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Sleeved Jan 28, 2013. So almost 11 months out. Have lost 90 lbs. I'm 6'0", 42 years old. What an amazing year it has been. I've found myself again! 2013 has been so much more than just losing weight -- it's been Tawny scuba diving again, hiking the Grand Canyon, taking spinning classes, playing volleyball, and falling in love with the most wonderful man on the planet. And 2014 is going to be even better!

I had surgery from Dr Q Jan 28, 2013. Excellent experience, zero complications. Have lost 90 lbs. nearly to goal now. NO REGRETS!

Sleeved Jan 28, 2013. So almost 11 months out. Have lost 90 lbs. I'm 6'0", 42 years old. What an amazing year it has been. I've found myself again! 2013 has been so much more than just losing weight -- it's been Tawny scuba diving again, hiking the Grand Canyon, taking spinning classes, playing volleyball, and falling in love with the most wonderful man on the planet. And 2014 is going to be even better!

Sleeved Jan 28, 2013. So almost 11 months out. Have lost 90 lbs. I'm 6'0", 42 years old. What an amazing year it has been. I've found myself again! 2013 has been so much more than just losing weight -- it's been Tawny scuba diving again, hiking the Grand Canyon, taking spinning classes, playing volleyball, and falling in love with the most wonderful man on the planet. And 2014 is going to be even better!

Oh I'm so excited to finally be able to post one of these! It's not the best as I'm super busy and rarely have someone to get a good shot of me, but this second shot was taken Monday. (Dec 9) 9 months out 240 to 126 I want to lose to about 117 but I'm holding pretty steady here.

Sleeved Jan 28, 2013. So almost 11 months out. Have lost 90 lbs. I'm 6'0", 42 years old. What an amazing year it has been. I've found myself again! 2013 has been so much more than just losing weight -- it's been Tawny scuba diving again, hiking the Grand Canyon, taking spinning classes, playing volleyball, and falling in love with the most wonderful man on the planet. And 2014 is going to be even better!

Sleeved Jan 28, 2013. So almost 11 months out. Have lost 90 lbs. I'm 6'0", 42 years old. What an amazing year it has been. I've found myself again! 2013 has been so much more than just losing weight -- it's been Tawny scuba diving again, hiking the Grand Canyon, taking spinning classes, playing volleyball, and falling in love with the most wonderful man on the planet. And 2014 is going to be even better!

Sleeved Jan 28, 2013. So almost 11 months out. Have lost 90 lbs. I'm 6'0", 42 years old. What an amazing year it has been. I've found myself again! 2013 has been so much more than just losing weight -- it's been Tawny scuba diving again, hiking the Grand Canyon, taking spinning classes, playing volleyball, and falling in love with the most wonderful man on the planet. And 2014 is going to be even better!

Look in success stories forum. Tons of before and after pics and postings.

Awesome progress, darling dress!

Great thread!

I never had a stall on my way to goal. Never. Not one.
You know why?
I weighed myself once a month.
What is a stall? Who gets to define the parameters that make up a stall? Weight doesn't change from: Hour to hour ... day to day ... week to week ... month to month?
Your definition may be different from someone elses.
I like my solution best. Weigh yourself once a month and you never see the small periods where your body is adjusting. You're never discouraged. Don't be a slave to the scale. Isn't that one of the reasons why we did this?

Try picmonkey.com. makes it easy to do comparison collages.

I have almonds almost daily. No problems. Started at about week 5.

That's really great. I'm so intrigued. Would love to hear down the road how you think it is, after you've done it a while.

Congrats! Thats gotta feel good!

I am 30 days post op. Days 1 - 15, I lost 18 pounds. Then a stall. One day I gained two pounds. Then I lost that. Then I stayed the same for two weeks. This morning I weighed an I have lost a pound. I also started my period yesterday so that may have had an impact on my stall. I usually lose several pounds of bloat during my cycle so hopefully, my loss will now continue. I will say that all during my stall, I continued to shrink. My clothes kept getting more loose. If you have been sleeved, you will lose weight. I think it is just natural to see all the folks on here saying they lost 105 pounds in 4 months and you think, "I better start dropping some REAL weight or I will never get there". And you start doubting it will really work, etc. I think it is just best to live in your own process and be pleased with the small changes. I am off my CPAP, I am down a size, my skin has cleared up and I have not had a Migraine in a month. And I am the size I was 9 years ago. 9 years worth of fat gone in 30 days is pretty darn exciting.

So this is not really a complaint, as much as just laughing at my new reality. But being newly sleeved, and going on some first dates lately (where obviously I'm not going to be sharing my surgery story), I eat like the silly bird girl who picks at her food and wants to appear all petite. Hahaha! That's so not me or my personality but my sleeve is the boss right now. So first date bird eating it is...

So this is not really a complaint, as much as just laughing at my new reality. But being newly sleeved, and going on some first dates lately (where obviously I'm not going to be sharing my surgery story), I eat like the silly bird girl who picks at her food and wants to appear all petite. Hahaha! That's so not me or my personality but my sleeve is the boss right now. So first date bird eating it is...

So this is not really a complaint, as much as just laughing at my new reality. But being newly sleeved, and going on some first dates lately (where obviously I'm not going to be sharing my surgery story), I eat like the silly bird girl who picks at her food and wants to appear all petite. Hahaha! That's so not me or my personality but my sleeve is the boss right now. So first date bird eating it is...