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Before is August 2013. After is September 2014. Down 102 lbs!

The fart thing though. No joke. It got me also once.

I got sporadic compliments starting at around 40 lbs. Now that I am down 100+ lbs I have people noticing literally everyday at my work. Some of our patients even think I am a new employee. Lol. It never gets old.

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Left is August 2013. 250 lbs
Right is sept 2014 150lbs.

A woman came into our office. She went over to my co-worker and said. "I see you have a new girl here"
She laughed and said. "No that's Jaci, she lost a lot of weight". The woman didn't believe her. Lol. I've worked there for almost 14 years. The woman was embarrassed and said it was that my hair looked different. My hair was in a ponytail, which it often is. This honestly made my day.

I am 10months post op bypass and I can count on one hand the times I have felt hungry. It's a totally different feeling for me now than before. I deal with a lot of head hunger though.

A woman came into our office. She went over to my co-worker and said. "I see you have a new girl here"
She laughed and said. "No that's Jaci, she lost a lot of weight". The woman didn't believe her. Lol. I've worked there for almost 14 years. The woman was embarrassed and said it was that my hair looked different. My hair was in a ponytail, which it often is. This honestly made my day.

I may be biased but I say go for it. What ever happens will happen eventually anyways. Best to look after your health and well being first. That way you are able to be the best mom you can to your kids. Just curious though why you are afraid of divorce? Sometimes it's the best thing to happen to a person. Yes it's hard to go through emotionally and often financially, but who wants to be with someone that doesn't want to be with them. Personally I am much happier alone than I was with a husband that treated me like crap. I have been a single mom of 3 for 15 years and my youngest is 15. We can survive hard things. You are stronger than you think.

I may be biased but I say go for it. What ever happens will happen eventually anyways. Best to look after your health and well being first. That way you are able to be the best mom you can to your kids. Just curious though why you are afraid of divorce? Sometimes it's the best thing to happen to a person. Yes it's hard to go through emotionally and often financially, but who wants to be with someone that doesn't want to be with them. Personally I am much happier alone than I was with a husband that treated me like crap. I have been a single mom of 3 for 15 years and my youngest is 15. We can survive hard things. You are stronger than you think.

I may be biased but I say go for it. What ever happens will happen eventually anyways. Best to look after your health and well being first. That way you are able to be the best mom you can to your kids. Just curious though why you are afraid of divorce? Sometimes it's the best thing to happen to a person. Yes it's hard to go through emotionally and often financially, but who wants to be with someone that doesn't want to be with them. Personally I am much happier alone than I was with a husband that treated me like crap. I have been a single mom of 3 for 15 years and my youngest is 15. We can survive hard things. You are stronger than you think.

I may be biased but I say go for it. What ever happens will happen eventually anyways. Best to look after your health and well being first. That way you are able to be the best mom you can to your kids. Just curious though why you are afraid of divorce? Sometimes it's the best thing to happen to a person. Yes it's hard to go through emotionally and often financially, but who wants to be with someone that doesn't want to be with them. Personally I am much happier alone than I was with a husband that treated me like crap. I have been a single mom of 3 for 15 years and my youngest is 15. We can survive hard things. You are stronger than you think.

I may be biased but I say go for it. What ever happens will happen eventually anyways. Best to look after your health and well being first. That way you are able to be the best mom you can to your kids. Just curious though why you are afraid of divorce? Sometimes it's the best thing to happen to a person. Yes it's hard to go through emotionally and often financially, but who wants to be with someone that doesn't want to be with them. Personally I am much happier alone than I was with a husband that treated me like crap. I have been a single mom of 3 for 15 years and my youngest is 15. We can survive hard things. You are stronger than you think.

I may be biased but I say go for it. What ever happens will happen eventually anyways. Best to look after your health and well being first. That way you are able to be the best mom you can to your kids. Just curious though why you are afraid of divorce? Sometimes it's the best thing to happen to a person. Yes it's hard to go through emotionally and often financially, but who wants to be with someone that doesn't want to be with them. Personally I am much happier alone than I was with a husband that treated me like crap. I have been a single mom of 3 for 15 years and my youngest is 15. We can survive hard things. You are stronger than you think.

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Left is August 2013. 250 lbs
Right is sept 2014 150lbs.

Down 103 lbs since August 2013. Feeling fabulous and living life.

Where in canada? I'm in alberta and was about 9 months from referral to surgery. And yes I did get to choose my surgery type. They don't do the band here. Just bypass and sleeve.

Down 103 lbs since August 2013. Feeling fabulous and living life.

A woman came into our office. She went over to my co-worker and said. "I see you have a new girl here"
She laughed and said. "No that's Jaci, she lost a lot of weight". The woman didn't believe her. Lol. I've worked there for almost 14 years. The woman was embarrassed and said it was that my hair looked different. My hair was in a ponytail, which it often is. This honestly made my day.

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Left is August 2013. 250 lbs
Right is sept 2014 150lbs.

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Left is August 2013. 250 lbs
Right is sept 2014 150lbs.

While I personally agree with the OP, I respect everyone's right to privacy. Not everyone wants to discuss their personal business. I have lost just over 100lbs. Multiple times a day people notice and comment on it. I tell them thank you for noticing. If they ask how I did it. I tell them. I took nutrition classes and then had gastric bypass surgery. I haven't had anyone give any negative feedback. I have also inspired two people to look into getting it for themselves. Which I am proud of. If I hadn't told them I had it they would probably have never looked into it for themselves. So for me this is the right choice. I respect the fact that not everyone is comfortable with sharing their journey and that is their choice.

This photo says it all.

I took 6 days off. I am a receptionist. Yes I was tired at the end of the day. Some of us already live pay cheque to pay cheque. You shouldn't assume that we can all realistically afford to take off 6+ weeks. Don't know who would cover the mortgage payment and bills during the time it would take for unemployment benefits to kick in. In a perfect world yes. But this doesn't exist for us all.

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Left is August 2013. 250 lbs
Right is sept 2014 150lbs.

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Left is August 2013. 250 lbs
Right is sept 2014 150lbs.