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Celebrating 18 months post and 173lbs gone!! Hope all of you are doing well with Preop prep/jitters, postop recovery and veteran maintenance!
  

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

I just did a comparison and am dedicated to keep getting better

This was early Jan...UNBESLEEVEABLE

Well, just got back from a great week of skiing in Breckenridge CO. Haven't been skiing in over 10 years. My sleeve has given me a new life with no limits.
Here's my before and after only one short year later......

  

Was sleeved on Jan 26, 2015 down almost 60lbs

I have been a weight lifter most of my life.. and to be honest that was one of my only reservations about getting the VSG.. Now 6 months in and 75lbs down.. I have to say that gaining muscle is not as easy as it used to be I have struggled in the gym and that was something I never struggled with ever (this may have to do with being over 40 too ). I am able to bench 315 but I notice that I can have more off days than I ever remember before. Like yesterday I made the best of a really bad day.. I was able to work out with 200 but everything seemed to hurt.. Having said all of that because my diet is so Protein based I am gaining lean muscle and I am looking better than I have in a long wile.. Also I will say that I have had to switch mentalities about working out. I was always a power lifter or weight lifter.. Now I am working out like a body builder.. The main difference is form over weight. My diet is really so much better than ever before but I will tell you that I try and eat every two hours some form of Protein. It becomes a chore but I have noticed on days I don't eat often I gain weight (go figure). I have also started taking creatine. Speak to your doctor but I am loving the results. I am also taking a whey protein with BCCAs (branch chain amino acids) a must if you want to gain lean muscle. I am looking forward to not only being slimmer but the most well built apearing me ever..

I just had my surgery three days ago but I am already looking forward to share some pics.. soon!

I had surgery on 8/20/2014. My start weight was 236, surgery weight was around 208, and current weight is 168. I've lost 68 pounds and feel great. But I still have about 38 more pounds to go till I get to my goal weight.

I'm so excited to finally get to post on this thread!!! My surgery was on December 11th. I've lost 62 lbs since surgery but 100 lbs overall!! I still have 115 lbs to go but I'm halfway there now!

Surgery 12/4/14 Im 26 years old, 5'10" three and a half months out and down from a size 30 Jean to a 20! 68 pounds gone forever!!!!! SW 334 CW 266.8 GW 165

Me on the left prior to surgery

Just past Valentines '15
Still struggling on the last 15lbs but losing inches

Me on the left prior to surgery

Just past Valentines '15
Still struggling on the last 15lbs but losing inches

I just hit 100 down this week so posting updated pics.
SO freaking happy with my results.
I love looking at everyone else's pics!
You all have helped inspire me to get where I am.
Hoping to lose a few more, but pretty darn happy where I am.
I've gone from size 22 to a 10/12.
Oh - I took these before pics just before starting the pre-op diet, but I was already a few pounds down from my highest a few months prior...

I also hit 100 lbs lost today and it's been just over 8 months so I'm super excited!!

Sw 336
Cw 236

Here my pics from beginning and 6 mos.
Here my pics from beginning and 6 mos.
Here my pics from beginning and 6 mos.
Here my pics from beginning and 6 mos.
Here my pics from beginning and 6 mos out.
Here my pics from beginning and 6 mos out.

Hi
I started my journey at 244pound (111Kg) .... In May 19th 2014 my life changed I had gastric sleeve surgery & now 10 months later I am down a whopping 84 pounds (40Kg), I have never felt better my health has increased dramatically & I feel on top of the world, I still have around another 10 kg to lose but never the less I am feeling great.

6 months - project: looking like a hot Spanish lady is coming along y'all. 75 lbs down

Good luck on coming to your decision, but I will say that this is already the best decision I've made in decades, and I'm not even six weeks past surgery. The thing that worried me the most was that I wouldn't have those parts of life that I cherished like eating and drinking with friends. Hogwash, I still do those things, but just eat a lot less and actually have a better time since I'm really there for the relationships and not the food. And then there's stuff like today, It's a beautiful day here in Portland Oregon, and I got on my bike and road vigorously for a couple hours, something that would have been unthinkable in the past was actually wonderful. I stopped by some friends houses on the way back to chat for a while, and got tons of compliments on how I look (lost 65lbs so far). Life is just better today then it was before my surgery. By a lot. Good luck

4 months out 90 lbs down! 

I had my surgery on October 8. I weigh in once a week...every Monday morning. Anyway, as of this a.m. I've lost 102 pounds. Not too shabby. This procedure has literally enabled me to reclaim my health. Blood work is perfect. No longer have sleep apnea. Actually don't need to guess whether or not I'll fit into a booth at a restaurant. I bought jeans at the Gap the other day. To be able to walk into a normal store and buy something off the rack felt pretty darn good. But, I hadn't realized how expensive things at the Gap had become. $59.95 for jeans? Really? Anyway, not a day goes by the I don't get incredibly nice compliments from friends and acquaintances. I've still got about 35 pounds to go and have no doubt I'll get there. Hope everyone is well.