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Congratulations! It is fantastic to move to a positive BMI category.

Twonderland is a great idea and it is an honor that you consider us in your success! Congratulations and all of us are always here for you!

I can cross my legs again at my thigh and double cross at my ankles! I am smaller and weigh less than any man I would date. I feel great! I can finally acknowledge that I look good and say 'thank you'. A friend told me last Friday that I look10 years younger! Woot, woot!

At 6 months, I think I was down 90 or 100 pounds.

Don't worry about it, though I understand how you feel. One cookie won't derail you and tomorrow is a new day!

Look at you, rockin' that sleeve. You look great!

I felt and still it was a personal decision. The only people I told are my parents. It wasn't necessarily shame. Just that I don't want to hear negative comments and it really is no one's business. I am pretty private generally. It may have shocked people if I told them.

I eat a homemade spinach salad with grilled salmon or chicken every day and I probably started doing that around 8 weeks. I love salads and while I don't buy pre-made or restaurant ones I have them all the time. It's amazing how you can Protein them up with goat cheese, meat, Beans and make them interesting with salsa, avocado/guacamole, seeds/nuts... These are generally not huge salads. Can't get down too much. I just have a hard time sitting down to a plate of lone protein.

Good for you girl! You look great!

Good for you! I love reading great stories and good luck on the pregnancy.

I had a hiatal hernia and no symptoms. It was no problem for surgery. Good luck to you!

I got a flu shot two weeks ago and I think it's fine.

Congratulations! It is always nice to reach a goal.

Good for you! Zumba can be a really tough workout and it's fun to boot.

That is just awesome! You rock that sleeve girl!

Amazing! Congratulations. We were sleeved around the same date.

I was given clearance to workout and started doing it at 7 days post-op.

What a bummer. I hope you are seen by a gastroenterologist soon and are able o move forward with your surgery relatively quickly.

You've come to the right place! We'll give you plenty of support and I imagine there are others in a similar position.

Hang in there. It's a step towards your sleeve and at the end of the journey, and even through much of it, you will feel awesome and be incredibly proud of yourself for going though it.

Your progress is something to be proud of! Celebrate it. You're amazing.

I had surgery in February and I was not nervous at all either. I was confident in my decision and believed the surgery would be positive. Fortunately, it was and has been.

We have very similar stats and I'm just a few inches taller. I started at 274 lbs. you have to work the program, follow the rules and it does work.

Congratulation! You look great!

I told my parents and that is it. I doubt I will ever feel the need to tell more people than that.