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Thank you, I do have the arm bats going on, but have noticed my skin is tightening up slowly prolly cuz my age (44) at least its tightening tho..~I started in size 22-24W!! I'll have to dig up some old photos (hardly any of me fat, I used to run from the camera ;P lol Believe me, I used to read and reread the success stories on here and think, it seems so unreal to me, now I'm living it.!! for your encouragement...

Thank you, I do have the arm bats going on, but have noticed my skin is tightening up slowly prolly cuz my age (44) at least its tightening tho..~I started in size 22-24W!! I'll have to dig up some old photos (hardly any of me fat, I used to run from the camera ;P lol

(((((thanks for all those compliments guys xoxoxo)))))

To answer that great question and this is just me so others may be different.. I went into this knowing this was going to be lifelong, I didnt want ANY old habits to sneak in so I took it as slow as I could. But to answer your question, in March (6 mos out) seemed about the time that my body let me know that what I was doing I could do without the logging and I trusted myself and my sleeve to 'try' other foods. I am a very 'routine' person so I may try something new once a month. I never did go back and drink milk ( i cook with it but i dont drink it), I rarely have red meats, my sleeve just doesnt like it much. I drink alot of coffee (i know, i know).. and my Water consumption has went down since I quit the whole logging thing. Your 'obsession' will gradually go as you start to get to know the new you & ur sleeve (hope that makes sense!) lol... I still eat Protein first, and if I have any room left I'l eat veggies. once in awhile, I may have a bite of ice cream & I'm done. I never leave hungry or think about food. I can honestly say, I am eating to live and not living to eat.. Hope this helps.. PM me if you have any other questions.. Good luck to you all~~ It will happen, you're year will be here soon~ trust me!!!

I remember last year, flooding my brain with information about lap band & the sleeve. I didnt feel comfy with my intestines being moved so that was out. After very throuough research, I decided to go with the sleeve. I cannot tell you how happy I am, Sept 9th will be my year. I was terrified but looking back now, its the best thing I did for myself. I wake up every morning so happy,, happy that I can fit into normal size clothing, happy I'm not unhealthy, happy I'm not the fattest in any room at any given time and just mentally happy.. The year FLEW by, I cannot believe my year is almost here. I have lost 98 pounds and have about 20 more to goal. Size 8 are starting to get baggy on me now...SIZE 8!!! Sometimes I'm amazed and hve to run to bathroom to check my clothes size to make sure- people calling me skinny...SKINNY really? ME? I would have never guessed in short of a year I would be here. And I cannot even say I exercised all that much as I was in a car accident which left me with 3 bulging discs in my back and 2 in my neck and on pain meds which constapate me!! I will get to goal! If your debating on this surgery DO IT!!!!! Do it for yourself! I've alwaysstruggled with weight, I let my sleeve work and it does work. Dont get me wrong, you have to work WITH your sleeve, and the weight will come off. This is my first official pic Ive posted on here, Ive promised myself to do this, so here it is.... This site ROCKS, not really the site but the people here...love you guys..