Had my sleeve surgery in June 2018 and down 70 pounds now. Joined this forum to compare some of the things I am experiencing with others because we all have questions, worries and success stories during our journeys.
My start weight 270 and am at 199 today. I use the "weigh in" app on my Iphone and every morning log in my weight to keep me motivated. I was hitting plateaus along the way but stuck to eating healthy and following the plan kicks in the weight loss a little slower as weeks go by you tend to slow down and that's normal so you have to stay positive and not think about it.
I did this surgery because of my chronic pain from a life of racing off road motorcycles and have had many broken bones and surgeries with screws and pins and hip replacement, broken every rib on right side, torn Achilles tendons, severe osteoarthritis, too much to list and had to give up riding motorcycles in 2010 with pinched spinal cord in my neck... so every year I would gain weight from not being able to exercise like I always did with racing and playing golf, hiking, mountain biking and all the other activities that would burn calories, so taking weight off I thought would help my pain but it didn't help at all but I feel way better about my appearance now. I always Fly Fished and now we are taking monthly fishing trips and being outdoors with my wife getting a little exercise fishing and celebrating her being cancer free now and making time for ourselves is number #1 going on these little adventure trips.
It was a huge decision to do this surgery and my Family does not even know I had it, my wife was fine with my weight before the surgery but she supported me 100% and knowing my sister in law and brother in law both had this surgery and both safe and healthy I decided to go for it.
The sleeve is not a magic weight loss tool, the sleeve wont make you loose weight, you have to eat right and have that mindset before you have the surgery or you will not loose weight.
I have changed the way I eat, and will share some of my things I do for meals and snacks when I have time to post them. I just started having a couple glasses of Wine in the evenings so that was something in my goal when I lost 70 pounds I would have my wine again.
Glad to find this forum for support and answers and helping others with their struggles and congratulating those with their accomplishments.
Best to all,
Steve
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