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Huge thanks to @Berry78 for always sharing great wisdom and information with us all.

7 months and 11 days.. 100lbs down!!! This also happens to be the lowest weight I reached during my last big diet in 2008.
I have 2 kids that are trick-or-treating tonight. This time last year I vomited after walking up the hill next to my house (the exertion was just too much). I'm still pitifully out of shape, so we'll see if I fare any better

My fellow gastric bypass patients!!! The 18th of October was my Surgerversary!!!
From 492lbs to 233lbs!!! Down 259lbs in 15months, yes I lost 30 lbs before surgery.
I lost 83% of my excess body weight!!!
From a size 72L suit coat to a 46L!!!
On 10/18, I ran 6.5 miles because I can - yes so so just ran a 10k...:. Never thought I would run again...
BP is 110/70 routinely
A1C is 5.0
Total Cholesterol from 185 down to 122....
Triglycerides from 76 to 41....
Thank you for all the support and to this working to find success keep the faith!!!
You can accomplish your dreams as well.

Ditto what everyone has posted. I am sleeved one week, and on no pain meds, not regretting one minute. I too lost 70lbs on Weight Watchers and then stopped tracking and going to meetings and being honest.
You need to examine your attachment to food, and develop a better relationship with it. You might try counseling or reading some books by Geneen Roth.
As far as anecdotal evidence from the forums, everyone's health before surgery can determine the outcome plus different genetics. Also compliance - people can lie about what they are eating and drinking.
You alone need to make the choice based on what you want. Good luck.

Here goes - I'm 14 months out. My biggest complication has been to create a budget for new clothes.
I'm 56. I have two teenage daughters - one a freshman in college, one a freshman in high school. At my highest known weight I was 271.5 (photos I have seen indicate I was probably larger at points, but didn't get on scales). That was April 2016. I had my surgery August 2016. I weigh 166 right now. My BMI went from 48 to 29. I still want to lose another 15 pounds. I'm 5'3".
Sometimes, I get nauseous if I eat things with too many carbs or too much sugar - that's my body reminding me not to go back to bad habits. It has happened about 4 times since surgery. I took my nausea meds for a day or two after surgery and that was it. I didn't use any pain pills after discharge from the hospital. I take a PPI daily and have no issues with heartburn or reflux. I drink wine when I want (but only after I have met my Protein and Water goals for the day and have calories left over to do so). I eat what my family eats because I cook for them. I use Barilla Protein Pasta instead of the regular Barilla pastas and we all have spaghetti or ziti together.
My bloodwork looks great. My team wants me to be a success story for our support groups. I've gone from barely fitting in a size 22 to being a size 8. My profile photo is from about six month ago - so its not accurate. I fence (en garde) 5 hours a week and work out in the gym another 2-3.
My biggest complication has been wrapping my head around the fact that I'm not fat anymore. I still, in my mind, see myself as the fat woman I have been for so long. I weigh less now than I did when my husband married me 20 years ago.
What makes this surgery successful or not is getting your head in the right place. If you are already resentful, then you are not in a good place to do this. You may want to work with a therapist on what is holding you back from taking care of yourself. This only works if you are going to make the plan work and are committed to it. I decided I didn't want to be the fat mom any more. That I wanted to be able to dance at my daughters' weddings when they married and not be in a wheelchair because my joints gave out from carrying almost 300 pounds on a 5'3" frame. I wanted to be healthy. The only regret I have is that I didn't do this 10 years sooner.
Best of luck on your journey.

They quickly took care of the nausea. I just walked for the first time and vomited blood/mucus.

I was told this is normal due to the tube inserted during surgery.

Pain is minimal.


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Tomorrow is my surgery day!!!! Hospital called today and said I need to drink a Clear Fast nutrition drink at 3am and be at the hospital at 6am for surgery at 8. After having it postponed for two weeks and being a bag full of jitters, I feel oddly calm and ready to go!!! I can’t wait to start this journey!! Happy Halloween everybody

Tomorrow is my surgery day!!!! Hospital called today and said I need to drink a Clear Fast nutrition drink at 3am and be at the hospital at 6am for surgery at 8. After having it postponed for two weeks and being a bag full of jitters, I feel oddly calm and ready to go!!! I can’t wait to start this journey!! Happy Halloween everybody

From what I understand, and I’m no expert, is that the bariatric surgery alters the ability to adsorb specific Vitamins and minerals. By increasing the amount of the specific items that we can’t adsorb post surgery, the bariatric vitamins are made for US!
I asked “Well, if I need 5x the Vitamin X, can’t I just take 5 Centrum vitamins?” The nurse responded that you are increasing all of the other vitamins and minerals by 5x as well, and over time they could build up and have a negative effect on our physiology.

I was told by my surgeon i have to take the bariactric one for 18 mo because they have the amount i need, im a sleever, i get optisource from walgreens 1 mo supply is 30 $

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Thanks. All cool. In my room, walked the hall, fuzzy brain....lol
Thanks.

Friends of mine have had Whole Foods cater Thanksgiving and were very satisfied. Glad I could offer a helpful suggestion!

OMG! Awesome pic

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When you purchase skinny jeans for the first time just to wear with boots and realize they actually look really good on you

Very early days for me but people have started saying there is something different about me! I just smile sweetly. For the first time in my life i can't wait for the days to go by
I remember so well that feeling when you know you are putting on weight and it is such a heavy growing sort of yuck feeling. Now is the opposite a sort of lightening feeling without even looking at the scales.

I walked past a friend I hadn't seen in years. He didn't recognize me. So I walked past two more times. Still nothing. I had to walk right up to his face and yell "HEY DAVE, ITS ME, MARK!"
Also walked past my Aunt and Uncle a few weeks ago. They didn't recognize me either. Hadn't seen them since Christmas.

Sometimes the truth is harsh. If we weren't so Politically correct as a society we might actually stand a chance fighting the epidemic that is obesity. The fact that doctors are afraid to even suggest their patients lose weight for their health, speaks volumes for the disservice were doing to ourselves.

Thanks for picking up my slack! Apparently VST has decided I no longer need to know when someone posts another question in this thread

Thank you for the catering idea- I think that's what we'll do. Whole Foods is down the street and actually not too bad for T-Day fixings!

Whatever you decide cook WAY less. If you eat out, eat off some one elses plate.
You will be able to eat mashed potatoes or candied yams. Getting it done just before the holidays might sound tough, but look at the bright side- no holiday season weight gain this year. Also, I started to feel a lot better with more energy about the 1 month, so although the food experience will be much different, you should still be able to enjoy good company. Good luck!

What about catering it? At five weeks post-op, I still have no interest in food, so being around it doesn't actually bother me. But I still don't like eating in restaurants yet...however, if your family wanted to eat out, you could go along and just get some butternut squash Soup or something like that. I'm probably going to cook Thanksgiving dinner this year, but it will be simpler. But I should be able to eat most of the food, in teeny tiny portions, by then.
By Christmas, you will at least be able to eat some of the food, so don't worry about that one...

Down to 157 after a looooong stall and am still happy with the process. Having rotator cuff and bicep tendon repair in a few days and am anxious to see how I manage to maintain weight loss through the long recovery.
Fingers crossed!

My BMI was 31.88, hw 182, sw 180, cw 164. Long story, started with band, lost 80, band slipped, had removed, went with sleeve, didn’t work, no weight loss, but Gerd real bad! So had bypass for the Gerd, on 9/25....so far so good! By the way I’ll be 69 in December!

Thank you for responding ....it's awesome to directly hear from someone who has experienced what I may soon. These types of things are exactly what I need to hear because that's exactly where my head will go!