Hi VST friends! I haven't been on here in a month so just letting you all know what's going on. I started exercising 30+ minutes every single day (walking, playing Zumbaa on kinect, swimming, and weight lifting) and have noticed I'm melting off the pounds faster. Before I was losing 1-2 pounds a week but now it jumped up to 5 since last week!!!!! I can now fit into REGULAR WOMEN SIZE 12 TOPS and 16 BOTTOMS!! I've always been bottom heavy like a pear but am now a smaller one. (: I could fit into a size 12 dress that had a pleated skirt too. I used to have to wear plus size 26 at 300 lbs before my weight loss and my largest size was 32 at 400 lbs. When I try on my size 32 pants, I can fit my whole body in one leg!!

Everyone should consider the sleeve. It is the best procedure in my opinion. I can eat sweets when I want and not have dumping. Of course, I will crave the sweets but a spoonful or a bite will satisfy me and I toss away the rest. I eat 4 oz of meat and some veg and then I feel comfortably full like I just had Thanksgiving dinner. I always LOVED the feeling of being warm and full so would overeat until I got there before surgery.

The down side is that I burp nearly after every meal for 5-10 minutes and if I eat too quickly food will get stuck. I take papaya chewables so that helps a bit to get the food down. I can't eat dry food like chips, crackers, pretzels,dry meat without some kind of sauce, and Cookies. It just gets stuck and hurts my chest until I burp it up. I can't eat any bread either because it makes me feel sick. I can only tolerate a few pinches of ultra soft mushy bread. I get constipation a lot because I'm eating so much Protein every day too.

I was afraid that my hair would fall out but it didn't. I had been taking Biotin and eating 80-90 protein every day to prevent this. I look forward to losing more and more weight until I hit my goal of 150 lbs!! :wub:

Good job. WHen did u have ur surgery?

December 6th 2011.

Congratulations! Life sounds wonderful for you. I can't wait until can post a story just like this!

Great job!!!.. I'm 324 and wear a 22/24.... I can't wait to get out of the 300s.. I'm ramping up my workouts this week.. Thanks for the encouragement...

you are doing awesome! and favoredone, you'll be out of the 300's soon!

sleeved 12-1-11

HW 362

WOW! great job! Congrats!!!!

Awesome job!!!!1

Congratulations! How much weight have you lost in total? When I'd you start doing Zumba and exercising more intense? Have you experience a lot of lose skin, or has the exercise helped?

I have loose skin on my arms, belly and thighs but I think it will tighten over time. If not, there is always plastic surgery. I started the Zumbaa game on XBOX Kinect two weeks ago. I will take the class option on there on moderate level.

Congratulations on your progress so far! You're rocking that sleeve!!

HEYYYY there you are!! Good job!!!