Holy Spit! Has it really been 3 years?????

Thanks so much for the encouraging words. I got tears of happiness in my eyes after reading your reply. Thank you. I can't wait to be able to share clothes with my daughter and for her to be proud of me on graduation day. Elizabeth :) 

 Thank you so much for your wonderful post!  It is a major encouragement and reminder of the right things to do... Congratulations on your triumph!! 

Aloha BAG-
You are so early out in this journey! Right now you should try focusing on getting your liquids and proteins in, and exercising as you can. Plus- take photos and measurements before you lose too much! I used liquid proteins ( still use shakes) to accomplish my water and protein intake- in the summer I'd pour my liquyid protein over crushed or shaved ice and eat it like a snow cone- it slowed me down, weas refreshing, and I was able to get everything in by 3 weeks out.
Continued success to you- you're gonna love it! XOXOLori

truly inspiring, congrats to your success & health!

Aloha A-
I can't tell what revision you had, only offer encouragement and supp[ort that you did not give up and that there is still an option that will free you from the prison I was trapped in. Feel free to PM me if you want to ask any questions about the VSG or my current/past lifestyle- XOXOLori

This is WONDERFUL!! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with this board. You are an inspiration to all of us newbies that WE CAN DO THIS!!!

Aloha CACB-
I grew up in Westchester- South Salem- LOVED it there, rode horses and worked on a farm and lived on a lake- what a terrific place to be! You are a newbie, I hope you find the VSG as powerful a tool as I have and know that you will be on this earth much longer becaase of it!
Continued great success to you! And fond memories of Lake Truesdale and Waccabuc! XOXOLori

What an awesome post!
Thanks for sharing that with us and Congratulations!!

Aloha Lina-
You must surely be enjoying the new body you have, and congrats for choosing to take control of your life earlier than I did- I was just too frightened of failure and in denial. I'm so thrilled to have had this technology available to me now so I don't lose any more time with my family, career, friends, and adventures!
Best of luck and continued success- XOLori

Thank you so much for your post ! This has been such a learning experience for me -- to be able to make these fantastic changes at 55 years old, and to really find the "DO-OVER" button has been nothing less than mind blowing for me. I am just now getting to the point of "seeing" the results in the mirror - and of feeling different.

I have lost the cane I was walking with - and although I will still need knee repacements - I am off of narcotic pain relief, and because of my wonderful VSG can actually take anti-inflammatories that keep me comfortable.

I am exercising for the first time in my life. Going to Cruves 3x a week, and taking 10 minute walks on my off days (what my joint doc and PT have agreed on to build some muscle, but create no more damage).

This is THE MOST exciting, and wonderful time for me. Not easy, but exciting and wonderful !

I look forward to my future -- and my first "skinny" goal -- going horseback riding in Yosemite this coming August (where I worked some 30+ years ago !) As I am finally under the weight limit !!!!! Half Dome ? Dunno if even new knees will take that, but....back packing in the high country ? Next year !!!