Jenn31MA

Awesome job!..whats your goal?

So i havent even done anything to do so but i lost a few pounds in the past week. I saw 189.8 this morning...not sure how long it will last but i was in the 180's today so i was happy! Oh and i went shopping this weekend and i can now fit into a size 36 C bra...no more 38's! I even went to Vickies and bought a few bras...i havent done that since Freshman year of college. Hope everyone had a great weekend and keep up the good work!

I am kind of curious too about which cleanse you are doing

Do u mean upper gi? I had one of those before surgery but that was at the hospital not my pcp.

It did kind of feel like a waste but its my last appt so i figured id go.

Soo i had my one year with the surgeon. He wants me to aim for 150 and not 170 since he says most people will regain 10percent back over time so it gives me a little wiggle room. Also asked him about my jiggly tummy and he said to work on my core and it would tighten up alot as i dont have alot of skin like i thought just alot of jiggle haha. He also said that i should wait another year and by then anything i want done would be cosmetic...i was thinking a year anyways so i guess ill need to start working on my core and see if that helps. Over all he didnt complain that i wasnt at goal but did mention that the losing period is over so going forward its all on me. Sigh so 20 lbs turned into 30 or 40 lbs left to lose. Blah. Oh well just gotta look at the bright side that i have lost almost 90 lbs!!!

I have my one year appt today with the surgeon...i hope he doesnt say i didnt lose enough lol i personally feel i am within twenty pounds of goal and that five of my pounds is excess skin etc. Im gonna ask him what he thinks and if its too early to look into plastics etc. Ill let you all know how it goes!

I take it you havent been sleeved yet? Or have you? On the two week liquid diet i slipped up about 3 times and i wont lie i needed to. I still lost 13 lbs. Not saying that you should but a little bit of chicken is not going to ruin everything...that being said if you are post op and only a few days out you will not enjoy the feeling. Why would you need to take a laxative? With mostly a liquid diet you will pass any solid food you eat pretty quickly. Besides a quick weight loss they want you to do the liquid diet to clean out your bowels as a lot of people get constipated after the surgery. You slipped up not the end of the world..just move on from there! We all make mistakes

You started out at a low weight to begin with..i think u have done great! Maybe your body is more happy at 165 range? I wish i was closer to 170 myself but im happy at a size 12. Every is different but congrats on your year..i hit mine on the 5th. Maybe try upping your calories? I eat 1200 to 1400 and i dont lose but i dont gain. I go over that sometimes and i lose lol go figure. Its all in tricking your metabolism and under 1000 isnt healthy maybe your body is in starvation mode? Try 1100 cals and see how that works..eat every couple hours and its very easy to get that much in. It will all fall into place. :-)

I had a surgery on a Wednesday and i felt fine within a week but i was just tired. I took a week and a half off from work and i was fine to go back the following Monday. Everyone is different though. But more than that and i would have been pulling my hair out i was so bored!!!

Ditto...thats a crazy amount of weight :-)

What year did you think it was :-)

It is kind of weird i was thinking today i havent weighed this much since 7th grade..and my goal is what i weighed in 6th...ugh lol

OMG...just updated my ticker...and im NO LONGER CONSIDERED OBESE!!!! JUST OVERWEIGHT!!! ....crazy... :wub:

There is nothing wrong with ONLY losing 53 lbs!! Thats 53 lbs you didnt lose before the surgery. I just think you need to figure out what works for you...i went four months this year without losing a pound and it took me awhile to get my head back in the game and slowly its coming off. Also does the 53 lbs include pre-op loss or is that only 53 since the surgery? I still think youve done great

Oh and if anyone wants to add me my name on my fitness pal is Jenn30ma..i just started counting cals a month ago but im pretty good at using it so it shows the crap i might have eaten too haha

My boobs look like that only when i bend over haha

Honestly ive never liked my boobs so im all in for a lift and implants. My mom would kill me but its my body lol shes a mammpgrapher and is against them as they block about 10% of your boob to see for cancers..hense shes against. Oh well. Also i think id be closer to a size ten of i had a tummy tuck..ten is my ultimate goal. I want to see what weight my surgeon says he thinls id be good at for my body. Personally i feel 170 or 175..i do want to go for a few consults maybe in january to see what they say etc

Wow u too have done great! I am slightly jealous haha...i started at 280 and im only at 192...blah..only ten pounds in 4 months. Oh well better that then gaining. I did want to be at 100 by my year mark which is on 9/5. New goal is to be under 190 at my year visit with the surgeon on the 23rd. I have started looking into plastics..anyone else? I want my boobs and stomach...maybe thighs but i dunno if i want to go through that pain!

I started drinking unsweetened tea with lemon from dunkins..i put three splenda in a med..or two in a small..theres no cals and it gets me three cups of Water in...the rest i keep a 24oz cup with straw and literally keep it under my chin half my time at work so i drink..lol That was another issue i have recently started to conqure. Drinking more takes my mind off of food as i still think about it alot im just better at my choices and aaying no...only took me 11 months haha better late then never tho

Wow that looks really good! That gives me hope that i will be fine with just that and not a TT too. Goal is to have insurance pay for it and then ill just pay for my boobs. Did they make you a new belly button?

i use that lotion its good..but..you can only do so much for your skin. I am 32 so I am not that old but my stomach and upper thighs there's nothing i can to really save them. I am thinking I will get my stomach (gonna try to get insurance to cover the panniculectomy), boobs totally deflated so I am thinking those and depending upon how much my thighs. It all comes down to genetics, age (which the OP has in her favor) and how long you have been overweight. Wraps and compression garments will not do anything. The garments help with appearance and the wraps "work" because they suck the Water out of your skin but once you rehydrate it goes back to normal...so dont waste your money. You will have to wait and see how your body reacts to the weigh loss. All in all i would rather have some saggy skin then be the size i was before! Just remember you can hide that stuff until you save up enough for plastic surgery if you really want to go that road.

I hear ya on that! Cant wait to see how you look now. I am sure your still swollen as i read it takes months for it to go fully down but just having taken off what you did i am sure was a huge relief!

Can you take an updated pic? i was just curious because im thinking of doing just the Panni since i want to still have kids but i cant deal with this stomach...i dont see the point in the full tummy tuck if having a kid would destroy it. Plus insurance will most likely cover the Panni and i would just need to pay extra for my boobs!! You look great by the way.