Seela

Looking amazing Seela. Florida agrees with you. I'm with you though, since losing weight, I don't wear LBDS. It's all about color now. ImageUploadedByBariatricPal1420471862.075554.jpg

you look amazing!

I've been wanting to post a picture here for a year and a half!

I was sleeved by dr Simchuk as well. My Surgery was on 11/25/14. How are you doing.

hi, sorry, I'm not on here very much anymore. .. I hope you're doing well, it gets easier, I promise! It's been 14 months and I'm doing great... very healthy and all my labs are good... I lost 95 lbs and one of these days I'll kick my ass* into gear and lose the last 15 lbs, lol... it's definitely harder now because I have to really watch my diet and make good choices, but I keep up on it daily. I moved to Florida so I'm not in Chico anymore, but I hope your experience with Simchuck was as great as mine.♡

Thanks everyone. .. happy new year!

Happy new year everyone! I'm still down 95 lbs... did NOT gain over this holiday season... yay me! Really looking forward to 2015 ♡

I was totally addicted to diet pepsi pre surgery. .. I am happy to say I have not had ANY soda of any kind for over a year and since I tend to get addicted to things quickly and easily, soda is something I will honestly never have again. Moderation is not kind to me... all or nothing... but not being a size 20 makes me not miss soda at all!

I had a pair of jeans that were super cute. I had never worn them before. I tried them on last week and they fit! Well I was finally able to wear jeans today to work (casual Friday). I did not even get through the day before they were falling off. Could not even wear them to dinner so I pulled out a pair I had tried last week that didn't fit....they fit. Success, but I really didn't think I would change sizes that quickly!

that's awesome! Ok, so sometimes I went down a size after just a couple of weeks! Once you get down to about a size 14 you will drop a size about every 10 lbs... so... if you have a really good week you could potentially drop a size on even just one week...CRAZY!

Seela. Congrats!!! Can you believe it has been a year already????? You look wonderful !

Thanks, you too! Wild ride, hu? Lol...

Congrats on your one year mark! You look beautiful. I just had mine last month also and I'm still trying to get used to the changes in my life. Shopping still confuses the heck out of me! I have no sense of "what is my size?" . I can not wrap my head around being a size 6.

I definitely look better in clothing due to all the extra skin. My docs ( 3 of them) are encouraging plastics/ Tummy Tuck for me, but I'm going to wait a bit longer. How's your skin doing? Our stats are similar (5'6" and 150 lbs at 13 months p/o.)

What a difference a year makes

well, if I had the money, I would have plastics, my skin isn't as good as I'd hoped for but far better than most, I am very lucky to have good, elastic skin. When I can I will at the least get my boobs done, they drive me nuts... the rest of it is what it is... since I did this to myself I can't really complain and I can't keep beating myself up over it... I will never walk around in a string bikini but I look damn good in a one piece! Also, my skin seems to get better with time

Our stats are similar and I'm amazed that you can get into a size 6! You go. I'm a size 10 loose. Everyone tells me not to lose anymore weight and I am happy with where I am and how I look but I can't get over the "overweight" status. I am obsessed with my medical chart not showing overweight.

Size 6 isn't what it used to be... I was a size 6 in high school and I was a lot smaller than I am now, but I was in much better shape too... I'm about 5'5 tall and I would just really love to have something in my life declare me "NORMAL"... lol

@@Seela

hey bud - i remember you!

where the heck have you been??

i've been looking all over for you

main point is that you have been found

95 lbs down. down,and down some more!

you continue to do great!!

enjoying life, places to go, people to see LOL

come back and visit anytime

always nice to get more expertise from a "newbie" VET LOL

keeep up the good work

health and happiness to you

who deserves it more?

hope to see more of you, while we also see "less of you"

good luck

happy surgiversary

kathy

Hey, hey! Good to "see" you too... In a nutshell, I sold my business in california, filed for divorce after a lengthy separation, and moved across country to florida, all in a span of 30 days!.... so yeah, lots of stress and now struggling with all this vsg stuff, but it's my 1 year aniversary and the perfect time to get back on track!

Do you strength train? Might be time to start putting on some muscle. :-)

I definitely need to do that...

I am one year out today (yay me) and have gone from a size 20 to a size 6 and yet according to my BMI I am still overweight... My original goal was 140 lbs, but at this point I think I would actually look too skinny, so I am altering my, as yet reached, goal to a normal BMI range. If I was in the middle of my normal range I think I would look emaciated, so I'll settle for just reaching the normal range.

Hi all! It's been awhile since I've been here, but I had my surgery one year ago today and I wouldn't have been able to get through it without all of the support I received here. I started out a year ago at 250 lbs, size 20 and a year after VSG I am 155 lbs and a size 6!  

Forgot to log on Monday... Monday's weight 151.6. I driving cross country from California to Florida starting Thursday and may still be on the road next Monday. I'll post again when I can. Things are really hard right now, eating out every single meal due to moving... I really can't wait to get settled and back to a normal and healthy routine.

Sounds like maybe Constipation. I've started adding benefiber to my Water daily... really help and you don't notice it at all

I had this happen to me once when my son was in the emergency room and I didn't eat all day. Low blood sugar, as soon as I ate something I was better. Be careful in the early months when you don't feel hungry, it's easy to forget to eat.

I'm moving to the Daytona Beach area next week, I'd love some occasional support once I get there

Sw 159.2

Week 1- 156.9

CW 153.6

Sleeved 10/21/13

5'5, sw250, cw155

I was stuck for almost 3 months where I only went down a lb here and there. I thought I was done but all of a sudden I dropped 12 lbs practically overnight! I haven't changed anything or done anything different. I figure, if you're still eating limited calories your weight will eventually catch up... it's a mathematical certainty. Just stay on the program, if you consume less than you burn your weight will go down.

Tiny loss, but I'll take it! 155.6

CW 155.8

Sweetie, you're only a few days out and your stomach is doing some serious healing. I promise this will go away. A couple months from now it will be a distant memory. Hang in there.

I had a client who is a bariatric sergeon and he would just randomly start telling me how I would never be able to lose weight and keep it off on my own. This was unsolicited, so I thought he was a jerk. Turns out, while he has poor social skills, he was a gift from God. It took me 4 years, but I finally gave in and had my vsg with him in October last year and at almost 9 months out I'm down 95 lbs. You just never know what forms special gifts will come in.

I can only offer this perspective: It's pretty standard for women going through "a bad divorce" (however you define that) to lose weight.

Divorce is the second most stressful experience most people go through in life.

In fact, you should google: divorce diet.

It happens to many people. It happened to me in my 30s.

But you're right to be concerned. Divorce is usually followed by a lot of other high-stress events, e.g., moving to a new house, maybe changing jobs, maybe even moving to another city, starting a new relationship, financial stresses.

In your shoes right now, I would SO be in therapy!

Ha! The kids and I are moving from California to Florida BEFORE school starts! No stress here!