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Here we are, 2 years out. - I had originally lost 100 lbs, but gained 18.6 back. The sleeve really is a tool and not a miracle! Since my surgery, I have been through a divorce and my dad had a terrible huntin...

8 months out... - Hello OH friends:)     I have to admit, I do not log on as often as I probably should...but I am so busy enjoyng my new found energy!  I had my surgery on February 2nd, 2012 and...

6 months out today and... -  I wouldn't change it for anything in the world!! I am down 88 lbs and doing things I never thought possible! Riding a bicycle, going down water slides, shoppin in the regular clot...

Rewarded myself:) -  This weekend I hit 70 lbs lost:) for some reason I can't figure out how to update my starting weight. The dr office had me 3 lbs heavier than I thought. I am 4 1/2 months out. I r...

4 months out and down... - 65.6 lbs!!! Having this surgery is the best thing I could have EVER done for myself. I can cross my legs, fit in a booth, and have started wearing summer dresses from the regular s...

Great Check-Up - I went for a checkup on Monday (I was 7 weeks and a few days) and was told that my weight loss is comparable to gastric bypass!! I had lost 42 lbs in 7 weeks! I was also cleared fo...

balancing and alcohol... - I will be 8 weeks out on Thursday:  I have just been cleared for soft foods to transition to regular diet. I am a bit confused though on how to balance out the food groups for my m...

Closer 200 than 300 now!!! yay!! - So this morning I weighed in at 249.6! Only 9.6 lbs to my first goal (240 is my pre-pregnancy weight) I am 5 weeks and 3 days out and so far am down 43.7 lbs from my highest. It is...

Progress - HW-293.3 Starting WLS journey-288.8 Surg W-277 CW-252.2 GW-165 (2 lbs lost before pre-op diet) (11 lbs lost on pre-op) (month 1= -23.2)

Feel like my ribs are broken..any one else have th - I am 23 days out and I have a terrible pain under my right rib cage:( I have felt really blah..(that is the only way to describe it!) lately and have also had some pain in my right...

will I ever like food again? - I am two weeks out today and am able to start puree/mushy stage foods. The problem is..I don't want ANYTHING. I am not even remotely hungry, and nothing tastes the same as it did b...

8 days out and had check up this morning - I am officially down 21.4 lbs!!! (That includes pre-op, but I will take it!) I also had my drain removed. Thank goodness. I don't think I could have gone another day with that drea...

would anyone mind giving me an example of... - I would like an example of a typical day on a full liquid diet. I feel like I am sipping constantly and still can't get 64 oz. and I know I am getting protein, but not enough. I am...

Full Liquids today-- - I am 4 days out and Cream of wheat has never tasted so good! lol! I must admit how shocked I am at how little of it I can eat. I made 1 serving size of it and I probably had 3 tbs....

Everyday gets a little better - I was sleeved on Thursday and slept a LOT, and forced myself to walk with the worst pain in my right side I have ever felt (the drain). Friday, I slept a lot and had the leak test....

Home and Sleeved!! - I must say, it was more painful than I anticipated, but at 2 days out I am feeling much better and would do it again in a hearbeat. I know you can't have major surgery and expect n...

Tomorrow is THE day:) - I am packing my bags and getting things around the house ready for tomorrow! Surgery is scheduled for noon! Loser Bench...HERE I COME!!! 

Never known myself..skinny.. - My surgery is Thursday and I am not nervous about anything but...what it will be like to be skinny?!?! I have always been heavy and I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around ...

cost of surgery!?? - I have been reading on this forum the cost of gastric sleeve surgery, and I have also googled it. The average cost is anywhere between 8 and 20 thousand. I went for my pre-registra...

APPROVED!!! - I got the call this morning that insurance has approved my surgery!!! I was really hoping because I am already scheduled for next Thursday:) My doctors office did things backwards ...

almost feel like I am doing something wrong?? shoc - This evening ends the 4th day on my pre-op diet and I am not even hungry!! I can't believe it. I even double checked my diet requirements to be sure I wasn't doing anything wrong:)...

can't wait for the changes - I was paying bills this morning..ugh...and I was thinking about how our lives are really going to change!! I noticed the pages in my check register all the UN-necessary fast food p...

This is really going to happen!! - I am scheduled for Feb 2nd, and have been now for a month, but it didn't really seem like it was "real". Today is my last day of my current eating and I start my pre-op diet tomorr...