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You'll be surprised how small you can get. I started in size 22. Most of my clothes are size 4. I tried on size 2 yesterday at The Loft and it fit !! I still bought the 4 though, in case I gain a few pounds

I don't get the. "No one knows except..." Then spout off 5 people. If 5 people know, it's no secret and you can bet 56+ people know and are whispering.
My spouse knows because he is my next of kin if something happened while I was in hospital
Not my parents
Not my children
Not my BFF
Not one or other siblings
Not my closest coworkers
Not my friends who had WLS before
Not my priest
Not my neighbor
Not my senile Aunt Susie

I always thought at my height my ideal pant and dress size would be a size 4-6 but apparently my body thinks a 0 is ideal!

Finally approved!!!!

Are you serious? Most of the people on the thread were just sleeved. I don't think you can judge whether someone has had success until they're past a certain point. I also don't think you can put an algorithm on success. At 6 months out now, I've lost 60 pounds since my pre-surgery/approval weight. My practice considers me a superstar, but my weight loss hasn't been fast by any means. Then again, my surgeon's goal for me is in the 160-170 range, even though my goal is lower.
I don't think it's fair to criticize others' rates of weight loss and to suggest a correlation makes even less sense to me.

I have told no one. (Apart from my finance)
I was working it on the basis that if you want to keep it a secret - you keep your mouth shut.
Besides, I didn't need the noise. And it would undoubtedly have generated noise.
My life, my decision. Everyone else can naff off.
The only people I talk bariatric surgery with, are you lot and the people who had surgery at the same hospital I did.
That is quite enough for me

I'm only 3 weeks out, but the only person who knows is my husband. And he is the only person I plan on having know. I do not plan to tell anyone else (unless it is medically necessary). I'm not telling my friends, family, or coworkers. It's my business, and no one needs to know. I will field and deflect the questions as they come without revealing that I had the surgery. I'm counting calories ("Yeah, there's this great app called MyFitnessPal that helps me track everything - you should try it! So, how have you been...how's your mother/kid/job/etc.?"), working out every day, eating smaller portions, drinking more Water, and making better food choices. That's all they'll ever need to know. If they ask me point-blank, I'm prepared to lie. I know a lot of people have issue with that, but I don't. Sorry to be so blunt, but it's my choice, my journey, and my life. Just my two cents...

My Dr cleared me for exercise 6 weeks post-op. You have to give your body time to heal from the surgery.
As far as telling people, the first person I told gave me the old, "Why can't you just eat less and move more?" line. After that, I realized people are going to judge me and my lifestyle choices and I saw no reason to put myself out there for public scrutiny. I told my wife and kids and also my sisters in law as they were watching my kids when my wife and I flew down to Vegas (baby!) for the procedure. I did tell the rest of my family two days before, "Hey, just want to let you know I'm having Bariatric surgery Friday." and told my wife's family 2 months post-op. I told each set this was a private, personal decision and I would appreciate their support, not judgement. That was the end of it.
Now, almost 3 years post op, I have the information and the results to give me confidence to hold an intelligent conversation with anybody on the topic and so I do not keep the procedure private anymore.
When people asked me before, as to why I was eating so little, or how I was losing weight, I would truthfully tell them I am just cutting my portion sizes down and exercising more. There is no lie there nor lie by omission. I do not need to tell them I have a tool helping me with my Portion Control.< /p>
Just like when someone asks me if I am going to have any more kids, I do not need to explain to them I had a vasectomy. I don't have to explain my lasik surgery, my hemorrhoid surgery, my ...
This does NOT have to put out there for public discussion.

Bah!!!! I just told someone else. . Lol

I don't get the. "No one knows except..." Then spout off 5 people. If 5 people know, it's no secret and you can bet 56+ people know and are whispering.
My spouse knows because he is my next of kin if something happened while I was in hospital
Not my parents
Not my children
Not my BFF
Not one or other siblings
Not my closest coworkers
Not my friends who had WLS before
Not my priest
Not my neighbor
Not my senile Aunt Susie

You are certainly entitled to your opinion. What I don't understand is why you are even reading much less responding to this thread, which is in the "Surgery in Mexico" section, if you have no intention of going to MX for your surgery?

I don't get the. "No one knows except..." Then spout off 5 people. If 5 people know, it's no secret and you can bet 56+ people know and are whispering.
My spouse knows because he is my next of kin if something happened while I was in hospital
Not my parents
Not my children
Not my BFF
Not one or other siblings
Not my closest coworkers
Not my friends who had WLS before
Not my priest
Not my neighbor
Not my senile Aunt Susie

Only my husband knows. He is the only one I plan to have know. I do not plan to tell anyone else...ever.

Only my husband knows. Didn't tell children or other family members. That's how it will remain. No regrets! No guilt. There is a lot to be said about silence being golden.

Only my husband knows and that's how it will stay. People are too judge mental and mouthy and I know that it is better this way.

Miss Bean - I am so glad it worked out well for you. I personally continue to be astounded by my results. I am 6 months out and really this experience was transformational.
I had the same procedures you did - only I didn't do the long thigh, but the short thigh lift. I sometimes regret that I didn't get the long lift because when i wear short shorts or a short dress, my inner thighs still have some pudge/loose skin that does not go away with exercise. Flip side, I don't have the scar so I have decided it is good enough for this hawt 49 year old..haha!

Those words are SO TRUE!
When you start losing weight you are all overtaken by the numbers - When you get to your goal and look in the mirror and see an Alien in front of you - Skin hanging everywhere - It is like being an outcast all over again (Even if only to yourself) The joy of losing weight is tainted by the reality that you are STILL ABNORMAL.
Reconstructive surgery gave me a gift that nobody else could ever give to me. No amount of diamonds or jewels could give me that one thing I was always searching for, and eventually found.. I found........ MYSELF. The REAL me I never knew, or never truly knew...... Yeah I am covered in scars - They tell the story of the journey I have been on.... But - I actually do like my scars - We made friends. For without them - I would not be the Me I am today....
We may all go on with our lives, may never speak again - but we all hold one thing in common - Our Journeys are slightly different - But we all know how it feels to just wanna be...... ME (us)
Well done to everybody who has been on such a life changing and amazing journey!!

I will go against the majority and say that my surgeon gave me the green light between 6 and 8 weeks to have an occasional glass of wine. I do have wine fairly regularly but I am very mindful about it. (I'm 6 months out now.)
Prior to surgery, wine was my go-to relaxer. Cocktail hour arrived, and I poured my first glass. But I was lucky; when I gave it up for the 2 months around surgery I really didn't miss it. It still feels habitual to me to want to pour a glass of wine around 6, and sometimes I do. Two things really help me: 1) my exercise class has two options: 5:30 or 6:30 pm. I'd rather go to that than sit around, and 2) The "habit" part of it has been mostly broken.
I would also recommend that you take a wineglass and measure out your 4 or 5 oz exactly, and then only pour to that point from that point on. Limit to one, and don't let it become a habit or crutch.
Oh, one other tip. NEVER lie to yourself about it. I track everything. Even when I don't want to see it. So on the very infrequent occasions that I've had more than one, that goes in my log. If I cringe when I type it in, that's a big message.
Like anything else I think this is dependent on what you need to do to be comfortable and successful. I prefer having a little bit of wiggle room. But I didn't wiggle in the immediate aftermath of surgery. :-)

I bought women's shoes for the first time in a loooooong time! Sad, I know. I've been wearing men's shoes because my feet were so wide (fat)!!

@@Wallflower7522 It makes me CRAZY when people say a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat or vice versa. A pound is a pound is a pound! I want to build muscle like crazy and replace all this fat with lean, strong muscle. When people talk about avoiding exercise because they don't want to slow their weight loss, I just shake my head. Are we doing all this just to make a number on a scale go down or aren't we more interested in building health and being strong?
Rant over.

I take a probiotic daily for digestive (bathroom) issues.

Banana. Soon to be a licorice

banana. I would like to be more like an hourglass, however I think I better be happy I am healthy and call it good.

I challenge your basic premise. I have been hanging around awhile and perfection is not a trait I see often among the long term maintainers. Consistently living a healthy lifestyle is the key.

For the record, I wasn't attempting to be judgemental about how anyone eats. I was truly just pointing out that not everyone can eat perfectly, or even want to. I see posts every single day to people who "cheat" and they're given a sermon about how to eat "right"
I apologize if I offended anyone. That was not my goal. My goal was to share that u don't have to be "perfect" and be successful.
Now I'm hanging my head in shame for offending anyone...
Marci