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Has anyone gotten some new ink to Celebrate and/or commemorate their WLS? Thinking of getting something but not sure what yet. Was thinking maybe a kangaroo (since I am a pouch). Please let me know if you did and if possible post a photo of it.

Thanks.

Does anyone have instagram where they are documenting their journey with VSG?
My surgery is scheduled for June 29th and I am most definitely starting an IG page to document my journey.
My current personal IG page is @diamond_diva1323 so you can follow me there and I will seriously add you to my VSG IG account which is @fit_n_fine_diva.
Just as this forum is motivational so are pictures and quotes and progress captured on IG.
I have gotten so many great food and exercise ideas just from the people I follow on IG that have had the VSG.
Look towards sharing my journey with you and hope to see your journey soon too!

Jersey ppl hiii
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Goshhhh I can't wait to have mine done... You all look great!!!
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@@Gucci Good morning I just wanted to check on you please remember to keep us posted : )

I wish I could but I'm already booked with family and friends in August we're leaving from New York. But thanks that's a neat idea.

I don't know how tall you are but we're pretty much the same size and I can only hope to God to be 220 in 4 months!!! Look at how beautiful you are! Yes try to eat healthy and exercise for a better out come. But you've done great so far.
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Goshhhh I can't wait to have mine done... You all look great!!!
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I am so proud to say that I am now 3 months post op. I ventured into this foreign land called the gastric sleeve on Dec 5, 2016. I was nervous yet ready to have a new beginning in life. A healthier life that was more fulfilling without illnesses and aches all the time. Well, this 3 months has been a true roller coaster but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I started my journey out at 242 lbs pre- op. On the day of my surgery I was down to 219 lbs with the help of my dietician( I was very serious about my dietician's recommendations on diet changes ). When I awoke from surgery, I was so confused and in so much pain . I immediately regretted surgery,, lol. But after a couple of days I started to embrace my new lifestyle. I am 3 months out and today I am 176 lbs.....yayyy. Double screen pic was right after surgery and then 1 month after surgery and pics in white are most recent.

Yesss your before and after picture is everything I wouldn't care what the scale said either... lol look at those shoes!!!!
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Some of the ppl are encouraging to me.... To see a person 600 pounds push to lose weight to get a surgery done that I don't have to lose a once for makes me want to work harder! We see them on the show at their lowest points in life and then watch them blossom : ) I normally sit back and say if he/or she can do it I can.... We have ppl here today struggling with the pre op diet imagine doing that at 600 pounds when you know your body has grown accustom to wayyy more calories!
I see them as Goal Diggers ; )

Welcome to the Group : ) Congratulations I believe I'll have a January date as well I'm just waiting on the EGD....

so you will be leading us in! Good luck, I look forward to hearing about your progress! Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

@@sleevinpops I am schedule for Monday the 6th.

I'm one week post op gastric sleeve. I've lost 20 lbs within this past week. Is that normal? Has anyone experienced such dramatic weight-loss in that short span of time?
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Someone On here mentioned Milk of Magnesia. I took some and walked the steps, i had a bowel movement the next morning and I felt so much better!!!

im freaking out because its so hard to keep liquids down. everyone is saying this is normal and ill one day be able to get food down. but that seems impossible to me right now. can anyone please give me some words of hope from their own experiences??

How are you doing?

Congratulations
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I knew it!!! I'm 5'5 lol I can't to see 220 on a scale! You better flaunt your stuff! : ) keep pushing and watch those numbers drop.

I don't know how tall you are but we're pretty much the same size and I can only hope to God to be 220 in 4 months!!! Look at how beautiful you are! Yes try to eat healthy and exercise for a better out come. But you've done great so far.
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So...4 months out and (almost) 4 stones down...the before and after photos are at 3 stone off, I look SO different again, just need to take a pic.

I have lost 12 inches off my waist and 14 off my 'mum tum' (its flabby flap has gone from 3 inches of sag to under 1/2)

I am lighter than my other half...therefore no longer the heaviest in the house *high 5*

I have lost the combined weight of my 4 year old, the cat and 2 of our hens

I buy a UK size 16 off the peg (previously a 22)

I have just applied for and got a job which I wouldn't have dreamed of even applying for 5 months ago...start tomorrow eek!

My 4 teens are super proud of my new look and (though they aren't consciously doing it) are actively spending more time with me around their friends...and my 4 year old is thrilled with my new energy levels.

I'm away to take climbing instruction and have joined 2 groups to learn that and ukulele...and am involved with sorting a 20yr reunion for my high school (a stark contrast from my previous very anti-social self)

I have legs...really nice ones...I have always totally viewed them as my worst asset and had no idea that these shapely beings existed beneath my previous tree trunks.

My boobs are no longer my best asset...this really worried me pre-op as I was massively defined by them...you know what??? I don't care (and neither does he)!

I can go buy vintage clothes...and they fit...and they look amazing (hand knitted 70s dress from a charity shop is my absolute favourite buy)

The skin looseness is nothing like I thought it would be

Learning that food is fuel and not enjoyable is hard and the mental process behind it isn't a nice one...but the feeling of accomplishment helps more than I could have ever believed!

I love yoga!

This is the best investment I have ever made in myself...I am just so, so happy! yes...there are negatives, but they are far outweighed by all the zillions of good stuff :D

Good luck to both of us..mine is tomorrow as well !!
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