CrissyRing77

Amazing!!!!! So happy for you!!!

Amazing!!!!! So happy for you!!!

I was sleeved July 1, 2013 by Doctor Rayford Kruger at Tobey Hospital in Massachusetts. Here's my official before/after pic, with my stats for both the day of my surgery, and my one year surgiversary. It's mindblowing to me that not only am I NEVER again going to shop in the Plus Size section of any store, but I will willingly step in front of a camera, while wearing a bathing suit. Who is this person?!
I have absolutely NO regrets and consider this surgery to have been a total success. For the first time in decades, I'm proud of the way I look and how hard I fought to achieve it, with my sleeve's help. Happy Independence Day, indeed!!

Wowza! I'm always stunned by your pics! Absolutely gorgeous! I have a hard time believing you could have ever looked different(does that make sense?) Way to go!

I think the eye is tricking you bc I think this is a small saucer plate, when I take pics if my food in my tiny plate I am shocked at how big it looks lol!

I think the eye is tricking you bc I think this is a small saucer plate, when I take pics if my food in my tiny plate I am shocked at how big it looks lol!

I am 6 1/2 months post op, down 63lbs from 211 to 148! I feel amazing!

We have a similar path, I was sleeved Nov 20, started at 211 down to 146, my hair loss started at 3 months exactly and has pretty much stopped thankfully! I cut my hair last week and now I can barely tell it's thin, the layering really helped! Here's a pic of my hubby and I last night at a wedding then I'll throw in a preop photo I just found on hubby's phone bc it shocked the crap out of me, I don't have many preop pics of me bc I got very camera shy towards the "end" So proud to be a Nov 2013 Sleever!

Thanks Crissy!!! I will have to get them now so I fit post op one day!!!! ????

I am 6 1/2 months post op, down 63lbs from 211 to 148! I feel amazing!

What a huge difference even just your face! I bet you feel great!

I LOVE that shirt! I must have one! Where did u get it????? And you look amazing!!!!

Wonderful to here!

How inspiring, you look amazing!

Awesome job, keep up the hard work.

Will post full body little while need my husband to take pic.lol

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My surgery was nov 19,2013 and as of today i am down 100lbs. I am loving my progress.

Check out those legs! You run on with your bad self!

We have a similar path, I was sleeved Nov 20, started at 211 down to 146, my hair loss started at 3 months exactly and has pretty much stopped thankfully! I cut my hair last week and now I can barely tell it's thin, the layering really helped! Here's a pic of my hubby and I last night at a wedding then I'll throw in a preop photo I just found on hubby's phone bc it shocked the crap out of me, I don't have many preop pics of me bc I got very camera shy towards the "end" So proud to be a Nov 2013 Sleever!

We have a similar path, I was sleeved Nov 20, started at 211 down to 146, my hair loss started at 3 months exactly and has pretty much stopped thankfully! I cut my hair last week and now I can barely tell it's thin, the layering really helped! Here's a pic of my hubby and I last night at a wedding then I'll throw in a preop photo I just found on hubby's phone bc it shocked the crap out of me, I don't have many preop pics of me bc I got very camera shy towards the "end" So proud to be a Nov 2013 Sleever!

So today I had the pleasure of having my hubby's company on my run(I run when he's at work usually) Both kids are at school so we had a nice time joking just being fun! Well we got home and he took this funny picture of me and I said hmmm "I want to put this on FB but look at my fat stomach!" Well after 10 seconds of soul searching I realized "screw that, to others it may look like fat/flab, but to me it's the loose skin I have to show for all my hard work, I'm gonna post that dang picture and not care what others think!"
HUGE VICTORY for this over critical self doubter(which is actually why I bought the shirt, the caption aimed at my own self deprecating self! Today I tagged my 6'2" hubby in that picture bc his 5' tall wife not only kept up, but she out ran him! Yayyyy! Thank you sleeve for giving me a chance at life again!

So today I had the pleasure of having my hubby's company on my run(I run when he's at work usually) Both kids are at school so we had a nice time joking just being fun! Well we got home and he took this funny picture of me and I said hmmm "I want to put this on FB but look at my fat stomach!" Well after 10 seconds of soul searching I realized "screw that, to others it may look like fat/flab, but to me it's the loose skin I have to show for all my hard work, I'm gonna post that dang picture and not care what others think!"
HUGE VICTORY for this over critical self doubter(which is actually why I bought the shirt, the caption aimed at my own self deprecating self! Today I tagged my 6'2" hubby in that picture bc his 5' tall wife not only kept up, but she out ran him! Yayyyy! Thank you sleeve for giving me a chance at life again!

I was sleeved November 20th 2013 I don't recall my visits bc they were super fast like all within one months time, bc I'm self pay so insurance didn't require anything of me...I'm sure my last appt was just details of the surgery and checking to see if I had lost any weight on the preop diet...when is the big day for you!?

Aww this made me tear up! I sure appreciate the support! We all are in this together! I have quite a large pannis (lower tummy) that hangs way down, but I'm wearing some pretty right pants for running otherwise is very painful, so think of it as Spanx lol! Sadly, I can't wear any bathing suits bc if hangs below them, which sucks bc I finally fit into my old ones, yet still need to wear shorts or a skirt, thankfully I'm on my way to a panniculectomy this summer! You will get there too! I just got over a huge stall where I only lost a few pounds last month, and very few the month prior, it's so hard, but these NSV are what really keep is going when the scale won't cooperate! Hang in there! Can't wait to here about you running someday!

Hello everyone started this journey 7 months going in weighing 315 I was wearing a size 22-24 in pants shirts was a 2-3x, I'm currently a size 14 and weight is 230 which I'm cool with that my goal was to get to a size 16 I have past that my body still wants to continue so I'm going to keep going! Lol still wanted to keep a Lil of my curves.