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Very motivational post! I am having my last drs visit this week before submitting for approval from my insurance! Getting very nervous.  I don't feel like I've posted as much as I should have either. You look great and keep up the great work! 

Excellent. A good result for hard work.

But echoing Gina, take care not to reiax.  I found maintaining easy for the first three or four years but then realised that you can't cure addictions. This is not being a negative Nellie or trying to detract from your achievement. Just the experience of being in regular contact with vets and sharing our fight to stay slim. 

KATE--and, as a 9 year post, successful vet, I would say you are a reliable source of information!! Keep rocking that band

I check the boards daily, but rarely post anymore.  Let me start by saying you look great!

I have to take issue with your comment that VSG fixed all of your problems with food.  If this is true, you are in the minority.  Having been overweight since I was 5 yrs. old, my problems with the addiction to food are numerous and I have had weekly counseling to address them.

VSG and other forms of WLS helps you to lose weight but dealing with the addiction to food is an ongoing process and gets more difficult to deal with as we get further into maintenance. 

LD--you said that SO much better than I did !!

Well said. Don't just be a lurker. Sharing really does help you and others. I wish my RNY cured me. It has help majorly in my life. I do struggle some days with food.

Congratulations  You look amazing!

Great pictures. 

Go you! Nicely done.

You look really great & you've worked hard to get to where you're at, but I'm guessing that VSG alone didn't resolve all your issues with food.

To echo Gina & a few others that VSG alone will not work on the head portion of your eating. I'm guessing that VSG only worked for your stomach & not your head & you did the work needed to get to the issues behind your eating.

I really do want you to succeed but if you never got to the reasons behind your eating, you can very easily fall off the wagon & start regaining your weight. Old habits die hard! I'm not far behind you & I work on the head issues all the time least I fall back on the old standby of eating down my emotions.

I hope you're not relying on the sleeve alone to curb your eating habits cuz it is possible to eat around the sleeve. It looks like you're just starting maintenance which I've heard is a journey all in itself. Good Luck!