prisa911

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Things in life may not be easy or pain free. We all have things in life to overcome ..right?
I have scoliosis, arthritis and knee issues when I was heavy.... I still have the same issues now.
Compared to other people's struggles...my issues are minimal things. Yes there is pain. I reminds me I'm alive! lol I push forward anyway.
I work with a physical therapist who is also my running trainer. I train to minimize injury.
My goal is to be an old bitty that people see on a race routes! ( the photo of the 50 year old guy..I love his shirt!)

What I like the most is your pose in the second picture. You look fantastic, but more importantly, you look so proud and happy. That made me smile.

It’s almost been a year! My body is happy at 150... my starting weight was 214.4! We are going to California this coming week and I bought me a swim suit!!! Feels good people... so good!

First of all, you're doing awesome!! Second, hi to another bariatric pagan!

That is an amazing transformation. Keep it up.

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

Great work!! How do you feel now??

9 months out from my VSG and decided to post some progress photos after its been forever. I finally stabilized my loss at around 140 pounds, 10 pounds lighter than my goal but I stopped caring about the number awhile back when people started getting on my case about losing too much.

One is from Memorial day May 2017 just before surgery and then earlier this month.
One clearly marks the timeline from August 2017 to Feb 2018,.
One is January, February and March 2018.
The last is regular new me
HW: 242.2
SW: 236.0
LW: 138.0
CW: 139.2

Today is my first surgerversary! I've been in a 3 month stall. With RNY, I accomplished my loss without any strenuous exercise (due to a heart condition). I'm 25lbs away from goal weight and I feel great!
HW: 334
SW: 319
CW: 205
GW: 180

Wow

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Nice progress, congratulations!!

befor pic at 217 lbs. after pic going to a wedding weighing 195 Lbs. I dont have a good current pic to post just yet!

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I was in a (costume) wedding yesterday and it was the first time ever where I didn't hate every picture taken of me and in fact I like most of them! This time last year I was on a trip to Chicago so I've been getting Facebook memory notifications too, so I thought I'd post some pictures of me from one year ago and then some from last night.
I'm making that face in the before picture because I was "displeased" that my mom was making me take a sweatshirt on our day out because the temperature was 40*F. Now I am freezing at 50*F but I don't mind it because I love being cold.

the 1st and last pics are at my heaviest SW 319 CW 213 GW 170
SLEEVED 6/22/17

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What was your starting weight

I am almost 10th months post sleeve surgery.
Lost 103lbs so far. Less than 20lbs to make goal! Dropped 6 sizes!!

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I took a picture of my outfit on Tuesday because the skirt was something I bought before surgery as a goal thing and Tuesday was the first time it fit comfortably. When I took the picture though, I realized that I hadn't done a comparison photo in a few months and I was shocked at how big of a change there was!
On the left is obviously me on Tuesday, the middle is in 2013 when I was about my highest of 400 and the right was me 3 months post-op (May 2017) and about 250 pounds.

Wow you look amazing!! What a great job your doing!

What was your starting weight?