Leaderboard

With 39lbs left to go before plastics in November, I am starting to look towards my next goal. Last weekend, my coworker expressed that she was embarrassed at the gym because she didn't know how to use any of the equipment. I went in an hour before my class with her and showed her a lot of things. I timed her wall squats, showed her proper form, and every time she would say she sucked or was weak, I was the opposite of my usual self and was very motivating and encouraging. She even offered to pay me for the session! I've been thinking a lot about this and how great I felt helping someone else. I think I want to pursue a certificate in personal training in 2020 and do that part-time. It was so fulfilling! And I found myself echoing the things my trainer tells me. He's rubbed off on me!

i had to go through 6 months for my insurance had to get a endoscopy heart exam and psyche exam

I hope you're able to quit smoking permanently. You'll be so much healthier.

My understanding is because if it is swallowed because it isn't digested in the stomach and the narrowing of the opening between the sleeve and intestines is so narrow that it could get stuck and cause problems.

So now I am 8 days out and finally the pain in that area is better still there but better. Good luck hang in there!!!!!

My surgery day twin was male. He went on to progression on his diet first, hit his goals quickly, seemed to be having perfect recovery, and I was jealous. Then I finally realized his path would not be,my path, as long as I listened to my,own surgeon, followed his plan things would still be Okay. And they mostly are.

Everybody's weight loss is different because there are so many factors including how much you weighed to begin with, your age, and your gender. It varies a lot. Just follow the program and it'll be fine.

I dont think we owe it to anyone to “ prepare” anyone for what we chose to do to our bodies.. that person might not like the status quo to change but how you feel about your life and body are your own feelings.. VERY weird reaction.. I’d be kinda offended .. in the end it does not matter what anyone thinks .

Only a hug, a pat on the back, a reminder that Bariatric surgery can stop or at least slow down the Diabetes Monster. Every blood lab I have drawn I worry mine will come back like yours. My PCP shakes his head " By all that is holy, you should be diabetic by now!" darn dude sounds disappointed, does he really want all the extra work it would ensue? Peeved him my BP is better, cholesterol lower, pulse Ox higher and better than his, I have COPD, don't smoke and I'm maybe 35 years older, and then I have the audacity to not turn diabetic, I'm losing weight like a house afire. All his Doom and Gloom was for naught, and looks like I might even outlive him! He is starting to develop a mid-age paunch, should I get in his face and read him the Riot Act.? if he doesn't know,it by now, KARMA IS A FEMALE DOG! (snicker-snicker!)

It seems like the fat melts from the top down. My poor old 63 year old face looks about 80 to me - so many wrinkles and a turkey skin neck. I have always had genetically heavy upper eye lids, but now they are falling into my eyes. (If I have plastics, the upper eyelids will be the first thing to get done.) Going south with anatomy, the boobs are half their size and twice as long. Arms are getting pretty baggy. Belly and inner thighs pretty wobbly. BUT...….. the ribs look great! I've gone from a 24 pants to a 16. 2X top to a med-lg. Bra from 42DD to 38C. Underwear from 13 to 8. Most of my weight is still in the lower half. So funny how it is so different for everyone, but my aging skin is not so funny. No more collagen, I guess, and the elasticity is just not there anymore. But all these wrinkles are just my badges from the best decision I have every made for myself. It's just a matter of perspective. I'd rather look older and wrinkly and have my life back, than be obese with smooth skin and hardly able to move.