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Today is my 7th month surgiversary and I weigh 162.6 lbs. Officially I am almost down 70 lbs. from my high preop weight (231 lbs.) and 62 lbs. from my surgery date (224.5 lbs.), but that is only because I changed my scale after surgery, and my new scale is more accurate (and shows a heavier weight) than my old scale (by 2-3 lbs.). In reality I have already lost over 70 lbs. from my preop weight and nearly 70 from my surgery date. It's really hard to believe -- 70 lbs. is A LOT of excess weight!!! I am comfortably wearing a size 14 now, and getting close to fitting in size 12s (maybe next month). When I see myself in my birthday suit, it's still a pretty ugly sight ... I have a lot of belly fat still, my girls are like halfway deflated water balloons, I have a lot of cellulite on my butt and thighs, and I have loose skin in my upper arms (AKA batwings). But, in clothes, I look pretty normal, I think. Also, it's exciting, my BMI is 30.7 now -- if I lose 3 lbs. I will officially no longer be obese! It would have been great to hit that milestone on my surgiversary date, but I am close, so it's all good. I have been really good about exercising -- I actually enjoy exercising (walking/jogging) and it's fun to challenge myself to see if I can do a little more/faster each time I exercise. I really regret not exercising sooner ... if you, my dear sleeve friend, are reading this blog and have either not gotten sleeved or are newly sleeved, please take my advice and exercise as soon as you are able and do it at least 3-4 days a week if at all possible ... you will be more successful in losing weight and you will feel SO much better in your weight loss journey! As far as food intake, not really much change this week from previous weeks ... I am definitely not strict about what I eat, and I know I am not losing as much weight as I could ... but I am still taking in fewer calories than I burn, and even on my worst food days I probably am still only taking in as many calories as a non-sleeved dieter would eat. I do heart my sleeve!

I think we get so hung up on the next milestone ahead of us, b/c.a lot of us have so far to go, that sometimes we forget to STOP & look @ how far we've come.... Sometimes it yakes a few days to really sink in & for u to.realize what u've accomplished. So take that brief moment of time to really reflect on what a major accomplishment u have made! U deserve it!

AMANDA, I CAN SOOO RELATE TO YOU. I FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY!!! I TOO AM AN RN ( I TOOK 6 WEEKS OFF), I WAS SLEEVED ON 7-11-11 AND WAS STALLED FROM 8 DAYS AFTER SURGERY UNTIL 3 DAYS AGO. I WAS MORTIFIED THAT I HAD DONE THIS TO MY BODY AND I WAS GOING TO BE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD THAT THIS WAS NOT GONNA WORK FOR!! U JUST HAVE TO TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME AND KNOW THAT YOU MADE THE RIGHT DECISION AND WILL LEAD A MUCH HEALTHIER LIFE. WE KNOW THE MEDICAL BENEFITS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE CAN. MY MIL HAD LAP BAND 4 YEARS AGO AND LOST 114 LBS. SHE IS VERY HELPFUL FOR ME, BUT THIS WEBSITE HELPS ME SEE PEOPLE LIKE YOU, THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY AS ME. KEEP US POSTED ON YOUR PROGRESS. I WISH YOU THE BEST! GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS! PS KEEP YOUR HEAD UP WHILE SWIMMING!!! MELISSA