Hi fellow sleevers:

YES, I finally hit the century mark!! I was sleeved on April 18, 2011, so it's just over 7 months out. I am so thrilled to reach this milestone!

My progress has been pretty fast, I think. The first couple of months, I had sincere buyer's remorse, because I had excess acid and was sick every day for 8 weeks! Then the folks on this forum advised me to take Prilosec, and that solved the problem; I took myself off of that med at 5 months with no residual problems.

My husband was sleeved a year ahead of me and has been encouraging from the beginning. I've had amazing support and positive reinforcement from friends, family, colleagues, and students, and that has been a huge help and a tremendous source of happiness for me. I would absolutely recommend this procedure to anyone struggling with their weight--now my outside is starting to match my inside, and my "fat suit" is never coming back!!!

The attached pics are one of me from a cruise last Thanksgiving and one from this morning, so almost a year's difference. :-) I still have a ways to go, but as I told my husband a while ago, if I don't lose another pound, it's still been 100% worth it.

I love the picture you have as your avatar, so I already knew you were gorgeous! However, the before and after pics show that you are gorgeous at any weight, you just look so much younger and healthier now!

Congrats on the century mark!! I'm waiting for my turn at that one!

Pics look awesome, you've really come a long way!

Yayyyyy MEG!!! Outstanding!!!! Congrats!!! You are truly one of the inspiring stories around here.

You Rock !!!

you look amazing! thank you for posting this, very inspirational!!!

Meg,

How absolutely wonderful! You look amazing. Congratulations

OMG... you are a different woman Meg!! And, you were sleeved on my birthday...lol

Congratulations on an amazing success journey so far, and you haven't got 'ways to go'... it is just 16lbs and compared to what you have done that is a drop in the ocean!

You look absolutely AMAZING! Congrats on such a great moment in your life!

Meg - you look gorgeous! You look like you are 10 years younger, too. Way to go. Welcome to the century club. Here's to you and I both losing our final 15-16 pounds QUICKLY.

Sharon

LOOOKING GREAT!!!!

WOW, what a transformation and you just look so happy. On a different note I see you were in Key West. We have a Hyatt timeshare, right to the right as you get off ship and we will be there next week. I am 1 mo out and down 25 which will enable me to do more walking around than I usually do....

That's awesome. Congrats!!

You look fantastic!

Meg,

Congrats and welcome to the Century Club! You look so healthy and happy.

You, Sharon and I all have about the same amount of weight left to lose. Here's to success for all of us in the coming year.

Lynda

Wow ...u look great. Had no idea that there was a term century clu...my goodness. I can't wait to join that club. Congrats to u!!!