PHOTO HEAVY...happy holidays 11 Months post op
I just wanted to post a little holiday inspiration for those new to the forum, researching VSG, or recent post ops. Today marks my 11 month post op surgiversary. I compiled a little montage of before pictures to give you all an idea of where I was at 11 months ago. I weighed 220 and was miserable. I had hypertension, pre-diabetes, cholesterol at 263, chronic back pain...and I was 28 years old. I decided after my yearly physical (where my doctor wanted to put me on all sorts of meds!) that it was time to change my life. I dove head first into post op life after having surgery with Dr. Fernando Garcia in Mexico. I followed my eating plan to a tee and fell in love with the gym...mainly running =) Looking back at these photos is pretty shocking for me. I don't even recognize myself...and sadly i'm not in many pictures to begin with. I missed out on so many photo ops with my husband and little boy because i was embarrassed to be photographed. Now we take pictures EVERYWHERE we go! I hit goal at 6 months and 3 days post op and have gone on to lose 14 more pounds. I'm currently 124 lbs with a body fat percentage around 16%. I'm in a size 2/4 and XS/S tops. Life is amazing.
Ht 5'4. HW 232 GW 138
Wow! You look fantastic! I'm starting out close to your high weight and I'm taking a ton of meds for co-morbidities 
I'm a lot older than you, but my goal weight is 125. That's about where i was when I had my first child. It's hard for me to imagine looking slim and beautiful. A couple of my doctors have pooh-poohed my goal weight as unreasonable, but my surgeon thinks it's doable. I'm commited to losing the weight. I hope next Christmas i can post some rocking picz like you!
HW: 229 ; SW: 208 (-21); GW: 125
Wt. Loss: M1: 189 -(19) M2: 178 (-11) M3: 172 (-5) M4: 170 (-2) M5: 166 (-4)
