JosieMac

This!

Wonderful! I plan on going to Mexico this year, or beginning of next. Have to renew my passport. I love all the positivity (is that a word) on this board!

Today I stepped on the scale and it read 285.8. Never again will it be that high. Today I start my pre preop diet. 40-45 grams of carbs. No refined sugars, no pop. Then in a few weeks I will begin the liquid diet for 2 weeks before surgery. I'm really hoping that I can go into surgery weighing 265 or less. Regardless of the number, today is the day I begin to take charge. From now on my pants will never be tighter than the last time I put them on. Today I begin winning the battle! Who's with me?

Surgery date : 9/4/12
Weight day of: 240 lbs
Height: 5' 2.5"
Surgeon: Dr. Thomas Borland (self pay)
Current weight: 150 lbs
Total loss: 90 lbs
Just wanted to post a little update since my one year has passed... I wanted to hit 100 lbs by now, but I am totally okay with 90! My one year appt with my Dr isn't til October so I feel confident that I can get there by then! I've kindof fallen off the wagon lately, so as of Monday I'm back on Protein and veggies only! I am going to beat this 10 lbs FOR SURE :
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I had my sleeve on the 23rd of October 2012, weighing 249.7lbs Bmi 40
Today I weigh 148.9lbs and my Bmi is 25.5lb
Best decision I ever made!!!

15 months sleeved anniversary!
June 07,2012 230 pounds
September 07, 2013 128 pounds.
Best decision ever!!! Loving life❤

Down 86 pounds as of today

had surgery last Sept 6th 2012. cant believe its been a year, got more to go but hey I feel so good ~~

I had my surgery one month ago yesterday. 5 weeks ago, I began my one week liquid diet at 338 lbs, my highest weight. I weighed 330 the day I got home from the hospital. Today, the scale read 296. That's 42 lbs total in 5 weeks.
It definitely comes off in waves. I had a week and a half stall at two weeks where I was at 306 forever. Then I dropped to 300 in a couple of days and stayed there for almost a week. Finally broke through that yesterday. It seems like I'll go about a week and then suddenly the scale will move dramatically.
I know some people will say that you shouldn't weigh yourself every day, but it kind of becomes an addiction.

I decided to take pics this morning, but did a side and back angle. SW: 248. Current weight: 145. Goal is 130.

Hello Everyone!! I am 2 months post op today and I am down 45 pounds. I had Dr. Garcia as my surgeon and can't imagine being any happier with my results. I was 277 at the tme of my surgery and I am 232 as of this morning. The journey has been difficult at times, always struggle with getting enough fluids and Protein, but all in all I am happy with where I am.

You pay the deposit, mine was 500 then you pick the date and then you pay the rest on the day of surgery

Ok, so I see on here all these people that totally change their eating habits, which is great! But I see people on here who come on asking about pizza or sliders or anything else and people get mad.
When I decided on this surgery, I choose it for a few reasons. No dumping was one, not as much of a chance for malnutrition. and the main one was because I wanted to live a NORMAL life. I didn't want my life to revolve around food, I didn't want to have to worry about what I ate because I could only eat a little bit of it. My dr thinks that is pretty normal for a girl my age.
I have a family and I follow the rules. I will eat Protein first, but if I choose to have a snack and it doesn't happen to have all Protein then I don't see whats wrong with that.
I am glad to see there are some people who feel the same as me but when I come on here all I see is don't eat this, don't do that, eat this first, don't ever touch this...
I am 5 weeks out and I am hungry, I have had 3 pretzels with my cheese and I have had a roast beef sandwich, but no bread. I had potato skins but not the skin, I eat full fat sour cream, and butter and I haven't had a problem yet.
Anyone out there like me, who has decided that they had this surgery to help with portions and not just never have certain things again... Would just like people who believe how I do to talk to..

6days post op and 5 1/2 months post op.

Highest weight- 258
2 weeks before surgery - 242
Day of surgery - 227
Today - 178-181 (changes)

I just wanted to share my progress!! I'm really starting to see the results!! Down 36 lbs!! The pic on the left is 5/20 when I started liquids. The pic on the right is today... 3 weeks post-op

Sorry here are the pics!

Amazing! I was thinking this very thing the other day after eating a pitiful amount of food. I was full, of course, because I have a little tummy. Then the guilt set in like it always did when I had the same feeling with my big, stretchy belly.
Somehow, a deeper level of consciousness came over me and I realized that the guilt was a ghost from the past. "I have eaten within guidelines", I told myself, "Wake up!"
I have other ghosts from addictions past: drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, promiscuity, that come to haunt me from time to time either with guilt or invitations to return to prison. I realize and rejoice that I am not that man anymore.
I turn on the lights, they vanish.

I <3 summer

Final consult with my surgeon today and I'm being SLEEVED on Sept 4th!! WHOO HOOO.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! This is the BEST birthday present I could ever give myself!!

God sleeved on April 29th, and my pre op weight was 325
Today I'm at 210. I feel amazing. I'm in the gym 6 times a week sometimes 2 times a day. Body fat percentage was at 28% day of surgery and now it's at 16%.

Back on January 9th, a group of Pekin , Illinois bikers were riding west on I-74
when they saw a girl about to jump off the Murray Baker Bridge .
So they stopped.
George, their leader, a big burly man of 53, gets off his Harley, walks
through a group of gawkers, past the State Trooper who was
trying to talk her down off the railing, and says,
"Hey Baby.....whatcha doin' up there on that railin'?"
She says tearfully, "I'm going to commit suicide!!"
While he didn't want to appear "sensitive," George also didn't want
to miss this "be-a-legend" opportunity either so he asked …
"Well, before you jump, Honey-Babe...why don't you give ole George here your best last kiss?"
So, with no hesitation at all, she leaned back over the railing
and did just that … and it was a long, deep, lingering kiss
followed immediately by another even better one.
After they breathlessly finished, George gets a big thumbs-up approval
from his biker-buddies, the onlookers and even the
State Trooper and then says,
"Wow! That was the best kiss I have ever had, Honey!
That's a real talent you're wasting, Sugar Shorts. You could be
famous if you rode with me. Why the hell are you committing suicide?"
"My parents don't like me dressing up like a girl."
It's still unclear whether she jumped or was pushed.

<-------------Looking for a dark corner to hide and cry in.....

Ummmmmmm
There are no words.
Feeling like I need a shower.... In a whole bunch of Lysol.....

Hello,
I have to submit some paper work and pay the deposit this week. I have booked my surgery for sept 28 with Dr.Garcia.
I can not wait. I am happy and scared at the same time.
Hugs
Josie