Last year at this time I was recovering from surgery, it was the best decision I have ever made for my self. I have been lucky and have not had any problems along the way but it is still a challenge everyday to not fall back in to old habbits. Anybody who says this is the easy way out has no idea that it is not easy you have to stay with it and follow the the program of diet and exercise. That being said we are all human and slip ups happen I have had my fair share of them for sure!

The one thing I wish some one had told me before hand was not to get so obsessed over the number on the scale. I look at pictures of myself and realize that I have not been this small since high school yet there are days I get on the scale and it says something totally different. I am now more focused on my BMI and not what the scale says.

I started at a BMI of 42.2 and now it is a nice even 27, my weight was 262 and I am now down to 177! I still have about 15 to 20 pounds to my goal and for some reason the last few months they just dont want to go away but I am determined to get them gone and with time I am postivie they will vansih forever just like the last 85 pounds have

I want to thank everyone here for all the support and advice that I have recieved during my journey this last year and may you all the the sucess that I have had

VERY COOL! You look fabulous.

Wow! You look spectacular! What advice would you give someone who will be getting sleeved soon

you look amazing. Congrats.

way go keep up good work

Advice for people who have not had surgery yet would be :

1. Don't ocmpare yourself to others!! You are your own person and your body will do its own thing when it wants to. There were serveral times I would get down on my self because I would see that somebody who had surgery around the same time I did had lost more weight then I had. What took me a long to time to realize is that that person may have been heavier or lighter than I had been or that they may have had complications or who knows what. You will lose but at your own pace

2. Take pictures of before and also take measurments!! I wish I had taken measurments so I knew how many inches I had lost all I have is pictues and what the scale said.

3. Dont be a scale *****!! While knowing your weight is great getting on the scale 15 times a day will just make you frustrated casue your weight can fluxuate during the day. After going through this for a month I finally picked a time once a week to weigh myself and stuck with it.

And finally don't give up even when you hit a stall, it will be hard but you can do it!

You look great! Your hard work has paid off! Congrats on your success!

I think the scales drive ppl crazy. I was at a dr office yesterday and that scale read 4 pounds higher than the scale at my NUT did today. I will be weighted tomorrow at my primary care doctor and expecting it to be totally off again. The only weight that I calling official is at my NUT since it is the same scale every time. I love it they use the Tanita Body Composition Analyzer

Advice for people who have not had surgery yet would be :

1. Don't ocmpare yourself to others!! You are your own person and your body will do its own thing when it wants to. There were serveral times I would get down on my self because I would see that somebody who had surgery around the same time I did had lost more weight then I had. What took me a long to time to realize is that that person may have been heavier or lighter than I had been or that they may have had complications or who knows what. You will lose but at your own pace <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

2. Take pictures of before and also take measurments!! I wish I had taken measurments so I knew how many inches I had lost all I have is pictues and what the scale said.

3. Dont be a scale *****!! While knowing your weight is great getting on the scale 15 times a day will just make you frustrated casue your weight can fluxuate during the day. After going through this for a month I finally picked a time once a week to weigh myself and stuck with it.

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Thanks you I will be having surgery on Tuesday and almost forgot to take measurement, but definitely plan to.

Thanks you I will be having surgery on Tuesday and almost forgot to take measurement, but definitely plan to.

Good luck and if you need anything let me know, you will do great:)

What a difference a year makes! You look great! Congrats on all your hard work!

You look AMAZING! Congrats!

Thank you so much for writing this- you and I had the same BMi before surgery- although I am only six days postop- my before picture was taken last week the day of my surgery it's on my profile Great inspiration thank you!!!

You look great! Thanks for sharing your advice too, it's greatly appreciated.

Oh wow! Fantastic! You look amazing and your advice is spot on! I wish I had taken measurements.

YAYYYY Congrats! You look great!