Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my sleeve. I can't believe a year has passed and even better - I feel like a normal person again for the first time since I turned 30 (I'll be 42 this summer). I even had someone tell me I was getting too thin last weekend (not true- by bmi standards I'm still slightly overweight).

If you're thinking about surgery and wondering if this could help you, my experience tells me yes! I wish I could have done this 10 years ago. If I'd known about the sleeve (as opposed to bypass surgery) I'd have considered WLS sooner.

I still have some real work to do. I'd like to loose another 20lbs and get down below 160. I'll have to hit the exercise hard to accomplish that and I've been a slacker for the past few months!

This board has been such a help to me along the way. To be able to check in and see others feeling similar to myself or experiencing things similar to me was very comforting.

Good luck to you all and keep up the good work!

Thanks for posting this....I needed to read this comment tonight:)

Kate

What a great post to see! I am soon to be 40 and getting sleeved on 1/31. I cannot wait to feel like you do right now!!!

How has it effected you going out to eat w/ friends and what not.....

Congratulations on your weight loss, thats fantastic!!! I'm right behind you, quickly approaching my 1 year sugiversary as well and I am SO THANKFUL for this surgery! I feel better than I did in high school!

Congratulations!

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my sleeve. I can't believe a year has passed and even better - I feel like a normal person again for the first time since I turned 30 (I'll be 42 this summer). I even had someone tell me I was getting too thin last weekend (not true- by bmi standards I'm still slightly overweight).

If you're thinking about surgery and wondering if this could help you' date=' my experience tells me yes! I wish I could have done this 10 years ago. If I'd known about the sleeve (as opposed to bypass surgery) I'd have considered WLS sooner.

I still have some real work to do. I'd like to loose another 20lbs and get down below 160. I'll have to hit the exercise hard to accomplish that and I've been a slacker for the past few months!

This board has been such a help to me along the way. To be able to check in and see others feeling similar to myself or experiencing things similar to me was very comforting.

Good luck to you all and keep up the good work![/quote']

Congrats!

Awesome job. Congratulations.

How has it effected you going out to eat w/ friends and what not.....

I LOVE to go out to eat! At fancier restaurants, I often eat off the appetizer menu and appetizers often have the Protein without all the excess starch fillers like rice, Pasta, potato. I don't need the soup/salad option either. Don't tell my surgeon, but I love to go out for a glass of wine and "dinner" which is often something like bacon wrapped sea scallops or seared tuna.

My close friends know I had surgery so they don't question what I eat. Folks who don't know I had surgery will sometimes ask if that's all I'm going to eat. Folks who know I've lost a large amount of weight and comment on how much I eat will usually ask if I've lost the weight by eating so much less.

The first six months was quite an adjustment for me and eating out was harder for me to navigate.