Hi I'm Whitney, 20, from Tx... getting ready to get sleeved Oct 22! Just curious to hear from people around the same age how everything has gone! As far as recovery time, loose skin, etc. also- I'm debating on whether I want to broadcast the fact that I'm getting the surgery. Im not at all ashamed or embarassed I just know that alot of skinny minnies just don't understand and our age group can be pretty judgmental haha

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!

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

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.