Hello. I was 406 at first weighin. I was 375 at surgery three years ago. I went down to 285 and got pregnant before the honeymoon was over. I am currently 320 pounds.
Sometimes I feel like a failure, because my personal goal was 180. However, most times I know that if I think really hard about it, my sleeve has been a tool that prevented me from dying. My eating habits are atrocious and I've broken a lot of rules but am still at 86 pound loss.
When I work out my emotional sabatoge issues and get back on track my sleeve will still be here and for it I'm grateful.
I was at a point presurgery where I broke chairs and couldn't tie my own shoes. Now I'm just fat. I've considered the possibility of bypass as a revision but I want to follow the rules and exercise and get back on track instead.
My two complaints are that my hair has thinned out (I used to have very thick hair) and my teeth!! I have had two root canals after baby and my dentist says my teeth are demineralizing.
Also, I'm freezing all the time but that's not so bad.
I am not one of those amazing success stories you read about all over the internet but am still grateful. Most times no one cares about stories like mine and I think that's why some people disappear from forums like this.
If you have any questions I would help to the best of my ability.