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I've hit that stage where people are starting to notice my weight loss. Not in droves, but enough for me to know something must be showing. Over the camping weekend a couple of my guy friends asked if I'd lost weight (without knowing about the surgery), which was cool since guys never notice ANYthing. I could have had a bald head and they'd look at me like "is something different?".

Anyway, I then went back to work on Wednesday from my camping trip, feeling pretty happy about the morning's weigh-in where I hit 219. Now, I don't know if it was the weight loss or the all the fresh air I'd consumed over the long weekend, but I received several comments Wednesday and Thursday at work about looking "refreshed". A colleague who knows about the surgery commented that my face looked thinner, and I'd been thinking the same thing (as had some of you watching my YouTube videos apparently). So I thought I'd post some photos and let you be the judge! Later, gastricsleeve4me

MAY 19: At a San Diego Padres game 2 days before surgery

MAY 24: At the airport waiting to fly home three days post-surgery (and  5-days after photo above)

JUNE 27: Wednesday after work, 5.5 weeks post-surgery and 30 lbs down (to be fair, the angle isn't hurting me here :)