Tomorrow is my 8 month "surgiversary". I am at my goal and have lost a total of 73 pounds. Dr. Fernando Garcia was my surgeon. I went from a 16-18 size jeans to a size 6.......yes, a size 6. I am smaller now than I was in college.

This journey has not been easy. I will not lie. I only regretted it one time and that was probably about 6 weeks post op and I was staying nauseated. But before I knew it, nausea was gone, I had finally turned a corner and I could drink Water without being nauseated. Could not drink much of it, so don't worry if you can't now, you will most definitely be able to in the coming months post op.

I feel life is somewhat normal again. By that I mean, I can eat anything I want. I do not feel deprived. I am not really ever very hungry. Going out to dinner was a big challenge for the first 4 or 5 months. What was the point on spending $15 or $20 on an entree I was only going to eat 1/4 of and box up and bring home and probably not eat because I don't do leftovers well? Eating out with my family seems somewhat normal now.

My favorite snack of choice is 2 slices of the Monterey Jack Land o lakes cheese. 2 of those and I am good for several hours.

I am very happy with my choice and my decision to go to Mexico and using Dr. Garcia. I have had no major problems and all my labs have been good post op. Slightly anemic, but everything else checks out fine. Be prepared to be in one size one week and a lesser size in another week. That has been frustrating. Trying to not buy too many clothes because I knew I would keep losing. I happily donated my dressy clothes to a woman who was about to have to go back to work after being a stay at home mom and was getting divorced and needed nice work clothes.

I do seem to stay colder, but with all the fat gone, I guess that is to be expected.

Good luck to you all who are thinking about VSG or have just had VSG or are just a few months post op. Your life will return to normal. Be patient with yourself and don't stress over water amounts and Protein amounts. I have struggled with both and am still alive and well. I did experience some hair loss, but nothing major. I take Biotin for that. I did not have the infamous stall at 6 weeks or 3 months. My stall happened at 6 months and I just reached goal this week. So, it took me 2 months to lose 7 pounds but that was with limited physical activity also and holidays. (There was a point I thought I might not stop losing)

Feel free to message me if you have any questions or concerns.

Chow for now.......

Yay thanks for the update I am looking forward to being cold it's no fun sweating when everyone else is freezing

Thank you for your post, it's nice to hear about post-op experiences.

Thank you for posting! So glad things have been going well and you've reached your goal!

I'm only a little bit out from surgery and knowing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel is a great thing. I'm struggling to make sure I get all my liquid and can't seem to get enough Protein in this full liquid stage lol can't wait to progress to the others.

I can definitely agree Fletcherette! Maybe soon I won't have to freeze my poor guy out of the room each night just to get a comfortable night's sleep lol

Thanks

Congrats on meeting your goal isn't it wonderful! I too had Dr Garcia and just reached my goal weight in 6 months less a day, I have lost 78.2 pounds. Best wishes to you!!

Thank you so much for sharing your story. I will be sleeved by Dr Garcia on Tuesday.

Congrats on meeting your goal isn't it wonderful! I too had Dr Garcia and just reached my goal weight in 6 months less a day' date=' I have lost 78.2 pounds. Best wishes to you!![/quote']

Thanks for sharing. I get sleeved on Tuesday. I want to lose 85 pounds so if I do as well as you I will be looking great by October.

Thanks for the update. We all enjoy words of encouragement and success stories. Congrats to you

Congratulations on reaching your goal weight!!!!!! Thank you for posting your update with us!