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I’m so proud of you! You did amazing!

First video of yours I've ever seen and omg, when you went through the gate and hit the blue lined section at the finish line I started crying while shouting "Finish strong, you did it girl!!" (Husband and cat looking at me like I lost my mind lol.) I felt, and feel, so f-ing proud of you!!! You should be so proud of yourself! I'm going to try and reserve judgment of your husband and his joke/words until after I binge watch some more of your videos to get a feel for his personality. I'd be lying if I said that his reaction didn't make me cry in a different way. Just know that you did amazing coming from where you started and needing to get my own butt moving again I find what you did here so inspirational! Keep smiling that beautiful bright smile!

How exciting. I wish you the best

Your journey is your journey, and what you are doing now is do helpful to people who have been in your shoes. Thank you for sharing.

April. I suffer from clinical diagnosed anorexia (no menses over 3 month, fat less than 15%, blah blah). Please keep sharing your journey. It’s been 20 years since the worst point, one key for me is I have to weigh myself weekly and have targets if too low/high. Never past a week weigh in tbh.

And i am rooting for you sweet April.. 🥰😍🤩😘❣

You can always spot the people who are going to end up like Alexandra Rodriguez, absolutely nowhere.

I’m waiting for my surgery date right now. I’m getting a traditional duodenal switch with a 300cc. Listening to your experience is so extremely encouraging to me! I’m so happy that things are getting noticeably better for you every day! ❤

Great video. Happy for you and hoping you get the kids you want.

Big hug from Croatia ❤😊

April, thank you for a very informative video. This would be a great resource for anyone interested in getting or just knowing about the various weight loss surgeries available.

Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for sharing!❤

4:53 As far as I understamd fasting would be a non invasive way to lower your Body setpoint as well - weightlossurgerys are succeasfull because they simulate, or better said force you to fast. I understand that fasting can be extremely challanging, but if you are considering WLS I'd highly recommend to get informed on the benefits on fasting - for example through Dr. Jason Fungs Channel. Good look and sucess to anyone struggling with weightloss - there is hope and a way that can work for you! ❤

Hi April! Not sure if you’ll see this but quick question for you if you do - when y’all lived in Fayetteville, which track did you run at? I’m moving there soon and looking for one. Thanks!

I woupd love to see your new home and if you still garden etc.All the best in your future WL & nutritional journey xx

This was so interesting. It is so important that you are speaking to your experience. I’m cheering you on!

Girl I am so happy for you. You are beaming with hope.

You go !!!

I really enjoyed this content. I’m not a candidate for WLS but this was so informative. Good luck on your journey. I’ll be rooting for you!

Very helpful ❤

Nice summary. Good to see you doing well and feeling better. Hope to see your Hawaiian adventures & scuba 🤿 🐠 🐟

Doing an elimination diet and then slowly introducing foods back into your diet is the gold standard for discovering food allergies and intolerances. So what are you doing is the best way. The food sensitivity tests aren’t accurate and could lead you to eliminating a food that you do not have an intolerance to.

last 6 minutes, the best

The malnutrition factor is HUGE and so important to talk about - thank you! My daughter had a modified Roux-En-Y, not for weight loss but because she had severe gastroparesis (the bottom half of her stomach was completely paralyzed) and she has struggled post-surgery to get enough nutrients. Her surgeon made her pouch more than twice the size of WLS patients and she was very nutritionally deficient for more than a year. I don't know how patients who have the smaller pouch manage it! You need to be very very dedicated to hitting your protein goals and replenishing your vitamins and minerals - I am so glad you emphasized that <3

I was going to ask if you were treating the depression alongside the surgery. I hadnt heard you speak about treating it until the end of this video. I had heard you say that when you fall into depression you gain weight like your first video and when you came back recently. I'm so glad prozac is working for you and you know what triggers depression for you. Are you also doing talk therapy? All 3 tools together (surgery, prozac and talk therapy) will have on a good path soon! Well done❤

Amazingly good explanations. Go well Darlin!

Thank you for sharing everything April. You are appreciated and loved!!!

Thank you so much for making this video! I was hoping you would tell us about this. ♥

As a nurse practitioner, I applaud the way you educated yourself on your options and your procedure! 👏

I ❤ that you did this. You are so strong and sometimes we all need a little help. Stay strong and stay blessed

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You made the right decision, an ex friend of mine got the bypass and never lost more than 40lbs she swings between putting it on and taking it off x

I’m so excited for your journey. I’m 2 years post op from a VSG (sleeve - I did lose all of my weight, 115 lbs, and have been at my goal weight for a year) follow your clinics rules, don’t rush the steps and you’ve got this. I still eat like I did at 6 weeks post op 90% of the time. So glad you made this choice, keep your confidence, you’ve got this!!

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I started watching you from the beginning of your journey. We are on similar paths and I’ve always resonated with you ❤ I struggle with fertility and have been down that road. I’m so happy for your progress and wish you all the best! I’m in the process of getting the sleeve, hopefully within the next month. Looking forward to more updates!

Great video, April. Very interesting. I like your drawings.

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I love hearing about your weight loss journey and am here for it but also would love to know how you and hubs are doing outside of your surgery. I understand, especially with the issues you had before with people, want to be more private in that aspect. I’m still watching whether you share more or not. Also, I am wondering about the dogs. Do you still have both? I don’t know if I missed it but it seems I have only seen 1 in your videos. Hope they are both doing well! ❤

There’s a great page where you can actually calculate your excess weight and it gives you the approximates for each surgery method. It’s called bariatric surgery education. I think you calculated it wrong because I did the same mistake. So the excess weight begins with every pound that’s above the lowest healthy bmi. You don’t begin the excess weight calculation at the overweight bmi.

yess, thank you so much for this video. my doctor wants to do a duodenal or a SADIS and i'm so glad i get to see your journal and know what lead to your choice

It’s really interesting to hear you POV. I am also currently preparing for wls and I was pending between gastric bypass and sleeve but I decided to get sleeve surgery. A dangerous risk of bypass is also hypoglycemia and I really didn’t want to risk that. There’s been a study that up to 10% of patients develop this 10 years post op. It’s difficult to treat and is extremely lowering your quality of life. Since I’m just 27 and have a bmi of 42 I decided I would be fine with a sleeve. I’m hopeful to have the surgery in early September 🤞🏼

You left out that tricare prime does not approve ozempic or any other of those weekly shot options. You didn’t have the option. You couldn’t even get approved for ozempic or wegovy or zepbound out of pocket because you do have tricare prime.

Hello April🌼 Thank you for the video and info. April everything happens for a reason (no regrets) and in God’s perfect time🙌 Blessings 💜💜💜

Thank you for posting this, it was very good information. I sit and cry when I listen to you talk about your weight journey because I have struggled since I was about 12 with being obese. There were comments made to me growing up that I’m sure were not meant to be harmful about weight but I believe they affected me. There was also the constant teasing at school which didn’t help. It’s just been a terrible battle my whole life. Sometimes I really do t know what to do but it helps to know you dont struggle alone thanks so much for sharing!!

People don't understand DS surgery because it is rarer. Very few surgeons know how to do it or want to do it. It is good that you found a surgeon who was well versed in DS surgery. I looked into it many years ago and did a ton of research and decided to get the VSG instead. I knew with DS I would lose all my weight but the long term vitamin deficiency issue scared me from choosing it.

I think you’re doing great God knows why you chose to do the surgery this time God is good always you will have your babies Don’t over think that part of your life God will make it happen You need to have healthy relaxed body🙏🏽❤️ and everything will fall in to place

Not a failure. Just a set back.

As a 26 years old chronic over eater but always so head strong on “doing it myself” , you really touched my heart in the middle when you thought back to 2017… thank you for sharing so openly April. We love you and I am sending prayers ❤

We’re not any google images you could’ve shown? I can’t imagine drawing these surgeries 😂