Amanda; That seems like a lot. I take 2 Optisource chewable multi-vitamins, 2 Citracal Creamy bites daily and then do my B12 shot 2x/month. To date, my levels are perfect. Blessings, Jennifer

I can not beleive it's almost been a year, wow it has flown by! Weight preop- 270 Current weight-169 My personal goal-140 DR's goal-170 Preop~ pants- 26/28 tops-26/28 Postop~ pants-14/16 tops-16/18 or XL Positive changes~ I just feel so much better in my own skin and there's just so much more I can do. Not positive~ my boobs have went AWOL but the butt never left. LOL If those are the worst things that happen, I'll take it!

I can't believe it's been a year! I have gotten so use to my new life that I forget a year ago I was 240 and my husband who is going in for RNY on Nov. 2nd makes me remeber what I went through last year it's hard to remeber...it's a blur! I have loved every moment of this year though! Every day was and still is a learning experience ! Day of surgery 240lbs Today 141lbs Lost 99lbs!!!!!!!!!!! At Goal!!! But 5lbs from my goal of 135lbs However I have learned to not have a weight goal but more physical goals....like walking a mile in 10 mins etc. Day of Surgery shirt size XXL Today Medium Day of Surgery pant size 22 Today size 10 are loose but I'm not in an 8 yet All the changes have been positive this year!!! I have no loss or complaints at all!!!!! I would do this 20 times over if I had to!! WOW moment was when I could look down and see my feet with "sucking it in" Aimee

First of all I want to congratulate all of you on our upcoming 1 year anniversary! Congrats Christine on all that you have achieved. Dave of surgery weight: 250 (prior to low fat diet 274) Today: 147 I would like to get down below 140. My ULTIMATE goal would be around 130. Top size preop 3x Today Misses 10 or L or M depending on brand - can vary greatly Bottom size preop 24 I would say Today size 10 and they are getting loose. Even though I haven't lost any weight in a few months, my size 10 are getting bigger. Go figure. Biggest positive change is my confidence to go look for a job and getting one that I know I would not have been hired for 1 year ago because of my size. (That is sad too) Same brain, different body. I am not out of breath anymore, can keep up with anyone else. I FEEL good. I have been blessed that I have not had one complication since surgery. Yes, throwing up here and there early on. Yes, still get food stuck in my chest from eating too much or too fast. Yes, having problems with something that I didn't realize had a lot of surgar in or eating something before protein and getting woozy. I take all these and log them in my brain and learn from it. I still can't get over being able to try clothes on that actually fit and might even have to get a smaller size! I am always cold too. But I am going through menopause too so I get hot just as fast. Yes - I do have a lot of skin. It really does not bother me as much as it could. I don't like my arms and have absolutely no boobage. If I had plastic surgery I would do my arms first. I had really huge arms and most of my skin hanging is there. Then my boobies. I am not TOO concerned with my stomach, butt and legs. If I was younger I would want to have all that done. But it is not something I dwell on. I don't really hate how I look, I just feel bad that my husband has to look at it. Weird huh? In clothes, NO ONE can tell that I had surgery. I am just happy that I am healthy again. But like I said, if I was younger it would be a different story. I wish my mother could have lived long enough to see the results of my surgery. She had a huge issue with my twin and I's weight. To let you know how much of an issue, even when I weighed 118 as a teen she wanted me to get down to 100 lbs before she would let me go to a family vacation. I STARVED myself down to 108 and my body said no more! She reluctantly let me go. hm... I wasn't heavy heavy until my second child was born at 28. For 19 years I battled my weight. The battle is over and joy has set in. Many best wishes and blessings to all of you. Happy Anniversary!! Janna B.

Carla, thank you for your response. I think alot of how the weight loss thing works is when you have more to lose, you continue to lose for longer. I went from 411bs DOS to 264lbs as of 30 Sept. I can only pray I can get into the century club. Before surgery, my surgeon told me I would get down to about 220-225lbs and that would be it. I'm 5'6", so it would still be kinda large. I'm planning to beat the odds he stated to me. As for my re-birthday, well, I'm not sure how I'm going to celebrate, but I do know one thing, at least I'm here and healther than I was almost 1 year ago. Blessed Be Mindi