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Maintained!
One year post-removal and keeping the weight off, even through quarantine, has been easy! It's so easy to stop eating when I'm full now. I'm so, so happy. If you I'd do it all over again, but let's hope I won't have to!
Started at Low BMI and Lost 35-40 Pounds
So! I was at my heaviest ever weight at 180 lbs. They told me I was just barely at the BMI they reccommend people to use the balloon. I had a very unhealthy relationship with food, and I was getting married in about a month.
Got the orbera mid-July 2019. Right after the procedure wasn't too terrible for me. I did have one weird thing happen on the day of where it felt like I couldn't breathe and was gasping for air/wheezing I think because my body was trying to throw it up? Anyway that only happened once, and I don't think I ever really threw anything up. By my wedding at the end of August I was about 165, and right after my honeymoon in September I broke into the 150s. I told myself in high school I'd never let myself get back over 150 pounds and I had been WAY over for about 6 years, so I remember rejoicing about that!
When the balloon came out in January, I weighed about 148 and I was terrified I was going to gain it back. It's almost June now and I've actually LOST weight since then, I'm at 142 and couldn't be happier. The best part is, I don't have any foods I don't allow myself, I just naturally eat less now.
I think the most valuable thing is learning how to eat again. Oh, I should say that if you're counting on the monthly nutritionist check-ins, they didn't really help me that much. The nutritionist had lots of valuable info but I guess I also had a fairly easy time.
Weird things about the balloon: you can feel it moving around when you shift. Also, when I was at about 155 I could definitely SEE the balloon bump. GROSS!
Also, the whole Athenix team is always great. Vanessa is amazing for the pre-placement stuff, and just a great human in general. Dr. Sadeghi (not sure if I spelled it right...) Put my ballon in and out, but I didn't see much of her, considering I was unconscious. She was nice though! All in all 10/10 for me!
Got the orbera mid-July 2019. Right after the procedure wasn't too terrible for me. I did have one weird thing happen on the day of where it felt like I couldn't breathe and was gasping for air/wheezing I think because my body was trying to throw it up? Anyway that only happened once, and I don't think I ever really threw anything up. By my wedding at the end of August I was about 165, and right after my honeymoon in September I broke into the 150s. I told myself in high school I'd never let myself get back over 150 pounds and I had been WAY over for about 6 years, so I remember rejoicing about that!
When the balloon came out in January, I weighed about 148 and I was terrified I was going to gain it back. It's almost June now and I've actually LOST weight since then, I'm at 142 and couldn't be happier. The best part is, I don't have any foods I don't allow myself, I just naturally eat less now.
I think the most valuable thing is learning how to eat again. Oh, I should say that if you're counting on the monthly nutritionist check-ins, they didn't really help me that much. The nutritionist had lots of valuable info but I guess I also had a fairly easy time.
Weird things about the balloon: you can feel it moving around when you shift. Also, when I was at about 155 I could definitely SEE the balloon bump. GROSS!
Also, the whole Athenix team is always great. Vanessa is amazing for the pre-placement stuff, and just a great human in general. Dr. Sadeghi (not sure if I spelled it right...) Put my ballon in and out, but I didn't see much of her, considering I was unconscious. She was nice though! All in all 10/10 for me!
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