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    Gastric Sleeve Member thicknsweet's Avatar
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    Jayme Stokes
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    Thumbs up Pursuing the Drastric Sleeve LOL!

    Glad to be here and looking forward to the support and info this forum provides.

    I've been lurking for about 4 months...It was you all that gave me the courage to go ahead with this surgery. Your stories, your honesty, your updates.

    I'm in my early 40s. Over the years, my weight has been anywhere from 140 (20s) to 255 lbs (30s). I've never been smaller than a size 10/12. Right now, I'm an solid size 17. I seem to go through 10 year cycles of losing and gaining a ton of weight. The gains happen when a significant amount of stress takes over and then I claw my way back through drastic means. I've done vegetarian, weight watchers, Fit For Life, I was a raw food vegan for 2 years...you get the idea. It seems like we've ALL been there. I'm a born over eater, but that has changed and I've leveled out pretty good over the last 2 years. But one thing that has also happened is hitting my 40s. It seems like a cruel joke, but now that I've finally mastered the portion size and regular cardio and cross fit type exercises, the fat just won't leave.

    I've plateaued at 218 lbs now for a year. The year before that I was plateaued at 211 lbs for a year. I briefly hit 206 a year ago. I kept telling myself that if I just work hard enough, try hard enough, that it will happen. Well, that has turned out to be BS! And I've made myself miserable just trying to get back to 211 lbs! Finally, this summer I asked my doc what I could do and she reluctantly suggested phentermine. I lost 9 lbs in 6 weeks but my blood pressure skyrocketed to 190/98!!I got off it, but now my blood pressure seems to be permanently elevated no matter what exercise or eating plan I do. I was prescribed blood pressure medicine and My A1C is always borderline at around 5.7.

    I love exercise! But now the weight is affecting my knees and ankles and I can only run twice a week MAX because of the joint strain. And the fat is shifting! I looked better three years ago at 220 than I do now and the irony is that I exercise more now than I did then! HELLO 40!!

    My doc said that after 40, your body stops making estrogen and stores the last of it in your fat cells, so it's very reluctant to let the fat cell go. I AM SO OVER IT!!!! I never thought I would resort to anything this drastic! I LOVE cooking, I love eating! But I can't stand this slow decline no matter what I do. I am losing this battle and I am determined to make the sleeve the atom bomb that wins the war.

    Over the holidays, I visited my mother. She is a type 2 diabetic and also has wild fluctuations of weight every few years. She's 65. I asked her how she felt (she's put on about 50 lbs this year) and she said she felt horrible. And that's when it hit me: Like my mother, I will never be at peace with being this overweight. I just kind of assumed that at some point as you age, you stop caring and focus on inner beauty LOL! But at that moment I realized what BS that is. I'm VAIN as hell and dammit, I AIN"T GOIN' OUT LIKE THIS!!!

    Let me also just say that my biggest fear is getting TOO THIN. I love being thick and sexy! If I could just get to the 190s and maintain it with no health issues, I'd honestly be happy. But I've tried and I can't do it. So sleeve, here I come. My consult is this coming Wed, on Feb 10th. No food funeral for me! Did 100 squats today, 100 bridge lifts, 50 lunges, crunches and leg lifts...When this fat melts off, we will finally see this sexy azz I've been working on for a year. I've been pinning bikinis to my pinterest board for this summer.

    Glad to be here!!




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    Gastric Sleeve Member Ann2's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Ann2
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    n.a.
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    Default Re: Pursuing the Drastric Sleeve LOL!

    Well, you prolly ain't gonna be thick and sweet any longer. Just slim and sexy.

    I think your attitude sounds great and that you're going to feel so much better after losing your excess weight. You're so smart to focus on your health as your major motivation for WLS.

    Ultimately, WLS will help you eat the right amounts of nutritious, delicious food that nourish your body and your active lifestyle.

    Good luck!



    Consult: 235 lbs
    My and doc's preop diet: 216 -19 lbs
    M1 postop 205 -30
    M2 193 -42
    M3 184 -51
    M4 174 -61
    M5 167 -68
    M6 162 -73
    M7 156 -79
    M8 151 -84
    M9 148 -87
    M10 146 -89
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    M12 143 -92
    M13 142 -93
    M14 140 -95
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    M16 137 -98
    M17 135 -100

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    Gastric Sleeve Member thicknsweet's Avatar
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    Jayme Stokes
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    Default Re: Pursuing the Drastric Sleeve LOL!

    Yea, I figure if I can keep doing lunges and weights, I can at least keep thick thighs!



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    Gastric Sleeve Member Sandra3's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Sandra
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    Default Re: Pursuing the Drastric Sleeve LOL!

    Hello and welcome to the forum!

    We all have such long and complicated stories, before finally taking the plunge and go with the sleeve! I wish I had done it years ago, but we can't change the past and it seem that I needed a lot of time to decide and explore my options. Turning 40 is for sure coming with changes in our bodies but we are still young and will bounce back to a better health!

    Good luck for your appointment, keep us posted!
    take care,


    HW : 150 kgs
    09/02/2014 : 142 /1st apt
    01/20/2016 : 134 /surgery
    01/30/2016 : 130 /1st post-op
    02/27/2016 : 126 /2nd
    04/23/2016 : 118 /3rd
    07/16/2016 : 109 / 4th
    10/01/2016 : 103 /5th
    01/21/2017 : 98 /1 year post-op
    February 2017 : 100 lbs lost
    07/22/2017 : 96
    10/21/2017 : 93
    12/22/2017 : 91
    01/02/2018 : 96!! regain (medication)

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    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Rochelle Dean
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    Default Re: Pursuing the Drastric Sleeve LOL!

    Welcome, best of luck and a lifetime of happiness and great health!!!!!!!!!!!



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    Gastric Sleeve Member MargeB's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Marge
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    Default Re: Pursuing the Drastric Sleeve LOL!

    Best of luck!



    Highest Weight 273
    Day of Surgery 252 (-21)
    Month 1 - 236 (-16)
    Month 2 - 230 (-6)
    Month 3 - 222 (-8)
    Month 4 - 210 (-12)
    Month 5 - 202 (-8)
    Month 6 - 196 (-6)
    Month 7 - 187 (-9)
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  13. #7
    Gastric Sleeve Member thicknsweet's Avatar
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    Default Re: Pursuing the Drastric Sleeve LOL!

    thanks SandraP I will update after my appt!



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    Gastric Sleeve Member thicknsweet's Avatar
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    Jayme Stokes
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    Default Re: Pursuing the Drastric Sleeve LOL!

    THanks RoDean! The stories that scare me are people that have lost too much weight! But I look forward to a lighter life!



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