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Awesome story! Congratulations! You deserve it. You look like a completely different person now!! Way to work that sleeve girl!

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Thank u !!

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U look Amazing, what an inspiration for me! Thanks for sharing

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It's been a long time since I've been on here so hete I go... This has been the most amazing journey over the last year. I have started to live again and love again. I was a food addict. I still am but im in recovery... I ALWAYS will be.when I was 353lbs I would wake up and think about food. I would eat and eat and eat. I reached the point that I could barely tie my own shoes bc i could barely bend over. I had to roll off of my couch to get up.. I could barely wipe my own ass. I was always uncomfortable. Miserable.. I was completely miserable. When I would pull thru the drive thru I would act like I was ordering for 2 bc i was ordering so much food. When I was cashing out at the convenient store I was act like I was buying all that chips and candy for my kids.. not me. Embarrassed. .. that's what I was. I would constantly compare myself to everyone... I would look at other women and actually be mad at her bc she looked better than me.. she had a better body than me.. my man probably wanted her bc i was so fat and ugly. Ashamed is what I had become. Finally I decided after years of dieting enough was enough.... I had the gastric sleeve 02/26/2013.BEST DECISION I MADE. It's now been a year and here are my stats. 32 years old and 5-7'.I was 353 and now I'm 183lbs. Went from a bmi of 55.5 to 28.7. I wore a size 26 pants and now I'm in 10/12. Over the last year I have stayed active. For the first 6 months I was VERY strict.on what I ate. Now I'm more lenient. I eat every 3 hours making Protein #1. That isn't hard for me bc I'm a hard core carnivore. As far as exercise I life weights 2xs a week at home.. 2 10 lb weights.. I walk 3 miles 4xs a week also. I've never busted my ass at the gym and do what works for me!![/quote

Holy cow you look really Hott!!!!!!

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Wow, good job.

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Thanks all!!

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Thank you for posting your story! I am 2 days post op. I'm 5'7 and weighed 374 on my surgery date. My goal is to get to the 180-190 and range and seeing your success helps me to get that much more motivated. You look amazing!!! So beautiful!!!

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You look great, I'm almost 7 months out and as of this morning, I'm down 78 pounds! I was wishing it was more but I'm happy every week the scale goes down! Even if it's a little bit! Before surgery, the scale was always going up! You are beautiful, you were before!

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You look amazing. What a difference!! Congrats. I am 80lbs down after 7 months.

Your skin looks good too. Especially your arms!!

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You look fantastic!! And you look happy. Good for you!

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Thank you for sharing! Wow you are an inspiration! You look Fantabulous!

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