Catherine Shinn Habhab

I am a CT scan tech. I had a patient that could not move from the stretcher to the scan table. Six employees had to move her. They laughed and made comments. I didn't want to imagine doing this to my kids. I didn't want to be a burden to them. That was it, surgery two months later.

I am a CT scan tech. I had a patient that could not move from the stretcher to the scan table. Six employees had to move her. They laughed and made comments. I didn't want to imagine doing this to my kids. I didn't want to be a burden to them. That was it, surgery two months later.

Salam Marwa,
Ahlan wa sahlan! Welcome to the group. Don't worry about your English. I am an American living in Lebanon, I am sure that I give the locals plenty of laughs with my "wonderful" Arabic lol
16 kilos in a month and a half if great! Have you started exercising? It might be difficult if you just moved to London. But go out and explore your new surroundings and you will be exercising at the same time

Today marks my first week of being sleeved. It has been a roller coaster ride but I can see light at the end of the tunnel - and, finally, it doesn't feel as if the light is coming from a train heading towards me :-)
What has made the difference is this site and all of you. With every new issue that has arisen, I have come here and found answers to my questions because you have taken the time to share your experiences. From nausea to sleeping positions, I have found reassurance, advice and, most important, learned that we all experience this life changing event differently. But we are all on the same road. And that helps big time.
I may be doing this my way but I feel I am not alone whatever lies ahead. Thank you :-)
Jacqui x

I agree with MDM, try a male doctor. I know a lot of ladies are shy and think that it is better to have a female doctor....but not necessarily. I had very irregular periods when I was younger. Went from one female GYN to another. One told me YOU ARE FAT, this is how it's going to be. I went to a male doc and told him that my last period was 14 days. He yelled, that's HALF of your life, we gotta do something, and he did. Give the guy docs a try. My prayers are with you.

Hello October sleevers!
My surgery date was October 22, 2012. I am down 68.5 pounds. I'm quite happy with my loss considering that I hate drinking Water and I haven't been exercising. I am suffering with a bone spur on my left heel and can't walk and can't take most meds. Other than my heel, I am feeling great I would recommend it to anyone. (well, anyone that needs to lose a considerable amount of weight)

Wow!! what an inspiration keep up the hard work, hope you make it to your goal soon!

I had surgery the same day
you are doing great! don't compare to others, everyone has their own story. important that you are losing and you are feeling better/healthier.
I started out at a lot more than you, 314 and I have lost about 79 pounds.

Massachuetts, near the Rhode Island border.

I confess that i appreciate 175 more now then any time in my life.
I confess that i cant wait to walk across drexel university campus in september and feel like the hot chick instead of the fat mom
I confess that i am horny all the time and need a man
I confess that i should be excersising more
I confess that i love the puzzled look on my ex husbands face, (he doesnt know i had the sleeve, and i lost 30lbs in 6weeks)
I confess that people who berate others on this thread for smoking or eating a nono should smell their own sh*t before they judge others
I confess that i feel so much better and happier about life.

omg, this made me laugh so hard. I hear ya, girl. I hear ya

I had to read through these before gaining enough courage to post my own confessions! But, I LOVE this topic so here goes.
I confess that not only drink regular coffee, but I use regular cream in it and drink sometimes more than 1 cup a day.
I confess that I started smoking again and I'm really ashamed about it but I couldn't give up food and cigarettes without going crazy. I literally cried every day. So, cigarettes won - again.
I confess that my weight loss is higher than expected (146 lbs in 8.5 months) so I sometimes feel invincible and eat more than I should or something not healthy.
I confess that I stole a piece of chocolate out of a child's stocking and didn't feel too guilty.
I confess that I miss my bigger boobs (even if they were mostly fat).
I confess that I don't drink enough Water anymore.
I confess that I miss Taco Bell so much that when I drive past one I make my passengers have a moment of silence.
I confess that I'm not perfect but I'm not doing my best. I did my best months ago and I need to find that willpower again. I have a strong woman inside me somewhere and she and I need to be reunited - hopefully at the gym.
I confess that writing all of these confessions made me frown and smile and I feel a little lighter - if only emotionally.

I third that!!!
Oh I would love to have had this tool at 18 and lived my life a "normal" size.
Congrats!!!

Ok confession time..
1. I confess that this is the best thing ever.
2. I confess that this is not "the easy way".
3. I confess that I really like to run ok love to run.
4. I confess that I hate having to think about what to eat and owe much to eat allllllday.
5. I confess that I have shared my surgery with very few people, and it's not because of shame.
6. I confess that I have just started living, like really liking me.
7. I confess that I drink a cup of coffee everyday.
8. I confess that I don't drink enough Water, ever.
9. I confess that I worry about excess skin more than I'm willing to admit.
10. I confess that I'm worried about regain, any even 1 lb.
Ok that's it .....lol

I confess that I'm a little jealous of these 18 year olds. hahaha. I'm sure there are challenges to being sleeved so young, but what I wouldn't give to live my 20's over without being obese! All power to you gals. Make sure to enjoy the next few years of your life!!

Congrats to October Sleevers!
I'm loving this journey!
Date of surgery October 30th
Heaviest; 290
Day of surgery: 278
Current: 237
Went from size 24 pants to 18 regular
3X to regular XL
No more plus sizes!!

Sleeved on 10/15/12. Down 79 pounds and 103 down from highest weight ever. I can run, jump, dance, swim, and even buy clothes at the mall! I am happy. Thank you all for the support. Compliments fuel me. Life is now worth living!

Congratulations to all! I was sleeved on 10/26 and down 42 pounds. I'm really trying to get motivated to really workout. I love that fact that I dont have desires to order pizza, eat burritos, and all of the crazy over indulgence!

Thanks for sharing. I'm pregnant and realized the other day how much trouble I was having moving around. Sure, some of it is that pregnancy awkwardness but a big part is that I'm up twenty one pounds.
That's not a lot of weight if you think of it in terms of one hundred or more pounds to lose. I mean, I remember being frustrated in the beginning when I'd "only" lost forty pounds.
But it impacts my ability to move and it wears me out. To think I used to carry 105 extra pounds on this body at one time, and didn't really even realize the impact.
Great post. People get too hung up on scale goals and forget quality of life and long term maintenance goals because they're distracted by the numbers.
~Cheri

I know exactly what you mean. My goal is to lose about 145 pounds. I was down the weight of my 6 year old by the third or fourth month, I'm now past the weight of my 12 year old and by the end of it all, I'll have lost the weight of my wife.

Do you realize what progress we are making with each & every pound we lose? It is easy to lose perspective. I am down 52 pounds in 2 months & all I have been able to think is 190 or so more to go. At a family dinner tonight I was informed by my 7 year old nephew that he now weighs 46 pounds. He is proud of this as he is growing tall & strong! I picked him up & he was HEAVY. It made my back & shoulders hurt to hold him. He thought that I was being awfully silly since I really only pick up & carry around his youngest sister who is 2. All the kids got a good laugh. I just thought, "Dear Lord, I've lost 6 more pounds than this 7 year old child weighs". It was really eye opening to realize that this "small" amount of weight really effected my body. When I get to my goal weight I wonder if I'll feel like a feather...lol. Just some food for thought.

Hello October sleevers!
My surgery date was October 22, 2012. I am down 68.5 pounds. I'm quite happy with my loss considering that I hate drinking Water and I haven't been exercising. I am suffering with a bone spur on my left heel and can't walk and can't take most meds. Other than my heel, I am feeling great I would recommend it to anyone. (well, anyone that needs to lose a considerable amount of weight)

danyellhoweth 24.1 lbs - thats how much weight you've lost in 40 short days!!!! WooHoo
like all my predecessors said you are doing great, walking, eating right, -(patting your tummy at the same time too??)
you are losing perfectly
don't worry, don't be hard on yourself -
its true - we didn't go to sleep one night, all of a sudden "heavy", same respect to waking up one morning..and all of a sudden be thin- won't happen no way no how!!!
weight will continue to come off - you/we can hurry the weight loss process with your proper eating and exercise, but the truth is - the weight will come of when "it" is ready to
god grant me patience, just hurry up about it
keep "up" the good work, while you watch your weight go "down"
good luck

ate u kidding me? 20 lbs in a month... woooooow... just look at it this way... keep that up and in 5 months iit'll be 100lbs

You look great, keep up the good work. I was sleeved 10/11/12. I'm down 46lbs and have been stalled for 3 weeks. I'm 19lbs from goal and feel like I'm never going to get there! But I'm not giving up!