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I'm two months out as well and have never had anything but a very full feeling. Haven't thrown up yet or had the slimes. Lovely little word, slimes.. lol

I had surgery with Dr. Kelly in August... both my friend and I had lower BMI's and no one ever said anything about it. In my opinion this is a wonderful option for lower bmi patients. And really.. obese is obese... if you have a bmi of 30 you are obese and should have some choices. Telling someone to gain weight to qualify for this surgery is ludicrous. Dr. Kelly was great with my friend and I are doing wonderfully! Good luck!

It doesn't matter how much you are overweight.. if you are unhappy and can't stand to be fat another day then you should be just as entitled to have VSG as someone who is more overweight. At the end of the day it is about quality of life and sometimes 50 extra pounds is crippling to a person! I was self-pay and wanted to lose about 60 pounds... if you are 300 pounds overweight or 45 you are struggling! Good luck to you!

Well, it's been almost 4 months since my surgery. I didn't have to do much in the way of pre-op so the weight I have lost is all from surgery. I am down 32 pounds. My start weight was just below 200 and now I am clearly Jennifer Lopez..lol I actually look rather 'normal,' I have no complaints and if I suddenly stopped losing weight and was stuck here forever I would be OK. At least I feel better about my self image. I am hoping that the hairs in my head stay put and that my skin finds it in it's heart to have a spring in it's step. At the ripe old age of 40 it still may have some elasticity although I get the strange feeling that the skin on my neck is not going to bother to cooperate. Since I am keeping this whole VSG thingy to a dull roar, not telling everyone I see, the slower weight loss is a blessing. I don't have to do much explaining, which is a relief. I think the slower weight loss may have something to do with the size I was when I started and with the amount of weight I had to lose. At this point I am at a weight that I was for about 10 years of my life(before having a child) My body likes this weight a great deal and getting below it will likely be slow. All I know is that when I put my jeans on after they have come out of the dryer I KNOW they are going to either fit or be getting a bit looser. No more dreading the thought of them shrinking(read as me gaining weight and blaming the jeans and dryer) When I sit down I don't have to pull my damn shirt out from a roll. Ya know? lol
So even though it is slow it is coming off. If anyone else is a slow loser please remind me to stop secretly wishing my ex-husbands new 18 year old girlfriend(whatever.. she is young)gains what I have lost. lol
Here's to all the slower losers... may the weight go away and never find its way back home!

Well, it's been almost 4 months since my surgery. I didn't have to do much in the way of pre-op so the weight I have lost is all from surgery. I am down 32 pounds. My start weight was just below 200 and now I am clearly Jennifer Lopez..lol I actually look rather 'normal,' I have no complaints and if I suddenly stopped losing weight and was stuck here forever I would be OK. At least I feel better about my self image. I am hoping that the hairs in my head stay put and that my skin finds it in it's heart to have a spring in it's step. At the ripe old age of 40 it still may have some elasticity although I get the strange feeling that the skin on my neck is not going to bother to cooperate. Since I am keeping this whole VSG thingy to a dull roar, not telling everyone I see, the slower weight loss is a blessing. I don't have to do much explaining, which is a relief. I think the slower weight loss may have something to do with the size I was when I started and with the amount of weight I had to lose. At this point I am at a weight that I was for about 10 years of my life(before having a child) My body likes this weight a great deal and getting below it will likely be slow. All I know is that when I put my jeans on after they have come out of the dryer I KNOW they are going to either fit or be getting a bit looser. No more dreading the thought of them shrinking(read as me gaining weight and blaming the jeans and dryer) When I sit down I don't have to pull my damn shirt out from a roll. Ya know? lol
So even though it is slow it is coming off. If anyone else is a slow loser please remind me to stop secretly wishing my ex-husbands new 18 year old girlfriend(whatever.. she is young)gains what I have lost. lol
Here's to all the slower losers... may the weight go away and never find its way back home!

Well, it's been almost 4 months since my surgery. I didn't have to do much in the way of pre-op so the weight I have lost is all from surgery. I am down 32 pounds. My start weight was just below 200 and now I am clearly Jennifer Lopez..lol I actually look rather 'normal,' I have no complaints and if I suddenly stopped losing weight and was stuck here forever I would be OK. At least I feel better about my self image. I am hoping that the hairs in my head stay put and that my skin finds it in it's heart to have a spring in it's step. At the ripe old age of 40 it still may have some elasticity although I get the strange feeling that the skin on my neck is not going to bother to cooperate. Since I am keeping this whole VSG thingy to a dull roar, not telling everyone I see, the slower weight loss is a blessing. I don't have to do much explaining, which is a relief. I think the slower weight loss may have something to do with the size I was when I started and with the amount of weight I had to lose. At this point I am at a weight that I was for about 10 years of my life(before having a child) My body likes this weight a great deal and getting below it will likely be slow. All I know is that when I put my jeans on after they have come out of the dryer I KNOW they are going to either fit or be getting a bit looser. No more dreading the thought of them shrinking(read as me gaining weight and blaming the jeans and dryer) When I sit down I don't have to pull my damn shirt out from a roll. Ya know? lol
So even though it is slow it is coming off. If anyone else is a slow loser please remind me to stop secretly wishing my ex-husbands new 18 year old girlfriend(whatever.. she is young)gains what I have lost. lol
Here's to all the slower losers... may the weight go away and never find its way back home!

I like the pink lemonade.

MustangAli.. I think you are great.. if you were my neighbor I would drop by with a freakin' crystal light and cheers you! lol

Well.. I had one glass of wine and I do believe I'm buzzed... at any rate.. here is my letter to size 6.
ahem...
Dear size 6...
I have spent my entire life trying to be friends with you. I have been nothing but sweet, cute and funny.. but you never want anything to do with me. The hours I have spent trying to attain you are, quite frankly, time wasted. You have eluded me my entire life and I just wanted to let you know that I am no longer interested in a friendship. I'm rather sick of your stuck up attitude and can't be bothered with you any longer. Soooo.. when you see me with size 4 I just wanted to let you know that you can kiss my skinny little A$$.
That will be all.

Well.. I had one glass of wine and I do believe I'm buzzed... at any rate.. here is my letter to size 6.
ahem...
Dear size 6...
I have spent my entire life trying to be friends with you. I have been nothing but sweet, cute and funny.. but you never want anything to do with me. The hours I have spent trying to attain you are, quite frankly, time wasted. You have eluded me my entire life and I just wanted to let you know that I am no longer interested in a friendship. I'm rather sick of your stuck up attitude and can't be bothered with you any longer. Soooo.. when you see me with size 4 I just wanted to let you know that you can kiss my skinny little A$$.
That will be all.

Well.. I had one glass of wine and I do believe I'm buzzed... at any rate.. here is my letter to size 6.
ahem...
Dear size 6...
I have spent my entire life trying to be friends with you. I have been nothing but sweet, cute and funny.. but you never want anything to do with me. The hours I have spent trying to attain you are, quite frankly, time wasted. You have eluded me my entire life and I just wanted to let you know that I am no longer interested in a friendship. I'm rather sick of your stuck up attitude and can't be bothered with you any longer. Soooo.. when you see me with size 4 I just wanted to let you know that you can kiss my skinny little A$$.
That will be all.

Well.. I had one glass of wine and I do believe I'm buzzed... at any rate.. here is my letter to size 6.
ahem...
Dear size 6...
I have spent my entire life trying to be friends with you. I have been nothing but sweet, cute and funny.. but you never want anything to do with me. The hours I have spent trying to attain you are, quite frankly, time wasted. You have eluded me my entire life and I just wanted to let you know that I am no longer interested in a friendship. I'm rather sick of your stuck up attitude and can't be bothered with you any longer. Soooo.. when you see me with size 4 I just wanted to let you know that you can kiss my skinny little A$$.
That will be all.

Didn't sound hostile to me either... not a bit... I hope you get past this long stall and keep moving towards your goal... Hugs to you!!