One Year Out

[jared 0]

I would like to hear some success stories that are a year out and how much weight they have

[Denise's New Life 43]

It has been one year since my surgery. This has been the best year of my life. when I started this I was 460 pounds. July of 2010 I was 450 when I went to the surgeons office for the first time. April 7, 2011 I was 410 pound the day of surgery. So I have lost 176 since surgery and 226 total. I have 54 pounds to go. things are slowing down and I went to my surgeon yesterday for my one year visit and he says this is normal. That I need to bump things up though with excercise and watching extra caerefully but he is very impressed with what I have done already. This forum has helped a great deal , and showed me the sleeve does work. I was suppose to get the DS surgery and when he went in I had very bad gaul stones stuck to my adominal wall and he needed to take care of that and was afraid of infestion so I got the sleeve instead. I was upset at first but got over it and joined this forum and saw that the sleeve does work. i am very happy now for the sleeve instead of the DS. Dr. G says that i could of had the rest of the surgery this year but he said that I was so successfull with the sleeve that I don't need it. I am determined to loose this last 54 more pounds but in the meantime I feel great. I am 50 years young and feel 20 again, I have been given my life back.

[Jill279 65]

That is so awesome..thanks for sharing...

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

CONGRATS! You are totally Rockin that Sleeve! Great job!

[Back~To~Amy 307]

Wow Denise! Congrats on the payoff of all your hard work! You rock girl!

[MegInNOLA 531]

My sleeve-aversary is coming up on April 18, so I'm 1 week shy of 1 year out. :-) So far, down 118 pounds from morning of surgery, 149 overall (I can't believe I just typed that). Seems so unreal, in a way. Everything about how I eat is different now, in a good way--I can honestly say I ate like a kid without any sort of remote attempt at nutrition before (except for the 2 years of veganism, LOL). Now, I am very aware of everything I put into my mouth, but without freaking out about it. I enjoy food even more than before, and I still feel fabulous after eating (not sleepy and sluggish because of too much of the wrong kinds of food!).

My husband and I are both sleevers, and it's been really fun to sort of transform ourselves into healthier, thinner people. The biggest change I have found is that I am less worried about being "in the way," as I am no longer so self-conscious about my weight. I also really love being able to dress in cute styles instead of my former "wardrobe," and I use that term loosely. I also find that other people really do treat me differently at this weight; men have literally run ahead of me in order to get to a door to open it (and I am not a petite young thing, at 6'2" and almost 50 years old!).

So I say, if this surgery feels right for you, go for it! It's a great tool, a very useful, long-term tool. I am so grateful for the chance to live longer and feel better about life--all due to the sleeve!

[Foxbins 625]

I am 14 months post-op. I started at 232 and size 22-24 and now I weigh 138 and wear a size 6-8 (I am 5'8"). I'm not self-conscious anymore about how I look or what people might think when they see me buying food. When I bought anything that wasn't "diet" I used to think that people would be saying to themselves, "Look at the size of her and buying ice cream! She doesn't need to eat that!" Two weeks ago I bought four boxes of Easter candy for my nieces and nephews and the thought never entered my mind what people would think because obviously, from my outside appearance, I wasn't going to eat it all. (I could have, slowly, but I wouldn't. I like being thin too much.)

It's just such a change from before--