1 YR anniversary with pics....again, pics didn't come out last time!

So here it is. I can't believe a whole year has gone.

I am posting because I know I love to see the success stories myself but love being one of them as well. In a few weeks will be the anniversary of one of the best decisions i've ever made.

I work in a Bariatric office so I would see the people come and go before and after surgery. Some would succeed, some would not. I haven't been over weight my whole life, mostly have just gone up and down after having kids. Then I hit 40 and BAM, I ballooned. Tried to diet as usual but this time the scale didn't budge. Short of starving myself I couldn't loose a pound. The story of many of us. So that's when I decided enough, I was not used to living in that body and spoke to my coworkers and took the plunge.

BEST DECISION EVER!! Don't let the haters tell you to just diet and excersise. Some of us reach an age where that just isn't enough. The joy of the sleeve is that you can eat so little without starving therefore leading to bindging. That is the tool. Of course this does wear off after about 6 mths but by then you've lost enough weight to be more active, to jump start your metabolism, to feel good about yourself leaving you wanting to eat better ect....

After 6 mths you do have to watch things closer because you are able to eat more BUT for me it was not difficult because the restriction keeps you from over eating (unless you want to get sick, if that is the case you need therapy, not a diet).

A year out I am living again. I no longer turn down parties or weddings or anything there may be a picture at. I can shop at any store I want. I can throw on anything and not worry how heavy I look in it. I am running again and enjoy the peace of it now that I am not dying while doing it! My husband can't say enough how beautiful I am even though he loved me and told me this through all my weights but now I know it's true! I love running into old friends and making new ones. Again, I am living. No one should be trapped in their own body or mind, everyone should feel free to be happy. That is what this surgery did for me again. I feel like i'm in High school looking forward to the future.

I hope those thinking about getting sleeved or are newly sleeved hear me when I say, YOU CAN DO THIS! It is a rough start but the pay off is tremendous if you put in the right work. LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE....that is what life should be about, not sitting at home snacking it away.

Thank you to the Vets on here who keep me informed as well as motivated. I don't comment much but I read all the time so don't stop.

Good luck and best wishes to all who share this journey with me!! XOXO

Starting weight 254, now 150 and holding. I am 5' 

Hi,

Love your post again but still can't see the pics. Regardless, a great read. Congrats on your successful journey.

  Katy

You can't realize how much your post helped me through the fear that I was feeling! My surgery is scheduled for June 10th and I have been feeling all kinds

of emotions but when I read this a peace came over me that I can and need to do this!! God Bless You!!!

Bobbio that is why I wrote it! Good luck, enjoy the ride and keep your eye on the prize!

Still wish my pics came out though!

I am hoping to have VSG the end of June to early July.  Thanks for posting your inspirational journey. I think I really can do this!