I had gastric sleeve on October 18, 2011. My highest weight had been 295, but had settled in at about 270. Lost some in my pre-op program just because I knew I was going to be weighed and monitored every month. Anyway at surgery, I weighed 236. Hearing about all the phenomenal losses after surgery, I had planned to hit 199 by Christmas, New Years, at the latest. I was not remembering that I had already dropped an initial 30 plus pounds.

Anyway, I was very compliant, but was not even close to my 199 by the holidays! I didn't set a new time for reaching Onederland, but just kept plugging. Since December, I did start a great exercise program of five days a week at the YMCA and voila, this morning I hit 199.2. It is just such a psychological victory for me. In actuality, it is only my half-way mark to my ultimate goal, but it feels much bigger than that. It is clearly a marathon, not a sprint, but I am so grateful to be on this journey.

Congrats!! It is a onderful feeling getting to onderland. I arrived yesterday and my surgery was on 10/17/11.

Congrats to both of youl My surgery was 10/4/11 and I have lost 67 lbs. It is such a great feeling. I have my goal as 130 lbs but am big boned so am not sure if it's realistic. Every one keep telling me how small I am now, but the #'s on the scales tell me different. The scale tells me I'm not at goal yet LOL. SO I am going to keep eating healthy (for the rest of my life) and work on increasing my exercise.

Yeah for October sleeves! I was sleeved on October 14th and hit 199 this morning!! Congrats guys!

There seems to be a pattern here! Congratulations to each of you!

Hey, no kidding, a pattern for sure. I finally got under 200 this morning... only 199.5, but I'll take it for sure. And I'M an October 14th 2011 sleever also!

Updating my ticker now. Swore I wouldn't do it 'til I got to onederland!

http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wbTSXlO/

Havin' a little trouble updating the freakin' ticker.

Congratulations on onderland!!

Does anyone in the "Sixties Groupt" know if Medicare covers Vertical Sleeve surgery? I'm 65 and just now beginning to look into doing the surgery. I've been checking out all the various web sites and trying to get as much info as I can. I have a doctor's appointment this coming Monday (04/23/2012) and plan on starting the ball rolling by asking my primary care doctor about the process.

Good luck to those going in for surgery.