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Awesome!! Got any before pics to compare you'd care to post?


H 5'6" HW 253, CW 245, TBS 9/19

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Awesome!! Got any before pics to compare you'd care to post?


H 5'6" HW 253, CW 245, TBS 9/19

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Here is one, I know I have more, just have to find them!

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Wow! What a transformation!!

Any advice for those of us earlier in our journey?

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Here is one, I know I have more, just have to find them!

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Wow!! What a change... how do you deal with such dramatic change? I mean definitely something I look forward to but scary too on some level.

H 5'6" HW 253, CW 245, TBS 9/19

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It took a while for my brain to catch up, actually its still happening, so the adjustment wasn't so hard. What was hard is that I still felt huge, even as I approached my goal weight and only now am I realizing that I'm a "normal" size. It's hard to explain. Now that I'm more comfortable in my skin I'm having a lot of fun trying on new clothes and playing around with styles that compliment my body type and make me feel confident.

Fyi...im 5'2, starting weight 261lbs. Current weight 134lbs.

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Did you still continue to lose weight after the year mark i just hit my year mark June 2nd?


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I hit my goal 11 months after surgery, which was 136. I lost 2 more lbs the next month and I've been maintaining ever since. It's hard, I can eat a lot now so I have to watch myself!

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I hit my goal 11 months after surgery, which was 136. I lost 2 more lbs the next month and I've been maintaining ever since. It's hard, I can eat a lot now so I have to watch myself!

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Yea thats how i feel its like i can eat anything and as much as i want! Really tying self control!! Its not easy.


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It took a while for my brain to catch up, actually its still happening, so the adjustment wasn't so hard. What was hard is that I still felt huge, even as I approached my goal weight and only now am I realizing that I'm a "normal" size. It's hard to explain. Now that I'm more comfortable in my skin I'm having a lot of fun trying on new clothes and playing around with styles that compliment my body type and make me feel confident.

Fyi...im 5'2, starting weight 261lbs. Current weight 134lbs.

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I bet! Way to go though, you seem to have gotten the hang of it :)


H 5'6" HW 253, CW 245, TBS 9/19

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Wow! What a transformation!!

Any advice for those of us earlier in our journey?

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I think the biggest piece of advice I could give for successful weight loss would be to stick to the plan your doctor or nutritionist prescribes you. It will work! Once you are on solid foods, try new things, expand your menu, don't get trapped in the grilled chicken/protein shake "is all I can have" mentality. It will make it feel like you are on an endless diet and it will be unbearable. Make learning healthy habits a priority, like measuring and weighing food, not drinking during or after eating, planning your meals in advance and stopping before you are uncomfortably full. These are the changes that will matter 1, 2, 10 years out when you can eat anything and are working to maintain.

Also, enjoy the process. I just wanted to be at my goal, I was never satisfied whether I lost 1lb or 5lbs in a week, I felt like success was at the end. Now that I'm here I realized I stressed too much about things like stalls or eating a chip and feeling like i blew it! Looking back there were so many milestones, achievements, and personal growth. I wish I could do it all over again. It was the most exciting year of my life with so many accomplishments and successes...so yeah, enjoy the process and Celebrate your success often. Take pride in the change you decided to make, its a big deal!

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Here is a better progression photo of before/during/afterimg1497091081330.jpg

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Fabulous! Thanks for sharing your success and letting us know about having to watch, etc... you look great.

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