Tamster

1 year out on yesterday (10/25) weighing 164!!! Yay me!!! For a total loss of 123! Couldn't be happier!!

October 24th was my 1 year surgiversary! Lost 92 pounds and feel fantastic! Went from barely squeezing into a size 18 to fitting into a size 1 with some wiggle room! I went to my 20 year high school reunion and it was amazing, I looked and felt better than I did in high school. I love my sleeve, and I LOVE the fact I have saved my life! Hope you all are doing just as fantastic!!!!

October 24th was my 1 year surgiversary! Lost 92 pounds and feel fantastic! Went from barely squeezing into a size 18 to fitting into a size 1 with some wiggle room! I went to my 20 year high school reunion and it was amazing, I looked and felt better than I did in high school. I love my sleeve, and I LOVE the fact I have saved my life! Hope you all are doing just as fantastic!!!!

October 24th was my 1 year surgiversary! Lost 92 pounds and feel fantastic! Went from barely squeezing into a size 18 to fitting into a size 1 with some wiggle room! I went to my 20 year high school reunion and it was amazing, I looked and felt better than I did in high school. I love my sleeve, and I LOVE the fact I have saved my life! Hope you all are doing just as fantastic!!!!

On my way to Hawaii !! My one year surgiversary gift to myself. As you can see from my photo, Gnomie & I are enjoying the first class cabin while over the Pacific.

Four days from it being my 9 month surgiversary. Feeling fantastic!!!! Surpassed my personal goal and my surgeon's goal. So happy...

Four days from it being my 9 month surgiversary. Feeling fantastic!!!! Surpassed my personal goal and my surgeon's goal. So happy...

Four days from it being my 9 month surgiversary. Feeling fantastic!!!! Surpassed my personal goal and my surgeon's goal. So happy...

Hello fellow Octosleevers!! I hope everyone is doing great. Sunday is my birthday & I have a pretty great gift for myself: I'm almost overweight!! Yippee!!! Soooo, if - no, WHEN - I lose .4 more pounds I will officially hit "overweight" status!!!! And to think that this time last year I was still on the fence about the surgery & hadn't even found my surgeon yet. Now I'm 68+ pounds lighter & my self esteem is through the roof. I'm celebrating my bday ALL weekend long with friends tonight, family tomorrow, a new flirt interest on Sunday, and a day off from work on Monday to recover from it all. I'm hoping the weather is nice on Monday - I may head to the beach for the day & rock this sleeve in a new bikini :-)

Tomorrow (4/24) is my 6 month surgiversary. I would like to attach a before and after picture, but can't figure out how to attach it to my post.
Before surg: 203
Current: 137
12 pounds until I reach my personal goal, 2 pounds until I reach my surgeon's goal. I feel fantastic! I love my sleeve and my new lease on life. Completely eliminated my diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, fatigue, painful joints, Migraines and depression.

Tomorrow (4/24) is my 6 month surgiversary. I would like to attach a before and after picture, but can't figure out how to attach it to my post.
Before surg: 203
Current: 137
12 pounds until I reach my personal goal, 2 pounds until I reach my surgeon's goal. I feel fantastic! I love my sleeve and my new lease on life. Completely eliminated my diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, fatigue, painful joints, Migraines and depression.

Surgery date 10/05/12
Sw 355
DOS 317
CW 240
Total loss 115

Everyone looks AMAZING! !! CONGRATULATIONS!
I'm down 80lbs myself. I just had my first work flight and sat super comfortably in the seat on one of those little one seat per row planes. Whoo hoo! Easily buckled mine seatbelt with left over on the one side. I could actually tighten it quite a bit. And I could bring the tray down with extra room to spare and could cross my legs too. Felt like a dream!
This has changed my life.

Starting weight 203
Surgery date October 17
Today's weight 146
BEST decision of my life!!!! Had breast reduction 11 days ago and loving every day!!!!!

Starting weight 203
Surgery date October 17
Today's weight 146
BEST decision of my life!!!! Had breast reduction 11 days ago and loving every day!!!!!

Starting weight 203
Surgery date October 17
Today's weight 146
BEST decision of my life!!!! Had breast reduction 11 days ago and loving every day!!!!!

I was sleeved by Dr. Valentine on March 6th
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I just had surgery on March 13 by Dr Valentine. Awesome Dr.

Had to get a pair of pants yesterday because the stuff I was wearing looks ridiculous. I am down two pants sizes and down four sizes in tops. I tried on a cute little dress 14/16! (Didn't buy it, but it fit!!!)

Hi there,
I have found it helpful to remove the negative self-talk such as "I cheated" and flip it into a positive. I had a few treats during the holidays as well, only I made sure I had my Protein first, was taking all my Vitamins and consuming all my fluids. This helped because I was not feeling like I was missing out on any treats, but by following the rules I was only able to have two or three bites of the treat. I also made sure that I treated it like a holi-day, not a holi-week, or holi-month. One day, a few bites of a treat, and back to the healthy rules again. I haven't felt deprived or depressed about the food at all. Good luck to you, I hope your relationship with food gets better.

Hi there,
I have found it helpful to remove the negative self-talk such as "I cheated" and flip it into a positive. I had a few treats during the holidays as well, only I made sure I had my Protein first, was taking all my Vitamins and consuming all my fluids. This helped because I was not feeling like I was missing out on any treats, but by following the rules I was only able to have two or three bites of the treat. I also made sure that I treated it like a holi-day, not a holi-week, or holi-month. One day, a few bites of a treat, and back to the healthy rules again. I haven't felt deprived or depressed about the food at all. Good luck to you, I hope your relationship with food gets better.

Hi there,
I have found it helpful to remove the negative self-talk such as "I cheated" and flip it into a positive. I had a few treats during the holidays as well, only I made sure I had my Protein first, was taking all my Vitamins and consuming all my fluids. This helped because I was not feeling like I was missing out on any treats, but by following the rules I was only able to have two or three bites of the treat. I also made sure that I treated it like a holi-day, not a holi-week, or holi-month. One day, a few bites of a treat, and back to the healthy rules again. I haven't felt deprived or depressed about the food at all. Good luck to you, I hope your relationship with food gets better.

I'm so excited and had to share. I have been in a stall for about 2 weeks now...been teetering over 200 and going INSANE to the point where I was questioning whether the surgery happened and/or if I was the ONE person it wasn't working for....
Well, this morning, I hopped on the scale and I was 199.2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't been below 200 in over at least 15 years! I actually did a Julie Andrews spin around my apartment (Referring to "the hills are a live...with the sound of music").

Idaho girl here! Was sleeved on Oct 24th, and could not be happier with the results so far. Knock on wood, no complications. Dr. Valentine was/is my surgeon too!!! Have lost 28 pounds and gained positivity and happiness.

Phew!!! Made it through the holidays without getting sick or feeling deprived and still losing weight. LOVE my sleeve!
It's amazing the amount of food and liquor people consume!!!