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I just bought this LBD to wear out to dinner for our 1st wedding anniversary tomorrow. This time last year, I was 218 pounds and wore a size 18W. My LBD is a 10! Best gift I ever gave myself and my husband!

I just bought this LBD to wear out to dinner for our 1st wedding anniversary tomorrow. This time last year, I was 218 pounds and wore a size 18W. My LBD is a 10! Best gift I ever gave myself and my husband!

Surgery on October 22, 2013. I am 5 pounds from my goal of 145. My doctor's goal was 157! This is my LBD to wear to our wedding anniversary on 8/22/14. Best gift I could ever give my husband!

I just bought this LBD to wear out to dinner for our 1st wedding anniversary tomorrow. This time last year, I was 218 pounds and wore a size 18W. My LBD is a 10! Best gift I ever gave myself and my husband!

I just bought this LBD to wear out to dinner for our 1st wedding anniversary tomorrow. This time last year, I was 218 pounds and wore a size 18W. My LBD is a 10! Best gift I ever gave myself and my husband!

I just bought this LBD to wear out to dinner for our 1st wedding anniversary tomorrow. This time last year, I was 218 pounds and wore a size 18W. My LBD is a 10! Best gift I ever gave myself and my husband!

I just bought this LBD to wear out to dinner for our 1st wedding anniversary tomorrow. This time last year, I was 218 pounds and wore a size 18W. My LBD is a 10! Best gift I ever gave myself and my husband!

Surgery on October 22, 2013. I am 5 pounds from my goal of 145. My doctor's goal was 157! This is my LBD to wear to our wedding anniversary on 8/22/14. Best gift I could ever give my husband!

Losing very slowly now.....8 pounds to goal! Cannot describe how happy I am with the surgery. Even when the scale refuses to budge, I keep shrinking. Started at 18W and now in a size 10 pants (soon to be 8) and Small/Med tops! My RA is in remission and I am no longer taking the heavy duty medications for it. Tons of energy and ability to do things I couldn't do before. Like my gyn said, "You're a poster child for weight lost surgery". Yes, there is a lot of sagging going on (after all I am 60!) but I can live with it.
HW 220
SW 215
CW 153

Losing very slowly now.....8 pounds to goal! Cannot describe how happy I am with the surgery. Even when the scale refuses to budge, I keep shrinking. Started at 18W and now in a size 10 pants (soon to be 8) and Small/Med tops! My RA is in remission and I am no longer taking the heavy duty medications for it. Tons of energy and ability to do things I couldn't do before. Like my gyn said, "You're a poster child for weight lost surgery". Yes, there is a lot of sagging going on (after all I am 60!) but I can live with it.
HW 220
SW 215
CW 153

I am beyond happy and pleased. Last night I had my first meal which included a piece of thin deli meat and a slice of cheese and it was delicious. Today for lunch I made a tuna salad which included dice onions, light mayo and lemon and pepper and I LOvED it. It tasted sooo delicious and my sleeve loved it and accepted it. I was so scared that I was never going to be able to eat again but that was not the case. I took care of my sleeve though and I ate by my doctors rules and ate very slowly. I was so scared to eat the tuna but I felt normal again. I could cry from happiness. Only my mom, 2 sisters and 3 closest friends knew of my surgery and now that I am eating more "healthy" food the rest of the family are not suspicious. I try to eat every 4 hours just like I am told too but sometimes every 3 hours because I do get hungry. I also work out so for 4 weeks I ate between 300-420 calories and yesterday was the first day I ate 690 calories and I did burn 390 at the gym. This is my phase 3 so not sure how much calories I should be eating. I make sure each of my meal had lots of Protein and low carbs. Just a week ago I was barely getting 20g of Protein and yesterday it was 63g I was beyond happy. I also take my Vitamins everyday it's part of me now and I don't want to get sick. I drink lots of Water especially at night I have a bottle next to my night stand and I am surprised how much I drink. I used to love sweet food but I am starting to hate them a lot. Like I loved my yogurt in the morning which is light and fit Greek yogurt and now I am finding it to be really sweet lol. Not complaining because sweets are the reason why I got into this place.
I have a lot of energy. I work full time and I am a full time student taking 6 classes and I still make time to go to the gym 3 times per week and I walk everyday during my lunch.
Knock on wood, I have to gas or acid problem at all. I wish I could use the bathroom more often but I will get there soon enough. Sometimes I think I did not have the sleeve at all haha. I remember the first 2 weeks were hard and everyone told me how it will get better to hang in there and I would say to myself no this will never get better but it's true it does get better. Just have patience and you won't believe how fast time flys.
Ok going to do homework now, I just wanted to share something positive.

I'm a shortie...5'3 1/2 (the half inch is very important!)
SD- 8/22/2013
HW- 220
SW- 215
CW - 199.2 (2 weeks out tomorrow!)
GW- 145

I'm a shortie...5'3 1/2 (the half inch is very important!)
SD- 8/22/2013
HW- 220
SW- 215
CW - 199.2 (2 weeks out tomorrow!)
GW- 145