AmberDawn

Hello December! Well to update I started doing serious weight training back in March and while I haven't been losing alot of weight I've been losing sizes. Now down to a 16 from a 26/28 originally. I need to lose another 39lbs before goal. My current exercise routine is 5 days of cardio, an hour each day, two days off then 5 days of weight lifting, a different muscle group each day, also hour long workouts. When I started I could barely bench press the bar by itself which is 45 lbs. Now I'm benching 75lbs. On leg presses I started at 50lbs, now I can do 270lbs.. I'm leg pressing more than most of the guys in there, talk about a good feeling! lol July 2013 June 2011

I know how you feel. My husband and I tried for 8 years with no luck. I had the surgery just so I could improve my chances of getting pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy. But I also knew that I would give myself the best chance by waiting a year before trying, really whats 1 more year? I know it seems like forever, but you owe it to yourself(and your future baby) to take full advantage of the surgery, focus on making yourself the best vessel to carry a baby first. Being a parent means being selfless and in this case it means getting yourself to a point where you can consume enough nutrients to make a happy and healthy baby. I don't know how much you need to lose but imagine how much easier it will be being another 50-60 pounds lighter?

I was told by my Gyno before surgery that there was a very good chance I have PCOS( trouble losing weight, unwanted hair, really messed up long cycles and he did spot some cysts on my ovaries). After the surgery within a few months my cycles became completely normal, 28 days like clock work. I still have some lingering signs of PCOS but I think it's improved greatly since I've lost the weight. I also just found out I'm 7 weeks pregnant. So there is that I think it does take time for our bodies to realize the weight is gone and for the PCOS to start letting up, but it will happen, just hang in there.

Thank you all for the kind words. I'll update after my Dr appt tomorrow. Fingers crossed

Well I didn't quite get to my goal, about 47lbs short and now I've discovered I have a bun in the oven. I have/had PCOS and my husband had motility issues so we thought it would never happen. Well we got the surprise of a lifetime. Now I'm wondering if Protein shakes(casein and isopure) are ok during pregnancy. They're a staple in my diet, i have a shake every morning for Breakfast. Has anyone heard from their Dr about Protein shakes being okay during pregnancy? I go see my Dr Wednesday but wanted to see what the concensus is.

Hey all. I was sleeved the 12th also. I've lost 94 lbs so far. Been stuck around 230s for a while now, about late august. Dipped back down to 228 today, going to be starting rowing soon and been really watching my carbs which i know started to creep back up. Hopefully it will jump start the loss again. Hope to lose another 48lbs but at this rate its going to take forever.

I started nuvaring after surgery and my weight stalled. I stopped the ring and my weight loss picked back up. Though now its slowed due to being 9 months post op and strength training.

Hello All. Just an update from me. I'm down 87 pounds since 12/12/11. So I finally realized that I wasn't really stalling the last couple months, I was gaining tons of muscle. Wish I knew how many true pounds of fat I've lost since I've been replacing those with muscle pounds. I've been working out 5 days a week. 1 hour sessions or longer. Mainly elliptical or treadmill or a toning DVD I have. I'm really proud of how my legs are looking. I'm wearing shorts all the time now, which I had been too embarrassed to do before. I'll try to post some pics shortly.

Hmm well guess i'll try to get in at least 100oz a day, i dont think i could do anymore, doesnt seem there would be enough hours in the day with waiting 30 mins before eating and an hour after eating to drink.

Hm how much more Water a day do you think i should do beyond the 64 i'm getting? I've been doing the cardio for 2 weeks now and mostly elliptical but i do try and get in a day of just treadmill and another day i do elliptical for ten minutes, treadmill jogging for 4 minutes until i'm out of breath and heart rate is up to 175-180 then another 36 mins on the elliptical hauling butt. Though i wouldnt have thought my body would already be used to the elliptical after just 2 weeks. I thought it would take longer than that.

I was getting about 58-70 carbs a day. Today i'm at 39 damn near impossible to do 20. I'm thinking(hoping) this might be Water weight. My scale reads total body water and its gone 38-40% a couple weeks ago to 41-43% this week and i havent changed my water intake. Oh well i'm not giving up on exercising thats for sure. I'm off to do so right now actually. Figure the scale has got to start moving if i'm burning that many calories 5 days a week if i just stick with it. right?!? lol

I dont know if I could get any more protein, i'm getting 75+ a day and at least 64oz of water. I'm trying under 20grams of carbs a day this week to see if that makes any difference. keeping my fingers crossed this stall/gain pattern breaks soon.

So i'm 6 months out from surgery and finally getting off my butt and exercising. My weight loss for the last 2 or 3 months has been super slow. This last month i've completely stalled, i've even gained 2lbs in the last 8 days. 2 weeks ago i started cardio, mainly on the elliptical doing 45-55 minutes at a time 5 days a week. I'm super depressed that I actually start doing good and working out and then see the scale move in the opposite direction! Has anyone else had this happen right after they start exercising?

6 months after surgery and i'm just now getting really serious about exercise . I've started using my elliptical at home 45-55 minutes, 5 days a week. I guess i'm lucky, it's so much easier to me than jogging on the treadmill. I dont set the resistance too high (between 4-10), i do the interval training setting on it. Make sure you're pushing and pulling with your arms as well(but dont grip too tight). Don't lean forward, keep your back straight and head up. Every few minutes let your arms swing freely. I think every person just has strenghts in different areas. I can't do 4 minutes of jogging on the treadmill without my legs starting to burn and having to slow down to a walk. I read an article about elliptical vs treadmill. They said the best one is the one you actually do.