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I decided to start the process for gastric sleeve surgery.<br><br>This surgery has helped hold me accountable with what I eat. I\u2019m able to still enjoy food while keeping my portions small. Now, I look at food differently and I look forward to eating healthier foods compared to the poor food choices I made before.<br><br>The doctors at New Jersey Bariatric Center are very supportive. They made it clear to me that I could be successful with weight loss surgery. They gave me a plan that was easy to understand and follow. It was focused on making better choices, not completely depriving myself. I am able to be active and play with my daughter in a way I never had the energy to before. I enjoy going to the gym and simply just going for walks, things that I dreaded before having weight loss surgery. I no longer become as tired as quickly now.<br><br>Since my gastric sleeve surgery I love that I can now feel comfortable in my own body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":29787,"template":"","story-tag":[46],"patientsuccess_stories":[39,38],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Karen lost 115 lbs. with Gastric Sleeve Surgery*<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot; I am able to be active and play with my daughter in a way I never had the energy to before.&quot; - Karen who lost 115lbs with Gastric Sleeve\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/patient-success\/karen-lost-115-lbs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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