Hey everybody! I thought I would share my journey and keep it all here! I hope y'all don't mind!!

I am a pretty laid back lady who has had a love affair with Oreos that just went too damn far. I weighed in at 299 (although my highest was 331 but I was 9 months pregnant. I should count it, huh?) and I had two kiddos as home that needed a fit, healthy momma.

So I said "No more!!" to those oreos and signed up for the seminar. That seminar was a funny place. You look at smaller people there and wish you were their size. You are thankful you aren't the biggest one there, but you know it's only a matter of time.

Fast forward I do the pre-op diet. Mine was more of a south beach (closest to beach anything I wanted to be around) and knocked off 10 pounds in 2 weeks!! What what!!

I had my surgery on 4/16/14 weighing in at 289. Post op, I dry heaved a lot!! In my mind, I envisioned my little stomach getting split open and my insides oozing and me dying. That didn't happen. But, it felt like it! Dry heaving sucks!!

I have been doing the liquid two week portion and now am on day 6. I weigh 279! Whoooo hooo! I sometimes wonder if this will really work, and am I destined to fail like I did all my other diets. It's hard to accept that your life will change.

My hardest problems are 1. Having protein available at all times so I get it in and 2. Not gulping water. I'm in Texas. I sweat like a whore in church after a really bad night! I'm a gulper. It hurts too when I do!

I know this may get old but I weigh in every morning! I'll let y'all know how I did!!!

Hey there! I was sleeved 4/16 too! I started a thread under the April 2014 forum titled "April 16th role call - who's with me?" Come join us! There's lots of us 4/16 sleeve sisters there!