mariah081803

To be honest....the only thing I do for exercise is walk 3times a week. There is excess skin but its really not that bad.

8 months ago I weighed 237 pounds....today 155! I am 5 pounds away from goal!! I'm so excited! I eat anything and everything. I don't restrict myself but I do pay attention to what my body tells me. I don't do well with breads and pastas or red meat. I will eat it from time to time...whenever I get a craving but seafood seems to do better with my new tummy.

Before and after pic! Its been 6 months and 78 pounds gone!

I am also in Jax. I was sleeved 8/31 at Memorial.

All has been well. I've lost a total of 74 pounds! Woo Hoo!! I haven't really had any issues except possibly a kidney stone. It hasn't been officially diagnosed yet. Anyone else having lower back discomfort and urgency to pee? It's not a UTI...already ruled that out.

UPDATE!! Its been 5 months since surgery and I am down 70 pounds. Size 20 to a size 10!! This was the best decision of my life!!

Surgery August 31st Starting weight 237 Current weight 175 62 pounds lost Best decision of my life!!

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

[ATTACH]6245[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6246[/ATTACH] Im so excited. Each day gets easier and easier!

Feels absolutely AMAZING! Hubby is coming home tonight. He has been gone for a month! I cant wait to see his reaction!

Onederland!! For the first time in over ten years.....I am under 200!! It feels amazing!! Its been 8 weeks since surgery. I have lost a total of 40 pounds! If you wouldve asked me 4 weeks ago if it was worth going through the surgery...i wouldve said hell no. I had an issue where they thought my sleeve was too small. I couldnt hold anything down. They wanted to go in and "balloon" my stomach in order to stretch it. I decided not to do that and pushed through it. Im so glad i did. Eating is much easier and im losing the weight despite a 3 week stall! I just have to keep reminding myself that IT DOES GET EASIER. Just like veterean sleevers said it would. Pics to come later!

I had my surgery on a Friday and was back at work Tuesday. Everyone is different. Main thing is to listen to your body!

Ok I hope I did this right. Here are a coupke of before and after pics. Best decision of my life! It hasnt been easy but definitely well worth it. 237 pre op 206 tofay [ATTACH]5267[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]5267[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]5268[/ATTACH]

I am currently 3 weeks post op and to be honest I am having a hard time. I seem to be able to only eat about two teaspoons of food and after that i feel very nauseated. Is this normal?

Thanks for starting this thread! Anyone tried enchiladas post op yet? Sent from my iPhone using VST