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Day of surgery.
Today! 2 weeks will be 6 months post op and I'm down 100 pounds!!!

Day of surgery.
Today! 2 weeks will be 6 months post op and I'm down 100 pounds!!!

Day of surgery.
Today! 2 weeks will be 6 months post op and I'm down 100 pounds!!!

Day of surgery.
Today! 2 weeks will be 6 months post op and I'm down 100 pounds!!!

Day of surgery.
Today! 2 weeks will be 6 months post op and I'm down 100 pounds!!!

Day of surgery.
Today! 2 weeks will be 6 months post op and I'm down 100 pounds!!!

Day of surgery.
Today! 2 weeks will be 6 months post op and I'm down 100 pounds!!!

Day of surgery.
Today! 2 weeks will be 6 months post op and I'm down 100 pounds!!!

I had surgery on September 23rd and in 2 months I can see the difference already. 31 pounds lost!!

I went from 319 in feb 2013. I will be 2 years sleeved this feb 2015. I have been vegan since this feb 2014.
I am around 157-162. I bounce between these #'s now.

It is a hard habit to break. I drank so much during meals and in between. Now I find I am focusing on trying to get my Protein and not drinking enough at all. I went to my first personal trainer session though and drank half my water bottle during my 1 hour. I was impressed.

Go for a walk. I used to smoke outside do walking was my best new tool to deal with stress. I took up painting too.

Do this:

Me before & after
293 to 163 ☺️????????????

Thanks for the compliments, my boyfriend thinks so too.

That is just horrible!!! Actually I hope that losing weight will help me find someone cuz no likes the cute fat boys!!

My goal is 150 too. I'm 358 right now but I just got sleeved on the 16th. I just turned 38 so my goal is to be 40 and fit. I'm so doing this!

What does your day to day look like? How to I make sure I'm this successful?

My goal is 150 too. I'm 358 right now but I just got sleeved on the 16th. I just turned 38 so my goal is to be 40 and fit. I'm so doing this!

What does your day to day look like? How to I make sure I'm this successful?

No, I have not yet obtained "one-derland". No, I am not at goal. But today is still a special and important day to me none the less. Today I hit the 100 lbs lost mark. It is a deeply profound number to me. I have lost 100 lbs. It feels wonderful to say...( although it is tinged with some guilt to admit I had that much to lose to start with) I still have 76 lbs to lose to hit my ideal goal weight. It has taken me just shy of a year post op to make it down to my current weight, so as you can see I am NOT a fast loser. But here is what I am...I am a loser. I am a winner for being that loser. I have lost the equivalent of a small human being. ( not that darn small either!) I am 100 lbs thinner than I was when I started. Today I am celebrating this positive and not focusing on negative. ( That it has taken me almost a year, that I still have 76 lbs more to lose) I have a renewed sense of hope. While goal still seems so far away, a year ago 100lbs seemed like an insurmountable amount to lose. Not everyone who has spent most of their adult life morbidly obese gets to utter the words " I have lost 100lbs". I feel such joy. I feel that reaching my goal weight could be possible. I know my body is healthier today than just one year ago. My aches and pains have lessoned or disappeared. I can do more than I have in years. I fit places I only dreamed of, and can wear sizes I longed to see again.
To anyone just starting this process please know it is not easy, but it is absolutely worth it. To anyone struggling with eating right, or not losing as fast as others please know it will happen. Have faith, give it time. This past year seems like a blink of the eye now that it has passed, yet during the year it has been hard. No, it has been more than hard. It is a constant emotional battle. I thought I was ready to go, as prepared as any one person could be for the surgery. But I fooled myself. I was ready for the physical, but certainly not the mental. I am just here to say I would not trade one day of it to get where I am now. I have lost 100 lbs. I have tears welling up, it makes me that emotional. I truly hated what had become of me physically, but now I am slowly learning to love myself again. It is dawning on me I am fairly close to "normal". Ok, I am still heavy. ( obese technically) But I am closer to normal now than I have been in 18+ years. I am still adjusting to being in social settings and not having that overwhelming feeling of shame for being the largest person in the room. I can walk through a mall ( or even recently through an airport) and I am just another person in the crowd. My size is no longer what I am instantly recognized or defined as. Trust me, that too is part of the mental battle. But it is becoming a part I am growing more and more comfortable with. I hated the fat lady, but she was I and I was her. Now I am just Rhonda.... minus 100 lbs!

This was taken on 10/12/13
This was taken on 10/12/14
Down 105lbs - I am so glad i got sleeved! I LIVE my life now... I dont hurt, or dread the stairs. I fit in an airplane seat with so much extra seat belt (yes i took a picture of the space now between me & the belt)
(sorry for the mess on my bed - its not normally like that - i was pulling out clothes that no longer fit)
Anyway - it was all worth it... I have never been happier.

Just got done with my 5 month checkup which included all blood work. Every single result is in the green without the use of Meds. Only Vitamins.< /p>

So kewl.