Nine months and 75 lbs. (Pics)
VSG on 06/13/12
I literally just got chills seeing your after pictures. Gorgeous!
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VSG on 06/28/12
You are such a little itty bitty one! You were very pretty before.........now you're absolutely gorgeous!!!
The new you is healthy and obviously happy -- your beautiful smile shows that well. I'm so happy for you.
Well done ![]()
Ree
VSG on 02/20/17
You look great! And you're a Chuckster so that makes you even greater! I still haven'****ched the last three episodes because I don't want to know that it is over. I'm stubborn.

Highest Weight ~400, Surgery Weight 293, Current Weight 227, Goal Weight 180
Highest BMI: 59.1, Current BMI: 32, Goal BMI: 25
VSG on February 20, 2017
Thank you all for the kind words and encouragement. I showed my husband my post last night and it was weird because I was embarrassed to show him my "before" picture. Silly since we've been married for 17 years and he knows perfectly well what I looked like before. I guess the problem was that I really didn't know what I looked like before surgery. I still find it alarming when I look at it.
I find my after picture alarming, too. I don't think I look that size in real life. The whole process of changing one's outward appearance is strange. I don't accept that that is really me. It's like a mirage that I expect to go away at any moment.
Anyway, thank you for the kindness. I'm still definitely a work in progress. I will have plastics done once I'm finished losing. I had a breast reduction done 8 years ago by a fabulous surgeon and will return to him for a TT, inner thigh lift and most importantly, and arm lift. My arms bother me the most. They are completely out of proportion to the rest of my upper body.
I find my after picture alarming, too. I don't think I look that size in real life. The whole process of changing one's outward appearance is strange. I don't accept that that is really me. It's like a mirage that I expect to go away at any moment.
Anyway, thank you for the kindness. I'm still definitely a work in progress. I will have plastics done once I'm finished losing. I had a breast reduction done 8 years ago by a fabulous surgeon and will return to him for a TT, inner thigh lift and most importantly, and arm lift. My arms bother me the most. They are completely out of proportion to the rest of my upper body.





Amazing and beautiful .... Keep up the great work!


Way to go...



