jaimevondawson

I am pleased to say that I have reached my goal, yaaayyy. My goal weight was 150 lbs but I weighed myself this morning and I am 149.8 lbs. This has been a hard journey mentally but for me( many of you know I have gone thru a divorce as well ). My starting weight was 242lbs, day of surgery 12/5/16 I was 219 lbs, and 8 months later I am 149.8 lbs. 7 lbs away from almost losing 100 lbs. I feel so good right now about myself. Not just because of how I look but how I feel inside. I'm starting to love me flaws and all. I am working on the mental side of things with prayer and supplication. God is a healer and I'm trusting him to keep me. I thank all of you on this site for your support , it has been epic on this journey. I so truly appreciate you. The encouragement I received from total strangers has far outweighed what I received from family and friends. Thank you again. Hope u like the pics.

I'm heading for the hospital in the morning. I have to admit I'm incredibly nervous. Being postponed by two weeks has shaken me and I occasionally think the worst.
That said if things go well, and of course the odds are they will, I feel fired up and ready. The pre-op diet has been brilliant. The postponement meant I've been on it for four weeks and I've lost 30-odd pounds. I started a couple of weeks early and have never deviated and hardly craved - I think my head's in the right place.
That said the anxiety is exhausting - I want to get to sleep, get in there and move on to the next stage of my journey.

Stalls are a prevalent part of this journey. My periods in a stall post-op outnumber my periods in an active loss. That is just part of it. I know it is frustrating, but the sooner you can accept that, the better off you'll be. Just stick to your plan every single day, and you will lose weight.

almost 2 years out, still want to lose another 30lbs, but I'm slowly getting there!!!

I'm 20 day's out and every day something changes. You learn what you shouldn't do, you try something you shouldn't try and regret it, you get back to being a little bit more normal, you feel a little bit better about your self.
So far I can say at least for me that the first week was the toughest.

This app is confusing is there another way april sleevers we can text

This is 3 days post-op and about 5 weeks later. Small changes, but this morning I was able to completely wrap a NORMAL sized bath towel around myself! No gaps either!

WOW. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. YOU SHOULD BE SO B PROUD OF YOURSELF. WE WERE ALL BEAUTIFUL AND HA SOME PEOPLE BEFORE OUR SURGERY BUT WE WERE NOT HAPPY OR HEALTHY. YOU MADE A LIFE CHANGING DECISION AND IT WAS THE HARDEST THINGS YOU HAVE EVER DONE, BEAUTIFUL UT YOU DID IT, AND YOU LOOK FABULOUS. I WAS 255 AND NOW 4 months later I am 185 I know I feel so much better and healthy, I can only imaging how you feel. You look so beautiful and I'm sure that any man would love v to have you as his girlfriend /wife, ect. I wish you the best of luck and thank you for sharing you personal photos with us. You are an amazing woman. Great job.
Johnj

Down a total of 190 pounds, sometimes I still can't believe it!

Awesome job!!! I'm down 21 pounds from surgery day (at my 1 month post op appt. this week) and 18 pounds away from ONEderland! I've been in a but of a stall with the scale but feel like I'm shrinking daily regardless!

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Awesome job!!! I'm down 21 pounds from surgery day (at my 1 month post op appt. this week) and 18 pounds away from ONEderland! I've been in a but of a stall with the scale but feel like I'm shrinking daily regardless!

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Awesome job!!! I'm down 21 pounds from surgery day (at my 1 month post op appt. this week) and 18 pounds away from ONEderland! I've been in a but of a stall with the scale but feel like I'm shrinking daily regardless!

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Awesome job!!! I'm down 21 pounds from surgery day (at my 1 month post op appt. this week) and 18 pounds away from ONEderland! I've been in a but of a stall with the scale but feel like I'm shrinking daily regardless!

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I can't wait to work with a personal trainer. For right now, I'm walking a mile a day. Soon, I'll work up with a mile in the morning and a mile after dinner, then move up to 2 in the morning and 2 after dinner. Also right now, I'm doing 20 flights of steps (takes me all day) at home. I didn't think anything was really working, but last weekend I was at an auditorium in our city and I ran up two flights of stairs to get to the second floor. Two months ago I would've been doubled over after one flight. It's amazing how fast the body heals and moves forward.

We will all get there. This journey is crazy and our bodies are still healing and adjusting. Stay positive, look for NSVs, and trust the process! We got this!!

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Thanks for the encouragement guys. This has been really difficult for me! I start with a personal trainer tomorrow so hopefully I can post better news next week. I actually think my body is starving but I can't eat or drink much.

We will all get there. This journey is crazy and our bodies are still healing and adjusting. Stay positive, look for NSVs, and trust the process! We got this!!

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We will all get there. This journey is crazy and our bodies are still healing and adjusting. Stay positive, look for NSVs, and trust the process! We got this!!

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Don't lose hope! My sister was sleeved 8 months ago and lost over 100lbs this definitely works but stalls are part of the process! It's definitely frustrating but I'm still walking everyday and eating what I'm suppose to because eventually the stall will break stay positive!!!

I was sleeved on 4/24 I lost 17lbs, everything thankfully went smoothly for me. I lost 14 the first week and 3 at the beginning of week 2 But since then I have been on the famous stall. I thought I was doing something wrong but now I see I'm not the only one. I think I might just put my scale away because it's stressing me out

I've been stalled for awhile... I had 2 good weeks totaling about 17 pounds and since then I've been going back and forth with the same one or two pounds. I've been running, eating carefully, etc. but that scale just won't budge! I think I'm losing some inches but still...

I hit it last week and stalled for six days. Try drinking more Water if you can and up your exercise. I think that's what jump started it for me.

Me too. Boo oo. I know it's all part of the prices, but it sucks.

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Me too. Boo oo. I know it's all part of the prices, but it sucks.

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