Erica_B

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

Yayyyyy!!! Congratulations 🎉🎈
you look great!!! Thanks for sharing! I’m a 3/3/20 sleever.

I love the sassiness and confidence that you are exuding !!! Congratulations and continue to be great 🤩🙏🏽.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!! Way to rock it!!!!

You look terrific, strong and happy. Congratulations!

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

Thank you shero!

❤CONGRATULATIONS❤

So happy to be alive and on the road to being well and fit.
Happy anniversary to all my fellow March 2019 sleevers!
To everyone else! Let's keep it moving!!!

I’ll try and keep this as brief as possible. Sorry if I rant on and on.

As I went from 240 lbs to 390 lbs between 2009-2019 I slowly hid myself away from friends and family. The truth is I was in denial about how bad things were getting and I was embarrassed. I was ashamed of how I couldn’t keep up with my friends just walking around the city or fitting into booths at restaurants for family milestones. I was out of breath walking into work from the parking lot. I felt like if I could avoid these things in front of other people, if other people couldn’t confirm how limited I had become, it somehow made it less true.

I have missed SO many adventures and huge important events in my loved ones lives simply because I was physically unable. This hurts my heart.

In 2018 I ditched a good friend’s bachelorette weekend out of town because I was so anxious about how I wouldn’t be able to keep up with everyone. Like literally I could not walk around and I felt ridiculous going to clubs with girls wearing their best outfits and me in an oversized T-shirt. By that point I couldn’t stand for 5 mins without my lower back screaming. Our friendship has not been the same since. I have always thought that was the turning point in our friendship.

Now fast forward to late 2019. I happened to be invited to another good friend’s bachelorette weekend. This is a friend I met in college and we were so close we lived together for a couple of years. This is also when my depression/weight gain really got bad. I did my best to hide it, but I’m sure it was obvious. Over the last 7 years I have make excuses to avoid meeting up with her because she is so active. I even prayed she wouldn’t ask me to be a bridesmaid. How sad is that? I really didn’t think I could make it through the dress shopping bit. Pre-surgery I was 390 lbs and a size 26. This friend has run the NYC marathon and I was at least 220 lbs heavier than any other girl in her friend circle. When I was invited on the bachelorette weekend I immediately thought of ways to get out of it. I told one of the maids of honor that I didn’t think it would be a good idea since it was still early after surgery and I wasn’t sure how I’d feel. Well it’s been almost 5 months and I’ve been so lucky to have zero complications. My mobility is much better too. I am also sober by choice. I was never a big drinker anyways. I partied pretty hard as a teen so by the time I got to college I was somewhat past that phase. It doesn’t make me feel good and now with a sleeve I feel like alcohol serves me no purpose.

Anyways what I am looking for is real honest advice. I feel immense guilt over declining this invite. I have thought about how I would feel if I was my friend. I could see how she would be upset or disappointed. Am I wrong to not go? I don’t drink and I’m trying so hard to stick to my diet. I know if I really wanted to I could make it work.

I don’t want people to tell me what I want to hear. I guess I just want someone to say they understand what I’m saying and feeling. I don’t have anyone in my family or friends that are even overweight. I feel like no one can relate. Has anyone else been through this? Did things get better as you lost weight?

Awesome.....i'm looking forward to a year out...…..

My surgery was March 27th of 2019 and though I don't post in forums often, I have kept up with logging my weight info.
I wanted to drop by to see how my fellow March 2019 sleevers are doing.
Hands down a great decision for my health, physically and mentally. I feel great and I hope you all do as well.

Congratulations Erica B.
100 pounds gone forever, eva, eva, eva...💜🙏🏽🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

My surgery was March 27th of 2019 and though I don't post in forums often, I have kept up with logging my weight info.
I wanted to drop by to see how my fellow March 2019 sleevers are doing.
Hands down a great decision for my health, physically and mentally. I feel great and I hope you all do as well.

@mainsqqrueen let me tell you that is the best kind of loss.. I lost little "weight" put lots of inches, just keep doing and eating your required things and amounts drinking Water and going crazy with Proteins . you doing good every journey is different.. I had surgery about a week or two after you .look at what just inches can do .

I would sleep with a eye open! But back to the facts - Whoever told her this is a scam is a fat person that could not afford it or stay on course.
As a male speaking from my own experience, you will shred the weight and most importantly you will be healthy and feel much better. This sounds cold and I am sure some females will jump down my ass about this, but this is your decision and her input is appreciated but irrelevant. Only you have to decide this - It is not her journey so why others stick there to sense into it is beyond me, and to threaten divorce!
Ask her nicely if she would wait to divorce you till you are thin, that way you are healthy and happy! That should get her attention!
Bottom line you make the decision but i can tell you that the members here have lost 5,210,466 pounds Look to the left at the bottom. So if WLS was a scam how did it get to 5 million plus pounds.
Congrads on the new baby and Is you wife large also? If so she may be jealous of the surgery and insecure of the procedure

Hello,
I hope you are well. I have been a registered nurse for over 12 years and my Bariatric surgery will be in March. When I was in shape (all of my life except for 5 years ago), I used to think the same thing as your wife. 5 years ago I fell into a depression and gained over 100 pounds. I’ve been trying to get it off ever since. Now, I have high blood pressure, sleep apnea, acid reflux and pre-diabetes. People in my family say I should not do the surgery. They say I can do it on my own. But as I said, I have been trying to lose the weight for 5 years and my health is actively declining. Should I wait until I am fully diabetic so I can meet the approval of my family? No. Obesity is one of the most unhealthy modifiable conditions you can have. Despite how widely accepted it is, it’s worse than smoking, drinking, and quite a few illegal drugs (arguably combined). It damages every organ. Fat puts pressure on your organs, making them secrete hormones that alter your ability think and function properly. I know your wife is concerned about the risks of surgery. But what about living long enough to go to your child’s wedding? What about being able to play with your child in the park? What about setting a healthful example for your child so the cycle does not continue (I come from an obese family so I know how hard it is to break free from bad Family eating habits)? I hope my comment helps.