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6 Month Post Sleeve Upate (almost) - with pics

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Renee0629    13

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Hi all! I just wanted to post an update on my progress. I stated this journey in May and had my sleeve done in Mexico on 6/1/2017. I was a low BMIer (BMI of 34.5) and traveled to Mexico by myself for the surgery, only telling 2 people before I went because I didn't want anyone to try talking me out of it. I was terrified before making the choice to have it done and turned to this site for advice and encouragement in the days leading up to surgery!

Before the surgery I was so conflicted - I was worried about making such a drastic choice and didn't know what living with the sleeve would be like. I was so afraid I'd regret it and honestly I was irrationally afraid it wouldn't work and I'd be heavy forever (crazy I know). Now I couldn't be happier! It's certainly been an adjustment creating a new relationship with food, and myself, but it wasn't nearly as difficult as I was imagining! Easily the best decision I've ever made!

Not that I'm going to take my eye off the ball and spoil the gift of my sleeve, but for the first time in my life my weight doesn't consume all my metal energy - I no longer obsess over what diet I'm starting Monday, what new program I'll be trying, all excited and hopeful, then feeling like a failure not long after when I fell off the wagon again.

Hope you all are also enjoying your new post sleeve selves!

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Looking hot hot hot! You literally wrote what I go through and constantly thinking about. Which diet I’m going to start ‘on Monday’ losing the same 7kgs and having it come back and I am still wondering whether I’ll ever lose the weight. My surgery is on the 16th Nov and scared it won’t work. I’m also on the lower end BMI and self pay. I haven’t told anyone except the BF, no one will notice that I’m eating differently or not eating because I’m always on a diet.


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On 11/11/2017 at 2:57 AM, Nicky03 said:

Looking hot hot hot! You literally wrote what I go through and constantly thinking about. Which diet I’m going to start ‘on Monday’ losing the same 7kgs and having it come back and I am still wondering whether I’ll ever lose the weight. My surgery is on the 16th Nov and scared it won’t work. I’m also on the lower end BMI and self pay. I haven’t told anyone except the BF, no one will notice that I’m eating differently or not eating because I’m always on a diet.

Omg this is so me! Everybody in my life can obviously tell that I've lost a ton of weight, but I still haven't told anyone (and probably never will). I was always on a diet and my weight was always up and down. Everyone just thinks that this recent weight loss is just part of my pattern. When I came back to work on day 5 post surgery and was still on liquids, I just told everyone I was on a cleanse and everyone accepted it because they'd seen me do it 100x!

The first 20/25 pounds came off really quickly (first 4 weeks), then it slowed down a bit. It's taken me longer to lose the weight than all the stories I've read, but it hasn't bothered me. Honestly I haven't really had to try to lose weight - I eat healthy but only because it feels better post sleeve. I could eat bread, cupcakes and other crap if I wanted, but I can't eat that much and if I fill up all the space with that junk I can't eat real food and then I just feel sick. Thing is I've always been a healthy eater, just ate to much of it I guess. Problem solved!

I'm still worried I'll get fat again and the sleeve won't work long term, but I think that just comes from yo-yoing my entire life. Good luck to you! You'll do great!

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On 11/11/2017 at 6:05 AM, BooBee66 said:

Congratulations where did you start at you look great but where is before ?

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On 11/11/2017 at 6:05 AM, BooBee66 said:

Congratulations where did you start at you look great but where is before ?

Sent from my LG-K373 using BariatricPal mobile app

I had to search for a before! Over the last 5 years, I wouldn't take a photo if I was on the upside of the yo-yo, I certainly wouldn't take a 'body shot'! All pictures were from the shoulders up. Lol

I only have full body fat shots where I didn't know it was happening like the one below from behind. I honestly would take pictures when I was heavy (Pretty sad actually), I only have pictures from times when I'd slimmed down from whatever crash diet I tried. I'm going to keep looking for a better one - just nothing on my phone or social media I can grab.

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