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I never thought I would post a success story as I deleted my every "before pic" that was horrible. But I found this goodie on an old laptop tonight. Ewww.

First pic was taken a few months pre-surgery and second was taken last weekend. I will be 6 months out on the 6th of April - and am down 84lbs with 24lbs to go! Woo-hoo.

No major complications, and I am loving life!

Weeks leading up to my surgery all I was obsessed with watching youtube videos and forum pics of success stories, so thought I would share some of the love back and I can't wait to see how I look after a year! :)

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WOW.. congrats on your success. I am 4 weeks post op today and hope I can be where you are in the future. You look wonderful. I am still struggling with all of my intakes but I am hoping it gets easier, It is like a job to try and get it all in. Good luck in your journey and keep up the amazing work and please any advice would be welcome...

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Congrats! You look great :)

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Way to go! You are an inspiration to all of us. You look beautiful

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Awesome! You look amazing!!

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WOW.. congrats on your success. I am 4 weeks post op today and hope I can be where you are in the future. You look wonderful. I am still struggling with all of my intakes but I am hoping it gets easier' date=' It is like a job to try and get it all in. Good luck in your journey and keep up the amazing work and please any advice would be welcome...[/quote']

Thank you - it definately gets easier :) Yep it does feel like a chore at the start! My two pieces of advice would be to not treat the sleeve like a diet, treat it as a lifestyle change ... if you are too strict with diet and exercise in the beginning then it will be hard for you to keep it up and maintain further out and secondly get in good exercise habits now, even if its a few walks a week - I think too many people avoid this step as the sleeve does it all for you in the first year. I do a couple sessions of cardio and strength training and its helped me tone heaps - suprisingly I have no loose skin yet :) Good luck!

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