Today is my one year Surgiversary!!!

Starting weight aug 2013 250 lbs

Surgery weight jan 2014 210 lbs

Current weight 144 lbs.

Jacileegs, congratulations. Looking good!!!????

Congrats...looking good!

CONGRATS YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL!!!

Congrats! !!!

This made me smile from ear to ear. Congrats! Way to go! Hope you are doing something big to celebrate.

Awesome!! You look so happy and healthy. In 363 days I'll be celebrating mine, and I hope to be as successful as you.

Check you out!!!

Congrats you look amazing

You look great and must feel incredible! Congratulations!

Congrats!!! You look great. Thank you for sharing!!

I had surgery Jan 2014 also! Im so afraid of gaining it back i cant enjoy how i look

You look awesome. Way to go.

I had surgery Jan 2014 also! Im so afraid of gaining it back i cant enjoy how i look

Qweenfreak, Like you I also have that fear. I hate that I can eat chocolate or other sweet things and not feel sick. I also despite losing over 100 lbs never mastered the "take a small bite every 5 mins" rule. Ugggg, I'm so afraid of stretching out my pouch because I can eat more than I use to, after 13 mths my weight had been stable fluctuating 2 to 4 lbs off and on. I know I have to go back to basics before it's really to late. And people think this procedure is or was the easy way to lose weight. I tell them they are ALL tools to help us but it comes with rules to maintain and keep the weight off.

Qweenfreak, Like you I also have that fear. I hate that I can eat chocolate or other sweet things and not feel sick. I also despite losing over 100 lbs never mastered the "take a small bite every 5 mins" rule. Ugggg, I'm so afraid of stretching out my pouch because I can eat more than I use to, after 13 mths my weight had been stable fluctuating 2 to 4 lbs off and on. I know I have to go back to basics before it's really to late. And people think this procedure is or was the easy way to lose weight. I tell them they are ALL tools to help us but it comes with rules to maintain and keep the weight off.

At one of my support groups recently the surgeon on hand told us that it's impossible to stretch your pouch. That they have done various research and test on plp even 10 years out and the pouch is the same size as day one. What does open up a bit more is the opening in the bypass you intestine is still 25 feet long and xan hold a hole bunch. And because the opening to your intestine opens up your food leaves your pouch quicker which is wgy you can eat a bit more. Also this still isn't that big of a deal untill after 2plus years cause that's when the malabsorbtion stops or slows down.

Thank you so much for that information, doctors always have different information than other doctors. I know my surgery is still new (13 mths) but I thought you could stretch your pouch after a year per on of the doc's at the group I go to. I do however need to slow down my in chewing time lol, I'm still not good at that. When I got my surgery my husband said that I should have a goal weight, but I didn't set one because I just wanted to get below 200 lbs. I know goals are important but I never wanted one, maybe because I didn't want the pressure or to fail. But now that my weigh is stable, I want to lose 15 more lbs. I'm 5'6 and 153 lbs and I'd like to be maybe 135-140. My friends already think I'm skinny and I don't see it the way they see me. Maybe I should just focus on staying healthy yes?