branlee90

14 months post op, band to sleeve revision!
HW: 270
SW: 230
CW: 125!!

You all look so amazing and have been incredibly inspiring along my journey. Here are a couple of my pics 8 months post-op and 108 pounds down. SW: 304 CW: 196

Thank you for the wonderful compliment. However, I have plenty of loose skin. My arms are quite jiggly, my tummy has a bunch of loose skin. I also have a really droopy thing I sit on. But you know what? I'm going to be sixty one in September and even though I am not really happy about the gravity issues I am extremely happy about my overall health, energy and future health. I am also extremely happy about my ability to care for my wife who is seven years older than me and in extremely poor health. But thank you for the wonderful compliment I appreciate it so much.
Mark Thomas, Edmond Oklahoma

Here I am down 185 pounds and 11 months out.

I started on March 18th 2013 at 6'2" 398. Now I'm at 229....

A friend of mine told me her worst and it had me
Shuddering. There was
An attractive man she worked with for 8 years and he never talked to her smiled at her anything. After a year of her weight loss he was friendly. A few years later at a get together a woman who was her size pre op walked by while they were talking. He looks at her and shudders and said how disgusting that thing was. She realize then he couldn't even remember who she was. As he flirted with her. She just sat there a moment then looked at him and said, "you disgust me." And walked away. A lady at the end.

I guess the closest thing to a "bad" compliment I've gotten is when a friend said I look like a prepubescent boy. Once she said it, I realized how right she is.... No butt, no boobs, no hips, flat tummy, and thin, muscular arms. And I LOVE it!

It's probably not the worst comment I've received, but it was a little offensive: "Are you sick? You're melting away, you need to eat." As they push trays of fatty, fried foods in my face. Uh, no thanks. That's how I ended up 265 pounds. One person told me my head looked big. WOW! It doesn't matter if your fat or skinny. People can be just plain rude.

Calling someone fat in pre or in past tense form is plain rude! I wouldn't take that as a compliment I would take that as ignorance! So apparently that's just how said person saw you. What an ass! But yay for your awesome accomplishment! I'm sure you look stunning!