meltingcoco

Hello Family, I am 3 plus years out of VSG surgery and I am going to tell you frankly it is not easy to maintain. I am stable in my current situation (housing, employment and even reconciled with my husband!) but I realize that if you don't take advantage of that first year of losing you screw yourself!. I am somewhat resentful of my surgical team because they never really was support for me. I didn't eat right I didn't exercise I didn't take advantage because I thought that the weight would come off and stay off. I wasn't even completely sure what my surgery weight was. I blame myself for not asking the right questions and holding the team responsible for my care. So here I am 3 years later... with still a significant weight loss but a regain of 20 pounds. when I moved from NY to VA in 2012 I weighed between 168 and 171. I moved to MD in 2013 now today I weigh 186. That is a huge difference! What did I do wrong? Well it took a while but I realize that: Number 1, I didn't eat right I just ate less of the wrong crap! 2, I didn't exercise ...and if I did it was very sporadic 3, I didn't take care of what was causing me to over eat in the first place. 4, I took my surgery and rapid lose for granted thinking :its the sleeve I will make my goal automatic and I wont regain. dumb dumb dumb Ok so I know now what I did I need to fix it. I need to do all of the thing I should have done 3 years ago...Is it to late? Hell No its not thank God I still have my tool its still there waiting for me to do the RIGHT things. The Plan Eat better: This is a huge struggle for me I am a carb and sugar addict. I went to see a NUT here in MD and she had no idea what VSG was so I will continue to look for the right NUT Exercise: 6x's per week 60min cardio 4 xs and cardio and weight mix 2 xs Accountability: I am coming back to my community for support I started a Vlog on you tube and I am going to be a regular on here and on FB groups here is the link below. My goal is to lose the extra 20 lbs and then 20 more to get to goal...I know this is going to be hard because my body is in maintance mood. I hae been between 186 and 188 for more than 6 months. Wish me luck! Peace and Love Ro

Hello all I swear I am so bad at keeping a blog LOL anyway here is the numbers and updates As of today I am maintaining my 115 pound loss. I haven't met my personal goal yet but I feel I have had great success keeping my loss so far. I gained 15 pounds when I moved to VA (no sidewalks mostly driving) but I am able to get back on track quickly now I am in MD (more sidewalks and accessible parks to jog/walk) here are the numbers My surgery weight was 287 My current weight is 175 My goal weight is 135 As you can see I have a long way to go but I am confident I will get there. I plan on starting a Vlog on you tube on my 3 year anniversary. I am still a junk food junkey but now I have learned that I have to stop eating the bad stuff and that helps. On a more personal note My husband and I have decided to rekindle our relationship we will celebrate our 25 anniversary Sept 29 of this year. Wish us luck. Inbox me any questions you may have until next time xoxoxo COCO

Im 18 months out and 4'11. Its hard for us because we have to lose a whooolllle lot to be considered normal weight. I dont look like i need to lose more just to tighten up but my BMI is still high as hell 34 smh thanks for this post

Best decision I ever made...it is probably the only thing that i have tried that actually worked LOL

Its really weird since I have added exercise to my schedule i have gained weight I haven't hit my goal yet and now im going up I am so depressed about it. but i am going to keep working out and delete bad snacks apparently we all cant eat what we want SMH

WOW its been a long time since I have added to this blog. A lot has happened since. I am employed, I lost a nice amount of weight and I am getting used to the fabulosity of it all LOL!! Anyway, I have finally started to excercise and I am really into ZUMBA! now omg its the best!!! Here are some recent pics I took the red dress was my 45th birthday yea I am old LOL the second is me at work I just want to say thank you for all of your support and positive comments xoxoxoxo Coco

This date last year I was 298 pounds miserable and very depressed but I was excited about what was about to happen. I was in the prep area for my surgery. All sorts of crazy thoughts were going through my mind... Would i survive the surgery? Would it work for me? would I actually lose weight? Would I wake up even? Well here it is a year later and I am happier with myself then I have been in a long time. Of course its not all peaches and cream. I am separated from my husband of 20+ years, I am struggling financially flat broke with no job attend school to get my Mental Health License so that I will be more marketable. I am living with my two grown children and one school aged child in a cramped NYC housing project that is getting worse from violence and in need of infrastructure repairs. All of this and more stuff that I don't have time to write but you get the idea..life is not great for me right now but now I have the energy and the strength to fight this battle and win!. I haven't done any real exercise yet and I could be better with my vitamins. I did my yearly checkup and I am anemic and low on b12 I'm not surprised now I take my vitamins everyday and I don't miss a beat. I learned a lot on this journey and I still have more to learnMy wish for the coming year? I want to get to my goal weight and become financially stable...wish me luck.

New to the group I am almost 12 months out and I lost 87 pounds so far wanted to hit 100 but i guess that will take some time anyway nice to be here!

Hello all I know its been a while I had trouble logging into VSG talk for some reason but im here and I have a lot to talk about .. First, I am living as a single women and its not easy but im managing. So far I have lost 87 pounds which is disappointing because I wanted to lose 100 pounds by my surgerversary. I am still proud of my progress. Despite a very financially stressful summer it was a great summer because I actually looked good in my clothes Yay!! I am dating but I am not happy about whats out there. I hate the fact that I am thrown into the dating seen at my age. Im too old for this! Anyway, staying on my diet has been a struggle because I have not attended any support groups I dont see a therapist Yet and I am a junk foodaholic. Its really bad it has my weight teetering between 185 and 188. today i was good i had only meals ate my protein first and had a little popcorn for dessert as we speak i am still 185 whew Thats the funny thing about this vsg, its a tool but you still have to work i will be starting an exercise regime this week im excited about that. Anyway, thank you for the great responses to my last entry. Im back i hope i can answer any questions u have if you are a newcomer Coco xoxoxo

I just went back to work and I noticed that as soon as i get home i lay down to watch tv and then the tv is watching me. I sleep ad wake up at like 1130 then i try to go back to sleep at around 3 am i hate this but itss been like this for a couple of days.

Wow I just went through that this weekend Im still very new sleeved 9-28-2010. So I went with my freinds to a diner. Everyone was ordering huge meals, after looking for mushy food i can eat i decided to stick to water and pick off my freinds roast beef hash i had a couple of spoon fulls and was done. the waiter came by and said "you didnt order anything....why not?" I was so shocked that he asked me that i was so not prepared to answer. It was as he was offended by me not ordering. I just told him i was not hungry. smh

my surgery was sept 28, today was the only time i felt a little iffy about what i was eating and i relized why i forgot to take my previcid this morning. I start work tommorrow so i will make sure i will take it in the morning. im eating a litle fat and surger free chocalate pudding now and my stomach is settling a little.

FAB!!!

Great I had mine on the 28th I am struggling but I hear it gets better