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No complications. Except for one: WEIGHT- LOSS. Lol
Age 54. Surgery Date: Nov. 1 2017
HW: 299
Today: 230
69 pound loss
Not bad for 4 months out [emoji4]

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2 months before VSG and 4 months after  

No complications. Except for one: WEIGHT- LOSS. Lol
Age 54. Surgery Date: Nov. 1 2017
HW: 299
Today: 230
69 pound loss
Not bad for 4 months out [emoji4]

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Good Morning!

Thanks to everyone who has posted in this thread - your willingness to be vulnerable serves as both inspiration and motivation to me. Now to my stats...

Surgery date: March 5, 2018.
Starting weight: 261
Day of surgery: 250
Week 1 (Today): 241

Brief Bio: Conquering my weight is the last step in a very long journey. I have always been a curvy girl; size 10 - 12 in my 20s, 14-16 through my 30s, 16-18 in my 40s, topping out at a size 20 at my highest weight this last year. Other than carrying the extra weight, I have been fortunate to be pretty healthy. However this past year I began experiencing pain in my knees and hips that started restricting my mobility. I have lost 50 pounds each decade through starvation (20s), exercise (30s), and diet (40s), only to regain 50+ each time.

I know why I carry the weight. It’s a shield that protects me from unwanted attention. It allows me to control who I allow in. Each time the weight would start coming off and people (men) would start to comment, i felt that loss of control. And I would revert back to my comfort zone. But no more...

I turned 50 this past Saturday and as a birthday present to myself made the decision to have gastric bypass. I am prepared to face my fears and conquer them one by one. There’s no turning back now! I am all-in!

As I am only a week in, I am still at home recovering and am therefore posting from my cell phone. Once I return to work, I will post before and after pictures as my journey unfolds. For now, I leave you with an intro photo (from my Facebook page).

Thanks
Roxine

No complications. Except for one: WEIGHT- LOSS. Lol
Age 54. Surgery Date: Nov. 1 2017
HW: 299
Today: 230
69 pound loss
Not bad for 4 months out [emoji4]

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Awesome! Congratulations, you look beautiful.

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Holy Jesus! Amazing! You look so different! Congratulations!

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150+LBS lost. Close to my 2 Year Surgeryversary

This YouTube video was just the kind of inspiration that I needed this morning:

Wow! What an incredible motivational speaker!!! Thanks for turnin' me onto him!!! I bet many of us can identify with many parts of his narrative!!

No complications. Except for one: WEIGHT- LOSS. Lol
Age 54. Surgery Date: Nov. 1 2017
HW: 299
Today: 230
69 pound loss
Not bad for 4 months out [emoji4]

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No complications. Except for one: WEIGHT- LOSS. Lol
Age 54. Surgery Date: Nov. 1 2017
HW: 299
Today: 230
69 pound loss
Not bad for 4 months out [emoji4]

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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.

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54 years old, I had RNY, i am happy with don't it. Wish I was wise enough to have done it years ago.

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54 years old, I had RNY, i am happy with don't it. Wish I was wise enough to have done it years ago.

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New show on Netflix follows three people in New Zealand for a year during the weight loss surgery process. Very interesting!!!

Don't even start me on the rice!

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Yeah, I get you! See this is me on chippy, salty, crunchy, pasta-y, potato-y, and rice-y stuff. Especially rice! OMG! I'm from Texas. We're part of the rice belt. We used to hunt ducks and geese in the rice fields west of town growin up!

I have to agree with you about sugar. That is such a slippery slope for me. My body reacts badly. Whether it's sugar from a dessert or that fresh . Once it hits my lips I cannot eat just a little, it's all or nothing. And the cravings for more afterwards is awful.

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Diet is not a 4 letter word. For me I look at Diet as being a specific approach for food success/consumption. If I let my willful fat brain eat ad libitum, I will be Rhonda Rotunda within months of this surgery, cuz that's how unruly that fuc*er is! But, and it's a big butt, if I maintain a LIVEABLE, sustainable DIET that never has an end, I will do great! For me, it looks like a whole foods diet with only adequate Protein, healthy fats, low glycemic veggies, a bit of low glycemic fruit, some nuts and seeds, a little full fat dairy now and then, and sometimes, a bit of lower-lowish glycemic carbs as a treat once in a blue moon. It will never included added sugars or foods containing high natural sugars ever. That will land me right smack dab back at the corner of Breast Cancer Avenue and Diabetes Alley.

Lol . I'm 7 months out. Weight is pouring of and I'm not dieting. I don't track unless I need to just check I'm eating right amount every now and again.

I eat the foods allowed on the plan and get on with my day. I don't feel I'm dieting what's so ever.

I'm sorry you feel that way. It would suck for me too.

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I suppose to me. Making better choices doesn't = diet for me. When I did diet I was miserable and only thinking about food and it was just taking over my life lol. I don't feel that way now.. but my plan doesn't call for tracking.. not even tracking Protein. But when I decided to track anyway as everyone here was tracking it made me miserable. The only thing I do every now and again is to see what 4 oz looks like on my scale with foods I eat all the time..but now I just use a small container. And eat super slow. And if that stops working I'll regroup. But it's good for.me for.now.

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You will get there, no worries. Diabetes is the worst! I was pre diabetic prior to my surgery. So glad I got this surgery. Almost everyone in my family has diabetes. It's an awful disease.

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I think one of the things you need to do is be organized. You have to have ready meals, and Snacks. You cannot say you will never have Desserts ever again. That is not realistic. But you can have ready low carb ,no sugar desserts . Lots of varieties out there. I even bought Protein chips for those times I really want to have a crunchy snack.I always have ready protein in the fridge. I am actually going to start freezing little meals I can grab and just pop in the microwave. But you have to be organized and proactive. You can do this. I know it's a fear we all have: gaining all our weight back. Let that fear push you to make the right choices .

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