BryBro63

You look GREAT! ! Did you get sleeve or rny?? Got the sleeve...now over 2 years out, and still loving it!! Since that photo, I've gained about 15 lbs, but all muscle!!! Still wearing clothing with the same waist size, and trying to do some lifting now.

When people at work tell you 'You look like you have on your Dad's clothes!!! Not sure about that one!!

What up evevryone??? It's been quite awhile since I've checked in, and was wondering how everyone is doing?? Januaray will make 2 years since I've been sleved, and still the only regret I have is I wish I had done it sooner!!! If anyone has any questions or concerns or want to talk about anything at all about the experience, please reach out...I am more than willing to share the experience!!! Best to all who are or are about to do this, and go on this journey....it's so very much worther it!!!

You look GREAT! ! Did you get sleeve or rny?? Got the sleeve....so glad I did it!!! How about yourself??

Been gone from the forum for quite some time!!! Had my surgery in January of 2014, and now in maintenance mode...how is everyone doing?? Here's my pic!!

I'm over a year and a half post-op, and 'I' see it, but everyone else says they don't see it!! Wishing everyone the best!!

I was told to wait 4 - 6 weeks, and then start slow...I was so very anxious to get started, but glad I waited!!

Jersey...Sayreville NJ!!

I think you might be in starvation mode...are you working out at all? Sounds like you may need to work on boosting your metabolism. Be sure to discuss this with your nutritionist.

Got it...added you, my man!!

Thanks so very much for this article!! I think this pretty much solidifies the train of thought I'm on right now. If I gain a pound or two, I would hit the panic button, with the ghosts of the past haunting me again...another failed weight loss attempt!! But now I definitely do feel much more in control...I just go 'back to basics', and I'm back on track!!!

One of my weaknesses used to be the Little Debbie Swiss Rolls, and you could buy them in a box of 12. My usual snack was to polish off an entire box in one sitting, usually about 6 minutes!!! Another was those icing covered honeybuns that you could buy 2 for $1.00...I would buy 4 at a time for a snack, and have a 2-liter bottle of soda to wash it all down...the funny thing was the soda had to be a DIET soda, since I was trying to cut down!! Yeah, right!!! The third was KFC chicken...in order to cut down, I wouldn't eat the skin from the chicken. So instead of eating 8 full pieces, I would eat 14 skinless pieces!!! What a slob I was!!! Now I can barely eat 1 skinless leg or thigh...thank goodness!!!

I have many, but I guess the top 3 would be these - Getting thoroughly depressed when trying to find clothing in my size...finding anything stylish in size 3X is not an easy task!!! Working out at the gym and seeing all the pounds falling off of every family member except me!!! Apparently I must have been eating back everything I worked off!! During my latest doctor's visit, hearing the dreaded term 'DIABETES'...I saw what it did to many of my family members, including losing my mother...didn't want to do that do my family, especially if it's something I have the power to avoid and control!!!

This was the EXACT same reason for me to finally take the plunge and go for the surgery...I saw my family suffering from the effects of high blood pressure and diabetes, and when I was diagnosed with the same, I didn't want to put my family through that, so now thank the Lord that I'm cured of those, and I can live a healthy life!!!

Can I be the first to throw a question or two out there? I was sleeved on 1/27/2014, and I reached my goal on 8/20/2014. Since then I've lost a few more pounds, and then I as well as my PCP and my surgeon thought I was a bit too thin. Afterwards, I wanted to gain back some of the muscle mass lost, and I'm currently taking in about 1500 calories a day. I've gained back about 10 pounds, and I'm HOPING that what I've gained is more muscle than fat...when I get on the scale and see the numbers go up instead of down, my initial reaction is to panic!!! Old habits die hard!!! But trying to keep in mind that my clothes are still fitting great!! By chance am I the only one going through this?? I still have a little bit of a belly, but the surgeon says that's not going to go away without cosmetic surgery, so I can live with it!! Thoughts??? Comments??? Thanks in advance, guys!!!