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Awesome picture chocolate_snaps! Here's an after picture I just took this morning before work.

Here's a good one. I can feel my port now :sad:

Bah I'm so proud of everyone! I'm gonna scour my pictures and see if I can find a good old body shot to compare to my new ones. Needless to say I was shy around the camera when I was big :sad:

I had a HUGE one yesterday. I was looking through a pile of shorts at PacSun, and I couldn't find any SMALL enough for me!! They were all too big!! It blew my mind... oh and I fit into a 36 today!

Yeah Zuka I am holding off a completely new wardrobe for a while. I am buying a few new clothes though, out of pure necessity! Buuuuuut I have had a few new NSV's... - I work at Costco now and they have no problem sending me out to do carts! When I worked at HEB (a supermarket) they were always worried about me when I went outside for carts. Not anymore! - All my 2X and 3X shirts are WAY too big on me. Like big to where people comment on it. Haha - I'm treated differently everywhere I go. I no longer get the fat person look. -This is a scale victory, no doubt. I'm down over 100 pounds!! Woooohooo!

My recovery was pretty typical. I was off of my feet for less than a week total. I had an overnight stay in the hospital and they made me get up and walk around every hour to relieve the gas. Two days after surgery I was able to go visit friends at work and say hi. The only pain I had was from the port. It was one of the quickest recoveries I've experienced (and I've had a few surgeries). They hardest part for me was the diet restrictions. All liquids sucked pretty bad. But we've all been through it so if you ever need any support, we'll be here!

22. I had it done so I wouldn't have to deal with health issues later on in life.

It's been a little over a year since I started my whole journey and still only two of my best friends know. My roommate doesn't even know. As far as she knows I'm on a diet and exercising more. Even better my new job is all physical labor so I'm losing weight even faster. I am perfectly fine with not telling them. Why do they have to know what I've had done to my own body? All in all I don't see anything wrong with keeping it a secret.

Haha I think so too. I'm not complaining though :thumbdown: Congrats on your weight loss!

I noticed that my size 38 shorts are getting a little too big today! :thumbdown:

Welcome Nick! I actually remember the first day I decided to get the band... it was after a bit of research and finding this website. I gotta tell you that this place is gonna be a great source of support and information. We've all be through what you are going through and are going to go through, so feel free to ask any questions you have!

Don't mean to double post, but here's a face side by side as well.

Well here's my first post in this thread with some pictures... here's a before and after. I'm only down 95lbs, with about 80lbs to go.

Everyone looks great!! Here's some recent pictures of me. Along with an old one for comparison. All the new ones are in the attachments. The old one is right here