cinchgirl50

The picture on the left was taken Summer 2012 and the picture on the right was from last weekend. I was sleeved on March 4th! I am happy with my success so far but I still have a little more to go until I reach my goal.

I'm 6 months out and 70 pounds down! pic here is at preop 3months and 6months out.

Dr. John Mason in Bryan, Texas on May 22.

Hey everyone! Looks like I will be May 21 or 22. I feel like this is going to be the longest 6 weeks everrrr!

Hello everyone, I will be having my surgery on May 22 with Dr. John Mason in Bryan, Texas. Looking forward to a much successful journey to a Healthier me and making some new friends along the way!

congratulations!

Any Fitbit users would like to add me emb88e@aol.com

Hello everyone, I will be having my surgery on May 22 with Dr. John Mason in Bryan, Texas. Looking forward to a much successful journey to a Healthier me and making some new friends along the way!

I started at 287 lbs. I focused the first 6 weeks on drinking and healing. I started taking Calcium citrate, Vitamin D and a prenatal Vitamin daily once I was allowed to do so. Recently I stopped taking the Calcium as my nutritionist and I decided that I consume a fair amount of calcium naturally on a daily basis so the extra is just not necessary for me. As far as boosting the weight loss...Initially to get my Protein in I used the typical shakes, bought skim milk powder and unflavoured Protein Powder to add to things. But worry less about Protein for the first little while and more about getting in fluids because if you don't you'll find yourself dizzy, ditzy and the headaches are pretty unpleasant and will linger if you don't sip sip sip. lol I live in Canada so my access to some brands is more limited... I started out just walking on a daily basis and just increased the time and intensity week by week. Now, for me, walking is more of a nature thing as it doesn't bring my heart rate up enough to be effective the way I want it to be. But to start walking is a great way, just fill your ipod with music you love and that makes you feel good, and has an upbeat tempo to help keep you paced. Considering how early you are in this stage of your journey, right now worry less about the scale and more about healing and adjusting to your new diet.

I will be one year out at the end of April. I live in San Jose (Bay Area) and had my surgery at Kaiser South San Francisco. I am willing to help answer questions or listen to anyone if they need to chat/talk. I am 35, married, no kids, right now down 98 pounds and still going.

Scheduled for May 15th! Has anyone started their pre-op diet yet?

Hello All. I'm from NY. I have a possible date of May 11 day after Mother's Day. I'm so nervous.

My last apt with my dietitian is next week, so I'm hoping for a May date!

May 21 here! Excited and scared at the same time.

How exiting, our month will be here sooner than we know it! Of course I dont feel that way at the moment, but at this point I'm on cruise control. I've already been through the emotional roller coaster: I was origionally going to have surgery in March but BC changed their requirements in 2015 going from 3 months to 6 month weight check...everything happends for a reason and now i'm happy to be a May sleever especially since my Bday is in May.

Welcome...

Interested to see the awesome group that will be going through this journey with me at the same time. Please reply so that I can follow your journey as well. My last weigh in is on April 15 and surgery date will either be May 11 or May 18.