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Post-op update and photo(s) :)

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hmk715    217

hmk715
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So I'm 4 weeks post-op and I'm feeling great. I had a crazy, busy, fun weekend with a big family dinner to Celebrate multiple birthdays and then a wedding. I felt fabulous, I looked fabulous. I had some pain eating a little bit - not chewing enough, trying some new things - but I was able to walk it off and I danced my behind off at the wedding. I received so many compliments on my dress, on how I looked and everyone just said I glowed. It was pretty wonderful.

Here is a little before and after photo. The green dress is from June 2013 at my highest weight of 301. The black dress is from last night, 60 pounds lighter. :) (30 pre-op, 30 post-op) I love the transformation so far and can't wait to take more pictures - and I never recall saying that before haha

There are more before and after photos on my profile. Feel free to take a peak!!

All the best,

Hana

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mon_jam74    31

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You look fabulous and I LOVE that black dress!!

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butterfly2014    128

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You look great! Where did you buy that dress???

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Kquinn    17

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Congratulations!!! You look amazing! Keep up the awesome work.

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momohime    121

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You look fabulous and I LOVE that black dress!!

Couldn't have said it better myself!

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DeniseNCC1701    306

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Wow! Look at you sexy lady! You can see the happiness in your eyes, and it's heartwarming.

Congratulations! We all know how hard it is to do this, and you should be very proud.

Be well…

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hmk715    217

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You look great! Where did you buy that dress???

Thank you!! I got it last minute, at Nordstroms, in the regular women's section! An XL but I didn't need to go to the plus size section, so that was fabulous!

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hmk715    217

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Thank you everyone!!!

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hmk715    217

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Funny story about the dress - at least in hindsight!!

I actually purchased 3 or 4 dresses for this wedding - I didn't know what size I was going to be, what would look good, what would actually work. So I spent a couple of weeks ordering things online - all plus size retailers - getting everything together for my drive up to NY.

I'm 3 hours into my 4 hour drive, crossing through Staten Island (from Maryland) and realized that I left allllllll the dresses hanging up in my apartment, right next to my door. I remembered everything else but completely forgot the actual dresses!!!

Needless to say, I was panicked! I couldn't believe it. My weekend was so busy that I had maybe 2 or 3 hours total, across two days, to find a dress and accessories. I was freaking out, big time.

However, I found this dress finally. 2 hours at Lord & Taylor and Nordstroms and this was the last dress I tried on and it was perfect. Better than anything I had forgotten at home!

Somehow, it all worked out in the end :) :)

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mariavg    154

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You look amazing! Keep up the god work!

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hmk715    217

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Thanks everyone!!

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WOW you look fantastic after only 4 wks!!

You GO, Girl! Continued success to you.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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