Curvy Girl

My surgery was Aug 24th 2012...I am 10 months out. I have lost 94 lbs and losing has slowed down to about 5 lbs a month so I just started exercising (walking) to help SPEED IT UP...LOL I still have a LONG WAY TO GO to get to my goal of 150/160 lbs...HOPEFULLY I'LL MAKE IT!!!

I am a singer/songwriter and a local TV station did a piece about my music and we ended up talking about my surgery and the impact it has had on me. I wanted to share it with you...Hope you like it!!!!

You can find my music on ITunes and my website for a Hardcopy www.melinanarezo.com also find me on FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/melinanarezo

Thank you so much!!! If you are on Facebook you can find me at http://www.facebook.com/melinanarezo I REALLY appreciate your encouragement!!!! Or my website at www.melinanarezo.com

I was sleeved on August 24th. I wanted to share a video that a local TV station did about me. I am a singer/songwriter and they wanted to do a piece about my music. We started talking about my surgery and the impact it had on me. Hope you enjoy it!!!

Thank you so much for all your KIND words!!! I REALLY REALLY appreciate it!!! I am a singer/songwriter and I wanted to share a video that a local TV station did about me. It was about my music but then we started talking about the surgery and the impact it has had on me...I hope you enjoy it!!

I did lose hair especially on the side and top. I wear clip on extensions to "thicken" up my hair. It does seem to be slowing down. I get all my protein, vitamins in but STILL lost hair...but they say it does grow back.

HERE ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES..........My surgery was Aug 24th 2012...I am 10 months out. I have lost 94 lbs and losing has slowed down to about 5 lbs a month so I just started exercising (walking) to help SPEED IT UP...LOL I still have a LONG WAY TO GO to get to my goal of 150/160 lbs...HOPEFULLY I'LL MAKE IT!!!

FINALLY!!! I am FINALLY under 260 lbs 258 lbs as of today. OMG I thought I was gonna be in the 260s FOREVER!!!! I have been there since JANUARY!!! That was the longest stall/slow losing period I've had!!! I was really getting worried. I have not started working out. I started at 348 Aug 24th I'm almost 8 months out 258 today...down to a size 18 jean...XL or 14/16 top. I bought a pair of 16s for kicks and couldnt get them over my BIG BUTT!!! If anyone says this is the easy way out they are SOOO wrong...I have to make the right decisons on the DAILY to eat the right foods. Which is a struggle but I am doing it!!! The only thing that DOES help is that if I do eat the wrong foods I can't eat much of it. Bread doesn't sit well. Before bread and butter was a BIG problem. I am almost halfway where I need to be. I PRAY I can make it...I PRAY we ALL make it!!

Okay AUGUST Sleevers...anyone STUCK?!?! I was sleeved 08/24/2012 SW 348 CW 263 I was stuck at 269/267/264 since 02/08/2013 Just going up and down up and down... FINALLY I've been staying at 263...I have SOOOOO far to go to get to 150 Hopefully the scale will start to move again... On a MORE positive note...I am in a size 18 pant 14/16 top which is almost too big and I bought a dress that was an XL!!!!!!!!! Anyone gong through this right now?!?!?

Okay so I really try to get in my protien, calories, Water etc... But I wonder...Should I be making myself eat cause it seems that's what I do. I could probably get by with barely eating but I make myself because I know I need my protien. So I eat probably around 800-1000 calories a day. I get my 70 grams of protien. And I lose slowly. I see people losing and losing and I wonder...Are they eating as much as me? Should I cut back on my eating to lose faster? I would totally appreciate any advice or comments!!!

I was sleeved Aug 24th so I am almost six months out. Today I hit 80 lbs gone...I will continue to eat. I just need to be patient. In the beginning it was really hard. I find it so much easier to reach my protien goals if I drink one protien shake for breakfast everyday.

Today I have offically lost 80 lbs...I was sleeved Aug 24th so I am almost 6 months out...my size 20 jeans are baggy so I'm going to buy a size 18 now....my shoes are too big...my shirts are 14/16 or XL...Crazy Crazy Crazy!!!!

I was sleeved Aug 24th...Here is a picture...first pic was the Saturday before my surgery and the second picture was two weeks ago!!! 348 lbs and 274 lbs My personal goal is 175 lbs but my doctor said I can get to 150 lbs which I can't even imagine!!!! The sleeve really works!!!! Of course me eating right helps too!!! But the sleeve keeps me in check no over eating for me!!!! [ATTACH]8395[/ATTACH]

No work outs yet...I'm trying to lose as much as I can then when my weight loss stalls I'll add in exercise

I am NOT the perfect by the book sleever!! But I do follow the protien first rule!!! I have not started exercising yet... I do have one tip...don't get discouraged when you don't see the scale moving...you are making positive changes in your life that the scale doesn't always show (I forget that too)

Oh my stats: SW 348 lbs size 26/28 DOS 333 lbs CW 274 lbs 18/20 pants 14/16 tops I'm losing about 10 lbs a month

I was sleeved Aug 24th...Here is a picture...first pic was the Saturday before my surgery and the second picture was two weeks ago!!! 348 lbs and 274 lbs My personal goal is 175 lbs but my doctor says I can get to 150 lbs which I can't even imagine!!!! [ATTACH]8394[/ATTACH]

Awesome...what are your stats?

Date sleeved: 8/24 Start weight: 348 Surgery Date Weight: 333 Weight today: 276 What you eating and how much daily: Protien mostly, still trying to do a shake daily, Struggle to get my water in (I Love Coffee and Tea with Equal) Daily work out: Nothing yet How hungery are you?: not very hungry at all How you feel physically: I feel great. How you feel emotionally: I am so happy I have lost what I have...it is scarey how much more I have to lose. I just hope I can make it...My goal is 150 Are you glad you chose the sleeve?: OMG YESSSSS!!! Anything extra to say?: There is no way I could have lost as much as I did without the sleeve BUT it is work. It is easy to snack on chips/popcorn/cookies...that stuff goes down so easily I have to plan my days and really try to get my water in. I do worry I won't make it to goal with so much more to lose...I haven't started exercising yet. I know I need to!!!

I was sleeved on Aug 24th. I started at 348 lbs DOS 333 lbs and now I am 280 lbs. I am excited about my progess and I do NOT follow the way I should but I have got back on track after going cookie crazy during the holidays. But my question is this...and I guess I just would like some reassurance that I will get to my goal of 175 lbs. or my doctors goal of 150 lbs. How long did it take for you to get to your goal coming from 348 lbs or so... Were you exercising? Eating carbs? Drinking all your Water? I try to do all these thing but sometimes I don't do so well... I have lost 68 lbs already but still need 105 to get to goal....seems unrealistic Thanks for listening and I can't wait to hear your feedback and advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oops I mean 121 lbs to get to goal.....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

Good question...I was wondering the same thing...I was sleeved 8/24/12

That's funny...me too!!!!

That's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!