tami j

HW 231
CW 193.6

HW 231
CW 193.6

HW 231
CW 193.6

yesterdays weigh-in 194
1 lb to go for my patty day goal!

yesterdays weigh-in 194
1 lb to go for my patty day goal!

So as of March 2nd, (2 days past my 9 month surgeversary) I have reached my goal weight!!!!!! I am ECSTATIC! I never NEVER dreamed that it was possible to be this small! And even better, I feel incredible! This journey has been truly life changing! 9 months, and 111lbs lost! It doesn't even seem real!
High weight: 236
Starting weight: 223
Current weight: 125!!!
Started out at a size 16/18. Now (and this is still hard for me to believe) I am a size 3!!! I've never been a 3 in my life!

I had surgery sept 6,2013! Feel good. Bottom pic is before I conversed from lap band to sleeve!

Alrighty...here are our numbers for the week. Remember, I did some 'housekeeping' and removed people who haven't posted since the beginning to mid January, so it definitely makes our percentages look MUCH better!
Total pounds to lose (from 55 participants): 6688
Total pounds lost to date: 2857.3
Percentage of weight lost towards goal: 43%
We're almost half way there ladies and gentlemen! WAY TO GO!!! Keep up the GREAT work!

Happy Sunday (weigh in day for many), and happy March to everyone! It's hard to believe that spring is around the corner (doesn't feel like it in my neck of the woods with 50 below wind chills).
Everyone is doing such a great job of posting their numbers, and I appreciate that. When I post the weekly numbers tomorrow, we should have a much better percentage, as I have moved more 'non-posters' over to the inactive list. This will lower our total pounds lost goal, but increase our percentage of pounds lost towards the goal!
Keep up the great work, and I'll post our wonderful numbers tomorrow afternoon!

HW 231
CW 194

Hello my sleeve friends, ik it's not weigh-in day but I wanted to share with u all that I HIT ONDERLANDDDDDD, WOOHOOO!! I won't give weight until Sunday tho, but I had to share my joy with my sleeve family:))) God Bless and c u beautiful losers on Sunday! !!!

What a great story! I was also at an 80's dance club here in texas! I will take your lead and log my night of getting in the groove!

So, after having a lovely afternoon with a fabulous friend, who had managed to rationalise and put into perspective a work problem I've been enduring since 2008. To Celebrate, as I finally felt free of this burden, I decided to drag my man out for an evenings entertainment.
We went and had a few drinkies and then decided to go dancing at the local 80's nightclub. I love 80's music, me.
So, the club was jumping and I, was having a wonderful time bopping around. My man doesn't like to dance, so he stood on the sidelines - effectively on guard!
Apart from the fact two drunk males who had decided to use the dance floor as a race track and knocked me flying, which resulted in a considerably bruised hip bone today and a fiance who wanted to literally kill these two youths; something very nice happened.
We'd been standing near a group of more mature Polish males, who were a jolly nice bunch. Who, too, were bopping around and having a good time. One of them asked of my man 'is that your wife?' to which he replied 'yes, sir'. The Polish blokes all said 'You are a very very lucky man'. He replied 'I know'. <raises an eyebrow at how men can be sometimes!>
A bit later, a, well, how would you refer to him as? A bit of a geeky looking/studious male, approached me whilst dancing. Nervously he said 'I am really sorry to disturb you. I am with a group of blokes who think you are gorgeous. We've been talking about it and they reckon that I would never be able to approach someone like you. (Someone like you?!!!) Would you mind if I just stood here for a bit, because I want to prove them wrong.'
Feeling taken aback, I replied 'Aww, thank you! But of course! In fact I can go one better than that. Would you like to dance with me?' His young bespectacled face lit up as I grabbed his hand and dragged him onto the dance floor. (My man didn't mind as he clearly didn't feel threatened by it). This young lad's mates were left open-mouthed at the bar and I got such an effusive 'thank you!' when our dance was concluded.
Towards the end of the night, as the Polish men were leaving, one of them approached me to say goodbye. With his thick accent and courteous demeanor, he leant forward and said 'I just want to say, your husband is one very very lucky man. You are a beautiful woman. Have a good evening.' At which point he kissed me on the cheek and left.
Now, I have been excited about inches disappearing, I have been shocked by the scale dropping, I have been bemused by all my new found bones - I have also been devastated at the Hair loss, but nothing. Nothing, compared to how last night made me feel.
I am normal again. I am a 'someone like you'. I am humbled, slightly embarrassed - but elated.
And you know what's even better? I logged my three hours of dancing on MyFitnessPal and I'd burnt up 1,293 calories! (Which more than offset the 5 pints of Guinness and the couple of vodka and red bulls I'd consumed!)
Yay, me!

BEA
Im so sorry - I realized this challenge was on mondays and I got use to doing Fridays
starting was 199
2/24 was 197.6
2/28 today is 195.6
you can use for monday 3/3 because mondays are so busy for me at work I may forget to post that day. But I will try.

BEA
Im so sorry - I realized this challenge was on mondays and I got use to doing Fridays
starting was 199
2/24 was 197.6
2/28 today is 195.6
you can use for monday 3/3 because mondays are so busy for me at work I may forget to post that day. But I will try.

It took about 4-5 days after cardiac clearance for them to call me to schedule surgery. It was in November but I wanted my surgery in December since pto started over and was able to use some holiday time as well.
Good luck! My surgery was cash pay- and at texas general with dr Kim and Holden doing hernia repair!

Hi everyone! I've enjoyed reading up on everyone since I haven't been on lately!
I go in two weeks for my cardiac clearance and then I have only one more class in April. I have Highmark BCBS so I'm hoping approval is fast and easy. I also use Dr. Kim's office and I absolutely live Melissa.

Hi Everyone!!
I just found out yesterday that I am approved for surgery! I have BC/BS and originally Dr Kim was to be my surgeon..just found out yesterday that Dr Holden will be performing my sleeve at Baylor Trophy Club. I go for my cardiac clearance next Thursday, then Melissa says we can schedule surgery for April!!! Yay!!!! Will they know the results of the cardiac clearance that day while I am in the office?

Bea - Im sorry that I didnt log on yesterday to give you my starting and goal weight for patty day challenge, it was my birthday and I was not feeling well either! ugh feeling a bit better today.
I will go with Sunday's weigh in for starting weight 199
goal for st Patty's day in 4 weeks 193.
1.5 pound per week average sounds doable!

Bea - Im sorry that I didnt log on yesterday to give you my starting and goal weight for patty day challenge, it was my birthday and I was not feeling well either! ugh feeling a bit better today.
I will go with Sunday's weigh in for starting weight 199
goal for st Patty's day in 4 weeks 193.
1.5 pound per week average sounds doable!

HW 231
CW 199

I'm in!

01/03/14 214.5
01/10/14 210.6
01/17/14 208.0
01/24/14 204.8
01/31/14 202.6
02/07/14 200.2
02/14/14 199.5
Goal for Valentines 197
Just short of goal... But ver happy to be in Onderland after 6 years of not!!!

Gorgeous day outside hope you are enjoying it. I walked a couple of miles this morning and hoping to get out with the family this afternoon!

Loving my sleeve! I actually fit in a size 12 jacket today down from an 16/18 W! Amazing!
SW 248
CW 210
Surgery date was on 12/18/13
38 lbs down and lots of inches! I told my husband last night as we were walking to our car look how skinny my silhouette is getting:-)) he is so proud of my hard work!