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im2shy2tell    14

im2shy2tell
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Wow, thank you guys so much for all the positive feedback. I REALLY appreciate it. The road has been long but worth it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for reading my post, reaching out to me and for all the kind words.

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NewSetOfCurves    1,555

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You are AWESOME! I love your Message of triumph despite all of life's trials and tribulations. It is so true that life just SUCKS sometimes, but we have to overcome it with the right attitude and action. What a role model you are for your children, for us mothers, sleevers, and future sleevers. Thank you for sharing!

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im2shy2tell    14

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I go every so often. I just had my baby girl, in school and work full time. I am exhausted. If you give me your number, we can def. be gastric sleeve buddies. I wish you the best. This surgery is the best thing that ever happened to me. It gave me my life back.

I'm in ATL and Macik is my guy. Do you go to his group? I hope to meet you! You are truly an inspiration! Congratulations on all the steps you've taken!

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sammt    0

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Ur truly an inspiration I just had my operation and going through some stuff I lost both my parents got divorced and am 28 but hoping the operation will change my life u really inspired me I thought I could never make it

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shayv123    96

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Let's start this conversation off by saying I used to be a model in atl' date=' and i loved it. I had thousands of fans and to say the very least, men (and women) threw themselves at me. flattering right? let's fast forward three years...

I met my son's father. The first six months, HEAVEN. The last 6.5 years? HELL. He abused me. Physically. Sexually. and emotionally. I went from 36dd.26.44 (yes, i had a boob job. dont judge me) to 40G.39.52. I looked in the mirror, and I cried. Constantly. How could I not? I went from vixen to fat chick and I hated that chick in the mirror.

So, I did something about it. The weight wasn't coming off so I opted for surgery and boy was I nervous My son's father was extremely jealous but I wasn't doing this for him, this was for me.

I am in Atl and Dr. Macik was my surgeon. DONNA DECAILLE, RD, LD was my nutritionist. When all other nutritionist were charging me over 500, she only charged me 250. What a life saver.

I did it. I had the surgery. Week after week, the weight melted off. Did I exercise? Nope. I cheated once and got really sick. I stuck to the diet after and I felt great.

So my pre weight? a little over 250. Now, 148 AND I just had a baby. The picture in the blue bikini is me 6 months pregnant on my honeymoon :)

The jealous ex? When I left, he killed himself. That moment allowed me to finally move on and I have been doing great since. I have lost major body weight and the dead weight from people in my life who didn't deserve to be there.

I love life now and I look awesome :) This surgery saved my life.[/quote']

You look awesome!! Thanks for sharing your story with us, I am in Atlanta and I would love a sleeve buddy. Send me a message if you are interested, I was sleeved in October 2012 by Dr. Duncan.

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superchica879    58

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Wow, you are one courageous, inspirational woman! I truly believe God allows us to go through things for a reason and how much stronger you are now. You are simply beautiful, I can only pray I'm as successful as you! Thanks for sharing your journey and God Bless!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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