IWantTheDream

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the loss of The Girls.
While having the excess weight pass on was a welcome event, sadly, many had to pay the price in Boobies.
Sigh.
Today is the 10 year wedding anniversary of a pal o' mine. She is holding a zoom party tonite to commemorate the day and made a special request for the groomsmen & bridesmaids to wear the outfits we wore that day. I put mine on, and yes, it's way too big, and so I went looking for a pic of me wearing it back then and found this.
So yeah, R.I.P Boobs.
P.S. And the pic from 2011 is even AFTER I had a boob reduction in 2005
P.P.S Feel free to post pics of your loved ones as well....lolololzzzzzzz

Hi everyone. So happy to see so many of
You remaining active on our Forum. Congrats to everyone! This has been a journey. I am doing well

My labs are awesome, feel great about it. I am almost at goal weight. Woohoo. I can’t believe it. I’m still working out about 5x a week and recently bought a new spin bike. So excited.

Hope you are all well !!

Congratulations on your progress it awesome and you will be in onederland soon. You have come farther then I have so fare and that is amazing and so inspiring keep up the great job and enjoy all of it 😀this truly is a crazy rewarding journey we have all set off on.

Congratulations 🎉 I am so happy for you. I can’t believe how amazing we are all doing I keep pinching myself to make sure I’m not asleep and dreaming. 😂

Congratulations to everyone on all your amazing progress!! Wow! You're all doing fantastic.
I have lost 102 pounds since surgery and 124 overall, and I'm feel so good..I'm 268 now, and I hope I can get to onederland. I haven't been there since 1997! I weighed 263 when I got pregnant 10 years ago and I'm getting close to that!
At my 6 month check up all my labs were good, but most importantly my liver enzymes were close to normal. This made me so happy. Having NASH was the biggest reason I chose this surgery and I really feel good to see that it is working!

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I’m so pleased to hear that y’all are doing so well, @Swjtes and @IWantTheDream! Congratulations on your progress. I can’t believe that it’s been over 6 months!!! I have also managed to drop below the 200# mark (about a week ago), and I’ve lost over 100 lbs. it’s weird to think that I’m way closer to my goal than I am to my highest weight. Does that make sense?

I’m enjoying walking every day, and I’ve even started jogging. I never thought I’d do that! I love seeing and feeling the muscles that I’m developing in my legs. I’ve heard people talking about how pleased they are to see their collar bones again, but for me I think it’s my knees. LOL!

I’m happy for y’all!

Well I have officially found Onederland! I got on the scale his morning and almost freaked out and woke everyone up when it said 198.0. Yes I did it . I have not been below 200lb since elementary school age. Crazy I know. I have found exercise I actually am happy doing and can’t wait to get out of be and do everyday. I bought a sunny health spin bike and downloaded the Peloton app and I am obsessed big time. I now look forward to waking up at 5:30 am and exercising. Wow! I still have 48lbs to hit my goal weight but I think I am just know starting to enjoy this journey. So how is everyone doing? This chat has been pretty quiet for a long while. Hope everyone is great and experiencing great things on there journey.

Well I have officially found Onederland! I got on the scale his morning and almost freaked out and woke everyone up when it said 198.0. Yes I did it . I have not been below 200lb since elementary school age. Crazy I know. I have found exercise I actually am happy doing and can’t wait to get out of be and do everyday. I bought a sunny health spin bike and downloaded the Peloton app and I am obsessed big time. I now look forward to waking up at 5:30 am and exercising. Wow! I still have 48lbs to hit my goal weight but I think I am just know starting to enjoy this journey. So how is everyone doing? This chat has been pretty quiet for a long while. Hope everyone is great and experiencing great things on there journey.

I am so excited for you and wish you all the best! Almost hit the 80lb goal and like you feel excited and enjoy walking . The Onderland was a major motivator for me too!!! Keep Believing in yourself!! Congratulations!!!

Edamame Fettucine with a vegan bolo sauce (vegetables being baby spinach, red onion, red bell pepper, mushrooms this time).
Topped it with cashewsan.

3 months post op and I feel great!

Don’t worry it will go great! Most people have a very smooth journey.

I started at 271lbs 3/2/2020 (day of surgery), today I am 148lbs

Wasn't feeling very motivated for dinner, so I kept it simple and satisfying.





Not pictured: 1 empty bowl.

Surgery: 08/31/2018
HW: 346 lbs
SW: 330 lbs
CW: 172 lbs

New favorite food. When you just need chocolate. Yum yum not bad for you n it tastes like chocolate fudge brownie.

I had my Gastric Bypass surgery in August 2019, surgery was a breeze but have suffered with sickness and nausea for the last year but due to Covid haven’t been able to see my surgeon. Was prescribed Odensetron which helps somewhat. But regardless of the sickness and not being able to keep foods down I do not regret having it done at all. Have lost over 140lbs . Before and after pics attached

Love this one

Lol

Omg I made my first chaffle!! It’s incredible!

I just had my 6 month follow up and I have lost 51 lbs since the day of surgery. I am no longer considered obese! My BMI is 28.2. I now can start the process for my kidney transplant. Surgery date was 7/22/2020.

I skipped my weekly weigh in last week given the aftermath of blacking out and my bouncing my head off of my kitchen floor. Weighing in seemed like the least of my concerns. Of course, I haven't exercised in 8 days at this point since it seemed wise to focus on healing and I am pretty sure I'm suffering from a mild concussion, so I didn't want to exacerbate things. Was kind of dreading hitting the scale this morning.
Except that I have hit my final weight goal of 180lbs. I'm actually below it by 1.6 pounds. I'm kind of in shock right now (in a good way!) as it's been just under a year since I started this particular journey. I never expected these kinds of results but am absolutely thrilled by them.
So if I could just do something about the orthostatic hypotension, that would be the icing on the cake!

I hope you feel better soon and that your infection clears up fast . Congratulations on the start of your journey. The first few weeks are ruff they will get better and a few months from now you will forget about the pain it started with. I am six months out and I have very bad hips n arthritis along with a lot of herniated disc’s. I feel your pain. Hopefully you will feel better soon. Give yourself some grace n you will see tomorrow is another day into this very long journey 🙂🎉

I hope you feel better soon and that your infection clears up fast . Congratulations on the start of your journey. The first few weeks are ruff they will get better and a few months from now you will forget about the pain it started with. I am six months out and I have very bad hips n arthritis along with a lot of herniated disc’s. I feel your pain. Hopefully you will feel better soon. Give yourself some grace n you will see tomorrow is another day into this very long journey 🙂🎉

sorry for the long thread.

Hi all. I’m a newbie. Thought I share my story and hope to get some helpful ideas on pain management.
I had the gastric sleeve done on 1/11/2021. So excited and everything seems to go smoothly. I have rheumatoid arthritis. So I was dealing with the gas pains and arthritis pains. Near the end of the week I started to notice pain in the major incision. It was red, warm, and tender, but I had no fever. My wife researched and she found a site said it could be just the healing process. The pain became more constant. No matter if I was moving or just laying down. I had a fallow up appointment on Tuesday so I figured I would bring up the issue to my doctor. Same issues of pain, redness, hard, tender to touch. Tuesday morning I woke up and noticed a white ring around the incision. Still had no fever though. Went to the doctor he said I had a bad infection and put me on antibiotics. I have seen him everyday since Tuesday to have the wound cleaned, packed and bandaged. This is the worst thing I feel like. I hope the antibiotics help and I can get some relief soon. I just want to start my journey so bad.

Sirloin Steak 4oz (ate 1oz)
Loaded Bacon Potatoes 1.5 oz + 1tbsp Sour Cream (ate .5oz of potatoes and most of the sour cream)
Black Truffle, Parm Green Beans 2oz (ate 1oz)
Everything tasted amazing, but I was shocked at how crazy filling beef was.