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Amazing!! Excellent job... Honestly outstanding!

Amazing!! Excellent job... Honestly outstanding!

Amazing!! Excellent job... Honestly outstanding!

Amazing!! Excellent job... Honestly outstanding!

Banded June 2010. Rid of 168 pounds!

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Ok, so here's my first pictures. The "before" was taken Dec 4, the day I started my preop diet. The "after" was taken 3 months later (2 1/2 months postop) and 50 pound down. Size 22 to 18.
   

What a year it has been. I can't truly process all the changes that have happened. This time last year I was resting at home recovering from surgery and now I am officially at goal! I feel so blessed that I was given the opportunity to be sleeved. Definitely the best decision I have ever made. Here's a few photos:
This morning

Before and 3 months out

Today

Yeah me!

Such an awesome Journey with my husband! Any other couples sleeved together?

Omg how wonderful!! U look great!! I'm hearing all these stories about 3 months out losing 60-75 lbs... N I'm so jealous I'm getting discouraged can u give me any tips?!?! how much did u lose in month 1, 2, 3?

Be prepared to spend most of the moments, until you get used to it saying in your head and out loud...
"Oooh, look at my hip bones sticking out'.
'Oooh! Look how bendy I am now!'
'Hmm...Do you think that chandelier will support my weight now? I think I'm going to swing off of it'.

Thanks. Don't get discouraged if u are losing slowly as long as u are losing everyone loses different. I can barely get 800 calories in a day and I have recently started back in the gym. Thats all I'm doing. I record EVERYTHING I eat. Good luck to u and dont give up. 15 of my pounds were before surgery

How's the progress going my fellow feb sleevers?!?

Sw:268
Cw: 210
So happy to finally be seeing results! I'm down from a size 22 jeans to a loose 16. Tops from plus size 2x to a regular xl! I feel so good that it seems unreal most days!
The 1st pic is day of surgery, I'm on the right. I did this with my best friend.

I use the over-the-counter Zegrid. Amazing reflex meds and I really hate to endorse meds but gotta have them.

I will keep you updated as soon as I get back tomorrow. I am currently taking an acid reducer.

Me too..I'm at about 3 months. It started last week out of the blue. Clumps in my brush.. Hairs falling everywhere. I have well over 60 grams of Protein and take 10,000 of Biotin a day. This happened to me a few years ago big-time when I lost 45 pounds in 11 weeks and I was told by weight loss center it is from rapid weight loss and to be expected. Since my VSG, I have lost 35 pounds for which I'm happy, but I do not consider 35 pounds in three months rapid weight loss ( I'm stalled). The good news, it grew back even thicker. I'm not happy about this, but may be a small price to pay for the good health I'm working toward. I was hoping to escape Hair loss with the amount of protein I take, but unfortunately not. I'm trying to keep it all in perspective and be happy for the opportunity for VSG, safe and successful surgery and easy recovery, and I'm a size 10. I may be a size 10 with an itty bitty skinny ponytail....but a healthy size 10! Accentuate the positive!!!

I've always had mild reflux but it's been severe since my sleeve surgery. Once I had to sip Water every 5 minutes or I would burn and cough uncontrollably but Zegrid helped that little episode which was the worst I'd ever experienced. I'm pretty sure I will end up with an ulcer or a damaged esophagus simply because every single morning that I wake up and quite often throughout the day my stomach hurts so badly that I want to cry. It even wakes me up during the night. I had a doctor tell me many years ago that I should always chew on antacids throughout the day to help keep the acid down. I never tried it until after the sleeve and it definitely helps a lot and makes a difference with my stomach pains and reflux severity.

Today I am 8 weeks post op and I have lost 71 lbs total, 20 during two week liquid phase pre op and 51 during the 8 weeks after surgery. Best decision of my life. Was heading for double knee replacements and could not walk 50 feet because of severe pain. I was ready to quit work but now I am walking 2 to 3 miles a day, Still have pain in knees but getting better. Feel fantastic overall. I read alot of the negative issues people are having but wanted to share my story.

It was just a year ago I first heard about the sleeve. I hit the grounds running and flew through all the hoops to make it happen. I was sleeved on May 3rd, and now I have hit my goal of losing 100 pounds! It has been a great journey!

6 months post op and I feel absolutely amazing. My only regret is not doing it sooner! I feel like I can finally stop hiding behind everything and get out and live my life to the fullest!

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You look awesome! Congrats on the weight loss an the courage to post pics!!

Screw her !!!! No one knkws what life is like being obese and unhappy about it! Take her frigin ignorance with a grain of salt

Congrats it must feel so good!! Cant wait to get there too!!!!

Screw her !!!! No one knkws what life is like being obese and unhappy about it! Take her frigin ignorance with a grain of salt

Screw her !!!! No one knkws what life is like being obese and unhappy about it! Take her frigin ignorance with a grain of salt