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08/20/18 - weight 165.5 / bmi 25.9 / bmr 1602 kcals / fat% 17.4% / fat mass 29 lbs 08/16/19 - weight 149.5 / bmi 23.5 / bmr 1500 kcals / fat% 16.7% / fat mass 25 lbs desired range fat % 11-22 / fat mass 17-38.5 lbs just got back from my 2 year check up and wanted to post. The kcal drop has me worried and thinking i need to up the weights and trim back the cardio. Never saw myself as a person who cared for bulky muscles but the increased calorie burn from more muscle mass certainly wont hurt. New goal for the next year i guess.

Time for a status update: Yesterday marked my one year anniversary on Bariatricpal.com. What a year it has been and I am so grateful for all the people here that have helped me along the way. I'm also so grateful for @Alex Brecher for creating and maintaining this site for all of us. I hope that my ongoing purchases of calcium and multivitamin supplements are enough to express my gratitude. I'm a huge fan of the BariatricPal Multivitamin One 45. I kept a journal starting in July of last year starting the 2nd day after I was serious about considering bariatric surgery. Reading all the entries is very therapeutic to me. Looking back, I probably wouldn't have changed a thing about how I started and went through this process. Almost everything has gone well in this journey for me. Sure I've had my low points, but I seemed to have come out the other side very much in-tact. There's still a long road ahead once my real hunger returns, but I'm going to keep on the straight and narrow path of eating well and exercising every day until that happens and then some. In celebration of my 1 year on this site, I thought I'd share one of my early personal journal entries:

I just took another flight for work on a non-american airline (fun fact, their seat belts are shorter) and i had to take a pic I was so proud. I'm only 4 months post-op and I'm down almost 100lbs from the first surgeon consult later year in September. The whole trip while away I worked out on the eliptical for a full hour every night. It felt great to be able to sustain for that long. Pic attached

From the band to nothing.... to the sleeve..... it has been a longggggg journey. It begain in 2009 with the band and at 232lbs....(5'2") size 18-20..... and here i am today at 126lbs and a very comfortable size 4.... Life is great

My life is WONDERFUL JUST PLAIN WONDERFUL Four Months and Life is GRAND . It's been a while since I checked in, but to be honest I have been enjoying life so much I have just been taking the time to smell the roses. . But it's time to let you know how things are!. . Check out my new blog post at: https://sabrinagoddess.com/almost-4-months-and-im-back . I'm over the halfway mark to my weight goal!

A NSV today! I I can wear some 12's but there is one pair of 12's that I have tried on every few weeks for awhile now and they have always been about 2 inches from buttoning Today they buttoned, yay!

I have to say, even more than 2 years out, it is so much easier to be good when your busy and so easy to go wrong when your bored. Crappy weather and the wife is sick so i feel trapped in this house and i have to really watch myself. At least the holiday leftovers are gone. Going to get out this week even if for only a few hours, maybe go see Ford vs Ferrari that looks real good. Ok, whining over, I hope everyone is doing well and had a good thanksgiving.

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(19)30834-4 this one is interesting but a tough slog to get thru this review is easier to understand https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/07/weight-loss-rage-proteins/594073/

https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l2408 bad news for fruit juice drinkers - sugar is just sugar -source doesn't matter

One week post-revision, down 5 lbs since surgery day.....which puts me back under 300. VICTORY!!! Still a ways to go but I'll take every little win I can get. Feeling great other than minor abdominal discomfort.