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I don't know if this is necessarily the place to post this, but I just got married!!!! This woman has been by my side through the last 2 and a half years in this journey. She met me when I weighed over 600 pounds. I am now back down to my playing weight for football in college, but I am much healthier and and in better shape than I was then. I still have a lot of work to get under 3 bills, but I am extremely happy to head down this new path in life.

Best decision I've made in my life.
I'm down 75 kg (165 lb) in around 11 months and working for the last 17 kg to reach my goal weight.
A small advice to all weight stuck sleevers, GYM GYM GYM !

SW: 176.6 kg (389 lbs)
CW: 102 kg (224 lbs)
GW: 85 kg (187 lbs)

Hi, guys. Just wanted to share a progress pic and Celebrate with you all. Went to the sleep doctor today, and for the first time ever, I didn't dread stepping on the scale.

I enjoy moving more and have so much energy.

You all gave me tons of candid insight into the process - thank you! Was a great choice for me.

HW/SW 231
CW 191 (40 lbs down!)
Sleeved 11/7/16

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"Well, you're fat anyway!"
The key is to have a "go f*ck yourself!" chambered and ready to go at all times.

I am so happy today I was sleeved this time last year on this day at 387 pounds and felt like I was headed to my death bed if I didn't make some changes. This is by far the best decision I have ever made for myself. I hit onederland (199) today as well and have surpassed all of my surgeons expectations. That is a total weight loss of 188 pounds and from a size 32 to a 14 in 1 year never thought I would see the scale for myself under 200 again. I feel great I exercise everyday and I am not dying of starvation! LOL! The best part is I think for the 1st time in my adult life I am truly happy and not just hiding behind a smile.

Top pic probably when i was in the 350s. Bottom is at 210lbs.
Great job everyone! Looking sex-ay!

Top pic probably when i was in the 350s. Bottom is at 210lbs.
Great job everyone! Looking sex-ay!

Top pic probably when i was in the 350s. Bottom is at 210lbs.
Great job everyone! Looking sex-ay!

Well I just passed my 6 months out from my WLS. I almost can't believe that it's already been this long. I've lost 82 lbs in that time frame. I am still having trouble seeing the new smaller me. Is anyone else having this issue as well? All those around me, tell me all of the time that I am that I am getting "skinny". Each time I blow it off and say whatever. I am afraid I will never see myself at the weight that others see me. I want to feel like everyone see's me.
For those that are further out, have you had this problem and if so has it gotten better along the way? Anything I can do to help change my mind's eye to see my true self?
Also, here are my current journey pictures.

Thanks everyone
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I'm 4 weeks out today. I've had some great things happen. I've lost a total of 38 pounds, 19 pre op and 19 post op. 10.5 inches of fat man are gone. Mr. Happy looks longer because the "awning" covering him is smaller. I got out of my van on Saturday at a customers place and my shorts hit the ground. Best of all are in the pictures below.
I went to Hawaii in 2005 and 2015.
This is 2015. That is a 4x shirt that looks like I was wearing a tent. Apparently a 4 man tent...

In 2005 I wore this 3x. I put it on last weekend and it fit great! The pair of jeans that I'm wearing I literally had to pray, lay on the bed and exhale completely to get zipped. Saturday they fit beautifully.

Also I was having blood pressure issues since April. Guess what? NO MORE!

I LOVE BlueApron!
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We do Home Chef and LOVE it! We are a family of three and I'm the only one sleeved. We purchased the 3 meals a week for 2 and it's been fantastic. You can opt for high protein/low carb selections. Love the variety and not eating the same thing over and over. My 16 year old daughter has learned how to cook with this plan. Can't say enough great things about it!
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Isn't medical science amazing?
When we have a blocked artery, we can have the artery opened up with a stent or balloon with heart surgery.
When a woman laboring is having problems delivering, putting her and her baby's life in danger, she can have a c-cection.
When we get cancer, we can have helpful but toxic drugs pumped through our bodies to fight it and hopefully put it in remission.
When we've tried every diet under the sun and completely screwed our metabolisms up, or we have physical issues that make it almost impossible to lose or keep weight off, we can have bariatric surgery.
No, medical intervention isn't always the way it's "meant" to be, but sometimes it's necessary.

Two middle pics are my before pics in 360lb range. The outer pics were taken last week at 220! Feeling great!
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Two middle pics are my before pics in 360lb range. The outer pics were taken last week at 220! Feeling great!
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Two middle pics are my before pics in 360lb range. The outer pics were taken last week at 220! Feeling great!
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I was sleeved 11/16/15. My high weight was 265 and I am 5'4", female. I wore a tight size 22 jeans, and 2x or 3x tops. My breaking point was realizing a lot of the 3x clothing in stores were too tight and that was the largest size without going online.
After my sleeve I lost a load of my weight quickly. By the end of March I was down to 186 lbs. I was comfortably wearing a size 14 pants and large tops.
Then I stalled...until May 2nd!! Ugh. So depressed.
Then I started losing and got down to 176 by June 9th.
And there I've sat. At 176 lbs. Consistently for almost 2 months again.
I eat good 95% of the time still and work out. I've really bumped up my cardio and have been increasing my weight resistance & training steadily.
I haven't bought many jeans because I refuse to believe I was done at 176. However, the 2 pairs I have were getting increasingly big. I finally retired the 14's in the picture and went to a 10. I had to add a belt though and looked pretty frumpy. I am amazed to say yesterday I bought a size 6 jeans (and medium tops!). Are the jeans snug? Sure. But they button and don't create a muffin top.
The moral of my lengthy story is that I have only lost 10 lbs since March 27th, including 2 LONG stalls, yet I've dropped 4 pant sizes. My body is shifting.
I often struggle to see my weight loss (and have expressed that here) so this was a real ah-ha moment for me today.
I cannot let that number on the scale or that BMI chart dictate my success.
Thanks for reading!

Best decision of my life! Yesterday was my 9 month post op check in with the surgeons office. Everything is looking great and I have lost 132 pounds since surgery! My bmi is almost to being out of the obese range and I am about 45 pounds from my personal goal weight.
My heaviest weight in 2011 was 376
My surgery weight in September 2015 was 319
My current weight is 187!!!!
First picture is almost at my heaviest, then purple shirt is 11 days before surgery and black & white top is last week.

Two middle pics are my before pics in 360lb range. The outer pics were taken last week at 220! Feeling great!
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Hi there I too get inspired by before after pics. Here are mine . RNY 1/13/16 sw 280 cw214 gw 180 5'11"

Two middle pics are my before pics in 360lb range. The outer pics were taken last week at 220! Feeling great!
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Two middle pics are my before pics in 360lb range. The outer pics were taken last week at 220! Feeling great!
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The first picture I think I was at 251. The second picture Was taken this past weekend and I'm at 215. SW 342, CW 215, GW 180, ultimate GW 160

I had my VSG surgery on 7/29/2015. I'm 10 months post op, down 132lbs (including 50lbs lost pre-op). I'm 5'7", goal weight is 160-170.
Weight loss has really slowed the past two months, but I'm trucking on!

Before 311, After 18 months out 151 !