It has been 1 year 9 months out

[dmgriffith92]

Wow this has been on hell of a journey. I love my sleeve and I love I went to Dr. Almanza in Mexico but don't get me wrong there is ups and downs and all arounds with this life change. I went from my body rejecting the surgery to working out everyday and still working out. I have completed 5 beach body.com workouts. I'm now doing the skinny girl run. I do take b12 shots and on my daily multivitamin and my acid reflex pills. I was 280 then lost 10 pounds before surgery. So the day of surgery I was 270 and now at 118 pounds for someone that is 5 3 I'm under my goal weight but I'm proud as hell of myself. I can work without pain. I am up no later than 7 am full of energy for the day. I no longer have to fight myself to get off my ass in front of the TV I'm always the first one ready to go and now it's everyone else telling me they are tired or their feet hurt and you know all the excuses we use or used when you are over weight. I used to tell everyone I can't wait to by new clothes well the funny thing is I find second hand stores are 100% more fun because for one you know what you buy you will be pretty much the only one who owns in it in your town and everything looks great and you can find very nice stuff. I think I bought two new outfits since I got down to149 pounds which was a while ago now that I'm 118 pounds I feel I'm to skinny because size 2 are really hard to find. I loved being a size 4-6 because the abundance of clothing at second hand stores is just crazy. The 2 biggest struggles for me is when my body shuts down for the day about 8 or 9 at night it feels like a ton of bricks. The second thing that I have a hard time dealing with sometimes is the fact I can't just sit down and eat a salad a steak mashed potatoes and veggies. I mean I can but its a few bites of each thing but I still have the inner fat me saying you know you want to be able to eat every last bite. So to fight that I always use a small plate and only put on there what I know I can eat. If we are at a restaurant I ask for my to go bag with my appetizer and I ask for another to go bag with my meal when it arrives at the table. So this doesn't just control my portion size and over eating but it also controls how the waitresses and managers treat you because I found myself explaining constantly that I had a weightless surgery and it had nothing to do with the food. All I can say the ups make up for the downs if you go into this believing in yourself and believing it's a tool and not a cure and you work as hard for yourself as the sleeve works for you, you will over come your weight problem completely without a worry of gaining back. I haven't touched fast food since I had my surgery and that been 1 year and 9 month. I still buy it for thee kids but every time I do I say that's my poison and If I really feel the urge to eat it I treat myself for not eating it like I will have a cupcake or something I have been craving sweet. I look at it this way if I have time to run after fast food I have time to run in the store and treat myself. I only buy one thing not a box of it so that way it's a treat not something I can just go grab whenever I feel like it. A lot of people ask me what type of protein do I take and then they don't agree with my choice. Out at Walmart they have protein shots that have 42 grams of protein in them per shot. I like the fruit punch and they are awful tasting but they are pretty good if you have an 8oz glass of ice and mix it with water. I hope you all enjoyed my post of an update. Just to let you all know you can order your b12 shots off line very cheap. If you have any questions you can contact me on Facebook or my email dmgriffith92@gmail.com

[Robyn3]

thank you for sharing. I really enjoy reading your success!

[trimslimnow]

Wow thank you soooooooooooo much for such an informational update it is very helpful

[nvme]

I enjoyed reading your post. I was getting depressed at my stalls.thank you

[ShannaBanana]

Congrats for passing your goal. Still struggling to make it to mine .

[Ann2]

Your before/after pix are awesome!

For those who don't know how to find those, they're here:
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[Lee6Lee]

Before and after pics...you're just lovely!

[senorita lolita]

Congrats lady. I weighed the same thing. Well 286, at surgery on 4/21/14, I am down 57 lbs, but don't want to get to thin, I noticed you are out almost 2 years, are you still loosing, I want to really only be 150, but I notice you started loosing more when you worked out and took b12 shots? tell me more?
Thanks for your great post.