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Y'all are wonderful and so supportive thank you so much for the encouragement and praise. I hope everyone is doing well and I those that were on the fence have so much sucess with thier procedure as I did! Love y'all!!

We just got to keep trucking the more annoyed with the scale I get the harder I work. You got this!

I had my vsg jan 29,2013 and I was 322 at my highest. Since my surgery I have lost an incredible 120 pounds in 8 months I had my plateaus and my rough patches but I am still rocking it out. But OMG I am 4 pounds away from onderland garg its like it might ad well be 50! I want to laugh and shake the scale til it gives in to my demands LoL! Anyone else get so close to a scale goal and its like the scale is mocking you? Best of luck y'all!

Today is the hardest day I swear. I am 8 months post op and am down 119 pounds I swear to goodness that this will be the most difficult and best thing you ever did I promise the liquid diet will be a funny memory 8 months from now.

Lol mine was the same way but as you lose your jay jay will too. My pooch is now mostly skin it will be saggy no lie but you will feel your pelvis i was like wtf? But its better than the pooch and awkward sex pre losing weight. Hang in there make sure to do kegels and ab excercises to help lift up the jay !

I wanted to just throw this out there and hope that someone who is on the fence or too scared to take the plunge for vsg or who is struggling post op sees this! I had my vsg jan 29 2013 I was 330 pounds and miserable I couldnt even play with my then 1 year old the way she should have been played with. I was severly dependenet on my fiance to help care for not only me but taking the brunt of our 1 year olds care. I had tried and stuggled my entire life, I am 23 and had high blood pressure and was in pain constantly and just the simplest tasks exhausted me. I did not want to live this way any more, its not really living. I had my surgery and bam I lost nothing for about 2 months, I joined a gym and said to heck with it I will be fit and healthy regardless of what my scale says. So I ate right and began running, I saw a whole new me come out. The better version of me that was being smothered by my fat insecure unhappy self. I found myself at 23 and as of today 114 pounds down. I regret nothing. My now 2 year old and I play, and run to the park a mile away. She laughs and runs and I can catch her and toss her in the air til she giggles uncontrolably, I can carry her through the whole mall without putting her down. I can love and play with her and be here for the long term now. I am in no way perfect, and yes I am struggling now but I know I will get to my goal of 175, I am 212 now so it will happen. I am going to enjoy my size 16 butt cause the alternative was a size 26! Dont give up it is worth it, for a better future and a chance to live.

Super insightful and thought provocing, enjoyed this little read keep it up amazing work!

I hate lunges with a resistance band, HATE HATE HATE them but my thighs and calfs and butt are looking fabulous so I still do them.

Omg crongrats i hope it went well honey!!

You look fantastic! So happy you are doing so well, excercise sometimes is harder to start up. I am a crazy gym fanatic I started working out 2 weeks post op with a walking dvd and i strted at the gym 2 months post op now i go all weeklong and run! Lol my mom who had the surgery avoids the gym or any physical activity like the plague i use mfp too! apelt1221 if youd like to add me, best of luck honey!!!!

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So I was sleeved jan 29 an Was 322 I am 235 as of today I finished c25k but for the last month I have seriously slacked. I deprived myself of anything I liked for about 18 weeks so since a vacation I took lat month I have just been a slacker. So my game plan cut the crap out get my veggies protien and water in also my plan to spice up my workout 3 days a week doung c2 10 k bike 3 miles then 2 days a week do a quick mile run and do some strength stuff. Anyone game to join me in restarting? Move on ya live and learn I always say!

My trick is two stool sofeners and 3 exlax with 100 oz pf water every day i do this twice A week or else i cant go

To drink lol

I dont wait the 45 min before and after my meals I wait not 40 but 30 min im so rebelious

Hey hun i am 19 weeks post op my sleeve is like steel unfortunetly there isnt a food ive found that will make me sick or even feel yucky so have to really keep a leash on my self control, spicy doesnt bother me in fact i used alot of hot sauce in my puree stage to help w the flavor, i currently have salads as a snack or a cut up veggie. So protien each meal a salad with either cheese or chicken in it for a snack not a huge bowl like 1-4 cup salad or a cucumber or celery w pb or peppers w hummus. Its way easier to get tge protien in now that i can eat about 4 oz at a time used to only be able to eat 1 oz! Everyone is different youll just need to test the waters.

Hey honey I stArted at 322 jan 1 2013 day of surgery 309 jan 29 today 19 weeks post op I am drum roll.........234!!! Down 90 pounds!!!! Best choice I ever made for me, for my fiance for the 2 year old little girl I could barely play with at 322.

In my experience its killed my sex life and its annoying. I strted off jan 2013 at 322 now 19 weeks post op I am 234 down 90 pounds! I feel sexier, I love my body in clothes but I hate beig naked and I feel like all my energy and drive goes into my running 3-5 days a week. My hunny thinks I am super sexy and I used to be the one ready to go for sex now I just have zero desire. Working on that but it sorta takes the fun out to plan sex or get yourself in the game before hand.

Thanks y'all I didnt veer super of track I went on vacation with my family whom consists of a bunch of teens and others who didnt care to eat right so I slipped and fell now on track almost at wonderland 34 little pounds to go I am in the groove now. Hope yall are doing good too!!!!

Hey honey you will get there I know its super hard to be patient. I was sleeved jan 29, I was 322 jan first then day of surgery 309 I did t lose an oz for like a month as of today I am down 90 pounds I go thru spurts and stalls just gotta up the excercise an sometimes ur cal intake im a range of 600-800 cals. Hope that helps best of luck