Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy

I’m 2.5 years post op now…this journey is incredible. Just when I think this won’t get better…it keeps getting better! I decided to have 360 tummy tuck / lipo 360 and fat transfer to booty! It’s so AMAZING that this is my body at 49 years old!

I’ll be continuing competition prep into 2024…more changes to come! I’m on Instagram if you wish to follow my journey there…I’m am very open on my page, from gastric sleeve to plastic surgery and competition prep! @tinavsgbody

It’s surreal that I have surpassed the 2 year mark now. I have continued weightlifting, and entered into another competition with the NPC in the wellness category. I placed second in masters, 45+!! I am so amazed at what the surgery has done for me… it has completely changed my outlook on life. I am doing things now that I never thought was possible! I stepping out of my comfort zone to create new healthy habits and to continue progressing in body building! Bariatric surgery is amazing, I’m so happy I did it…I have no regrets!

Life-changing!! I am now 20 months postop. I am 132 pounds… 2 pound shy of my goal! I never thought I’d get here. My weight loss was very slow and I had to keep pushing my limits in finding ways to continue on a positive path / not regress. In February I decided I was going to do a transformation show. I started 13 weeks of competition prep in March 2022. I hired a coach Who gave me a meal plan and workout plan…. I hired a separate coach for posing. I had to check in with my coaches weekly which held me accountable! I had to send them pictures in a bikini every week. My meal and workout plans change according to the results in those pictures. I navigated issues with gastric sleeve… food intolerances, digestive and metabolism issues…., I couldn’t eat all the food my coach wanted me to eat. Slowly I had to work up my calories to about 2000 a day, and as we approach closer to the show date we began cutting the calories. I had issues with being able to eat that much as well as drink a 3/4 gallon of water a day, my coach was nice enough to help find to my meal plan to be able to give my digestive system a break in between my meals so we rotated with solid food and liquid food. Unfortunate I was able to find a coach in the medical field to understand my challenges and help me with that.

My body really transformed over that 13 weeks of prep. But really what has transformed me is the weightlifting… nine months of training to date it truly is amazing. At 48 years old I found a new passion instead of reverting to food to cope with stress, I exercise!! Gastric save me this all possible for me. Without it I would not have accomplish all of this in 20 months!