Awesome post! This time of year can be tough but like you said the tool of the VGS is such a tremendous gift! Last Christmas I was just over a month out of surgery so my Christmas meal was very...

Wahoo! One year and down 102 pounds from my pre-surgery weight 114 from my all time high weight!!! Life is so awesome. My journey has been spectacular! I could be down a whole lot more, but I am...

Hi Stephanie! Congrats on your awesome family and your decision to change your life/health for the better! My only regret from having this surgery is that I wasn't able to do it years earlier, when...

I have to agree wholeheartedly with all of these posts. For me the positives so highly outweigh the negatives that I can't even explain it. Life is SO MUCH BETTER for me today than it was a year...

If you consider the fact that you have been through a major surgery and your body is getting considerably less calories than it is used to, the fact that you were exhausted at the end of the days on...

You must focus on protein in order to stay satisfied and continue to lose weight. It is the key to success with the sleeve.

I love my scale and step on it every single day. Its just part of my morning routine. Sometimes it doesn't move now for days or weeks but it just doesn't bother me. If it hasn't moved for that...

EXCELLENT POST TIN MAN!

I stepped on the scale as soon as I was up and about after surgery because I KNEW I would be heavier after surgery and wanted to se how much. If I recall it was 10 or 15...

ME too for the sore butt!!! Great pain, I will keep it!

This forum is fantastic and an excellent source of information. As I said in another post today, you will read the good the bad and the ugly here and it is IMO very important to know all the...

Hi there! Welcome and good luck with your journey.

Most of my answers to your questions are very similar to Nathan's. However, recovery for me was a breeze. From the moment I awoke from...

That is awesome! And you look fabulous!!! Congrats on both!

Yes, we are very similar Nora, my goal is about 165 but even if I hit onederland this journey will be so worth it. My hairloss has slowed down but it hasn't started regrowing yet. I'm hoping it...

Don't get me wrong, at nearly 85 pounds lost, I feel fantastic physically, but my skin is loose and I have lost so much hair, I look really old. I will be 47 in July so I do have age issues :o but...

I have brain fog and memory issues every once in a while, but I did before surgery and continue to now. Just feel plain spaced out some days. I am trying essential oils and find that they seem to...

You are definately not the first and I know for me, I worry about that through out the journey as well. You can definately sabatoge this surgery, there is no doubt about that, but you are not alone...

One lady told me the other day "Oh I hardly recoginized you, you are only half there!" I just smiled and said thank you...

I shared this with another poster feeling the same way. For me, my sister had surgery 6 months before me and as I watched her "fade away" I couldn't be more excited to join her in this incredible...

I am from Canada and I did use my cell phone from TJ. I didn't however leave it on all the time because of roaming charges. but I did not notice that there was a large increase on the calls.

My world revolved around eating and drinking soda. My sister had surgery 6 months before me and I'm very sure had I gone first I would feel exactly as you do. But I watched her shrink before my...

Fantastic job on the video and amazing transformation for you. You rock!

Ok, so I am 46 years old, two grown sons, six months post op, 75 pounds lighter and LOVING LIFE and my sleeve! My only regret is that I didn't do it when I was younger so that I could play with my...

I was six months post op on the 11th and I am down 75 pounds, I started losing my hair a few months ago and have lost quite a bit. I didn't have much to start with as mine is very fine and thin...

Like a smoker trying to quit or a drug addict or alcoholic trying to get clean, our drug is food and since we can not live without it, we MUST learn to manage our relationship with it.

My first...

SOOOO FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I too can't wait to join you! Way to go!