Allie ALii

Surgery 2/14 start weight 317.5 now 278. Slow and steady

Sleeved February 24. Pre op weight 285. day of surgery 272 as of today 231. Thanks be to God. Surgery with Dr Garcia.

sleeved Feb. 15th..I'm down 50 lbs and 40 inches

Sleeved in Mexico by Dr. Aceves....WOW wonderful is all I can say...I loved the royalty treatment program they got going on down there. Sleeved February 27th, 2012 and have lost #58 lbs to date....

Yaay to all us February sleevers! Good job everyone! I was 240 on surgery day ( Feb 9th) and I am 201 now, 39 lbs so far, 54 total since January so I am ok with that. I feel I am slowing a bit but I am eating more and exercising and I seem to be losing inches so I am ok!

My surgery date was 1/28/12 (so almost a Feb sleever) & my surgery day weight was 316. As of today I am 257 so down 59 lbs....yay!!

I started at 208 and now I am 151. So 57 pounds down since Feb 7.

HI want to hear about others your journey and weight loss my stats are starting weight 211.4 on surgery date 02/22/2012 current weight 179......slowly losing......

Congrats

Hi Everyone,
Spring is here and summer is just around the corner. If you are sitting out there trying to make up your mind about having weight loss surgery, this is the time to make that commitment. This is the time of year that I “use” to go on that famous diet that was going to make be fabulous for summer--LOL. I fought that battle for more years than I care to tell you. I could lose most of the weight, but would always gain it back. You know that vicious cycle of lose it gain it back. I bet you are sitting there shaking your head right now because you know exactly what I am saying. Do not give another day of your life away being fat please do something to change your life. You can be very successful at weight loss and keep it off forever. I have maintained my weight loss of 105 pound now for over 3 years—something I would have NEVER done before.

I would like to share a little with you about my experience that I started in 2008. I knew that I had to do something that was seriously going to change my life forever. I had a friend who had lost a lot of weight and had weight loss surgery. I started to ask a million question like who & where & was she happy with having weight loss surgery. She made me do some of my own research. I did, & knew this was what I wanted.

I can ONLY speak about my experience and about the doctor I went to. I knew how extremely qualified Dr. Aceves is and he also has an excellent reputation for performing the VSG aka “the sleeve.” This was the surgery I wanted and I had educated myself all I could about this type of surgery. I went on 3 different boards for weight loss and surgery where I kept asking questions. My choice was Dr. Aceves in Mexicali in Oct 2008. There a so many ways to describe my experience. I have never received this kind of care from any doctor in the USA or any hospital in the USA. He takes all the time you need to address all your fears and questions. He works with Dr. Compos—who is just as wonderful. They are amazing surgeons who genuinely care about your before and after you have had the surgery. They are kind, personable, caring, friendly, honest, forthcoming, informative, explanatory, and have a sense of humor too. They will take excellent care of you. The entire staff is just as caring and kind. They are there to meet all your needs, they would never send you home until you are ready and have passed all the leak tests and other tests that you will be doing before you go home.

I have been asked many times what I think or know about some of the other doctors in Mexico. I honestly can’t tell you much about them. Take the time and read all you can about these doctors. Talk to others who are on the boards and used these other doctors. Trust your gut feelings. Make sure it is safe to cross the boarders—some boarders are NOT safe—Mexicali is a very safe boarder to cross.

Make sure you are having surgery in a fully equipped hospital and NOT a CLINIC. You never want to have this kind of surgery in a CLINIC. Find out where you will be receiving the care AFTER the surgery—it should always be a HOSPITAL NOT a RECOVERY HOUSE OR A HOTEL. Be smart when it comes to your health—it has to last you a life time. Make sure that the Doctors are using quality materials for your surgery. Ask what kind of staples they use. There honestly is a reason why some of them charge less. They are cutting corners some place and you don’t want it to be you that they are cutting corners on.

Take care,
Suzanne

Not like Isopure or anything like that. I had tea, juice, Water, broth, and Gatorade. liquids to prevent dehydration are more important than Protein the first few days. I couldn't get any Protein Drinks down until about day six post-op.

Congrats!

That's an awesome accomplishment. YAY for you. KEEP ROCKIN' THAT SLEEVE!

HI everyone! I thought i would share my daily menu @ 8 weeks out. Please let me know what you think about what im eating so i know if im eating ok.
Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg and one turkey sausage ( i leave a bite or 2 of the sausage) or one lowfat lasagna cupcake from emilybites.com or a pure Protein Bar 30 grams of Protein.
Snack: half an apple or a handful of trail mix or 1/4 cup or a little more of cottage cheese
Lunch: 1 lasagna cupcake or 1/2 cup chicken tortilla Soup made with fresh veggies and roasted chicken sprinkled with lowfat cheese and 4 small round tortilla chips crushed. Sometimes a little avacado aswell. Or half a sandwich
Snack: same as mid morning snack.
Dinner: same as lunch choices or 1 party bean burrito from taco bueno or a small chicken nugget at chick fila or a taco.

Yahoo! Great Day!!! I to have had a great day on the scale, first time in 12 yrs....that the scale reads under 300#

6 weeks out and I am in onederland! I had hoped to be here by the 2 month mark, so I couldn't be happier!!

I hit 199.6 today...i am really happy but....i am 7 months out and have lost only 56 pounds since surgery..i lost 17 pre op for a total of 73...8 pounds per month does not seem good...

yay congrats to you
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Welcome to Onderland! I'm so happy for you. Looks like you missed your anniversary weigh in by just one day. You are doing fabulous!
Lynda

Congrats!!
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Congrats, Happy for you !!!!

*YAY*

Congrats!

Yayyyy! Onederful and so happy for you!