I wear 4 inch heels all day and my feet don't hurt at the end of the day.

I walked into a boardroom full of top executives of a fairly large-ish corporation and told them that they were all full of sh*t - I have a natural confidence about me.  Helps that I know what I am talking about.  It was not this easy when I was 320 lbs.  

I get to wear designer clothes.  My boyfriend who is amazing and spoils the **** out of me just bought me an Oscar de la Renta dress which is stunning.  

I start conversations with random people.

I don't think everyone is judging me when I eat an ice cream.  

I eat with out tons of guilt surrounding the whole food thing.  

I have run 23 kilometers in under 2 hours.  I hike, swim and go white water rafting.  I love the outdoors.

I wear SHORTS.  Imagine that.  

I am not sweating the minute it hits the upper 70's.  In fact I was freezing all day today in the air conditioning in my office.  

I fit in an economy airplane seat, and while its not comfortable, my seatmate is not inconvenienced.  

Great tips Elizabeth, thanks so much for posting.  

What did you eat in the last 24 hours?  

Mine is gone too!

Because DSers malabsorb about 80-90% of the fat they eat.  Butter, cream, cheese anything high fat is basically a free food for us.  And that stays for life, not like the RNY where the body overcomes the slight malabsorbtion.  

Any issues with my tongue are directly related to naicin deficancy for me.  I have been through this twice now.  My tongue gets red, sore and swollen and sore start to devlop - however the first sign for me is always a red tongue with swollen and raised taste buds.  A nice big dose of Niacin (Vitamin b3) takes care of it very nicely.  

PM me if you have any questions....

 You lost 330 lbs?  That's astounding, mind-blowingly staggering!  Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

I use the heme kind, 3x a day.  All the other kinds constipated me terribly and my iron was sinking.  Since switching my iron is great and you can take heme iron with food which is a great plus.  It also does not conflict with calcium.  

WTF?  Seriously?  (I am sure you are telling the truth cause stuff like that you just can't make up, but still....)

Amazing!  Well done - what a great achievement!!!!! 

If you are going to get a revision done, the the DS done.  Best long term weight loss statistics, much more forgiving than the RNY (you can eat as much fat as you want).  Find out more here: www.dsfacts.com.

I chose the DS.  I KNEW I would out eat the sleeve in a matter of months.  I had to be honest with myself on that.  The sleeve is going to help you loose weight.  The DS will help you keep it off.  With the sleeve you might find yourself back to dieting in a few years.  

Saying that, even DSers absorb most carbohydrates.  We can eat with impunity fat ladened foods though, like butter, more butter, bacon, cheese etc.  A good dessert for a DSer would be one that has lots of fat (cause you don't get any of it) say cheese cake or ice cream and not a cupcake.  I like that.  

For BMIs over 50 all the research shows that you are much better off with the DS.  You lose more weight and keep it off.  For me it was that simple.  

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