mizzzliza

8 pounds under goal

All I can say is WOW! You look mahvelous!!! (In my billy crystal voice lol)

It's funny cause I'm losing VERY slowly now. Almost 9 months out and down 110lbs. Still have 13 lbs to reach the top of my normal weight range but at this point I'm losing maybe a couple lbs a month and people are still telling me to slow down or that I lost enough. I feel like I'm barely changing but they seem to think I drop a pant size over the weekend. (I wish lol) I figure I will keep losing as long as I can and just hope to eventually get down to mid normal range. Only then would I think about actively avoiding losing more.

Am SO EXCITED I lost 100 lbs on the day of my wedding! Now I am down 104... I doubted I'de ever see this day!

That is so awesome! Congrats!

You look fabulous .. So have you decided if you will lose the 30 pounds .. I'm thinking I won't alter my weightless I don't kno I just wants some room to breath you kno

I really haven't set a drop dead goal for myself yet. I know I could lose a little more. I can definitely tone which is more important than wt loss at this point. I'm still losing but slowly. So if I drift down another 20lbs over the next 6 mos I think that's great. Doubt I'm doing 30lbs. If I don't lose any more I'm still ecstatic over the new me.

Ok I'm 105lbs down from my highest weight and feeling pretty good. According to my doc I should lose another 30lbs.

Here's a before/after pic. Can't find any full length before pics. I intentionally took some just to have them for before/after shots and they got erased from my phone

My doctors said what ever I feel comfortable at to be at a normal Bmi I would now have to lose 25 pounds that's up to me he said and said I look great .. So I'm just going by how I look as of now oh what weight I would settle at I think 25 more pounds on me would be too small what u think

I just think ill go for 15 more pounds or were ever my sleeve takes me

You look fabulous! I also think what my doc wants me at will be too small. When I told her I'm pretty happy right now she laughed and said everybody feels like that because being a normal weight is new to them but years down the road I will regret not losing the rest if I choose to stop. I had my hubby snap a quick pic. Just out of the shower, no bra and a sleep shirt on cause I have some cooking to do and don't want my clothes to get dirty but it'll give u an idea of where I am.

oh well shoot I can't load a pic from here. Let me start another thread lol

108 pounds loss in 6 months 6 pounds to my goal and 30 to be at normal bmi

So your goal is a number that still has you as overweight? Is that a goal your doc set or a personal goal? Just curious cause I'm supposed to get down to midway between my normal weight range to allow for wiggle room if I gain some back. Just wondering what other docs are having people do.

Picture on the Left is from July 14' date=' 2012. The one on the right is from last week. So basically a year apart. Surgery was 1/28/2013.

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You look at least a decade younger. So wonderful! Congrats!!!

This surgery was certainly life changing for me. I own a clothing boutique...I liken myself to akid in a candy store.....except with diabetes ....I couldn't fit in many of the clothing items I sold....except now! Now it's like.." Oh! I will have that...and that...and that!!!!" Love it!

That's funny. Thank goodness I don't own a clothing boutique! My surgeon warned me that many people trade the addiction of eating all the unhealthy foods with shopping addictions. At least I spend my money at the thrift stores for now. My closet is bulging with clothes! Lord help me when I finally stop losing and feel like its ok to buy new clothes.

I finally hit 100lbs down yesterday. Surgery jan 9, weight 268.6. Yesterday 168.6 exactly. My doc wants me to get to around 135 so another 34lbs to go. I took pre-surg pics but lost all the pics on my phone so I have no comparison shots to post

**wait that's not true. I was 268.6 at my highest lol. Lost 40 before surgery. Down a TOTAL of 100 lbs.

Uncharted territory is more than a little scary' date=' it's terrifying. I'm 19 lbs. below my personal goal, 9 below my doc's, and well within the range of "normal" BMI. I'm wearing a 16 1/2 neck dress shirt, which I've never fit into as an adult, and a 38 waist, which is like high school era for me (I'm 42). I would be perfectly happy to not lose another pound, but it keeps coming off (I get no sympathy for that, I understand). I'm at 1,200-1,500 net calories a day, and trying to find the sweet spot.

Am getting plenty of comments like, "OK, don't lose any more weight." And I agree![/quote']

That's funny though huh? Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it. I don't think it's going to be a problem for me to keep losing. As it is, all I have to do is add a few carbs back in and I will gain a pound back. It's more going to be a balancing act to make sure I don't gain again. Is your doc concerned about your continued weight loss? I see my doc for the first time this Friday for my 6 mo follow up (this is the internist who now follows us instead of the surgeon) and I assume she will finally give me a goal weight. I haven't gotten one as of yet. Anxious to hear what she has to say.

I will be 6 mos out on the 9th and am sitting at 172lbs. In my head I know that number is high but honestly I don't think I would be unhappy if I didn't lose any more. I feel great. I'm wearing a 10/12 pants. I can't imagine what I will look like after losing another 27lbs to reach the top of my normal range. I'm 47 yrs old and have had 5 children. I guess I just never pictured myself looking stick thin which I think now, that would be about how I end up. Am I weird? Does anybody else have like concerns?

One. Hundred. Pounds. GONE!

Yeah!!!! That's so awesome! Congrats!!

I was sleeved jan 9 and am down 95lbs. Can't wait to be able to say I've lost 100! My 6 mo appt is July 12, so that's my goal for now. Haven't really settled on a weight goal. Just going with the flow. Happy every time I can go down another clothing size. Loving my sleeve still.

I feel the same way! Love that my collarbones have reappeared!

Wow. 99% of everyone is way ahead of me. I knew id e a slow loser but now im thinking this isnt working for me. Sleeved 1/7 down 38 pounds. I started at 263. Ive been between 228 and 224 for weeks now. Im just so confused. I barely get in 1000 cal a day ' date=' how am i not losing?? I was eating like 2500 pre surg and not gaining. That was just maintaining. And no, have not lost inches in weeks. Time to cut carbs.. Again!![/quote']

You and I are almost identical for post surgery loss. I've also lost 38lbs and was sleeved 1/9. I started out at 268 but lost 40lbs before surgery so I'm sitting at 190 right now. Been stalled for about 2 weeks till yesterday. Finally started to see a little bit of a loss. I seem to be eating less than I could eat a month ago. Like my sleeve has decided to be finicky. As long as I see some movement though I'm happy. Stalls are tough. I agree, though. Maybe time to start cracking down on the carbs.

Things will get better. Just hang in there and stay with the plan. I'm sure many many people had second thoughts while healing after surgery. I'm 12 weeks out this Wednesday and wouldn't go back and undo this even if I could. That doesn't mean a part of me isn't sad that I am forever changed. I don't enjoy food the same anymore and of course that's to be expected. Yet I didn't expect it. That fairy tale of being able to enjoy most of the same foods just in smaller amounts just isn't true in my case. At least not yet. This whole process is about growing and evolving into a new person. A healthier person. You know what they say- keep your eye on the prize. Hope you start feeling better soon.

I'm down to 190.9 this morning! .9lbs to go and 5 days to do it. I got this!

Well shoot, I weighed in at 190.7 Easter morning . So close!

My daughter had to have surgery both times she was pregnant. First one for appendicitis and second one for a dermoid cyst on her ovary. The only concern the docs had was it may induce miscarriage. She also had kidney stones for most of her second pregnancy so was on pain meds. The docs were ok with it but boy was I glad when that baby was born! Anyway hope your friend does ok.

Glad you're feeling better christieK. I'm sure once you get back home you will feel even better. I always hate being in the hospital. Impossible to get any rest. Please keep us updated.

Starting weight 268

Surg weight 228

Current weight 190

Total loss 78 lbs.

started my diet oct 19, surgery was jan 9. Haven't lost anything for a few days but I wouldn't count that as a stall. Only real stall was 2 weeks post op I didn't lose for over a week.

I've already decided if I can afford plastics my neck will be the first target. Hate that droopy skin. So unattractive.

I am 47' date=' 4 kids (21,19,13,11) and married for 23 years. was sleeved on march 13 in NJ and am down 13 lbs in 15 days and 30 overall since Xmas.

I am in puréed stage now but 2 tsp make me stuffed!

I glad I found this group as I always feel so much older than the many 20-something's getting sleeved.

As for skin, 3 of my babies were well over 9 lbs and one was 11-11 (no c-sects!) so I am already resigned to being saggy everywhere and having slinkys for boobs!

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I hear ya on that skin thing. My largest was 9-13 but after 5 pregnancies my body is never gonna be fit for a magazine spread for sure. I'm concentrating on looking good with clothes on! That's enough. And being healthy.

Hi I am 44 years old and happily married to my sweetheart for 15 years now!! We have 4 children' date=' 1 boy and 3 girls, 14,12,7 & 6. I was sleeved yesterday on march 25th! So excited to be on the losing side now!![/quote']

You're gonna love love your new sleeve!

Right on! I'm in.

Highest weight 268.6

Surgery weight 228

Current weight 205

Goal 190

Can't wait for the onederlands!

I'm down to 190.9 this morning! .9lbs to go and 5 days to do it. I got this!