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The excess skin is a big concern I have. I'm not super worried about what I'll look like in public, clothed and all, but worried that my sweetheart husband won't find me attractive. Not saying he won't of doesn't love me, but to be attracted to me. He's always loved my plush-ness, and to be true, I like the way I feel (to the touch)--the softness, not so much with the aching knees/legs. I can't see me (or him) feeling the same way when I feel and look like a hairless shar-pei with poking bones.

Puréed mars bars are a definite no-no.

Read "New Rules of Lifting". There is one for women and one for men. Each book has several workout plans designed for different goals such as fat loss.
Also, see the link in my sig. It has some good information about what causes stalls and some tips on breaking them.
It sounds like you are doing alot of things right. I wouldn't worry too much about it at this point. Stalls come and go on there own without you having to do anything. People put alot of effort into "breaking" stalls when they should just stay the course. Now if you were a year post op, then yeah you might need to change things up.

When I started my journey in nov '11 I was 347. I know I weighed more, but didn't weigh myself till after two weeks of dieting. I was scared to see the scale. I started my preop aug 3rd and was at 311. Aug 14 was my surgery date and I was 296. Today I am at 269!! I am down 78 lbs since I started and down 27 since day of surgery. I still have a ways to go, but I am thrilled with the results so far!

I weighed 358 when I started this journey. I had surgery on 3/19 and as of this morning I am down 88 pounds. I still can't believe it.

My preop weight was 386. I'm at 260 now. Surgery was 7.5 months ago - doing great. Cannot believe how much better I feel and how
Much more active I am
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You guys are SO encouraging me - and hopefully one another!!!

I thougt I hit 100 pounds down three days ago - and then my weight went up 4 pounds. Back and forth. Back and forth. As long as the trajectory is down, I am happy. Watching my body retain Water, do its little ups and downs has been helping me get to know my body better. I avoided scales for so. so long! I had no idea how much I weighed - except when I'd venture into WW once a year when they had free sign-ups. And I'd always be "so surprised" when it was higher than it was the last time! NOT! Denial is not our friend, and so I am determined to keep talkin about my weight, my size, my fears, my food, my excersize, my Protein, etc. I can't do this alone. I don't want to do it alone. Please message or email me if you ever want additional support or ideas or prayer and a mutual kick in the butt!!!!!
I am so PROUD OF US!!!!!!!!!

I weighed 431 the day of surgery...which was June 15th. I am now at 361! Whoo hoo! I have a lot of worries about sleeve size and stretching, etc....but I know that if I keep up the Protein & liquids, and keep the calories to around 800, I can't help but keep losing.
I'm with you!

My name is Tierainie and at my heaviest back in February I weighed in at 426 and could not believe it. I knew right then and there I had to do something to get that weight off me. Thru diet and excercise I'm proud to say Im down to 386. A loss of almost 50 pounds! I've noticed that I can wear clothes in my closest I couldn't have worn in years. I've received my approval letter and surgey is scheduled for October 1 or 5 depends on if I have my all of my hospital deposit or not. Im hoping to get to 370 by surgey day. So I'm right here with you and I support you in every way as we share a lot of the same struggles and victories. Best wishes and I look forward to hearing more happy moments from you.
xoxo

I am always excited to see other people in here that were close to my weight on this site.
I was 420 at my heaviest and at the beginning of the year I was 412. Right now I am sitting at right around 345. I am so excited to see where I will be one year out, and I wish everyone on here the best in their weight loss journey.

Well I started at 339....after the 2 week liquid diet I was down to 324 on the day of surgery (6/11/12) now 3 months post-op I'm at 277.2
I am very happy, especially since I'm a revisioner....
I just pray that it continues to drop off and away forever

Hi! I started at 349. Sleeved in February, and now down to 258 as of today! 91 pounds, and very thrilled at how life has changed. I've often worried that I will never really get as low as I want to, but I think it's all me. I don't think the sleeve limits us as much as the statistics will say. I think our mind and body can accomplish more than they ever thought possible.... If I want to see bones poking out through my rib cage, I think I can do that!!

I started at 407, lost 21lbs before surgery, and on surgery day was 386. I will be 6 months on the 21 September and i am at 314 now. I am really hoping to lose 7lbs to take me over to 100. and then i can't wait to get to 299!! Just 15lbs away, so exciting

I weighted 397 when I finally got approved for surgery. I lost 30 pounds pre-op eating two shakes, some lite yogurt, and a McDonald’s southwest grilled chicken salad a day. I had my surgery on 6/12/12. It has now been just over three months and I have lost an additional 56 pounds - so 86 in all.

I had various goals that meant a lot to me over the past three months. One was getting under 350. One was getting under 340 which is what I weighed when my mom died 19 years ago. Then it was getting under 320. Now it's getting to 307 which will mean 90 pounds lost.

My other goals have revolved around movement. When I started this process I had to illegally park in the visitor parking at work each day. I simply could not walk from the parking lot - and could barely walk from the close-up visitor spots. I now park as far out in the parking lot as possible and even walk around the parameter of the very large parking lot several days per week at lunch. This has been HUGE for me.

I cannot really see much difference in my body yet. 311 is still a very heavy body. But I can sit in a booth now. I have moved my car seat up several times. I no longer need my seatbelt extender. I can sit in outdoor plastic chairs with arms. My clothes are falling off me. My rings are too big. My bangle bracelets fit again. And my feet don't hurt nearly as much as they used to.

I think I am craving some connections with people who are over 350+ because so many of the stories I read here are about people who weigh so much less. I realize we are all on the same journey - but those of us in the "super morbidly obese" category have a much longer road ahead - and I for one want to walk that road with some of you who know just what I'm facing.

I'd like to hear your stories - support you - cry and laugh with you - and seriously do this journey together!!!

Amy in Chicago

Hi, sounds like you are doing greAt! I started this journey at 354, I lost 20 lbs during the pre- op diet, and then was sleeved on July 30th, as of sept. 10 at my six week appt I weighed 304, so I had lost 50lbs in all! Like you I feel much better and am excited about the progress I made but I know it will be a long road! Congrats on you success so far!

I was 375. Got sleeved 4-24-12. Now I weigh 261

To all the disgusted posters: You're so perfect, but you had to have 85% of your stomach removed, so you could stop over eating. They can't control it, just like you couldn't. Talk about hypocrisy.

I am disgusted by the people who have been sleeved and are rude/disrectful to or about their significant other. My DH isn't overweight so maybe it is harder to understand, but most of our spouses loved us at our heaviest. Mine told me he loved me no matter what I weighed. Told me I was beautiful no matter how down I was feeling about myself. Never EVER said a word about what I ate, how much, how often, nothing. Just loved me unconditionally, knowing how much I was already struggling, how much I was hating myself, he would never add to it with comments.
Who would I be, what kind of person to be mean to them, or rude about what they are eating after my surgery. when a few months ago I was right there with them, or still would be without my sleeve. They deserve the same they gave us, unconditional love.

okay Im going to do it.....the rudeness of this topic overwhelms me.....so yes I guess I am being as judgemental as the majority of you on this postt...
Really.... escuse me.... if it were not for the sleeve...most of us would still be licking KFC grease off of our fingers...as at matter of fact...I have a feeling some of you are doing behind close doors...(wait that was accusatory so im sorry).
How dare we look at anyone and make judgement, feel ill or what ever....damn did you not wear those same moccasins.....
all i can say is simply this....stand in the mirror....oh skinny one....point at the figure in the mirror....then notice those 3 fingers pointing right back at you....
God forbid someone talks about the skin that will sag around our bellies....or the thinning of our hair that may take place....
I found that those who frown upon others are still quite miserable themselves.....
Wait a minute is this how we Celebrate the few pounds already lost.....
whew... now I can stop judging yalll (LOL)

I haven't had surgery yet, my skin crawls hearing some of these statements. Really hurtful to think people I am around during meals could be feeling all this animosity towards me while I consume food in larger than needed amounts Especially people who use to do the exact same thing... I would hope to have some empathy after my surgery for others in my current position. If you can relocate that inner fat person for a moment and imagine reading utter disgust on the faces of others looking at you (its obvious, we have all experienced the looks) and remember how you felt as that person, maybe this will help. <3

I, as well as most of us here know exactly how it feels to be discrimiated against or to be treated less than human because of our weight. It is one of the most hurtful and humiliating things I have ever experienced and I'll be damned if I will EVER do it to anyone else, whether I'm skinny or not. We, as former,or soon to be former fatties, should be even MORE sensitive to those suffering from the same food addictions we suffer from instead of feeling superior to them and judging them for it. Once an addict, always an addict, no matter the "drug" of choice. We are fortunate (or soon will be) to have a great tool to keep us from indulging in our addiction to food.

It's weird how people who maybe had fingers pointing towards them in the past, now do the pointing. It might be nice to TRY to be fair and understand what these people that overeat are going through. We've all "been there, done that" and at times we've had out of control eating and/or relentless unsatiable hunger. It's one thing to see them overeating and reflect back on yourself, not see yourself in a positive light in the past and glad you had a tool to help you not be like that any longer. But we've been there, we know how overaters feel and of all people..... we should understand and see things a little how they see them.
I'll see someone like that and want to tell them (without offending them or them thinking I'm calling them fat) that there are possible tools for them out there as well and tell them how happy I am with mine. But I've rarely done that due to not knowing how they would take it. I would like to help them somehow instead of putting them down or judging them.

My doctor told me that the actual instruments that they use in the surgery are not able to effectively hold the liver out of the way during the procedure if the liver is too heavy. If they can't hold it up and out of the way they need to open you up and do an open procedure with a big nasty scar and a much longer healing time. I went to him 12 days before my surgery and he started me on the liquid diet that day. (I never had a chance for my "last" meal....something that you aren't supposed to do anyway) He had me come back the day before the surgery to weigh in, if I hadn't lost 10 pounds he would cancel my surgery. Imagine my surprise when I weighed in and found I had lost 23 pounds!