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You look great. Congratulations. How often did you workout and what type of work out did you do? Also, did you have lose skin.

I just started slow and walked on a treadmill 3-4 days. It was no specific distance just as far as I could go in 20 min. All aspects gradually increase. First my time moved up 5 minutes at a time then I moved the speed and the incline. As it got easier I just increased my workout. Yes, I do have a lot of lose skin. Its just a reality. I had 280lbs on my body the skin had to cover it and no matter what its not all just going to snap back young or not. There isn' anything I would change though the skin is just a battle scar.

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Thank you all so much for your kind comments.

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You truly look phenomenal! Congratulations on your success! Any advice for people like myself who are just starting this journey

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congratulations , you look incredible... i sooo cannot wait for my surgery now.. go in this thursaday 10th May,, and looking forward to looking as amazing as you..

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I'm so happy for you and also sooo happy I have chosen the same doctor!!! I am scheduled to see Dr Kelly on June 14th. Now I am really excited and know I made the right decision! Thank you!!!

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Congratulations!!! You are beautiful!

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Congratulations you have come very far on your journey! What a fabulous gift. You look amazing!

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This is such an inspiration! Thank you for posting!!

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Thanks for posting. I go in with Dr Kelly this thursday May 10th & getting quite nervous now. But you inspirational story makes me feel so much better!

I want to be in your shoes in 1 year!

Well done & keep up the great work!

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Wow! You look amazing! Congratulations on your surgiversary!!

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You truly look phenomenal! Congratulations on your success! Any advice for people like myself who are just starting this journey

It will all come in time. Sometimes it feels like it is taking forever, but it is just what you said "a Journey". Enjoy every step and learn from it. The downs are what makes the ups feel so good.

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Thanks for posting. I go in with Dr Kelly this thursday May 10th & getting quite nervous now. But you inspirational story makes me feel so much better!

I want to be in your shoes in 1 year!

Well done & keep up the great work!

I wish you the best of luck and healthy recover with your surgery. Believe me I was nervous too and you should be. Your about to make a huge life changing decision and ITS WORTH IT!

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Looking FANTASTIC! Your hard work and determination has really paid off. Enjoy yourself!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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