ambercochran

Welcome to the losers bench!

I don't work out in the heat everyday all day but I would think as long as you drink your water and loads of it along with daily vitamins you will do fine. Plus all that sweating may up your weightless pace:) Good luck on your new beginning. It's the best thing I have ever done for myself:)

Swimmer- I did have some luck increasing calories just for a minute though. My weight loss is still very slow and I'll be 9 mos out August 14th and have lost 40 lbs to this date. I have decided to up my exercise from 3-4 days a week to at least 5-6 days and incorporating running everyday in it. If this doesn't help pull my last 25 lbs off I don't know what would:( But I'm thankful for what I have lost I feel like a whole different person. I could have never done it on my own. How's your weightless coming along?

Wow you really have me looking at it with a whole new view on it. When I had the surgery I only had 60 lbs total to loose and 21 lbs down I'm almost half way there in 2 months! If I loose another 21 lbs in two months I won't be far from my goal!!! Thanks so much for the insight!!!!!!

Lost 8 lbs in pre-op diet and only 13 lbs since my surgery Nov.14th! I'm confused still! I've been at a stall since Thanksgiving and wondering why. I have added calories, increased water intake and do high intense cardio workouts 5 days a week!!!!!' HELP!

Try Pedialyte! Way better than Gatorade and instantly cured my dehydration! Hope you get to feeling better!

Debbie, Thanks for the advice. I have not thought of that but I will sure give it a try for the next week and we'll see what happens. I will let you know how it goes. Happy New Year.

Alright fellow sleevers I'm ready for you to chime in your thoughts below on my VSG story. November 7th I started my liquid diet at 198.6 pounds. On November 14th the day of my VSG I weighed in at 190.6 so I'd lost 8 pounds in 1 week!!! Wahoooo!!! Had the surgery that morning out in Dallas, TX. Came back home to ATL, GA on Friday morning. On the following Tuesday (the one right before Thanksgiving) on November 22nd, I weighed in. I was now down to 177.6. Great Job for me! 21 pounds exactly. But heres where it gets very discouraging. I HAVE NOT and I REPEAT HAVE NOT lost any more weight since that day November 22nd!!!!! Had my first Doctor Consult with my surgeon on Monday January 2nd and still weighed in at 177.6. He was not happy with my weightloss either. He said I should have lost way more than 13 pounds since the surgery. He told me to cut out the Protein shakes/smoothies and just do my 3 tiny small meals a day. I am now doing hard core cardio workouts which is a bootcamp class 3 days a week and hitting the gym to do an hour long class 2 other days. So I am getting in 5 days of damn good workouts. I am so sad b/c today was my day to weigh in and it said 178.6!!!! WTF is going on with my body? Why has it let me down and have me regretting even shelling out $15000 for this surgery???? I am so lost and confused b/c I'm getting my Water in, eating my small meals and averaging about 600-800 calories a day like he said. Any thoughts or suggestions????? Confused, Amber

I am 5 weeks post op as of yesterday. I have not lost any weight in the last 3 weeks. Is this normal??????? I have only lost 17 pounds total-8 before surgery and 7 after. This just doesn't seem right is it?????????? What am I doing wrong???

I was sleeved 11/14/11 and I've lost a total 17 pounds (thats including the 8lbs I lost pre-op). I'm very discouraged! I hope its just that "3" week stall period:(