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I don't get all the negativity I see here on this site....
( Yes I quietly read a post a day or two ago that just stayed on my mind...)
I kept strolling because I don't care to go back and forth with ppl it's not my style. I feel how I feel and I understand ppl will always have disagreements. But in the future if a person is doing good and post a before and after pic, don't put them down! If it's a Troll.... well it sucks to be them : ( Seriously how messed up must their life be to troll a WLS website! And if it's an actually individual your discouraging them and others reading these comments from posting their success... You don't have to call BS anytime you feel that's what it is, just Ignore Them really it's not that hard and keep strolling because you truly don't know!!! But it made me feel like what if it were me??? Depending on the season my skin my be darker and my hair is always different and my body shape is not like everyone else. I hold my weight very well people don't believe that I'm as heavy as the scale says. So if I post that I lost 40 in 4 weeks or ever hey that's me . We are all different!
This site should be to uplift ppl not to tear them down! Grow the HECK UP!!!!( I wanted to say Hell so bad but anyway)
Guess What.... You don't have to call out BS if you see it you CAN ignore it....
No matter what a person post on here it does not personally affect YOU!!!! SO WHAT if he/or she a LIAR, SO What if he/or she a Troll!!!
And to all the Beautiful People Working Hard to Accomplish your Dreams....
KEEP PUSHING DON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO DULL YOUR SHINE!
Love you all
P.S. I will not reply to any negative comments I will show you how to ignore ppl....

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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It took me 5 months to lose 50 pounds.
Just sayin.

Vomiting and GERD -- I haven't had any
Pro's and con's -- first time in my life I am at a normal weight, which means my life has changed entirely. No real cons except (1) it's major surgery, so that does mean a period of pain and tiredness after as you recover; and (2) some people find themselves unable to tolerate certain types of food after. I can't/don't eat bread anymore or anything carbonated.
Advice -- you have to be ready and want to build an entirely new relationship with food. Food will no longer be your comfort, your entertainment, your stress relief, your way of celebrating holidays or family. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy it though. You have to be willing to work hard at weight loss and weight maintenance for the rest of your life (I'm deadly serious about that). You have to be willing to accept the possibility that you radically change the kind of food you eat for the rest of your life. Don't kid yourself into thinking this surgery means you eat three bites of pancakes for Breakfast, one mini-cheeseburger for lunch, a Snickers fun bar for a snack, and a twinkie for dinner with a side of a couple french fries. Doesn't work like that. If you are like most of us, those types of foods are either entirely or very largely excised from our lives completely if we want to be successful in losing weight and keeping the weight off.
Small portions for the first month? I didn't have any "portions" for the first month. My plan called for liquids for the first month post-op.
After that I was allowed to move to pureed high Protein foods for four weeks. Portion size there was 1.5 ounces weighed or 3 tablespoons measured. This was more than enough, believe me.
After that I moved to soft foods for four months and my mandated size for each of my three daily meals was 3 ounces. I could rarely eat that much though.
I am now 3.5 years post op and can eat about 5 ounces per meal, depending on what is in the meal. I still focus on high protein, low carb eating in order to maintain my weight loss (over 200 lbs).
I don't know that there are stats or averages for weight loss in the first month. The first month post-op, your body does some insane things trying to recover from the trauma of surgery. Healing and getting used to a new way of relating to food should be your focus in the first month post op, not how fast you are losing. All that said, I would think anywhere from 8 - 25 lbs is a reasonable expectation for first month loss for someone your size. Focus on the lower end of that and if you lose more, let yourself be surprised and happy. Good luck in your decision!

Bufflehead Thank you so very much. I agree with you that this is a life change and I have to be serious about changing my way of living and relationship with food but that is what I want. Thank you very much for your response Im just happy to learn more about the sleeve. I want to know as much as possible before my surgery.
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These are my surgery month, 3 and 6 month pictures. I'll be taking my 9 month picture in just about a month. Can't believe that it's already been almost 9 months.

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I take pics every 3 months (well special milestone pics) and it's great seeing the difference. I only weigh myself at doctors appointments. Sent from my SM-G935P using the BariatricPal App

You look fabulous...congratulations!!
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@@aronbd you look amazing
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Nicely done!

Wow, you've lost at least 15 years too! Well done!
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My journey has officially begun! I'm so happy to have finally joined the losers bench My Doctor said everything went will and the he found that I had a hernia so he repaired it as well. Therefore I had to have 5 incision instead of 4. Thank you to all of guys for helping me on this adventure. I really appreciate it.

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Fantastic. How much did you excercise. Did you do anything different
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Fantastic. How much did you excercise. Did you do anything different
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Hi everyone!
Well as of 11.9.16 (just under 8 months post WLS) I hit my goal weight. SW: 256 CW: 166. I have not been this weight since I was 23 years old. I think that I will have a better body and health at the age of 40 than I was a 21.
How long has it taken some of you to hit your goal weight? Has anyone been told by those around you that you have lost weight too fast?
I just had to share the news with everyone here. I know that everyone would understand my excitement unlike those in my life that have not had the surgery!
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its food that your able to eat a bigger portion of then what you'd expect you could, almost as if your not getting full off of it like your suppose to its basically like having no restrictions, for a lot of people that food is chips, popcorn, Cookies, etc, they are mostly high carb and high calorie and like ice cream which turns into a liquid or say a chip that if you smash turns into super tiny little pieces, so its stuff that isn't gonna take up as much room as say if you ate a piece of meat so your able to eat more of them cause more is gonna fit even though its not good for you to do so cause they aren't good foods for you

Hello
For those of you who have pcos which surgery did you choose and why? Bypass or sleeve?
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I work and take classes at a university and many people either know me or have seen me.
I was getting some yogurt because I forgot to eat before class and one of the guys who work in the cafeteria just stared at me and was like "wow wow wow, I'm single!" Haha and when he rang me up he said "I'm going to make this last as long as I can, I'm speechless" and he gave me my bills one at a time all the people who worked in the cafeteria were telling me how fabulous I looked
Then I was in the elevator going back up to the classroom and one of the guys who works here ran to the elevator because the doors were still open and he just kinda kept looking at me and he said "are you the same girl that used to work over at the information center?" And I was like yeah and he was like "you've slimmed down, you look great! Doing an amazing job!" He even got out of the elevator even though he was going to a different floor to watch me walk away Hahahaha I've never even met him before
This has really been made me feel so good and is such a confidence booster!
I haven't had guys flirt with me in a very very long time haha and I'm 29 (30 on Saturday!!) and am very single haha it feels really nice
It made my day!
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My own choice but I stayed on some of the stages for longer than they said I could. My body told me when I was ready for the next stage.
I am sure some have 'cheated' but whats the point in that? Seems a bit daft to have the surgery and then not make the best of the honeymoon period. Especially when you are healing. You will never get that first 6 weeks back and its a great time to change the mindset over food which will carry you onto long term sucess.
Isn't that why we had the surgery in the first place?