I lost 200lbs 12 years ago and the best decision I ever made. I workout every day and have been a vegetarian for 5 years. Several of my friends have gained most of their weight back... Don't let that happen. This is no "easy way out" because you MUST change your eating habits or you will get sick. Message me if you want to talk....

Congrats! You an inspiration to me!

Congrats! You an inspiration to me! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I hope I'm doing this right.... Thank you! I'm sorry, Peachtree, I still trying to figure this app out so I havent views your profile... Where are you in the process?

It's okay. I'm schedule for surgery on 11/14. My pre-op is on the 7th.

It's okay. I'm schedule for surgery on 11/14. My pre-op is on the 7th.

Sooo excited for you because I know how you're feeling now. I will be keeping an eye on you now and if you want to email me pls do longercurlz@hotlmail.com. Betsie

Thanks. I really appreciate it and will be in touch, Betsie.

Just curious if you would post a before picture would love to see the transfornation

Hello! Can you tell us the workout you do and what do you eat?

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It's okay. I'm schedule for surgery on 11/14. My pre-op is on the 7th.

My surgery is also the 14th! I did my pre-op on the 1st. Go us!!

Hello...I have posted some pictures of before and after. Now that I'm on my laptop, I'm a little more computer literate! Love my Iphone but wow that screen is tiny and I'm blind :-)

To answer some of your questions..I work out every day and I never miss the gym. I do a core workout at 4 AM, walk during my lunch on the hills and go to the gym every night. I am also a very careful eater, basically I eat for FUEL. You need to train yourself to eat like that, too. I make sure i get my Protein first thing in the morning because that's when I'm the hungriest. Also, pay attention to dumping syndrome..it's a very real thing and you will not eat garbage again once you experience it.

To this day, people say I took the easy way out..how is it easy? I can't eat more than a cup of food, I cannot eat what I want and I've had to change everything about my life because of the surgery. Don't let people discourage you. Take a long, hard look at them..how they eat, how they live and you will see that they're jealous.

What do I eat? Well, I am a vegetarian because that just works for me. I gained 40 lbs of my 200 back and I have since lost 60. I contribute my diet and my workouts to my tone body and not having to get surgery to remove skin. I am a size 8 now (was a 30/32 from Lane Bryant) and even lost a shoe size.

I am so excited for all of you who are about to get this surgery...truely excited. It's life changing and, although you will still struggle with food decisions, you will feel so good about yourself. Get ready, you will literally melt and that's why exercise is so important. Even if you do about 10 minutes up and down your street every day.

I have nightmares that I have been dreaming that I am thin...I have to pinch myself sometimes!

Hello...I have posted some pictures of before and after. Now that I'm on my laptop, I'm a little more computer literate! Love my Iphone but wow that screen is tiny and I'm blind :-)

To answer some of your questions..I work out every day and I never miss the gym. I do a core workout at 4 AM, walk during my lunch on the hills and go to the gym every night. I am also a very careful eater, basically I eat for FUEL. You need to train yourself to eat like that, too. I make sure i get my Protein first thing in the morning because that's when I'm the hungriest. Also, pay attention to dumping syndrome..it's a very real thing and you will not eat garbage again once you experience it.

To this day, people say I took the easy way out..how is it easy? I can't eat more than a cup of food, I cannot eat what I want and I've had to change everything about my life because of the surgery. Don't let people discourage you. Take a long, hard look at them..how they eat, how they live and you will see that they're jealous.

What do I eat? Well, I am a vegetarian because that just works for me. I have eggs with avocado and feta for Breakfast, lunch is typically a salad of some sort with a veggie burger cut on top, dressing is just a teaspoon because I really don't like it and dinner is my most difficult. I find it hard to eat dinner because I go to the gym and then don't want to eat when I get home. Admittedly, I may eat toast for dinner sometimes (bad, I know!). I don't snack but, if I do, it's frozen grapes or a banana.

I gained 40 lbs of my 200 back and I have since lost 60. I contribute my diet and my workouts to my tone body and not having to get surgery to remove skin. I am a size 8 now (was a 30/32 from Lane Bryant) and even lost a shoe size.

I am so excited for all of you who are about to get this surgery...truely excited. It's life changing and, although you will still struggle with food decisions, you will feel so good about yourself. Get ready, you will literally melt and that's why exercise is so important. Even if you do about 10 minutes up and down your street every day.

I have nightmares that I have been dreaming that I am thin...I have to pinch myself sometimes!

Thank you for telling your story I am scheduled for surgery on the 13 th...so excited to start this new chapter.

Make sure you take pictures of your transformation. Take one the morning of surgery and then once every 15 lbs...that's what I did. I'm so happy I have this little photo album!

That's a great idea about taking photos....thanks.

My surgery is also the 14th! I did my pre-op on the 1st. Go us!!

Yeah! We're RNY twins! Lol! Go us! It will be here before we know it!

I hate the camera--at least right now I do. I will post a before pic on the day of my Pre-Op, the Day of Surgery and going forward. I want to make sure I have a something to remind me of how far I've come.