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5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

5 1/2 months out and down 75 pounds!
Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

Hammond, Louisiana

I'm not sure when making the personal decision to not tell the world all of your personal business became a "half truth" or "lie by omission" but if that's the case, I have a few scenerios/questions for those of you who think that way.
By that logic:

If someone asks me how me and husband are the day after a huge fight (or a night of great sex), is it my duty to tell them all the details or is my standard answer of "Great!" or "Fine!" now a lie?

If someone asks me why I look tired, do I have to tell them that my husband snored and farted all night/was extremely frisky/kept getting up to pee and woke me up a gazillion times or am I lying?

I am just getting over a horrible tummy bug. When people ask me if I'm feeling better, should I go ahead and tell them that I am terribly afraid that I am going to poop in my pants at any minute because my stomach still feels off? If I don't, I am TOTALLY lying by omission.

Well meaning friends often ask how my kids are doing in school. Should I tell them that my oldest is in the top ten in her class, got into a top rated university, has received an a$$ load of scholarships but that her ex-boyfriend is being a real bast@rd and making her personal life a little miserable? I mean, that's the truth.

People often ask me my ethnicity because I am olive complected in the bible belt. I tell them Mexican and Italian, but I leave out the drop of German and Acatec Indian. Pin a big red L on my chest!

Must I tell people that I am on the rag/pissed at my kids/need a glass of wine/really have no desire to talk to them/in a hurry when they ask me how I am doing? Manners be damned! I don't want to be a liar.


Do I love your skirt? Why yes, I do! But now I have to tell you that it's beautiful but looks like **** on you because I don't want to omit any info.

Why am I smiling? I just crop dusted some nasty faced woman an aisle over. TRUTH!!


I could go on forever ...

Keeping my personal business PERSONAL doesn't make ME a liar just because you choose to share YOUR personal business.

I have BCBSIL. I started on my WLS journey in august 2015. My bmi was 56 or 57, insurance required psych eval and 30 day follow up with surgeon. Because I was a bad snorer, surgeon required sleep study which confirmed sleep apnea. Got my cpap and everything was filed the end of October. End of November I got the call of approval and 12/14/15 I was sleeved. So for my experience it was only a 4 month process. Good luck to you!

I can't believe this time last yr I wore size 22 jeans now I am in 9/10's

had my surgery 2 years ago.....best decision i have ever made 

Hi I am 10 years out but still want to share my pics. It shows a life long commitment to myself   the one in animal print was 1 year anniversary. The one in yellow was 10 year anniversary

Wow! The transformation pics are so AMAZING! I know EXACTLY how amazing you all feel, because I have reached goal and surpassed my own fitness level goals as well, and I am so happy with my transformation! Over three years ago, I would browse through the threads and look at pictures. They were so motivational. I thought, "I will NEVER look like that, but I know I can get close." But the results are real folks. I hope my pics can inspire someone, the way so many pictures on this site inspired me. You can do it!!! It's a brain game...conquer the mind and you'll achieve your goals.

(I am the really curvy girl in the middle)


(I am the maid of honor)