Well today is 1 year since my surgery- It has been the hardest year of my life!!! I have lost about 125lbs and went from a size 24/26 to a size 10/12. I offically know what it is like to feel comfortable in my skin, to have people look at me like "you've never had a weight problem", to have people (family) not recognize me, to go shopping and just buy things or actually have fun trying things on, it has made my relationship better with my husband, it has showed me who were really my friends, and all of that because I made a choice to do something for ME and not anyone else. It has had it's down side, hair loss, Vitamin deficiency problems and going in for shots monthly, throwing up, wishing I could eat (I am an emotional eater), throwing up, (I know I said that twice- but I woke up from surgery throwing up and have had issues with it ever since). THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REGRETS EXCEPT THAT I DIDN"T DO IT SOONER!!!!!

TINA

Congrats on your anniversary and on your weight loss! Here's hoping that you have continued success with your sleeve!!!

Congratulations!

WOW! Congratulations to you!

Wow, you are amazing! I can't even imagine. You mentioned that you found out who were your real friends; could you please expand on that a little? Were people unsupportive? Jealous? I have a few friendships that seen to revolve around food and bingeing. I wonder what we will have in common after the sleeve. Also, you said that you are an emotional eater, I am too. What do you do now when you get the urge to binge?

Amazing. You ave given me inspiration!! My goal is about 80 pounds away and I have faith it will happenwhen I hear stories like this!!

Thanks for sharing - very inspirational! And I do empathize with you on the throwing up - I have issues with that as well. I can't wait to be at the stage that you're at, but even now, throwing up and all, the journey is quite amazing.

Congrats. Very inspirational.

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Congrats, way to go.

I love to hear the stories from a year out. It is great to see how everyones life has changed, and is encouraging.

Being 7.5 months out it is the next big time for me, other than getting to my goal weight (which may or may not happen before the first year).

Thanks for sharing

Congratulations, Tina! We have a lot in common, including the throwing up--so sorry to hear about that, but hopefully it will be resolved FOREVER soon. :-) What a terrific year!! Enjoy your success.

WHOO HOO! CONGRATS!

Wow, you are amazing! I can't even imagine. You mentioned that you found out who were your real friends; could you please expand on that a little? Were people unsupportive? Jealous? I have a few friendships that seen to revolve around food and bingeing. I wonder what we will have in common after the sleeve. Also, you said that you are an emotional eater, I am too. What do you do now when you get the urge to binge?

To answer you- sorry I am just getting back on here- I really don't hang out with them anymore- I thought maybe it was just me being upset cause I couldn't eat- but then it became more of - I was tired of them -well making fun of me- and it really made me nauseous to watch them gorge themselves. I have found that because you have to eat slower anyways- you are done with your 1/4 of a plate lol by the time they eat the whole thing- so it usually works out lol. Sorry to say it but sometimes I just eat potato chips- they go down easy and I have yet to get sick on them. I do throw up A LOT - they have done every test on me and don't know why- I was anorexic/with throwing up tendencies while in college, so it comes "easy" to me and I don't know if part of it is mental- but I really don't want to and am really struggling with it. They said I may have dumping syndrome- so I don't know- I eat VERY slow and never til I am full. Hope that answers some of your questions. Have a great week!