sleeve 4 me

Yes, yes, yes! I have starbucks once or twice a day! I love that it has protein too

Amazing! Congrats to you!

WHOO HOO! CONGRATS!!!!!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! I'M SOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By the way, I LOVE MARSHALLS LOL!

Hi pre-sleevers! I just wanted to encourage all of you to LOSE as much as you can now before your sleeve! These were the same words my surgeon spoke to me and it was the best thing I could have done prior to surgery. I have lost a total of 90 lbs. from my peak weight. I lost 30 lbs. prior to my sleeve. If I had not lost weight prior to surgery, I would not have reached my goal (normal BMI). MOST IMPORTANTLY, I would still be having serious knee pain, since I did not really stop having knee pain until I reached under 170 lbs. I wish you all the BEST!!!!!!!!!!! And I'm rooting for YOU :Banane55: :heart: Sophia

By the way, my BMI was 33 day of surgery, and was still able to have the surgery. But with that said, PLEASE BE SURE TO ASK YOUR DR WHY you should NOT LOSE WEIGHT. Maybe with your surgeon/insurance/clause they WON'T do the surgery (????) and I would hate for that to happen...I'm interested to see what they say.

Right! The sleeve is a TOOL. It will take you so far. I really wish I could have ate all I wanted before and not worried about losing anything and got the same results I have now, but I'm glad I didn't take that chance

Wow! I also had a BMI of 35 when my surgeon asked me to try and lose additional weight before surgery...I wonder why your surgeon would say that. I really think it can only help you in the end.

Do you think it matters on the size of the sleeve as well? I have pretty good restriction at 15 months out and I think I was a 34.

I had my surgery on August 27, 2010 and lost 60 lbs. (and 90 lbs. total from peak weight).

AWESOME JOB! Keep up the good work

You are right! I agree about waiting at least a year. As I stated in another post, my skin is actually rebounding and maybe with more time it will even get better (fingers crossed). I made my normal BMI weight goal May 2011 so I have 6 more months to make 1 year out to see how everything looks. If I would only get my butt moving and shaking it would probably help as well ugh.

Initially I did exercise to get to goal. It's really mostly all sleevie I tell you. I just can't eat a lot, even if I want to. Last night we ate at El Pollo Loco for dinner and I literally had 1/2 of 1/2 of a spicy chipotle burrito. And that's all I could eat. Later I had a peppermint white mocha frap light and that was it for the night. Last night I did walk a lot, shopping at various stores. I do eat sweets (to maintain). But not everyday like I was doing so I wouldn't drop anymore and that goes down super easy. I don't get it, but I'm not complaining. It's truly truly truly a miracle tool for me.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That would be funny!!!

AMEN! Thank God for sleevie!

Ohhhhhh my peeps! Not to be a downer but PLEASE TRY AND LOSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE SURGERY! You WON'T REGRET IT! I too went a little loca and gained some weight after my options class between April and June and went from 216 to 221. Then got down to 204 the day of surgery from June to August. IT WAS NOT EASY but SO WORTH IT! If I had not lost weight prior to surgery I would not have made my goal. You will definitely still lose, but it can totally make the difference in where you want to end up...HUGS TO ALL!

Ya know even as a big mama I was always freezing LOL! I think the main con for me, is not being able to drink with my mini meals ...yup I think that's really it for me.

OMGOSH I forgot this one, and it's a big one! I eat toooo fast

I will have to wait until I pay off some debt before I do anything like this, but good to know how much I will need

OH MY LORD! I just got home and got a coupon card from Beverly Hills Physicians...coincidence or not??? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!