Goatfarmer

I have surpassed my goal and have lost half of my starting body weight

Almost there --- I have now lost 99 pounds from my all time high and am close to a normal BMI. I am just reveling in all the compliments especially from my family and friends. The loose skin is beginning to show and I have lost a moderate amount of hair - small price to pay for health and looks advantages of sleeve. I am thrilled and now looking at the long haul of maintenance. My appetite is much improved which is scarey but I am staying completely away from refined sugar which helps. I have been given an absolute miracle with this surgery and I am deeply grateful. Happy Holidays to all my friends on this forum.

Meant to write "my daughter's wedding". I am thrilled. I bought some jeans, shirts, and leggings as well. Almost can't grasp that I can wear a size 12.

Just have to gloat. Went shopping today for dress for May daughter's wedding and purchased a size 12. I had the deep down sense of pure joy and gratitude for the surgery and Dr. Suggs who did my surgery.

Checking in to say I am feeling wonderful and beginning to really look good. Look forward to my 6 month checkup. Still losing fairly rapidly and sooooo pleased.

Appetite increasing. Less nausea, so many benefits. I a,

Appetite increasing. Head hunger raising it's ugly head. Scale moving slower.

1 lb. from Onederland!!!

2 # from Onederland - 11 weeks out and 48 # down. I am thrilled!!!!

It has rained here in Georgia for a whole week - pouring, flooding, wet wet wet. I am feeling a bit depressed with no energy. Though I am not really physically hungry I am thinking obsessively about food and wish i could just pig-out on some fried chicken. Food tastes different to me now and sometimes I actually forget that I had this surgery until I really start to eat my now uninteresting diet. Just feeling sorry for myself a bit today and wanting to hear from others. This too shall pass I am sure.

Just want to report that my infected incision site is now well. I am tolerating thin liquids better than befor and am on a soft food diet. Certainly has improved my mood to put something recognizable in my body. No real complaints. 29 lbs down and already my blood pressure is much improved and so has my sleeping. I am blessed and happy.

Nausea with thin liquids and an infected incision sites. Otherwise doing amazingly well. Back to NUT this week and beginning to exercise. Overall I am thrilled with progress thus far.

2 week post op with physician today. Total of 18.1 pounds lost. Dr. Suggs very pleased with outcome of surgery and post op thus far. I am soooo happy!

POD13 - lots of nausea and having trouble keeping enough fluids in..

Day after tomorrow I will be in operating room. Scared but as ready as I know how to be. Getting all my stuff in order. Feel like I am about to jump out of an airplane or step off high dive for first time. My fears are real but manageable. Need support.

All my pre-op tests complete and waiting to hear from nurse on Friday with my final pre-op surgery date visit.mhope to get a firm date for surgery. I will be 66 years old on 25th and would love to be able to have surgery that day.mit is will be a kind of "rebirth". I quit smoking 5 years ago on my birthday .mon the other hand would like to celebrate in the usual way with family and friends at an Italian restaurant.started today taking sugar out of my diet in preparation. I am excited and terrified at the same time. Hard to live "in the moment" with such a big event in near future. Hope I do not panic and chicken out. Need some support.

Waiting for phone to ring with surgery date. Should I go out and eat at all my favorite places as a last hooray or begin cutting back?