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Maylia

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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About Maylia

  • Rank
    Novice

About Me

  • Gender
    Female
  • City
    WINDER
  • State
    GA
  • Zip Code
    30680
My whole life, I've never been small/thin/fit, you name it. So being heavy all my life, it has been difficult, but I was determined to be happy and now I have a loving husband, and four beautiful kids I love! Still, I wasn't happy with my weight and decided I need to be healthy and slim down so I can do more things with my kids! I started 2013, standing at 5'1 and weighed 250 pounds and was determined to lose weight on my own. Honestly, I didn't even think about having the sleeve done. One of the ways to help me get motivated was joining a group from work for a friendly company contest to see who would lose the most weight!! I even joined the gym and joined an individual weight loss challenge at the gym I was at to keep me on track after the company contest ended. I worked out every week and portioned my food, counted my calories, but I also fell off the boat a lot too. I lost about 20 pounds in a 3 month span and bounced from 230 to 225. In my last effort to keep my weight in control, I joined weight watchers in May!

Now I knew two people who had the sleeve done and both of them look great! I seriously started to consider the sleeve about June, and made an appointment with Dr Richard. After that I went through all the qualifications and appointments with everyone that I had to see before my surgery. I started my liquid diet on July 18th for two weeks and weighed 228. Of course I did what my nurse calls, "Restaurant shopping!!" So I gained 8 pounds devouring what I knew I couldn't have anymore!! On August 1st at 212 pounds, I had my surgery and everything went as planned. I didn't hurt much at all. I was able to move around and didn't need any pain meds when I went home. 1st week home was full liquids, and now week 2 i'm on soft/smooth foods. I still have a long way to go but It's definitely been an incredible journey so far!!

Height: 5 feet 1 inches
Starting Weight: 250 lbs
Weight on Day of Surgery:
Current Weight: 193 lbs
Goal Weight: 140 lbs
Weight Lost: 57 lbs
BMI: 36.5
Surgery: Gastric Sleeve
Surgery Status: Post Surgery
First Dr. Visit: 06/21/2013
Surgery Date: 08/01/2013
Hospital Stay: 2 Days
Surgery Funding: Insurance
Insurance Outcome: n/a
Maylia's Bariatric Surgeon
Center For Surgical Weight Management At Gwinnett Medical Center - Duluth
3855 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Suite 210
Duluth, Georgia 30096

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