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today is day 20 post op. While a few 1 day stalls and a slower pace than I had imagined - pretty darn happy with results and restrictive feeling.

When updating my tracker I realized since I started my journey Oct 7, 2012, I am 1/3 my way to goal.

On Oct 7 last year I turned 42. I was my heaviest ever and looked in the mirror and knew if I didnt get healthy I would die young leaving my wife and 3 young children (2,4,6) alone. Scared the crap out of me!

Lost some weight, then found a co workers wife who had a VSG about Halloween. Went for first doc visit Nov 15 and was 356. Was 333 day of surgery on Jan 16 and just so thrilled to be a third to goal.

As inspiration for all of us - please share what fraction of your journey you have completed. While pounds down are exciting - really exciting to think 1/3 of my excess weight is gone - and for the first time - hopefully forever!

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you are doing great... doesn't sound like you have any regrets... :) I have not had my sleeve yet... so I love to hear success stories... :)

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I am happy to hear about your weight loss and success, I was sleeved on Nov 13 , 2013 and I have lost 42 lbs ( Start weight 237 , day of surgery 222lbs, current 195) I am very excited and happy about the weight that I have lost so far , but when I think about my goal weight , it seems like it will take forever even seems like it will never happen . ( My goal weight is 140 , that is my thinnest ,before I married)

I am excited when I realize that I can no longer fit the plus size and now wearing regular XL and 16 , misses size ......... the down side to this is that I start to see my skin sagging .... I am very unhappy when I have to look at myself in a full lenght mirror , I see my belly overlapping and I pray that as I lose more weight , it will all even out. :( .

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You are doing great!!! It's the best feeling in the world... Remember the measuring tape during any times the scale seems stuck... We are always losing inches :)

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Congrats on your awesome weight loss!

I was sleeved on 10/10/12 and have lost 108lbs so far, my highest weight was 338 -- I would like to be at least 159lbs (normal BMI). So that would make me a little over halfway there...

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