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Well as my title says I am 11 weeks post op today and I am down 60.2 lbs!!!! I am so excited and happy with my progress I could just scream it from the roof tops!! :D :lol: :P

This surgery was not something I wanted to do, it was recommended to me by a doctor I was seeing to repair my ventral hernia. So we started looking into it. I was so afraid of the surgery, the recovery, the way I would have to eat, etc. I don't think there was one part that didn't scare me. I am glad that I had to do a 6 month supervised diet because it gave me time to wrap my head around all the changes and to make sure I thought I could do it.

Well I did it and I am doing it. Nothing went as I thought and that is a good thing. I have had very few problems and the ones I have had have been minor. Grant it the weight I am at now is a weight a lot people are starting their journey at, but for me with a highest weight of 324, and pre op diet weight of 314.8 I have come a long way.

I still have a ways to go, but I truly believe I can do this. I feel so much better already. The NSV's are happening daily. Like just the other night we went to dinner and I did my usual check out the booth before I sit down, picked the side that looked bigger and sat down. I literally squeal out loud almost everytime I sit in a booth and I have like 5 inches between me and the table now. My family just laughs at me. :P It's little things like this that amaze me everyday.

I just wanted to share my joy this morning!! This site has been a god send for me, pre op and post op. I try my best to encourage and give back posting when I can. For anyone out there just starting their journey, when you read it will get better, IT DOES GET BETTER!! Sometimes it is hard to believe that but it does!!

Have a great Monday everyone and drink your water!! lol :D

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CONGRATS!!! Way to go!!!!! Isn't it exciting and wonderful???!! And it gets BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am 8 months out,73 lbs down and happy happy happy, and feel amazing!!! Good luck, keep up the good work and IT GETS BETTER!!!!!!!

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Oh my gosh your post is so full of happiness and joy that it just made my morning!! Thank you for sharing with us! :) It's so awesome to hear how people are feeling so much better and blessed and grateful for such small victories. Congratulations on your success so far and best of luck on the rest of your journey!!

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Congratulations! That's great progress!

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So exciting!! Keep up the great work!!

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That's exci stuff great job! Whoop hooo

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I know exactly how you feel! I am about 12 weeks post op and also down 63 lbs so far. I finally went a got some new clothes and I feel so great in them! Feeling comfortable in clothes is something very weird for me...I am sure I am not alone in that feeling.

I have also started wearing heels again! It has been so long since I would put a pair of heels on my feet...I forgot how good it can feel.

Congratulations on your success!

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