Sergio Verboonen, MD

The doctor was wonderful, but Sheri Burke is terrible. There were patients who had their own private room, but she didn’t even mention anything about private rooms to me. After the surgery, she told me she would be in touch with me, but never was. I discovered she was in touch with many of the patients after surgery.

I'm 41 years old, always up and down on my weigh. As I'm getting older its harder to lose weight and keep it off. I seen a lot of good reviews on the Orbera balloon and decided to go for it. I'm 5'4 and weight 211. Procedure was 4 days ago Oct 20, 2018. They put me to sleep and I woke up with big Bertha (balloon) lol. The first two days I vomited all the liquids I drank and it was so hard to sleep. I cant explain the feeling but your just not comfortable. I was thinking OMG! I'm going to be one of those that has a bad experience the whole 6 mos. I even thought "what was I thinking doing this!" After the 3rd day I was able to keep it down and slept much better. I'm on day 4 still on liquids. I feel better came back to work. I do get stomach pains since day 1 and its still here. I just ate 2oz of tortilla soup broth and now I have heartburns. I will weigh myself in 3 more days which will make it 7 days after the procedure. I'll keep you posted.
Updated on 27 Oct 2018:
YAY...… Its been 6 -7 days from the balloon placement. I feel much better about 85% . Only problem remaining is these stomach pains at times. I have also experienced hungry pains. I'm not hungry but my stomach is. Still feel bloated, it hurts a bit to push in my stomach. I'm sleeping much better yay. I added cottage cheese and oatmeal to my diet not sure if that's good but I felt I needed more food in my stomach to take care of the hungry pains and it went down good and made me feel full. Still on sport drinks, soft soups, yogurt. Everyday does get much better. I have been going to the bathroom fine too. I have been taking the meds the doctor prescribed except for the pain bills. I will start to add the multivitamins and Biotin gummy's tomorrow. ***As of this morning I'm down 5 pounds (7 pounds if I include the 2 liquid days prior) to placement****


Updated on 30 Oct 2018:
10 days out and if it wasn't for my stomach pains/discomfort I would be 100%. I added more soft solids to my food intake and man everything I eat feels like I ate a whole cow! I get stomach pains, like if its stuck in my esophagus and when I burb is could taste it! Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Maybe its too soon for solid food even tho I chew 25 times. I ate 1-2oz of chicken & maybe half cup of veggies and I could not sleep with the discomfort but didn't want to throw up, so I slept seating up lol. In the morning I was better. I also have problems going to the bathroom now. I'm going to stop eating solids for now. I'm going to do more protein shakes. Anyone have advise? Besides that I'm good. Energy is there, stomach pains are mostly when I'm done eating so sometimes I forget I have Big Bertha (balloon) in my tummy. Oh I'm at 8 pound down total :)



Updated on 2 Nov 2018:
Well its been 14 days today and I'm happy to say I have lost 11 pounds, YAY its been a struggle not going to lie. I over ate soup yesterday and I throw up so that didn't go very well. Now I know I need to keep it down to no more then 3oz. I'm not hungry most of the time. My energy is still there which I'm surprised because I don't eat! I wonder if this will be me for the next 6mos? The only Med's I take are Multi-vitamins and Biotin. I know I need to do more shakes of protein but when I do I only drink about 2oz's. On a good note** my stomach pains are gone** yay. I still get stomach discomfort but I read that is normal. Every time you eat your stomach will be okay or mad. That's all for now till next week.

Updated on 9 Nov 2018:
I feel good! I even forget I have a giant Balloon in my stomach. Shortly after 2 weeks my stomach adjusted to the change. The down side of that " I only lost 1 pounds"! so that brings me to 12 pounds total. I have to be honest, I haven't made the best food decisions. I thought since my intake is so small I could eat anything! I'll just chew 25-30 times. WRONG! So I'm getting my butt in check and follow a better diet. I'm focusing on 10 pounds per month. I will also start working out next week not crazy cardio, maybe light weights so I don't get loose skin and cellulite.
Again learning process. :)

Updated on 16 Nov 2018:
I'm down a total of 14 pounds in 4 weeks. Its a little slower then I expected but I'll take it. I could already tell and feel the difference mostly in my face. I'll will be joining the gym soon. I following an Adkins kind of diet. I don't drink enough water, in a good day its about 3 water bottles a day. (maybe that's why?) The only pills I take are biotin and multivitamins. Hope to report more weight loss in 2 weeks.

Updated on 4 Jan 2019:
Hello... let me start by saying I'm down 18 pounds. During the holidays I have been bad but have noticed that I still lost weight. I could only feel the balloon when I over eat or eat too late. I do get heartburns, burps and gas more then before. Now that the holidays are over I really do hope I report more weight loss like other reviews I read. Having the balloon has helped but I noticed that you have to put 80% effort in eating decisions, sometimes I think I need more liquid in my balloon lol.

Updated on 2 Apr 2019:
I want to schedule the removal mid-May. I heard you could keep it in up to 7 mos. Cant wait!
I feel normal. I have NOT lost what I expected with the balloon. I though it would be easier to say no to food or get full faster. That's a NOPE for me. The first 15 pounds where easy because I was feeling sick. As for me its been a waist for money. I heard this pretty often on other sites too. Maybe I'm that percent who only lose 20-25 pounds. I don't know. Going to keep trying before the removal. See what's my end weight

Updated on 14 May 2019:
I'm all done with my Orbera balloon YAY I removed it yesterday 5-13-19. I had it in for 6 1/2 months. I lost a total of 25 pounds. Hardest part was at the beginning. Everything else was not so bad besides the nasty burps and gas. Removal went ok. I think they scraped my throat, I have redness in two areas and its super sensitive hard to swallow. After removal my stomach felt 100%. I had to stay on liquids that day because of my throat. Today (day later) I ate some chicken and rice. Throat is much better but still a bit sore. I will keep doing my diets. I have much more weight to go.
SW 216
CW 191

Updated on 6 Dec 2021:
Gained all my weight back shortly after the balloon was removed. My fault, the Doctor kept telling me to get the Gastric sleeve at the time. I didn't listen. 1 Year later i got the gastric sleeve. OMG best decision ever and i just paid 3,950! I went from 216 to 150 pounds. It's been over 1year and I'm still 150!
**DONT DO THE ORBERA BALLOON YOU WANT LONG LASTING RESULTS FOR THE SAME PRICE DO THE GASTRIC SLEEVE. I'M SO MUCH HEALTHIER

It took me the longest time to make up my darn mind as to which doctor choose for my mini gastric bypass surgery. The quotes I obtained varied, but so did the reviews for the doctors performing this type of surgery. I know one thing for sure, I would not be risking my life with an inexperienced doctor in Tijuana Mexico just because I wanted to save money. Long story short, I ended up choosing Dr. Verboonen because of the incredible customer service I received since day one. All of my questions got answered in a timely manner, and when I had some last minute questions before boarding my plane at 10 pm, they stayed with me until I got my answers. Dr. Verboonen is truly an amazing doctor and does care for his patients. The care I received once at his clinic was nothing short of top quality care and I never hesitate to recommend his to family and friends.

I spoke with the Dr's in house patient facilitator Ricardo and all I can say is that since first contact, Ricardo showed that he really cared about my well being and not just about me as another patient. Thank you for your time during those after hours conversations to help me find the best weight loss option.

This review is long overdue. I researched having my mini gastric sleeve done in Mexico for over a year until I read the reviews by other Dr. V's patients and decided to contact him. Since the very begging, you are greeting by a warm and sophisticated manner by Ricardo, their in house patient services manager. We probably messaged each other back and forth for over a month, and Ricardo helped me coordinate everything I needed from travel, flight itinerary everything. Once I arrived at the clinic, Dr. V and his staff (specially the nurses) treated me like I was part of their family. I had my surgery done over 3 months ago and I have already lost 28 pounds and I have never, never felt this great before! Thank you Dr. Verboonen for helping get closer to my dream, a dream I once believe would never, could never come. Not even close. Much love!

Very happy I went with Dr. Verboonen. My coordinator kept in contact with me and helped facilitate everything going smoothly. We actually drove into Mexico and showed up the morning of my surgery. All of the doctors and nurses were so nice and caring. They took good care of me. A majority of the staff spoke very good English. The nurses anticipated anything I would need. They made the recovery after the sleeve much more manageable.

I had my intragastric balloon placed on May 5th this year. After quite some research I decided to go with Dr. Verboonen and have the Spatz balloon instead of any of the others in the market. The reason for this was the lifetime of the balloon. Spatz is 12 months and the others are kept in the body for about 6 months. I live in San Diego and am very familiar with TJ, and know Mexico has some amazing Doctors so I really was not afraid of having the procedure done in Mexico. The clinic is just minutes away from the border. On the day of the procedure I simply walked across the border and one of the Doctors that work with Dr. Verboonen picked me up and took me to the clinic. Everyone was super nice, the nurses we're amazing and made me feel very comfortable and at ease. The only person that made me feel a tad uncomfortable was the coordinator who didnt seem to be aware of the price that Dr. Verboonen and I had agreed upon and I for a second felt some sort of guilt trip. He wasn't mean, disrespectful or anything just seemed a bit disappointed that I got the price I did.

I met the anesthesiologist before the procedure. Prior to that I had only seen Dr. Verboonen once but he always made himself available by text messages and by email. Which was amazing since we don't always have the smartest or most important questions come up during the initial consultation.

The 1st day was just a ton of weird sensations. I felt heavy, I felt some kind of chest pain something as if I had the need to burp and couldn't. I also experienced some sore throat which I thought was an infection but may very well have just been me being a little extra sensitive to the endoscopy. The next 3 days were not so much fun, I for a minute or two questioned my decision to put myself through this. I had no spasms but I did have nausea. Throwing up was effortless. All I had to do was get up too quick from bed and there went all the fluids I had been able to ingest. Sleeping on my side was a firm NO. The 1st 2 days I slept on my couch, pretty much in a sitting position. After the 1st week I had no more issues, other than constipation.

The 1st month with the balloon I dropped 10 lbs., I began weighing a fluffy 179. Now, 7 weeks later I fluctuate between 163 and 165. Honestly, I thought I would lose weight at a much faster rate. I also thought that I would be way less hungry and that my stomach's capacity would be much less. I am able to eat less but it doesn't feel to me like it is "less enough." I have decided to not wait 6 months to get the balloon adjusted and will try to make it in next week to have it adjusted. I don't want to lose motivation if I continue to see that the weight loss is slow. Dr. Verboonen explained to me that this was not as fast of a result as an actual surgery would be but I still (like many of us) want to get results as soon as I possibly can.

Updated on 8 Jul 2018:
So... where to start?? I had my balloon adjusted last week. I immediately felt that it was a little to big and notified the Dr. He advised I drink liquids, broth, teas, etc. I did. Felt horrible during those days. I was weak, kept throwing up constantly, continuously bloated and I felt the balloon literally beating inside of me. I checked myself to the emergency room on Thursday and was not released until yesterday (saturday). The size of the balloon blocked all liquids trying to enter my stomach and caused a severe dehydration and my kidneys to fail. As of now I am still laying in bed with a huge pillow under my legs trying to keep the balloon in a position that doesn't cause extreme heartburn and discomfort. Hardly any success. I will see my dr again tomorrow to either figure out if he will or remove it. Has it been worth it? I dont know...missing over a week mat work, 3 days in the hospital, and over a week of not feeling like myself kinda make me lean to NO side of that scale.

My appointment is scheduled, flight booked (heading across the boarder to Mexico), and I have my mindset to go with my choice!

Why the Spatz3? I think the same reason some go with the lapband. It is adjustable, and less permanent, while also being adjustable later. I wanted the 1 year outlook, and I wanted the ability to increase or decrease the fluid with progress or plateau.

I have no problem eating healthy food, I just never feel satisfied and am ALWAYS hungry. After Thanksgiving, still hungry. Buffet? hours later still hungry. I have never made myself sick from eating too much, maybe uncomfortable, but it passes, quickly.

I am a good cook and I have lost weight before. It is always temporary because I think I have things under control and then, Boom, back to binging. I am looking forward to feeling sick. To associating having enough food with a mental and physical reaction. This is where I am the most optimistic.

I am 5' 2" and 205lb, for a BMI of 36.3 ..... Ouch, it hurts to see it, and I feel it everyday!
Updated on 19 Jun 2017:
Getting excited! 

And nervous 
And anxious 

I think I am prepared. I have everything I think I will need. Jello, Gatorade, broth(did you know they have them in K-Cup form?!?), antacid-in every form imaginable-liquid, stripe, chews...vitamins, tea, ginger lozenges, heating pad, popsicle, pedilyte, baby food squeeze pouches... 

Anyone see anything missing?! 

Ready to be done already and suffer the rough first few days of recovery. 



Updated on 22 Jun 2017:
So getting ready. Super stoked and excited. I fly out at 6am, drive to Mexico and have my balloon placed. I went and did a BodPod yesterday to get an assessment of my current weight, density, and what percent I am fat and everything else. It was interesting. I have a starting point. Today I weighed in at 200.7 on my 5'2" frame. I am on my liquid diet and nothing after 8pm tonight except water, hoping to be super hydrated so I can counteract some of the days after issues. So that's where I am at today. Chilling and getting ready

Updated on 23 Jun 2017:
Hello all, I have just bad my procedure about 2hours ago. I am in recovery now relaxing and enjoying the IV fluid that I hope helps offset the inevitable dehydration the next few days. I have enjoyed this process and it has been simple and easy. The hardest part was having my bank release the funds for my final installment.
The only drawback I will say was the lack of diet guidance before op. I read and knew to be on a liquid diet for two or more days before and I didn't eat after 7pm last night. I also researched taking the pepcid for a week prior daily. Right now I think it all helped and the only complaint is the weight stretching my stomach that feels like you are a McDonald's gut-bomb or 3 and you're trying to digest it. So an uncomfortable full feeling without eating.... I assume this is my life now! Ha
My driver called after I landed and although we were stuck on the tarmac waiting for a gate he was super polite and accommodating. Getting weighted and measured was easy, final payment, then off to the hospital. I have my own room and they have hotel safes with a code you pick in the room for your valuables. Doctor and nurses were great. I have enjoyed this thus far. Keep you posted for the next few days of my recover week that seem to be the challenge for all.

Updated on 24 Jun 2017:
Back home, slept really well overnight. I woke up once feeling a bit like I was going to vomit because I was laying on my right said. I am fine on my left or back. Today I was able to get down 30oz of sugar free powerade, and a 20oz Isopure protein water, I finished both and it was definitely sipping slowly. I had one small prepackage sugarfree jello. Besides the cramping I have had no issues with acid or vomiting. I feel pretty lucky. I am not having a hard time so far. I have had the burps, but not bad. I have found posture has been a huge help.

Updated on 26 Jun 2017:
So I am four days post placement, I haven't had many complications. Worst complaint is the cramping, it is more like a back pain spasm in your stomach, or like food poisoning. I assume it is your stomach trying to help you to digest this big grapefruit that it can't seem to break down so it is throwing every trick at it. Hopefully mind over stomach and that will die down soon enough. I have been liquids only still. Today was the first bathroom break where my urine was lemonade color and not the color of sunny delight. I feel hydrated. I also am starting to feel hungry. The stomach cramps and their association to food poisoning have kept me from trying any food. I am going to add protein shake today. I have a few really good insulated cups so hopefully it will stay frozen/blended for as long as it will take me to sip it down. I have had jell-o but I was able to eat a pre-made sugar free cup size in about 5 minutes with no problems. Sleeping has been fine. Overall I am happy with how things have gone, no horror stories like some of the others. I have to work straight through to the 4th now, we will see how that work stretch treats me. First night back tonight. That's all for now!!

Dr. Verboonen, Sheri Burke and staff have been absolutely amazing! I am almost 2 years post op and I still receive messages asking how I'm doing! The care before, during and after my procedure has gone above and beyond my expectations. I thank them for helping me take the first step in regaining control of my life!

I wasn't always overweight. Growing up I was a very competitive athlete, playing basketball 10-12 months out of the year from the time I was in fourth grade through high school. Then comes then a bunch of grief and trauma along with quitting all sports. I ended up finding myself spending time with a self-proclaimed bulimic/over eater and learned a lot of unhealthy eating habits for the first time. Then comes college and since then I just have never been able to truly get this weight off. Within a matter of one year I gained about 80 pounds and then proceeded to fluctuate between being 80 pounds overweight up to even 125 pounds overweight. I am tall at six feet and with my athletic frame my healthy weight was approximately 175. Throughout the years I struggled with many different pills and diets and I would get down 20-40 lbs for a while. At one point I completely changed about three years ago my eating habits. I began cooking and eating very healthy meals daily that were under 500 cal and yet I still couldn't drop my weight pass a certain point. It seemed I became hypersensitive to anything that went into my body and if I wasn't careful I would just shoot right back up to where I was feeling discouraged, frustrated, and just overall in happy with who I was.
I had friends who had bariatric surgery and had wonderful results and at times people encouraged me and asked me if I thought about it. Of course it was one of those things that you think about but you don't tell anybody that you're thinking about it because you have to shame over the fact that you are this size in the first place. Then I had another coworker who had went through a lap band procedure down in Tijuana, Mexico. Overall she was happy with the surgery but was expressing that she was wanting to go back down and have a revision surgery done to convert her lap band into the sleeve. I was sick of how I looked and felt so I just made a decision spontaneously at Thanksgiving and said I was going to do it. That day I called made an appointment and placed my deposit (day after Thanksgiving) and started slowly weaning myself off of caffeine and changing my diet the beginning of December. I trained my body by cutting back as much as I could throughout December and then starting on January 1 I went on the pre-op diet for a full two weeks. So from January 1 on I was very strict with my pre-op diet and lost a total of 20 pounds prior to my surgery. I flew down to Mexico by way of San Diego on January 16 and had my gastric sleeve that day.

I am now 8 days post op and since beginning my pre-op diet have lost 25 lbs. My incision points are healing nicely and I have minimal bruising.
My friend had went through International Patient Facilitators so that was the surgery consulting company I went through and she set me up with Dr. Sergio Verboonen at the Obesity Goodbye Center in Tijuana, Mexico.

Updated on 25 Jan 2015:
I think I got a little overconfident because I was feeling so good. I have been drinking chicken broth and tomato soup and added a few crackers. I've also tried mashed potatoes and gravy, really moist tuna fish w/ mayo, and an egg white omelet with cheese. I felt like I handled it all well and honestly could only get down several small bites but I guess I got a little skid shy. A friend who is a RN and has a lap band scolded me saying that my incisions haven't healed and I could cause a leakage.
So today I vowed to regress and made some homemade smoothies with my protein powder and picked up some more drinkable soups and liquid yogurt. Ugh, that food was amazing, especially those mashed potatoes. Unfortunately I have received three different diet plans and they all vary greatly. One of the plans from my doctor said that I could start potatoes my second week...any thoughts?

Updated on 30 Jan 2015:
Just a quick update! It's now been two weeks since my surgery and I've lost another 5 lbs so I am sitting at 30 lbs lost since 1/1/15...just 30 days. My incisions are all healing up beautifully and I feel like the swelling is about gone! I've also slowed down with incorporating foods this week. I've had a few cases of killer heart burn and boy it sure is easy to feel like something got stuck (food) if I'm not caseful and boy that hurts like a beast in my chest!

Updated on 4 Feb 2015:


Updated on 21 Feb 2015:
It's been a wonderful 5 weeks since my surgery now and with exception to a few hiccups along the way, I couldn't have asked for a easier recovery. Between week 2-3, I made the mistake on eating a few triscuits and not chewing them completely and as a result they irritated my stomach and I had horrible chest pains and nausea. I ended up vomiting blood stained bile and later the triscuits. When I started feeling horrible I'd emailed my doc and he responded back within the hour putting me back on fluids for a day. That scared me and I really eased up on my transition back to normal. My main side effects have been almost daily heartburn and constipation but I know I am struggling with getting my fluids in like I should. THE BEST SIDE EFFECT OF LOSING THIS WEIGHT IS THE INSANE AMOUNT OF ENERGY! I have been walking when the weather cooperates and easily go 3.5 miles in Colorado with lots of steep inclines. I am very excited now that I am go to go on real excercise, my son and I are joining this awesome club.

AND THE BEST PART: I am officially down to 253.4 lbs. When I began my pre-op diet, I was 294 lbs and lost 20 lbs during the pre-op fast. A total of 40.6 lbs in 7 weeks equating to 5.7 lbs lost per week!

Updated on 21 Feb 2015:
I forgot to mention in my update earlier about another nasty side effect I am not excited about. ACNE! The last two weeks I've started breaking out like I did during puberty...well maybe not quite that bad but I definately have about 5 pimples that are popping up. I've read its normal for this to happen between months 1 & 2 due to hormones being all wacky from the rapid weight loss and once that eases up, skin should return to normal for the most part. But seriously I feel like I am a teen again with these blemishes.

Updated on 20 Mar 2015:
Just checking in now that I am 2 months post op. I am feeling amazing these days and now I am officially down to 244 lbs which means I've lost 50 lbs. I am eating just about anything just not much. I have been using MyFitnessPal and trying to track everything and have determined that I can consume no more than 300 calories before I feel like exploding I am so full. My 5 yr old son routinely eats me more than me and I've just accepted that we can easily buy one meal when dining out and still have leftovers! I am simply wearing stretch pants since almost all my dress pants and jeans make me look like I am wearing a soggy diaper underneath, haha. I seem to drop several pounds and then stop and level out for a week.

I've been working out and even found myself doing CrossFit. I have been playing basketball which I haven't done in a decade and I feel amazing. I forgot how satisfying it is to ache from working out.

Updated on 27 Apr 2015:
The weightloss continues to slow down for me now that I am 3 1/2 months post op. I literally didn't move but a lb in over 3 weeks! I am officially 235 lbs meaning I've lost 59 lbs since 1/1/15...day 1 pre-op. I am down to a size 16 pant and XL tops. My goal was to be 229 lbs by my son's birthday on 5/4 but it doesn't look like I will reach it. Overall, still 100% happy I did it! Attaching a quick pic.

Updated on 21 Jun 2015:
Sitting at 6 months post surgery right now. My body is really making me work for any weight loss anymore it seems like. I have lost a total of 67 ish pounds since starting mysel journey. I am 227 lbs. Now that it is summer and not flooding rains in Colorado, my son and I are hiking over 10 miles every week in the mountains, by the end of the summer my goal will be 16 miles each week. It's a great workout with amazing views!

Updated on 15 Aug 2015:
It has now been 30 weeks since my surgery, 7 months! The weight definitely came off quicker initially and then it felt like it stopped after about 60 lbs lost as I hit my plateau. It has taken a lot of motivation to get me through the rut / plateau but I am back to losing and very happy! Between 7/10 and 8/14, I dropped another 10 lbs. Granted I am getting in 25+ miles a week between running and walking but the work is really paying off! My stomach is still quite small and I fill up quickly. I have only over ate a handful of times and each time I end up throwing up and wanting around with a distended stomach which is absolutely miserable.

I am now down to a large pant - size 13/14. Went and bought jeans at Vanity and end up leaving with 31x37s!!!!

My goal isn't reached yet, but 80 pounds down and 4 pant sizes is a great place to be. I still want to lose another 40 lbs but I am really feeling I can get there and will keep pushing my body.

My birthday is 9-17 and I will be 32. My goal is to be down another 10 lbs so wish me luck! ????

Updated on 27 Sep 2015:
Well I guess it's time for another update now that I am 8+ months post op. I am officially down 90 pounds since beginning my pre op diet on 1/01/15 and down 70 pounds since my surgery! I am wearing between a size 12 - size 14 or size large. I am working out 3-5 times a week at the gym and started doing a lot of weight lifting to help firm and tone.

I am 204 pounds so I literally have 5 more to lose and I no longer be in the 200s! My current bmi is 28.4 and it's amazing to know I am no longer obese! My goal is to reach this over the course of the next month.

My actual goal is 170 pounds. I can't believe how much closer I am to this goal, now! 34 pounds to go which means I am 3/4s of the way to my goal weight and I am at 36 weeks post op.

LIFE IS GREAT AND I HAVE ZERO REGRETS!

Updated on 19 Jan 2016:
Greetings from Colorado! It's hard to believe I celebrated 1 year post op this past weekend. I am blown away at the changes in my life. Before starting this journey I was weighing 294 pounds but my highest weight was 302 pounds. That completely blows my mind that I had weighed that much at one point in my life considering I had been an athlete growing up. I ended up doing 15 days of the pre-op diet and had weighed 277 pounds approximately the day of surgery. Well since my surgery a year ago, I have developed a passion for hiking in the beautiful Rocky Mountains and over the summer would easily hike an average of 14 miles on the weekends plus running / walking throughout the week. I definitely had my periods of feeling stuck but then out of nowhere the scales would move again! This lead to 100 pounds down in 1 year and I'm now sitting at 194 pounds with a BMI of 27. Now my goal is to lose another 25 pounds and really work on toning this body back up but I am already thrilled with the woman I am today! Thank you!

By the way, the dress is my prom dress from high school!

Updated on 19 Jan 2016:


Updated on 6 Mar 2017:
Going to keep this short. Over two years now and sitting at 188 lbs, give or take a few. I am pretty steady with my weight and no big problems. Several months ago I did have a gallbladder scare but all is good so far. Really wanting a mommy make over. Loose skin isn't horrible but between having a baby and losing 100+ lbs, my stomach definitely has extra that is visible to me when bending over or laying on my side. Breasts are a little flatter but again between breastfeeding and weight loss, I feel they could be worse. I am still a 36DDD and wear a size 10 pant (I am basically 6ft) and size large top. One of my best friends had a revision from band to sleeve and she has lost another 80 lbs since revision (50 from her band) in the last 15 months!