1 year post op before and after!

There was some major sucking in going on in that picture haha, a little decieving! I'm not too sure about the 27 either, though. 125 was my surgeon's goal.. I try not to focus on the numbers so much. I just plan to go until I'm satisfied. And thank you so much! :)

You look awesome!!!

 You look amazing! Congrats to you on all the hard work!!! And there's nothing wrong with that NSV...it's something I hope to one day have happen to me 

You go girl!  Wow you are from Naples and so am I!!!  My  surgery was done at Physician's regional by Dr. Thomas Bass.  I also looked at Dr. Lieberman!  I am so happy for you.  My surgery was 12/7/11 and I have lost 91 lbs so far.  I am hoping for another 20 by the one year mark.  I sure hope I make it.  I too have loose skin and know I will most probably need tummy tuck and at least a breast lift.  You look awesome.  Do you go to any support groups? 

Keep it up!
Jo

That's so cool! Dr. Bass is a great surgeon! And 91 is so great, I wish I could have lost that quickly. I keep beating myself up because before surgery I thought I would have been at goal long before I was a year out. I used to attend the monthly support groups they held at Physicians Regional, but now I don't recieve the e-mails they used to send out announcing them every month, so I'm wondering if maybe they were cancelled. I keep meaning to call the hospital to find out about them.. it would be nice to have a support group to go to again!

Believe me the weight is not coming off so fast now!  Maybe a pound a week if I am lucky.  I am truly blessed and this has been the most wonderful thing I could have done.  I do not know if they have the support meetings anymore.  I have went over to Ft. Myers several times to Dr. Bass's office there and the group is huge!  They had to now limit it and you have to reserve a spot.  I truly enjoy those meetings.  Naples really needs something like that! 

You look awesome!

Very proud of you. Keep up the great work!!!!!

 You look great!!! i love the shoes and i love the hair color in the first pic!! can wait to see these results with myself and i would love for my hubby to pic me up ...lol

 You look amazing and you don't need to loose any more!!  You and I started out at around the same weight...I want to get where you are but at the rate I'm going at 4 months out it doesn't look like that will happen.  Could you share what your weight loss was like this past year?  Month by month what did you lose?  Was it consistent or was any pattern?  Are you a big excerciser?

Thank you!! I'm just so bothered still having a BMI that's considered overweight :/ Plus in this picture I was hardcore sucking in hahaha so this is probably slightly deceiving! But in the beginning I used to excercise everyday 2-3 hours. Then I started really slacking around January and literally never do now.. which is definitely why I'm having such a difficult time getting these last few pounds off. I kept a log of my weightloss, it definitely slowed down a lot and I just recently got over a HUGE plateau.. but definitely don't give up. Everyone loses it at a different rate and you'll reach your goal if you make the right choices!

But here's my weights.. I went a few months not recording anything because I just wasn't losing.

Highest Weight - 280 lbs.
Surgery day - May 26, 2011 - 260 lbs.
June 26, 2011 - 229 lbs.
July 4, 2011 - 225 lbs.
July 12, 2011 - 221 lbs.
July 20, 2011 - 215 lbs.
August 3, 2011 - 212 lbs.
August 10, 2011 - 209 lbs.
August 11, 2011 - 208 lbs.
August 14, 2011 - 206 lbs.
August 29, 2011 - 203 lbs.
September 7, 2011 - 197 lbs.
September 9. 2011 - 195 lbs.
September 12, 2011 - 194 lbs.
September 15, 2011 - 192 lbs.
September 18, 2011 - 190 lbs.
September 25, 2011 - 189 lbs.
September 29, 2011 - 186 lbs.
October 2, 2011 - 184 lbs.
October 9, 2011 - 182 lbs.
October 22, 2011 - 180 lbs.
November 28, 2011 - 172 lbs.
December 1, 2011 - 170 lbs.
December 20, 2011 - 169 lbs.
December 30, 2011 - 168 lbs.
January 16, 2012 - 167 lbs.
January 28, 2012 - 165 lbs.
February 7, 2012 - 161 lbs.
February 18, 2012 - 160 lbs.
June 15, 2012 - 155 lbs.
June 20, 2012 - 154 lbs.
July 17, 2012 - 152 lbs.