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My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

My sleeve is really working for me ????

As of this morning, I finally made it to the 100 pound club! I am so happy and so grateful for my sleevie! I know there is NO WAY I would be able to lose 100 pounds in 8 1/2 months. I have 39 pounds to goal!! Whoop Whoop!! Before and After attached.

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So I've always hated having my picture taken (despite being a professional photographer) and dread any picture of me being posted but my wife encouraged me to put this up.
Please disregard the image quality, these were just snapshots. Before pics were taken on Nov 10, 6 days into pre-op diet and 5 days before surgery. After pics were taken today 6 weeks post op (plus a day).
I've been really pleased with the progress based on comments and scale movement but when you look in the mirror at yourself several times a day, it's easy to miss the changes. Seeing these images side by side really surprised me.

I am sitting here preparing to be at the hospital at 6am in the morning. I don't know if I should be scared or just happy?!? But I'm am praying that everything comes out safe and good. So this time tomorrow I will be SLEEVED.. WooHoo????????

I am sitting here preparing to be at the hospital at 6am in the morning. I don't know if I should be scared or just happy?!? But I'm am praying that everything comes out safe and good. So this time tomorrow I will be SLEEVED.. WooHoo????????

I am sitting here preparing to be at the hospital at 6am in the morning. I don't know if I should be scared or just happy?!? But I'm am praying that everything comes out safe and good. So this time tomorrow I will be SLEEVED.. WooHoo????????

Hello, I got my approval from the insurance today and my surgery date is December 28. I somewhat nervous, but also happy at the same time....

1 year ago today I was being rolled into the Operating room thinking that this is my last chance to change my life. This is the last chance I have to get healthy and make a change for the better. This is the last chance for me to for me to stop just existing and start living. Growing up I was always the largest kid. In high school I went from being a 5 foot 8 kid to being 6 foot 4 man wearing a size 15 shoe. In high school I was athletic and worked out daily. After high school my family moved to Atlanta so my sister could receive better treatment for her MS. During my time in Atlanta I started to gain weight .I was sedentary and but still eating like an athlete. My sister lost her battle with MS and it affected my family severely. I started eating and packing on pounds , and me working a call center job working second shift did not help. In early 2011 I started looking for a way to get healthy. At this point I had not been weighed in at least 3 years. I went to the doctor and stepped on the scale and it read 540 pounds. My mother started crying uncontrollably at the doctors office, she saw 540 pounds and then saw me in a grave next to my sister. That was the day I decided that I have to have WLS, I had did diets and lost weight but it always came back. I started my journey at 540 pounds with back and joint pain, High blood pressure, borderline diabetic, and un-diagnosed sleep apnea. I was able to get down to 490 the day of surgery. I am down to 330 pounds as of today with a total loss of 210 pounds. I still have about 40-50 pounds to go but I am more than happy with my results. My life has improved so much in the last year. Physically I am able to walk for 10 minutes without my back being in knots and my joints screaming in pain. I am able to get a full nights sleep and not wake up tired. No more high blood pressure, no more back or joint pain, no longer borderline diabetic. Mentally I have become a different person also. My outlook on life is positive. I have become a stronger person inside and out. I no longer let negative people or issues get me down. I was just diagnosed with MS October 15th. Usually this would get me down especially since my family has history with this disease( my deceased sister), but I just started living again, I will not let this control my future. I am not going to stop living until I am dead- and I am not dead yet. I will you leave you guys with a quote that I live by. Stay strong and stay positive everyone.
"Now we are the masters of our fate, That the task which has been set us is not above our strength .That it's pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance .As long as we have faith in our cause and an unconquerable will-power Salvation will not be denied us ! "- Winston Churchill
These pics are all recent. i have the before pics on my profile

Congratulations on such a huge weight loss....I hit my one year a few weeks ago; made goal at 11 months. Went back to my hospital for my one year check up and passed with flying colors...it feels great. I've posted a lot of before and after photos on my weekly blog and it's incredible how much denial I was in before surgery. It's been a magical year!