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3 stone is awesome! And hey, 10 stone just means a prettier necklace at the end.

I'm in the UK, and traditionally we measure weight in stones and pounds, rather than just pounds.( a stone is 14 pounds)
For each stone I lose I buy a charm to put on a necklace. Pandora is the brand.
Well today I have lost a total of 56 pounds or 4 stone, so this weekend I get a new bead for my necklace.
( sadly I need about 10 beads in total, but hey, I'm getting there.) Was just sleeved on 3rd Sept.

I'm in the UK, and traditionally we measure weight in stones and pounds, rather than just pounds.( a stone is 14 pounds)
For each stone I lose I buy a charm to put on a necklace. Pandora is the brand.
Well today I have lost a total of 56 pounds or 4 stone, so this weekend I get a new bead for my necklace.
( sadly I need about 10 beads in total, but hey, I'm getting there.) Was just sleeved on 3rd Sept.

I'm in the UK, and traditionally we measure weight in stones and pounds, rather than just pounds.( a stone is 14 pounds)
For each stone I lose I buy a charm to put on a necklace. Pandora is the brand.
Well today I have lost a total of 56 pounds or 4 stone, so this weekend I get a new bead for my necklace.
( sadly I need about 10 beads in total, but hey, I'm getting there.) Was just sleeved on 3rd Sept.

I'm in the UK, and traditionally we measure weight in stones and pounds, rather than just pounds.( a stone is 14 pounds)
For each stone I lose I buy a charm to put on a necklace. Pandora is the brand.
Well today I have lost a total of 56 pounds or 4 stone, so this weekend I get a new bead for my necklace.
( sadly I need about 10 beads in total, but hey, I'm getting there.) Was just sleeved on 3rd Sept.

Thanks for all your replies, suggestions and support.
I was only sleeved on 3rd Sept, so am still adjusting.

Thanks for all your replies, suggestions and support.
I was only sleeved on 3rd Sept, so am still adjusting.

I understand how you feel. I am generally very good about not eating junk, but on Halloween I ate a little more like a normal person in that I had a few bites of dessert and enjoyed some caramel popcorn. I gained 3 pounds. In one day. So now I get to go back to starving and running everyday and at 2 years post-op, yes I resent this a little. I find it annoying that some people can eat their faces off, or even just eat like a normal person and not instantly gain weight. I get angry when I think that at my birthday in a few weeks I don't get to have cake because I have to fit in my clothing, that at Christmas I won't get chocolate and at a wedding I'm going to I can't feast on the wonderful food.
In the end it is a choice. I can be thin and not enjoy food or I can be fat and eat whatever I want. I choose to be thin. And at the moment, cranky and a little resentful that I don't get to enjoy a big part of life that I used to.

I use an App called Body Shot
It stores the photos away from your camera roll, so people don't get a shock if you are scrolling through for your kids' birthday photos!!!!!

Before pic is obvious
Pic in green top/jeans is post weight loss, no Spanx or compression garments (with spanx, i looked very shapely even preplastics)
The final two are post plastics.
These photos were very late 40s.
I started out over 300# and am 5'5"
I can't speak for anyone else - but I liked how I looked in the green top (pre plastics but post goal) a heck of a lot better than the before picture.
Don't fear "loose skin" - it is already streteched, losing weight didn't cause it, being obese caused it. Your health and life improve SO MUCH that excess skin is 5% problem, not the 100% problem that morbid obesity is.

Your tummy is no longer bigger than your boobs (wohoo) and the hair tie on your wrist doesn't feel like it's going to cut off circulation... it's LOOSE!

You know you've lost weight when you're pant waists isn't doubled on the hanger clips.

When your collar bones come out of hiding

I am 6 weeks out since my sleeve. I have lost a total of 40 lbs ( including pre op diet). I am now officially "obese" rather than "morbidly obese" Woo HOO!!!

I am 6 weeks out since my sleeve. I have lost a total of 40 lbs ( including pre op diet). I am now officially "obese" rather than "morbidly obese" Woo HOO!!!

I am 6 weeks out since my sleeve. I have lost a total of 40 lbs ( including pre op diet). I am now officially "obese" rather than "morbidly obese" Woo HOO!!!

I am 6 weeks out since my sleeve. I have lost a total of 40 lbs ( including pre op diet). I am now officially "obese" rather than "morbidly obese" Woo HOO!!!

I am 6 weeks out since my sleeve. I have lost a total of 40 lbs ( including pre op diet). I am now officially "obese" rather than "morbidly obese" Woo HOO!!!

I am 6 weeks out since my sleeve. I have lost a total of 40 lbs ( including pre op diet). I am now officially "obese" rather than "morbidly obese" Woo HOO!!!

I am 6 weeks out since my sleeve. I have lost a total of 40 lbs ( including pre op diet). I am now officially "obese" rather than "morbidly obese" Woo HOO!!!

When your pants get longer because your butt is smaller

Oh, and I kept it secret too. Only my husband ( and children), my mum and my best friend know. I told work I was having "abdominal surgery" .
If anyone comments on how little I'm eating now, I tell them I was told I was at high risk of developing diabetes, and was strongly advised to lose weight. It helps a bit that I lost 3 stone myself 2 years ago (and put it all on again????)
Good luck.

I'm in the UK too. I paid privately and had my op on 3rd September 2015.
Doing OK so far. Have lost 33lbs in total, and did my first Parkrun on Saturday.( I walked the whole 5k and was the last to finish) Still, I'm being positive and using the "This girl can " mantra........
" I may be slow, but I'm lapping everybody sitting on the couch!"

OK, I've done a stupid thing, and weighed myself. Despite eating a total of 1400 calories in the LAST 5 DAYS, the scales say I've GAINED 3 pounds! I know it's my fault, and that its from all the fluids IV, but I'm still gutted.
Fellow September sleevers, DON't weigh yourself post op, let me make that mistake for you all ????

Managing well at home
Really enjoyed a night in my own bed and a shower this morning.
Just had 1 dose of pain meds today, paracetamol ( Tylenol in USA I think?)
Managed Ready Brek thin porridge for Breakfast, and Soup for lunch.< /p>
Still tired, and my calf muscles cramp when I walk upstairs.