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Hey ladies and gents, Myname is Meighen and  I had the VSG on june 29th 2010. I'v lost 19 pounds sence the surgery and 35 total so far. I'v been over weight most of my life and for the past 10 years i gains a lot of it, My husband is in the navy so when he was gone i really started to eat horrible food and wasnt motivated to go out and excersice. I finally got to a point where i couldnt lose the weight, i tried for many years to lose and i did but i gained it plus some back that happened 3 or 4 times before my dad told me i should look into getting a Bariatric surgery. So i did and here i am. and im soo happy i did it

Welcome to the family Meighen, Congrats on getting to this side of surgery. Is your husband home or stationed at this time. Hope he is around to support you during this time after surgery. Come share often and we will lose weight together. Chat is tomorrow evening, I send out a reminder each monday morning with a shortcut to the chat area. Hugs

Welcome!  I have not had my surgery yet, but just wanted to hop in and say hello!  Congrats on your weight loss thus far!

well i cant wait for you to join us on the losers bench :-)

thank you ladies!!

Kathy my husband is not home right now, He wasnt home for my surgery either. This deployment is only over the summer  and it was last minute they had to go out in place of another ship that had broken down. LOL he didnt work on the day of my surgery witch was not good for him because i was sitting there werrying about me the whole time. He was posting on facebook and my friends here responded to him and kept him up to date. i really do wish he was working he would have been too busy to think about anything else

Welcome Meighen! So glad to have you join us here! Congrats on your arrival to the losers bench. Its an incrdible journey for sure! Many of us share a similar story to your pre-op, and understand the struggles and frustrations of the yo yo dieting thing. Glad you took a positive step to get off the cycle.

I offer a free teleclass series. One per month. The first of which is this evening. I'd like to invite you to sign up for it if you are interested. The topic is : The truth about weight loss surgery and what it takes to find life long success. It is a free teleclass (aside from any long distance) But even if you can't be on the call, if you register, you will get a recording of the call. you can register here: http://bariatricbuddy.com/index.php/events-classes/   (anyone else is welcome to register too!)

Congrats on your weight loss so far and  enjoy the success of being a loser!