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Great job. I’m a little over three years out and have lost 190 lbs. I have not had the skin removal surgery and I may not need it. How much actual weight did you lose from the skin removal surgery? Im still debating the surgery.

I’m 2 1/2 years out. I wore size 12 before the surgery and now I comfortably wear a 10.5. My feet were swollen and hurt a lot before the weight loss and now they look and feel normal. Aggietop

I started at 489 and was 475 on the day of my surgery in February of 2016. I’m currently 284 and steady at this point. So I’m down a total of 205. I lost most of the weight during the first year. The health issues I had before are gone and I feel great and I’m fairly active now with bike riding, walking and swimming. Good luck to everyone on this journey. This thread was very motivating when I started over 2 years ago.

I had the sleeve and my surgeon recommended the sleeve for me over other options. I'm 18 months post surgery. Surgical weight was 489 and I'm currently at 284. More importantly my health has responded and I feel great. Best of luck to you. Aggietop

I've been eating popcorn as a snack since the 4th month with no problems. I'm currently down 203 lbs at the 18th month anniversary in two days. SW 489 CW 286 Sleeved on 2/4/16

It was a great decision for me. I was 49 on the day of my surgery and weighed 489. I'm 14 months post op and now weigh 295 and I'm still losing slow and steady now. I've lost 194 lbs in 14 months. The diabetes, HBP, sleep apnea, bloodwork issues and basically every ache and pain I had are now gone. I have great energy and feel wonderful. Good luck to you. Aggietop

I'm down 180 at the 11 month mark. I feel the same way about the midsection. Im going to start more ab work to see if that helps some. I think all of us that were over 400 probably had most of our weight in the midsection. I guess it makes sense that it's the last area to go back to normal. At least I'm Hoping. Aggietop

Thucydides. how has it been going for you lately. I believe you are a few months ahead of me. Aggietop

We haven't had many updates from some of the posters from the past few months. I would love to hear from some of you. I just had my 10 month anniversary. Weight loss has slowed the last two months but I'm still losing and have now lost 175 lbs

I had my 9 month anniversary on Friday. I've lost 164 lbs to date and hope to be in the 200's for the first time in 20 years by my one year anniversary. Feeling as good right now as I did 25 years ago. The weight loss has slowed now, but I'm still losing 10-12 lbs a month for the last three months. Best of luck to all of you for the continued journey towards being healthy. I love hearing the updates from all of you guys, it is very motivational. Aggietop

I felt like I had the flu for about 5 days when on the pre op diet. Hopefully you were already off caffeine or you may be getting those withdrawals too. Surgeon told me that I would probably feel that way on the pre op diet. aggietop

The preop diet was rough for me too. I only did it for two weeks, but I felt like I had the flu, the whole time.

As far as the swelling goes, I'm 7 1/2 months post op and I no longer have any swelling in my feet and legs. It was a problem and I had some pain from it before but did not take meds for it. I fly internationally on flights up to 16 hrs and no longer have a problem with swelling in my feet or legs. Also, I was wearing 12 1/2 shoes because of swelling and now I'm back into 11's

SGC, my surgeon told me that it would be a good idea to stay on the gout medication for now because of the high Protein diet. He said with the increase in protein, many people have flair-ups. I stayed on the med and haven't had any trouble. aggietop

Let's get this thread active again with some updates. I'm 7 months post op now. I've now lost 146 lbs and feel great. Started at 489 and I was 343 this morning. . I need to up the exercise now since the weight loss has slowed down some and I'm not burning as many calories. I'm off most of my meds now and was able to stop using my cpap in mid July. Would love to here some updates from the guys a few months ahead of me. Good luck to everyone's continued success and to all of those still in the pre op phase. Mikesyracuse1

David, that is incredible progress and you have alot to be proud of. I just had my 5 month follow-up with my surgeon on Tuesday and I've lost 124 lbs. I've been losing around 15-20 lbs a month for the past three months. Since you are now almost a year out, i'm interested in knowing if your weight loss has slowed down over the past 6 months or has it stayed steady for the past year. i appreciate your updates and best of luck with continued success.

I thought I would get this thread active again since it's been a few weeks. How are you guys progressing. I think some of you may have had your surgery since your last posts. I actually just flew back to the US on Thursday after two months overseas and I can tell you the 8000 mile trip was much easier after some weight loss. No feet swelling on the international flights for the first time in 11 years, Also today, I had Breakfast with my daughter and started to slide the table out to sit down and my daughter said, "you have plenty of room". She was right, I fit perfectly and even sat in one of the rockers on the porch before I left. I haven't fit in those in years. I love the changes and little milestones each month. Aggietop

I just hit the 100lb loss milestone today. I'm very excited to be at this point less than 4 months after my surgery. I need to keep it going. Congrats to all of you on the success. Seeing the weight loss on all of us big boys is encouraging. Aggietop

Great Job. Very Encouraging.

I agree- my favorite thread as well. Until I came across it I felt like (compared to) everyone else that had WLS was already skinny Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App I agree with both of you!

Good job on the preop diet and best of luck on Monday. I didn't do the liquid diet preop but did a 2 week pre-op diet with very few carbs and felt like I had the flu for two weeks. Feeling great now post surgery.

On Thursday, Im now three month post surgery and I'm now officially in the 300's at 398. I've lost 91 pounds and hopefully things will keep progressing. Plan to kick in the walking this month. Aggietop

You can do it Joe. I think all of us have doubts about the surgery at some point. I'm almost three months post surgery and I'm really glad I made the decision to have it. Good luck! aggietop

Good time for my first post since I saw this topic and it's nice to see the responses from guys in similar situations. I was supposed to have the surgery back in 2012 and didn't go through with it at the time because I was living overseas. The doctors were not sure it was safe to fly 16 hrs a couple of weeks after the surgery. I finally decided this year to have the surgery, but gave myself 45 days post surgery before flying half way around the world. I had the surgery in early February and had no complications with the long haul travel. I'm 49 years old and I'm about 10 weeks post surgery and haven't had too many complications. The hardest part about the actual recovery for me was the pain for sleeping the first two weeks. I was always a side/stomach sleeper and the pain was too much to get anywhere near to my side or stomach. After about two weeks, the pain went away and I was able to sleep well again. I'm able to tolerate any food and liquids now with no problem and feel good. I'm already noticing alot of health changes and my blood work is now normal for the first time since college. I'm off most of my medication, but still take BP meds for now but I'm no longer taking medicine for diabetes which I'm very happy about. I'm able to move around more easily and don't get out of breath on steps, etc. I'm down 85 lbs now and I'm close to being under 400 for the first time in many years. I've still got a long way to go, but it's a good start and hopefully will keep going in the right direction. I have a very supportive family and I only wish I did this earlier, but here's to looking forward and being healthy again. Good luck to all of you guys.