I cannot believe that my last post was in September!! My surgery was about 17 months ago, and during that time period I drafted several 'update' posts that I did not publish because I wanted to get the official before/after pictures off my DSLR camera. As you can imagine, my life got a little too hectic and I just never got around to posting those. Since I was detailed in the information that I wrote, I will make sure to go back (hopefully soon), get those pictures and post the blogs for reference/informational purposes. 

So I am a very visual person, and often times I feel like I am 'the same' and not losing enough and then I am blown away when I look at the pictures. There are honestly times that I do not even recognize myself. I am officially 175 pounds lighter! The first picture was taken before the surgery, the second one was taken last 4th of July (about 5 months post surgery) and the third picture was taken today, July 6th (about 17 months post surgery). 

There is so much more that I want to write, but it is getting late and instead of leaving this blog in the 'drafted' folder, I will just go ahead and post what I have thus far and promise to come back and provide so much more information (I have 17 months worth of ' VSG wisdom' to share!)  

As always, thank you for reading this far and for following along! I truly appreciate all the kind words and messages that I receive (I am trying to get better at responding - I am new to this, but know that I see them and I am very appreciative!!)