Welcome fellow successes!

A year has gone by since we all each posted about our nerves going into surgery, our fears, our hopes, trials and tribulations post op... and now we're on the outside looking in... as success stories, as "seasoned sleevers"!

For me, I'm a couple weeks from my one year anniversary and sitting comfortably below goal! I hit goal (149 lbs) a few days before Christmas 2011 and since then I've blasted past it and now sit at 133 lbs! Occasionally I've had moments where I worried that I am losing too much, or worse that I won't be able to stop losing. I currently get in around 1000-1200 calories a day which I know is too low for me and I still struggle with this but try to get in the calories I need now to maintain my weight. My "DO SOMETHING" weight is 140 lbs. If somehow I find myself nearing/approaching/above that mark, that's when I will take control and do a pouch test (& potentially revert to mushies again) to ensure that I stay below that magic number.

For exercise, I've been working with a trainer for the last few weeks to bring back some strength to my body. I have not exercised until this point. I'm now looking and planning for possible/likely plastics in April 2013. I'm pretty unhappy with how my body looks post-op and would like a mommy makeover to have my body look in person like it does in my mind.

Here is my pre and post -op pics!

PRE OP Size 18-20 XL/XXL

AND TODAY!

Size 4-6 XS/S!!!

Tell me about your journey! How has the last year been for you?

No matter how much you've lost, you are a success story!!! Celebrate it in this thread!

Thanks so much everyone! I have a decent amount of extra skin on the tummy area but I'm really pleased with how this last year has turned out! Hopefully I can tighten up the rest without plastics but if I feel that I can't do any more without surgery, then I plan to do that in another year

You look amazing!!!!! The before & after pics are so inspring for me!

I have just begun on my Weight Loss Journey as I get sleeved on May 10th. I would love it to look half as good as you at a year out!

Wow you look

Fantastic!!!! Amazing!!