What To Expect When You're In Your 20's

[whitneymalae 69]

Ashley- congrats, girl! Make sure to tell us all how it goes on Wednesday, I'm sure you'll do great!

OK I've gone through and watched a ton of videos on YouTube now, thanks for the suggestions everybody! I feel much better about loose skin now.

Liz- I am in Tyler!

Also, can I just say to everyone that I am SO proud of all of us for getting up and doing something about it! I am truly happy for every one of us for going on this journey!

[LizTex2587 212]

Ashley- congrats, girl! Make sure to tell us all how it goes on Wednesday, I'm sure you'll do great!

OK I've gone through and watched a ton of videos on YouTube now, thanks for the suggestions everybody! I feel much better about loose skin now.

Liz- I am in Tyler!

Also, can I just say to everyone that I am SO proud of all of us for getting up and doing something about it! I am truly happy for every one of us for going on this journey!

I've been to Tyler before. I have friends that live there. I'm sure you are super excited that your surgery date is coming up soon! Best of luck!! Keep me posted!

[gettinMeBack 380]

I'm 27 and I was sleeved 8/24th and already hit onederland started at 240 now I'm 194 and can't wait to lose more!! I'm so glad I did this surgery and I wish I had did it a year ago when I first started thinking about it

[Inline6E46 31]

My name is TJ and i'm 27, got sleeved on July 20th. Paid out of pocket and went to Dr. Kelly in Mexico. Great experience, great care.

Beginning of the year I was 337 pounds. I dropped to about ~295 prior to surgery with gym time and diet modification. Im at 251 right now and still losing. Recovery time (pain) for me was a few days. By August 1st I had no pain. As far as energy, it took me about 3 weeks - after surgery I slept about 14 hours a day for the first two weeks and shortened it down to about 10 in the last week. I sleep 7-8 hours now.

Diet for me is very repetitive - I work long hours but my cafeteria has a full kitchen, salad bar, etc. I eat about 700 or so calories a day, between 50-60g of Protein (i REALLY need to supplement some Protein powder in there), less than 20g carbs and less than 15g fat. I also drink about 60 oz of Water a day.

I just returned to the gym last month and focus mainly on my cardio. I do about 30 minutes on the elliptical and then 10 minutes or so on weights. Prior to surgery I was doing 45 minutes of cardio and 45 minutes of circuit training (mixed cardio and weightlifting).

As far as loose skin goes, I definitely have some of it. I wear a compression shirt under my work clothes to kind of "hold" everything together. I know I will have even more of it. Ive also lost about 5 sizes in pants and 2 sizes in shirts (38 waist vs 48 waist, 4xl vs 2xl). The exercise helps with tightening the skin up over time. I wont ever have Ryan Reynolds abs, but one day I will get a full body contour.