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june 2012 sleevers how are yall doing?

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bethnc1970    53

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June 29th is my 1 year anniversary!!!!!!

350 lbs day of surgery

156lbs lost so far

IM 5/9 1/2 and wearing size 14.. which makes me happy!!!!

Id still like to lose another 30-50lbs but ive been in a stall for 2 months... :( sad face..

How is everyone else doing????

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stacy03    50

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June 29th is my 1 year anniversary!!!!!!

350 lbs day of surgery

156lbs lost so far

IM 5/9 1/2 and wearing size 14.. which makes me happy!!!!

Id still like to lose another 30-50lbs but ive been in a stall for 2 months... :( sad face..

How is everyone else doing????

Great job!! I'm at 350 and go in to be sleeved on July 1. You're very inspiring! :) Any advice or dos or donts you can pass along?

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bethnc1970    53

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Make sure you get your Protein in and drink the water! Do nit let guilt overwhelm you if you bite a cupcake or eat 5 M&M's ...lol. I had to learn that quickly...

The best advice I can really give is ...

When you look in your mirror and you've lost 50lbs.... 100lbs... 150lbs.... your mind will play tricks on you... I still see that surgery dated body at times when I look in the mirror. .. do not let that get you down!

Also... dont become a slave to your scales... I was my scale b*tch for the longest time.... now I weigh myself 2 times a week....

Good luck on your surgery!

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I'm a year out. It has been a great journey. Of course the hardest part was early on but ummmmmm I lost so much weight so early on. I think one of the hardest lessons for me was that for some reason I wasn't getting enough Protein. I thought I was but my body seemed to need more so I went through two phases of hair loss. It is growing back in very well now but I actually put in hair extensions to cover some of the Hair loss. So to anyone reading this who is about to go through with the surgery get that Protein down!!!

I'm two pounds from my goal. LOL and have been for several months. Right now I'm focused on exercise and trying to tone and shape from all the weight loss. Hopefully those last 2 pounds will come off and hopefully a few more. I'm a size 8 and wouldn't mind being a size 6 but who wouldn't? I"m 5'8 inches tall. Every time I gain a couple of pounds or want to drop a little I remember some of the words of my nutritionist including eat 3 meals a day, don't snack and don't eat late at night plus drink plenty of Water. tons of Water. I find that if I drink that water especially 30 to 45 minutes before a meal it really helps me to not over eat which is possible! : )

This has been an amazing restart on life. I look ten ;years or more younger and feel great. I'm active. I can hike more easily, bike, walk up hills and do lots of things more easily than in a very long time. Best of all, my blood counts that included diabetes and abnormal liver counts are all back to normal... the first time in over twenty years since when I had cancer treatment. Yes this has been an amazing journey and so worth it. ; ) Keep on truckin everyone. It works!

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June 29th is my 1 year anniversary!!!!!!

350 lbs day of surgery

156lbs lost so far

IM 5/9 1/2 and wearing size 14.. which makes me happy!!!!

Id still like to lose another 30-50lbs but ive been in a stall for 2 months... :( sad face..

How is everyone else doing????

congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! you should update your ticker because you've made lots of progress since you did. keep on truckin. I think we need breaks from being so strick so we can get ready to hit it again. I like to stay pretty strict at least 5 days out of the week and then break from it one day a week.

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newlook    3

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by the way you've lost an amazing amount of weight!!!!!!!!!!! You are doing great.

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I'm exactly 1 year out today... I have lost 118pounds total and have passed my surgeons goal and got another 20 pound til my own goal.

I've had a great year being sleeved and wouldn't change it for the world! I can eat everything in moderation, which is good for me as I don't like being left out.

Been really put off the last 3 weeks or so, been on a stall and exercising more than I ever have in my life and calories are always between 900-1000calories. Although I do have a day or two off a week, those scales aren't moving...HELP!!

But overall happy with what I have achieved so far :)

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