some gum and the chewing for some reason I don't know why calms it

Thank you so much !! I love talking about my surgery and how great it is!! I wish you the best if you ever have questions feel free to ask !! I am actually not the only "sleeved" member of my family my mother is also and has been doing great !

6 months after having my sleeve I had a bad gall bladder attack where I was unable to eat or drink for a few days. My surgeon who did my sleeve and my gall bladder said this is becoming common in sleeve patients. My gall bladder has been gone for 6 months and have zero issues except for some acid reflux but other than that everything is fine

I was sleeved almost a year ago trust be it will get better!! The first few weeks are bad I remember the gas pain And at one point thought I was having a heart attack!! Your body will get use to everything just give it some time and hang in there. Looking back to almost a year ago and it's like the pain was nothing still to this day I don't drink alot of fluids but I have zero problems and can even take big sips!! Just hang in there!!

I'm happy to see I'm not the only one who is thinking about this and is struggling with this. I'm going to be 25 and I'm happy with the way I look but I always keep thinking ugh if this skin only wasn't here. I will have to admit I did get very very lucky and the extra skin isn't terrible. Good luck with your decision and do what makes YOU happy