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All of you give me so much encouragement ! Thank you for sharing ❤️

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Yikes. First bathing suit of the year. Bbq tonight with friends. I'm actually excited about it. attachicon.gifImageUploadedByBariatricPal1466027412.337521.jpg

I can see why, you look fabulous.

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I had the sleeve. Didn't have any excess skin. I started working out six weeks from surgery. Husband put in a full gym In our home for me. He worked out with me. No skin removal. Didn't need it apparently because I started so soon. I only work out four days a week now. But consistent. My best exercise is our pool. I started that the week after surgery. I get in pool daily. Best thing ever.

Such great timing!

I was actually thinking i need to get back to swimming... but its winter here and I've been talking myself out of it because it's too cold.... your post is exactly the type of motivation i needed to get my butt into the pool.

You have a beautiful body.. well done.. your hard work has paid off

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update:

SW: 232

CW: 147 size 8

GW: 135-140 size 4/6

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update:

SW: 232

CW: 147 size 8

GW: 135-140 size 4/6

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Yessss...looking good...keep up the good work

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Thank you. New one from over the weekend. post-255097-14672034319211_thumb.jpg

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Here is an old picture of me from 2008. I am 2 lbs away from this weight. Its been a great week of receiving compliments. Ive had so many people tell me how beautiful I am and tell me that they see that Ive lost weight. When I was this weight, I didnt get a whole lot of compliments but now this time around... I am. It really feels nice getting compliments. Im not a person that seeks attention nor will I ever be but was always the beautiful "heavy" friend that everyone loved. Now, Im the beautiful friend that everyone compliments. It's a great feeling. I will post a current picture when I have someone to take a pic of me. Im horrible at selfies. Im 40 lbs from meeting my goal weight!

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Before/ during (posted in another thread previously)

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I saw these pictures on Google! I actually showed your picture to a friend of mine to show them before and after bariatric surgery looks like. So cool to see you on here.

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4 months & 1 Day post Op

HW: 318

Sw: 303

CW:223

GW:160

I was sleeved 10/21/13 & lost 80lbs since . I am 23 &my one & ONLY regret is that I didnt get this surgery years ago!

Here is a pic of me the day of my first Dr appointment (left) & the second pic (right) is me about 3 weeks ago (since them I have lost 12lbs actually lol)

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Did you have to get skin removed?

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You look great lachellove... Our weight was exact same pre surgery but I'm 5'6... I am just starting my 4 month nut visits, psych eval n all that great stuff... I hope to get as great of a result as you . You look wonderful.

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I have just hit 103 lbs down and am about 10 1/2 months out. I feel like I have been a slow loser compared to a lot of folks but mainly because I had a 2 1/2 month stall around the 7 month mark and just started losing again. I was hoping to further down with being this close to being a year out, but I am still incredibly proud of my progress so far and beyond thankful for the opportunity to receive this tool.

Here was a face to face transformation at the 90 lb down mark:

90 lbs down face to face!

And here is a side by side from the morning of my surgery to my 100 lb down mark wearing the same exact shirt. It's amazing how much longer the shirt looks when it isn't stretched over that tummy!

100 lbs down!

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My normal gym has the weight room closed for remodeling so I have taken a break from weight lifting and started focusing on cardio. Averaging about 8 miles on my lunch hour. I usually leave the cardio room looking like this:

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The good news is that with the extra cardio I've been doing, I'm down to a size medium shirt... It sounds weird even typing that.

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I'm even in a size medium underwear, but I shall spare you all those pictures!

Sent from my phone, please forgive brevity and misspelling

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