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Co worker 3 yrs out and looking great!

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Whittle down    0

Whittle down
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One of my co-workers stopped by my office and was going on about how much weight I lost. (now, I don't tell everyone at my office but some people I do trust. Eventually I will be more forth coming). Anyway, I trust Cindy. I told her I had weight loss surgey but not the lap band or bypass. Something "new". She guessed right away that it was vsg! She had it done 3 years ago! I knew she had lost a bunch of weight 3 years ago but she claimed it was just exercising. To this day she has not told a lot of people how she lost the weight. She is short, like under 5ft she weighed 186 before surgery She lost down to a size 0. She couldn't find any clothes to fit her so she upped her calories and is a comfortable size 4. She says that I will never gain the weight back as long as I don't graze all day long. She says that her pouch feels as small as it did 3 years ago. She watches what she eats but doesn't exercise. I am very inspired to see her maintain as well as she has. I know I chose the right surgery.

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LilMissDiva Irene    3,281

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One of my co-workers stopped by my office and was going on about how much weight I lost. (now, I don't tell everyone at my office but some people I do trust. Eventually I will be more forth coming). Anyway, I trust Cindy. I told her I had weight loss surgey but not the lap band or bypass. Something "new". She guessed right away that it was vsg! She had it done 3 years ago! I knew she had lost a bunch of weight 3 years ago but she claimed it was just exercising. To this day she has not told a lot of people how she lost the weight. She is short, like under 5ft she weighed 186 before surgery She lost down to a size 0. She couldn't find any clothes to fit her so she upped her calories and is a comfortable size 4. She says that I will never gain the weight back as long as I don't graze all day long. She says that her pouch feels as small as it did 3 years ago. She watches what she eats but doesn't exercise. I am very inspired to see her maintain as well as she has. I know I chose the right surgery.

What an excellent story!! Congrats to both of you, and thank you so much for sharing. It's nice to hear how folks futher on the line out are doing. :) Yay!!!! Two more for the success camp!!!

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BlackBerryJuice    349

BlackBerryJuice
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Wow, great to hear!

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MINI-Me    196

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Thank you so much for posting this ... it does my heart good. I have this incredibly stupid fear of waking up one morning & all my fat is back. Dumb, I know - hopefully time will help my head believe what my body is now.

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Oopsseedaisy    90

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Wow three years ... boy that sounds great! Thanks for sharing!!

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Rootman    1,101

Rootman
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Congrats on your success and thanks for posting the long term success of your co-worker, it is really inspiring to here that it KEEPS working years out!

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feedyoureye    3,087

feedyoureye
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Perhaps she would be willing to post something on here? If you feel comfortable asking, that would be nice...

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AChristian    112

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Thank you so much for that story. I was just sleeved on the 20th. It has been wonderful but I'm strating to have this nightmare where I wake up and its all been a dream and my stomach is telling me to eat something again all freakin day long!!!

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Lila21    36

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Wow, that's so great to hear! I have to say that even though things are going fine, I'm so scared of failing, not losing all my weight, or gaining it all back. It's so wonderful to hear stories like this! Thank you for sharing!

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LisaaaLisaaa    8

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thanks for sharing. Very nice to know there is success down the road. I'm at 3 weeks out tomorrow. Feeling great. Trying to break a stall. But TOM is coming soon.

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pumpkin07    32

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Wow that is so cool. And nice to hear she didn't regain. So she kind of lost too much at first, upped her calories and ended up at a 4. Who could argue with a 4? Not too small, not too big.

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coops    1,790

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Defo a great story and I agree with all the comments above...lol!

This gives me real inspiration as not only will the weight come off, but that if we continue to use this tool properly, it stays off.... thank you!

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
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