skinnydreamer16

Would you please tell me what insurance you have that will cover your plastic surgery? I am 13 months out and 122 pounds down. I am desperately going to need surgery. You look great but best of all is how you now feel. Keep up the good work. Hope our insurance is the same.

I am 66 and weighed 248 on my surgery date of April 20, 2017. At that time I was on medicine for severe acid reflux and asthma as well as sleep apnea and was on the doorstep of diabetes. I used three medicines daily for my asthma and always had a rescue inhaler in my pocket. It has beed 10 1/2 months now and my weight is 135. That is 113 pounds so far. I am off the cpap machine and ALL medicine since last April 29. I cant tell you how good I feel. I didnt feel this good in my 40’s. I have had no pain or any complications along the way and I thank God for giving me another chance at life. I took my grandchildren to Legoland and never sat on the bench all day and actually rode with them for the first time. If you are on the fence about having surgery I ask uou to say a prayer and JUMP. Life is there again on the other side. Real life. Good luck.

You will find tuna pouches are great too. My favorite is the tuna with herbs and garlic. It also comes in an original tuna salad and Buffalo tuna. A little kick to it but great. Each packet is around 100 calories and is either 14, 15, or 16 grams of Protein. I also have found shrimp to be great. I dont like it cold but steamed is like heaven. I could never stand squash before and now spaghetti squash is one of my favorite meals. Keep trying new things and you will find survival food a little more interesting. I have been following your posts and lovr the honesty in them. You are doing a great job. One day at a time.

You will find tuna pouches are great too. My favorite is the tuna with herbs and garlic. It also comes in an original tuna salad and Buffalo tuna. A little kick to it but great. Each packet is around 100 calories and is either 14, 15, or 16 grams of Protein. I also have found shrimp to be great. I dont like it cold but steamed is like heaven. I could never stand squash before and now spaghetti squash is one of my favorite meals. Keep trying new things and you will find survival food a little more interesting. I have been following your posts and lovr the honesty in them. You are doing a great job. One day at a time.

I am so happy for you. My surgaversary is April 20. I started that day weighing 248 and I am 4ft 11. This week I have weighed in at 130. That is 118 pounds gone. It is a roller coaster ride of emotions but so worth it. I have my life back. You will get a second chance too. Just follow directions and you will be amazed at where you will end up. They give us the shovel during surgery. It’s up to us to dig ourselves out. Keep thinking positive and be as excited as you are right now. Good luck and keep smiling.

I am so happy for you. My surgaversary is April 20. I started that day weighing 248 and I am 4ft 11. This week I have weighed in at 130. That is 118 pounds gone. It is a roller coaster ride of emotions but so worth it. I have my life back. You will get a second chance too. Just follow directions and you will be amazed at where you will end up. They give us the shovel during surgery. It’s up to us to dig ourselves out. Keep thinking positive and be as excited as you are right now. Good luck and keep smiling.

I am 66 and weighed 248 on my surgery date of April 20, 2017. At that time I was on medicine for severe acid reflux and asthma as well as sleep apnea and was on the doorstep of diabetes. I used three medicines daily for my asthma and always had a rescue inhaler in my pocket. It has beed 10 1/2 months now and my weight is 135. That is 113 pounds so far. I am off the cpap machine and ALL medicine since last April 29. I cant tell you how good I feel. I didnt feel this good in my 40’s. I have had no pain or any complications along the way and I thank God for giving me another chance at life. I took my grandchildren to Legoland and never sat on the bench all day and actually rode with them for the first time. If you are on the fence about having surgery I ask uou to say a prayer and JUMP. Life is there again on the other side. Real life. Good luck.

I am 66 and weighed 248 on my surgery date of April 20, 2017. At that time I was on medicine for severe acid reflux and asthma as well as sleep apnea and was on the doorstep of diabetes. I used three medicines daily for my asthma and always had a rescue inhaler in my pocket. It has beed 10 1/2 months now and my weight is 135. That is 113 pounds so far. I am off the cpap machine and ALL medicine since last April 29. I cant tell you how good I feel. I didnt feel this good in my 40’s. I have had no pain or any complications along the way and I thank God for giving me another chance at life. I took my grandchildren to Legoland and never sat on the bench all day and actually rode with them for the first time. If you are on the fence about having surgery I ask uou to say a prayer and JUMP. Life is there again on the other side. Real life. Good luck.

I am 66 and weighed 248 on my surgery date of April 20, 2017. At that time I was on medicine for severe acid reflux and asthma as well as sleep apnea and was on the doorstep of diabetes. I used three medicines daily for my asthma and always had a rescue inhaler in my pocket. It has beed 10 1/2 months now and my weight is 135. That is 113 pounds so far. I am off the cpap machine and ALL medicine since last April 29. I cant tell you how good I feel. I didnt feel this good in my 40’s. I have had no pain or any complications along the way and I thank God for giving me another chance at life. I took my grandchildren to Legoland and never sat on the bench all day and actually rode with them for the first time. If you are on the fence about having surgery I ask uou to say a prayer and JUMP. Life is there again on the other side. Real life. Good luck.

I am 66 and weighed 248 on my surgery date of April 20, 2017. At that time I was on medicine for severe acid reflux and asthma as well as sleep apnea and was on the doorstep of diabetes. I used three medicines daily for my asthma and always had a rescue inhaler in my pocket. It has beed 10 1/2 months now and my weight is 135. That is 113 pounds so far. I am off the cpap machine and ALL medicine since last April 29. I cant tell you how good I feel. I didnt feel this good in my 40’s. I have had no pain or any complications along the way and I thank God for giving me another chance at life. I took my grandchildren to Legoland and never sat on the bench all day and actually rode with them for the first time. If you are on the fence about having surgery I ask uou to say a prayer and JUMP. Life is there again on the other side. Real life. Good luck.

I had surgery April 20, 2017 and have lost 108 pounds so far. I started at 247.8 surgery weight. It can be done if you want it bad enough. If you are going to grieve over sugar food loss or if you are going to miss your “comfort foods” more than you want good health and the comfort of feeling human again, do not have the surgery. You are not ready. If however you go into the surgery arming yourself with all the knowledge you can get and believe in yourself DO IT. Remember, YOU are the only person who can make you fail. Since you have waited so long for this I believe you won’t let yourself down. Be excited. The day of your surgery will be the start of a wonderful new healthy life. Good Luck.

I had surgery April 20, 2017 and have lost 108 pounds so far. I started at 247.8 surgery weight. It can be done if you want it bad enough. If you are going to grieve over sugar food loss or if you are going to miss your “comfort foods” more than you want good health and the comfort of feeling human again, do not have the surgery. You are not ready. If however you go into the surgery arming yourself with all the knowledge you can get and believe in yourself DO IT. Remember, YOU are the only person who can make you fail. Since you have waited so long for this I believe you won’t let yourself down. Be excited. The day of your surgery will be the start of a wonderful new healthy life. Good Luck.

In one week, I'm having surgery. I have a sleeve, currently, and need to treat a rare condition called achalasia. So, to reduce complications from a myotomy, I am revising my sleeve to a modified gastric bypass.
I'm getting a second chance at losing all the weight that I needed to lose from my sleeve. I was originally over 460 lbs (not by much, but that's as high as my doctors scale went at the time). I had my sleeve, lost about 150lbs and then got pregnant. I gained back, in total, about 70lbs in a year and a half of being pregnant and post partum. Then I got back on track. I was heading in the right direction until this achalasia started about a year ago. The condition has made it very difficult for me to eat, so in the past year since being sick, I've lost another 40ish lbs... so little because about the only thing I CAN consume comfortably are carbs. (Which I really don't appreciate at all post op WLS!) Currently, I'm about 320. I'm really trying to be optimistic about losing weight and fixing my issues with eating due to the medical condition - but being a previous WLS patient and knowing the realities of post op life, I'm having a hard time NOT focusing on how loose my skin will be, what I'll look like, how I'll afford clothes - something that didn't consume me so much before because I was single and childless and made decent money... but now I'm a mom, I have an SO (and he assures me that he loves me no matter what my body looks like), money is tight... it's all just so stressful. I have body issues to work on and don't know how to change my mindset of being so critical of myself. That's definitely part of it. But there is a part of me that was okay with not "being skinny". I lost enough weight to feel better about myself, look better, but still look like ME. I need to appreciate the change, I suppose.
I just feel like I can't talk about all these things to anyone in my real life. They just don't understand. They can't relate! Can anyone here relate? How do you deal with your unshare-able thoughts?

Congratulations on starting this incredible journey!

I'm so happy to a found this app, there are so many people here who are in my shoes, today I scheduled my appointment with my doctor to have a consultation and decide which surgery is going to be best for me. I'm very lucky to where my health insurance is covering the procedure, and at 410 pounds I really want to be able to live a full life of health! I've never had anything like this done before and I am extremely nervous. I'm just really happy that there's a form where I can turn to for emotional support.

I sincerely hope you went through with your surgery. You have to do it for YOURSELF and not for anyone else. Your husband may be afraid something will go wrong and he could lose you. Or ...... something will go right and someone more loving and supportive may come along and again he may lose you. If he is threatening to divorce you because you want and NEED to be healthy, I feel sorry for you. Do your best and better days will follow.

I know how it feels to have negative people in your way. Mine is not my health care professionals...it's my husband! He is so against me having my surgery ( bypass scheduled for June 16, 2017), that he has threatened to divorce me if I go through with it. He repeatedly tells me I will fail, and gain all my weight back. That it's a waste of money. That it's taking the lazy way out, and cheating to lose weight after being a glutton for 8 years. I have gained over 150 pounds since my mom passed away in 2008. So I guess that makes me a glutton.

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I hope you are feeling better. Please remember that it is so important to stay within your diet as told by your doctor. Getting a upset stomach is no fun. I know for experience. Try to do your best to stick to your diet. Spicy food is not good for your pouch. Best of luck. 😀