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Coming up on the two week mark for surgery. My mind is going crazy thinking of all these questions. :/ What will my life look like in a year? How will I feel? What will I have accomplished that I couldn't have right now? So of course I'm throwing it all out to you guys my wls surgery family. Yes yes I'm already attached to you .
My life has been a whirlwind the last couple of years. I gained custody of my niece and went from a single girl in an apartment with a dog to a single mom with a child and two dogs!
I tried internet dating on and off for years and man oh man has that been a crazy ride! Funny that now my confidence is higher than it's ever been and my New Years resolution was no more dating for 2014. I wanted to concentrate on myself with surgery and I just started looking for a house to buy for my expanded amazing little family!
That being said I'm getting older. I'm 34 and I'd like to think that someday I'll find that someone! I had a fleeting moment last summer where I thought I had found the one but it was just that a moment. How long do I wait before I get back out there? How is dating after wls? Any crazy stories?

When I start the dating process, think I would like it to be with someone that had WLS.

We need this in the South Houston area.

Hi everyone! I'm still rockin the sleeve at just over 5 months out. Sleeved 10/21 and down 75 lbs. I have gone from a size 20 to a size 10 and for the first time in over 10 years I bought dresses! I'm a little self conscious about wearing them but my daughter assures me that I look cute! These aren't the best pictures because I've been trying on about a million dresses and my hair's all messed up, but I'm so excited and just wanted to share!

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I'm on here every waking moment. Getting psyched and looking at success stories and photos getting advice and learning. I think I'm going crazy with this waiting game. Just my NUT visit and chest xray to go and i am done! I am having gallbladder removed on Friday and I'm scared. I've never had surgery before. Guess this will help with the sleeve surgery as far as not being a stranger to having surgery. I feel like July will never come. Time feels like it's standing still.

<3 thank you!! I'm not done yet!! I still have +/-140 lbs to go... And I know this is the "honeymoon" phase... I am trying to get the VERY MOST out of this part!
I have actually bought a scale (instead of just waiting til I go to the gym a couple times a week) but as I predicted, I weigh myself when I'm bored. Like 28496272 times a day (ok maybe like 5) ... But it sure beats EATING when I'm bored.
I've been taking these pics every week or two and I pulled them up on my phone to take a look, and I was just amazed. So I had to share. Even tho I'm still 300+ pounds of flub rolls...
I'm 1/3 of the way to the goal I have in my head (170 lbs, 205 lbs lost).... Whether I get there remains to be seen of course. Thank you guys for your encouragement.

Ok, I'm gonna post an honest and, IMHO, awesome pic of me. I took pics 1/28, a day into my pre-surg diet....
Surgery was 2/10.
I've taken several pics in the meantime... And I took some yesterday.
Anyway, I'm sharing because I have lost 1/3 of my excess weight. I am still really big... But I've changed a lot.

Hey everyone I hit a year and a half this month and thought I would check in. For those that have been here a while I used to post with the name BigCountryAB, but that account dissapeared or something. So I've lost a total of 110lbs and kept it off for a full year. I've experimented with lots of different fitness regimens but currently I'm trying to add mass lol. I'm able to eat anything I want and I can eat more than I wish I was able to lol. Below are my most current pics. If anyone has a question let me know.

Hey everyone
Its been over a year now since my surgery. Ive lost over 100 lbs and I am now at my goal weight!! This surgery has definitevly changed my life and its the best thing I have EVER done! If anyone has any questions dont hesitate

Hello all -
I know several of us are hitting our 1 month mark this week. Mine is today.
The body is an incredible thing, truly. It's a healing machine quite frankly.
At one and two weeks out:
-you wonder what you have done to yourself and you are pretty sure you will never feel quite normal again
-you can't imagine yourself ever sleeping anywhere but the living room recliner
-the thought of driving or going back to work seems like an unrealistic commitment you made Way Back Before Surgery
-you can get in so little Water and Protein that it dawns on you that THESE are the weeks that will cause Hair loss several months from now
-you learn what "sliming" is (ewwww)
-MyFitnessPal tells you repeatedly: "You are getting too few calories. If every day were like today, you would be DEAD in 5 weeks."
At three weeks out:
-you feel better but not really there yet
-you need extra naps on the weekend
-getting in your water and protein can be done with the effort of a full time job
-you have a strange painful stitch in your side that you've resigned yourself to bravely live with the rest of your life
-you accidentally sleep all night with the heating pad on your largest incision site on its highest setting
-you walk 20 minutes on the treadmill and then come onto this site and disbelievingly post, "WHEN did they say I should start exercising????"
-your body decides you must be on a grueling episode of Survivor and goes into starvation mode yielding the world's most devastating weight loss stall prompting you to decide that you are a failure and did this all for NOTHING
At four weeks out:
-you sleep in your own bed in whatever position you want
-the fire-hazardous heating pad gets put away
-you walk 2+ miles at lunch and think maybe you could have done more
-you have enough energy to really start cleaning the house again and get totally aggravated at hubby and kids for how little they managed to do for the past month
-you randomly feel happy, mad, silly, sad as hormones and emotions take their toll
-you have to pack up the first set of clothes which are now too big
-you feel healthy....dare I say...normal?
Yep, the first month is kind of amazing.

Today is the 1 year anniversary of my surgery. It has been an amazing journey to say the least. I can tell you that I am not the same person I was a year ago and I am very happy about that fact. I did not have any complications thankfully and I would not change any of the experience whatsoever.
Did I follow the plan to the T? Absolutely not. For the most part I stuck to the Protein first rule however I did and have enjoyed foods along the way that were not part of the plan. I have stuck to the no carbonation and no straw rules though. For the most part if I wanted or craved a food I ate it.
I do still have restriction but it is not what it was in the early months. The amount of working out I do now though has me eating almost constantly. I don't ever feel hungry in the way I would in the past but I am able to sense when my body needs food.< /p>
In 2007 I weighed in at 418 pounds. Before surgery during pre-op I weighed 362. This morning I weighed in at 208. I am literally half the man I use to be. SO 210 over all loss and 154 since surgery.
I am not trying to lose any more weight but I am also not trying to stop losing at this point. I am content with whatever happens for now.
If anyone has questions please let me know and I will be glad to answer!

I am a lapband to sleeve and i take Biotin and msm...I went from size 18 to 10 no excessive skin no hair loss!! I worked out, walking 3 miles a day 5-6 days a week no other excercise..sadly to say with band complications I am now in 14/16 but happy to say Im being sleeved April 9th to start my new journey....i used a blender and a chopper from Walmart on pureed food as well, i would ad a lil broth to make it juicy...good luck ladies I wish the best for all of us!!

It's really strange that I am reading this post. I haven't been on here for 3 months, mainly because I was struggling with my head and I haven't been the model of good sleeve behavior that I was for the first few months after surgery. This is the first thing I have read since logging back on.
I am almost nine months out and I have come to the hard cold realization that my body may have changed but my relationship with food is still the same. When I'm stressed it is still what soothes me and when I'm lonely it is still my friend. I wish that having the surgery was the end of this toxic relationship, however it was not a divorce, just a little bit of a cooling off period. After nine months (with my weight the same for the last two months) I have realized that this is as far as the surgery can take me. The rest is up to me and if I don't change my relationship with food, I am not going to get to my goal. I'm thrilled that I had the surgery and I'm thrilled that I have lost the weight, but sometimes I feel like I am living a lie, I look slim on the outside, but my head is in exactly the same place it was when I was 225 pounds. Thank you so much for sharing this post. I was scared to come back on here because it was always such a source of inspiration for me and I did not want to discourage others and I assumed that others would not want me to discourage them. BUT.....being honest with others and being honest with yourself is a huge step forward. Thanks Dooter!

Hey all- Dooter here. I haven't been on here in a while, but this thought has been plaguing me, and I need to get it out. -Let me preface this discussion by saying I am GLAD I had the sleeve surgery, and I would not change it for the world. I had NO complications and I lost 102 pounds in eight months, and for that I am grateful. I needed to do that quickly for my own sanity and health. HOWEVER- that said-
DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT think for one teeny tiny minute that having surgery and dumping a bunch of weight is going to fix your head and the behavior that got you here. Not gonna happen. During the "honeymoon" period where you can sneeze off five pounds at a time and you're never hungry after your teaspoon of food, you can't imagine EVER returning to old feelings and desires. I am here to tell you that it sneaks back in a little at a time. A taste here, a taste there... "oh look. I've gained a pound. well, that was salty food, I'll just drink more Water tomorrow." HORSE HOCKEY!!!! That's where it starts. Your old head trips creep in. Hiding food. Eating junk now, figuring you'll just shape up "next week" or "tomorrow." Tomorrow never happens and you've gained 30 pounds back. Yes. With your itty bitty stomach, you have gained 30 pounds back. It can happen. Or worse, you gain it all back. That can happen too.
The reason I am writing this and being to harsh about it is that you are a person who is considering, or who has gone through a MAJOR life changing surgery. SO CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!!! Be vigilant. come out of that honeymoon with your armor on! You WILL stop losing at one point and your body will begin to fight you as mine has. The diet my surgeon gave me no longer works at this point in the game, as my metabolism is stuck in cold molasses and it has taken a personal trainer/dietitian to get it moving again, and it is majorly hard work and painful and distasteful at times, but I have another 100 lbs to lose AFTER the 30 lb regain is gone.
​Have somebody close to you hold you accountable for exercising and eating right. Splatter it all over Facebook if you have to (I did) so you'll have MANY people holding you accountable! Do what you have to do to reach your goal. Don't settle for less and don't eat crap. And don't think that surgery is the final solution. It's a tool that will get you halfway there. The rest is up to YOU and no one else. Thank you. That is all.

Hey guys just an update
Hw 294
Preop 277
Sw 265
Cw 185
Gw 170
Im 5'9 28 years old no plastics yet I plan to get some in feb but in the mean time I workout hard do lots of sit ups lots of resistance on my legs I jog at least 30 min a day and at most 50 min my eating habit for the most part r clean but I wont sit here and act like I dont have the occasional snack...but when I do its only th3 serving size ima realist I didnt do this to never have a snack again I did this to be healthy and regain control oh and to look fab doing it lol I wss sleeved june 17th 2013 hoping to be at goal by then

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Welcome and congratulations on your upcoming surgery!

Welcome to the board. Feel free to lurk around or ask questions.

I'm so excited I was approved today.I will be having my sleeve done in May. Everything seems to be lining up perfectly. I have my EGD on Monday, and I meet with my surgeon the following Wednesday. For the first time, I'm loving my insurance...lol.

I'm so excited I was approved today.I will be having my sleeve done in May. Everything seems to be lining up perfectly. I have my EGD on Monday, and I meet with my surgeon the following Wednesday. For the first time, I'm loving my insurance...lol.

I am one that has lost over 180 pounds and yes I am still fat. I do know some people that had the sleeve and needed to lose over 150 pounds and only lost 60. I just think how soon we forget that feeling of someone calling YOU fat after we have lost the weight. After being called that, amongst other things, I don't think I would call anybody fat after I've lost all that I needed to lose... Losing weight is such a struggle with every meal and every snack every decision to work out or not... It's very difficult... These people went to support because they obviously need support... When you walk into a room and you are the smallest one there that means it's time for you to encourage someone else. These folks are probably looking to you for support don't knock them... Help them.

Last month I went to my surgeon's support group, and started talking with this woman who asked me if I had had surgery yet? I was taken aback since I have lost 107 lbs, but I am still overweight, and I have to accept that some people will not consider me to be a success unless I am stick thin. It just reminded me that I can't look to others to Celebrate my success, I have to look within. I'm still proud of myself, regardless of what that woman might have thought!