What 8 months and a VSG will do to you..
Its been 8 months and two day since I had surgery - I am in a bit of a stall right now, but I continue to lose inches. I would like to lose another 40 - 50 pounds and re-evaluate myself at that point.
In my first 6 months I lost exactly 100 pounds, I have lost an additional 20 since that point.
Here are before and present day pictures for you all, oh and my tattoo (my surgery date) as a constant reminder of what I went through - I put it on my wrist so whenever I want to eat something ****ty or make not so smart decisions, I can look at it and remember how lucky I am to have been able to have this surgery, and not to ruin it.
I would recommend this surgery to anyone and everyone who is having a hard time losing weight or keeping off their weightloss - when people say that it is a life changer, they really mean it.
May 2011
March 2012
In my first 6 months I lost exactly 100 pounds, I have lost an additional 20 since that point.
Here are before and present day pictures for you all, oh and my tattoo (my surgery date) as a constant reminder of what I went through - I put it on my wrist so whenever I want to eat something ****ty or make not so smart decisions, I can look at it and remember how lucky I am to have been able to have this surgery, and not to ruin it.
I would recommend this surgery to anyone and everyone who is having a hard time losing weight or keeping off their weightloss - when people say that it is a life changer, they really mean it.
May 2011
March 2012
I was going to put it on my collar bone area - kind of like the top of my shoulder (think rihanna) but that kind of defeated the purpose that I was going for. I really wanted to be able to see if every day, and it just so happens the my right wrist was free of ink (left has a lotus flower on it) and I happen to be right handed aka the fork hand, so I figured that was the perfect spot.
Omg! Amazing before and after pictures. I am going to meet my surgeon on Tuesday, so I am at the beginning of the process. Your pictures are so exciting to me. How did u lose 100 pounds in 6 months.? Did u work out all of the time? U look great! Please give me some tips so that I can be as successful as u. Thanks.
I work out 2x a week with a personal trainer - I did this for three years before I had surgery with no success because I never watched what I was eating, so health wise my levels were perfect, no high blood pressure, no issues other than being an "in-shape fat person" according to my surgeon. My trainer and I started to resume workouts at 3 weeks - worked everything with 5 pound weights and left abs out until the 8th week mark. At 8 weeks we were back to normal. Today, I work out 4-5x a week, 2 with my personal trainer and 2-3 on my own. I am training for a 10k so the ones that I do on my own are generally jogging on the treadmill with weights or arm work. I highly suggest getting a personal trainer or joining a gym and taking advantage of their PT if you can - I really needed someone to motivate and push me to my limit.
You look great, I have lost 80 pounds since my surgery, I am also at my 8 month and 3 day post surgery date. I have noticed also that I am at a bit of stand still myself but I to am continuing to lose inches. I agree with you as to how lucky I was to have been and to be to have had the surgery. I know that if I had not had the surgery I would have set myself of for a short life and possible put my kids on a course of following the same path that I was on myself.
Have you had any problems with self-esteem? I have had some people I know that have had issues with the way they look now in comparison to how they looked before the surgery and the fact that they lost the weight so fast?
Have you had any problems with self-esteem? I have had some people I know that have had issues with the way they look now in comparison to how they looked before the surgery and the fact that they lost the weight so fast?
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