TV-Duhhh!!!

8/8/13
SW 213
HW 225
CW 168
Happy with my sleeve, I think I hit my second stall at three months for a while but I'm back n moving now.. My hair started falling big time I'm a little scare but it was predicted so I know it will pass..

I'm in the Austin/Oak Park area & I'm 2 months pre-op

Today is my 1 year surgiversary this year has gone by so fast been a few hurdles but I'm so happy with my sleeve. I would do it all over again in a heart beat. Have about 7# to my goal. Dr said was good where I'm at but would like a few to play with. Coming off slow now but very HAPPY with what I have accomplished in a year.
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We need to look at this from the other side and not treat overweiht people wrong now.

Today marks my one year anniversary, and I am thrilled with my changes over the last 365 days. I haven't yet made goal, but I am going to keep on plugging! I am so happy and grateful that I swallowed my pride, admitted I really needed help, and got the sleeve!

So Today I hit 149.2 lbs. According to my BMI I am NORMAL!
I had surgery March 20, 2013 and weighed in at 240 lbs. I have chosen to only tell 2 people. My husband and sister. So when I posted a picture this week it created quite a buzz. I have lost 91 lbs in 7 months and feel better then ever. I could not ask for a better change in my life I can run and play with my son and not get tired. I have been so blessed to have had an easy recovery and a sleeve of steel.
I have attached a picture from February 2013 and from this week.

Hope this picture shows up. Sleeved on 8/19 and down 31 since surgery (42 since preop). It seems like I've lost nearly all my weight in my waist and upper body. Began intensive lower body strength training to firm and "encourage" some loss there! Glad to see everyone doing well!

Down 4 more lbs... Totaling -31 since 8/20... Loving this sleeve of mine..
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SW-307
CW-265
Surgery date 8/20
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SW-307
CW-265
Surgery date 8/20
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Hello, I'm about 2 months pre op and wondering is the anyone else on here that's in my city that's about to change their lives ...

3 years ago today I had the VSG!
So much has happened in the last 3 years in regards to my attitudes, abilities and awareness surrounding my body, what I eat, and how I exercise. I will do my best to keep this short!
First and foremost, I am one of those people who had a surgical procedure to help me lose weight. And I hit a "low" weight and then, in the space of about 10 months, regained about 20ish pounds. Nothing is more humbling than being a "statistic" in this way. I had always heard that this regularly happens to WLS patients and a part of my brain said "oh that won't be me!" Haha. Lessons learned the hard way are sometimes the ones that stick with us the most.
So if any of you have the question "is it possible to regain weight with the sleeve?" ...the answer is YES it is possible. The regain is actually quite easy. You quit tracking your food, you eat a few more calories than you need to, extra "treats" find there way back into your life, and you slack off on the exercising. Losing the extra regain...well notsoeasy. I have lost -12lbs of my regain and will continue to fight until the regain is gone.
Here are just a few quick things that are true for ME, personally.
1. We can live on a lot less food than we think we can live on. If you take nothing else away from this post, please remember that statement. During the time that I had regained some weight, I found myself wanting to eat more and the truth of the matter remains that my daily caloric intake needs to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,400 calories or less for me to maintain or lose weight, regardless of how much I exercise. This is completely reasonable, doable and normal for me. And I am finally OK with this. (Yours may be completely different!!)
2. Don't underestimate the importance of exercise!! It's taken me a while to finally push myself out of my comfort zone when it comes to exercise, but I've found out what a really challenging workout does to me mentally and physically and I know when things get to easy that I need to push myself farther. If you have never exercised before in your life, then your goal is to GET UP OFF the couch and DO SOMETHING. And if exercise is not completely foreign to you, then you need to set some goals to push yourself harder.
3. Plastic surgery. I have not had any...yet. I went for an initial consult this past May. It was really hard to see how much damage being morbidly obese has done to my body and how much it would cost to get a nice "perfect" body. I've had a lot of time and space to think about what I learned at that consult and what I realize now, is that I'm not sure I can afford perfection. Or that it necessarily exists. I just know I could put one of my kids through college for what I was quoted for plastics. So I'm currently on the fence and in the mode of trying to be happy with where I am and not worry about chasing a down a body that might not exist for me.
4. I constantly drink Water. I drink (half-caf) coffee (usally 2 cups a day), I rarely drink alcohol and I never drink anything carbonated. I've been carbonation free for over 3 years now. I also rarely use any type of crystal lite, or flavor enhancers etc. Sometimes I drink plain (unsweet) tea.
My net loss is somewhere around -90lbs. My husband is also sleeved and did NOT regain any weight. He is 2.5 years post-op and seems to maintain his more modest loss (-70lbs) more effortlessly than I do. He also can eat more calories than I do, so right there are complete differences among sleevers! I just don't think we can ever "give up" ...and there is no "finish" line! There might be a GOAL WEIGHT, but once you are there, it's still a journey to keep the weight off. And for that reason I'm eternally grateful to my VST 'family' for always being here!
BEFORE VSG 2010

AFTER VSG 2013 (all of these photos have been taken in the last 2 months)

SIDE BY SIDE

It's been 5 months after surgery. My own surgeon looked at me standing in the waiting room, STARED, blinked, tried to focus, scratched his head... then heard me laugh and a lightbulb went on!
I look amazing, feel amazing, and still don't drink 64 ounces of Water per day! ha ha!
My primary doctor did every possible laboratory: I'm healthier than ever! My skin is clear, my blood pressure is perfect, my sleep apnea is gone, all the pain and misery is GONE.
WENT FROM SIZE 16 JEANS TO SIZE 5! I look 30 years old!
My teen girls are proud of me... I never dreamed this could happen... but it happened! I can eat everything I want, just a few bites and I'm good. I'm very lucky that I don't have skin hanging all over, just a pouch of fat still in my lower abdomen.
My ideal weight is 129 lbs, that is 23 lbs away... I don't think I want to be that skinny because I'm 45. Hope to stop at 145, size 3 jeans so I can steal my daughter's clothes!!! ha ha

So I made 9 months on the 21 of this month I started at 299 now at 173 down 126 pound goal 185 im12 pounds under and 9 pound to normal bmi .. I wanna share sine pics through out my journey





I started in a size 24 2x tops now I'm in a size 10 pants and med tops small dresses .. I can't wait to my yr come up a lot can happen in the months oh and did I mention I lost my first 100 at 5 months

I downloaded this app called Waterlogged. Has helped me tremendously keep track of my Water intake. I'm a freak and ridiculously competitive (with myself) that it forces me to hit my 100% goal everyday LOL. Good luck!

Im so excited!!! I feel like im getting a little sick but think its all mental lol. But took some meds just in case. Its so great to know people are so supportive here (((hugs)))

I just want to say to everyone here that has made the change you are doing a great job and just take one day at a time. For those getting prepared for the change you are also doing great for taking the steps to get to you date and come to the other side. Congrats to everyone!!!!!

Surgery 8/28/13 and down 39.6- feeling really good and struggling to get recommended calories in each day. I was not eating enough and stalled. 2 months in the morning-hope to make it a 40 pound loss by then!

That's great!!! I bet you're over the moon!

Awesome job!!!! My 3 month Surgerversary is today an I'm down 44. Your doing great!!!!

Today is my 2 month surgerversary and I'm down 37 lbs so far...
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Today is my 2 month surgerversary and I'm down 37 lbs so far...
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