melissa39437

This is totally happening! I can finally see a difference in myself even though everyone else said they already saw it. All this thanks to my amazing surgical team! Thanks Long Term WLS, Dr Maytorena and my awesome coordinator Ruben! 🏼 getting stronger and smaller one day at a time! So blessed to have had the best Surgeon! VSG done right the first time!
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This is totally happening! I can finally see a difference in myself even though everyone else said they already saw it. All this thanks to my amazing surgical team! Thanks Long Term WLS, Dr Maytorena and my awesome coordinator Ruben! 🏼 getting stronger and smaller one day at a time! So blessed to have had the best Surgeon! VSG done right the first time!
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Oh and thank you for the compliment! [emoji4]

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I have become quite a gym rat haha! It's a great addiction to have. In fact with working late and having errands I missed tonight and I feel terrible for it. Wednesday and Sundays are my "rest days". But I love the gym now.

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This is totally happening! I can finally see a difference in myself even though everyone else said they already saw it. All this thanks to my amazing surgical team! Thanks Long Term WLS, Dr Maytorena and my awesome coordinator Ruben! 🏼 getting stronger and smaller one day at a time! So blessed to have had the best Surgeon! VSG done right the first time!
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Hang in there! I stalled for about 2 weeks. I mean no loss! But I was down a pant size. You're losing but your body is holding onto Water. Basically what happens is when your losing fat your body replaces those fat cells with water. Keep working and the water will come off. Hang in there! It WILL happen if you stick to the plan. I weighed one day and bam 5 pounds gone!

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This is totally happening! I can finally see a difference in myself even though everyone else said they already saw it. All this thanks to my amazing surgical team! Thanks Long Term WLS, Dr Maytorena and my awesome coordinator Ruben! 🏼 getting stronger and smaller one day at a time! So blessed to have had the best Surgeon! VSG done right the first time!
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Hang in there! I stalled for about 2 weeks. I mean no loss! But I was down a pant size. You're losing but your body is holding onto Water. Basically what happens is when your losing fat your body replaces those fat cells with water. Keep working and the water will come off. Hang in there! It WILL happen if you stick to the plan. I weighed one day and bam 5 pounds gone!

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Do you
Have the contact info or web page I can look at. Still trying to figure out what I'm
Going to do I just had my band removed 5 days ago

Thank you! At the time they had the 3,499 deal going it included everything but the airfare and our hotel because we got there early. You should definitely check them out. My regular physician here told me she even researched Dr Maytorena and found absolutely nothing negative.

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This is totally happening! I can finally see a difference in myself even though everyone else said they already saw it. All this thanks to my amazing surgical team! Thanks Long Term WLS, Dr Maytorena and my awesome coordinator Ruben! 🏼 getting stronger and smaller one day at a time! So blessed to have had the best Surgeon! VSG done right the first time!
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Almost 3 months post-op and hover around 600-700 per day. I don't want to stall out or ruin my metabolism going too low for too long!

Wow. I totally see it too!!! Amazing. You're doing what I love! I hope you do too. 😊Keep it up!

I learned to look at stalls like changing gears in an old car. Sometimes it took a while to get the thing in gear, you had to let off the gas and put down the clutch. The forward motion continued but slowed for a while. When the new gear kicked in it had more torque to continue on.
You eventually got to your destination if you didn't turn the engine off. The surgery, diet, exercise WILL get you there!

This is totally happening! I can finally see a difference in myself even though everyone else said they already saw it. All this thanks to my amazing surgical team! Thanks Long Term WLS, Dr Maytorena and my awesome coordinator Ruben! 🏼 getting stronger and smaller one day at a time! So blessed to have had the best Surgeon! VSG done right the first time!
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So I'm on day 11 of my VSG post op and I feel like I can eat anything. But I know I shouldn't. I also feel like I can do almost anything I did pre-op. But I know I shouldn't.
About me. I'm 33, male. Muscular but crazy overweight. I'm stubborn as a mule and am a farm boy. Since my Max Capacity weight during pre-op I'm already down 45lbs. Which is awesome, but I have a long way to go before I'll start celebrating too much.
I am so bored of my liquid diet that today I've even had a scrambled egg and a piece of deli turkey. No issue. I've also started eating apple sauce. No issue. I'm crushing Protein Shakes no problem and hitting of my liquid goals daily most of the time.
I'm scared I'm being an idiot and not allowing my stomach to heal, but I can't stare at another mug of chicken broth and I'm jello'd out from crushing insane amounts of that stuff.
My fear is that I'm rushing back into things. I took my dog out for a hour long walk in the hills and felt great. And I haven't had any pain what so ever since I got home from the hospital... my stab wounds (incisions) are healing up nicely even though I scratched one pretty good the other day...
Help with any advice and encouragement.
Also, is there any guys on these forums?
Thanks.
Mersh

9 months ago when I took the picture on the left I was miserable, depressed and down right disgusted with myself. Yesterday July 23rd, 9 weeks post op I decided to take some new pictures. The one on the right is one of those pictures. I am so thankful I had such an amazing surgeon and team members. They made sure my surgery was done properly in order to make sure my success is achievable. Dr Maytorena, Long Term WLS, and my coordinator gave me so much more than I could ever have imagined. In 9 short weeks, yes you read that right, I am down over 50 pounds almost 70 pounds counting my preop! I feel better than I have in years! I have more self esteem, better sleep, I'm more active and I now love my life again! I wanted this more than anything in the world and my team made sure it was done the right way, to begin with in order for me to be successful. For that I am forever grateful! If you want to be successful as well I highly recommend these guys. I am not affiliated with them at all other than I had my sleev there. I am sharing my story in hopes that it inspires someone else. Don't ever give up because YOU CAN SUCCEED!!!
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9 months ago when I took the picture on the left I was miserable, depressed and down right disgusted with myself. Yesterday July 23rd, 9 weeks post op I decided to take some new pictures. The one on the right is one of those pictures. I am so thankful I had such an amazing surgeon and team members. They made sure my surgery was done properly in order to make sure my success is achievable. Dr Maytorena, Long Term WLS, and my coordinator gave me so much more than I could ever have imagined. In 9 short weeks, yes you read that right, I am down over 50 pounds almost 70 pounds counting my preop! I feel better than I have in years! I have more self esteem, better sleep, I'm more active and I now love my life again! I wanted this more than anything in the world and my team made sure it was done the right way, to begin with in order for me to be successful. For that I am forever grateful! If you want to be successful as well I highly recommend these guys. I am not affiliated with them at all other than I had my sleev there. I am sharing my story in hopes that it inspires someone else. Don't ever give up because YOU CAN SUCCEED!!!
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that is so great!!! keep up the good work.
my surgery happened on july 11, and i had already lost (including pre-op diet) 38 pounds, am i losing too much too fast? i dont wanna think so, and i do feel like a 260 pound feather and its an awesome feeling!

Keep up the great work. You look good!!!

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You've done great!! Congratulations!!

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Way to go! Congratulations!!

9 months ago when I took the picture on the left I was miserable, depressed and down right disgusted with myself. Yesterday July 23rd, 9 weeks post op I decided to take some new pictures. The one on the right is one of those pictures. I am so thankful I had such an amazing surgeon and team members. They made sure my surgery was done properly in order to make sure my success is achievable. Dr Maytorena, Long Term WLS, and my coordinator gave me so much more than I could ever have imagined. In 9 short weeks, yes you read that right, I am down over 50 pounds almost 70 pounds counting my preop! I feel better than I have in years! I have more self esteem, better sleep, I'm more active and I now love my life again! I wanted this more than anything in the world and my team made sure it was done the right way, to begin with in order for me to be successful. For that I am forever grateful! If you want to be successful as well I highly recommend these guys. I am not affiliated with them at all other than I had my sleev there. I am sharing my story in hopes that it inspires someone else. Don't ever give up because YOU CAN SUCCEED!!!
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9 months ago when I took the picture on the left I was miserable, depressed and down right disgusted with myself. Yesterday July 23rd, 9 weeks post op I decided to take some new pictures. The one on the right is one of those pictures. I am so thankful I had such an amazing surgeon and team members. They made sure my surgery was done properly in order to make sure my success is achievable. Dr Maytorena, Long Term WLS, and my coordinator gave me so much more than I could ever have imagined. In 9 short weeks, yes you read that right, I am down over 50 pounds almost 70 pounds counting my preop! I feel better than I have in years! I have more self esteem, better sleep, I'm more active and I now love my life again! I wanted this more than anything in the world and my team made sure it was done the right way, to begin with in order for me to be successful. For that I am forever grateful! If you want to be successful as well I highly recommend these guys. I am not affiliated with them at all other than I had my sleev there. I am sharing my story in hopes that it inspires someone else. Don't ever give up because YOU CAN SUCCEED!!!
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9 months ago when I took the picture on the left I was miserable, depressed and down right disgusted with myself. Yesterday July 23rd, 9 weeks post op I decided to take some new pictures. The one on the right is one of those pictures. I am so thankful I had such an amazing surgeon and team members. They made sure my surgery was done properly in order to make sure my success is achievable. Dr Maytorena, Long Term WLS, and my coordinator gave me so much more than I could ever have imagined. In 9 short weeks, yes you read that right, I am down over 50 pounds almost 70 pounds counting my preop! I feel better than I have in years! I have more self esteem, better sleep, I'm more active and I now love my life again! I wanted this more than anything in the world and my team made sure it was done the right way, to begin with in order for me to be successful. For that I am forever grateful! If you want to be successful as well I highly recommend these guys. I am not affiliated with them at all other than I had my sleev there. I am sharing my story in hopes that it inspires someone else. Don't ever give up because YOU CAN SUCCEED!!!
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