Hi everyone, this is my first post and I'm a little nervous but here goes!! I had my surgery on January 1 2013 and at my biggest i was 295. I had a really easy time with the surgery, no troubles at all! now almost 9 months out I weigh 190! I still want to loose 40 more.

Awesome job!!!

Wow congratulations! How gave you adjusted? What's a sample of your daily diet? Did you gave any side effects or complication?

You look great!! How much did you have to lose pre-surgery? And how did you do it?

I have adjusted pretty well, I still feel like I need to eat at night. Most of the time I'll eat like a mini bag of popcorn when I feel like that. I wake up and drink a protein shake in the morning and by lunch time I'm pretty hungry. I really like cheese, it's easy to eat and it doesn't hurt. So I'll eat a cheese stick with some turkey or chicken. And dinners I make normal things for my family and eat what I can. I'm still doing good with my portion sizes. I have not been the perfect patient, i do go out on the weekends and have drinks and I have been getting into the Halloween candy but I think it's ok to enjoy every now and then. As for my pre weight loss, I lost 20 pounds. I wasn't required to loose weight I was just supervised by the doctor for 6 months. She put me on phentermine, and it helped me loose weight but it made me really mean and short tempered. Overall I'm so happy with my results, now I really need to step it up and work out more and make sure I get in all my protein. Thank you all for your nice comments!

And I didn't have any complications or side effects. I still get heart burn which sucks. I was released the day after my surgery, barely any pain, no gas pain. I was up and walking around right after I woke up from anesthesia. I think I stayed in bed for three days then I felt like I was ready to get back to house work. I guess a side effect would be I'm always cold but it's an easy fix!

Omg you are amazingly beautiful before and after. ... man cant wait till mine 4 more months. God bless you

Omg you are amazingly beautiful before and after. ... man cant wait till mine 4 more months. God bless you

Thank you! you are too best wishes on your surgery!

Congratulations! You look amazing.

Thank you! you are too best wishes on your surgery!

Thank you thank you

Total difference, you've done an excellent job.

Awesome you look great! !!!

It is hard for me to believe that your current photo is at 190 pounds. You look amazing. How tall are you? I should also try to get down to 160 but am not optimistic that I will make it. If I look as great as you when I hit 190 I may just stop there. Thanks for sharing your photos

You look great!!! How much exercise did you do each day? Any tips on how you were so successful?

You look great!!! How much exercise did you do each day? Any tips on how you were so successful?

Thank you! I really haven't exercised ive gone on a couple walks here and there but don't have a gym membership. My weight loss has slowed down a lot so im getting a membership this week. I think doing this in my twenties has helped with the weight loss too.