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bigcountryab

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  4. Posted

    Hi everyone' date=' I'm really glad that they have this app for sleevers to be each others support system. Im 29 years old & i was sleeved nov1st so almost 8 months out & My highest weight & surgery day was 328 & now I'm 218 so that's 110 down so far. Also I've attached my before picture & after to show.

    Me prior to surgery

    Me at 6months in the zebra outfit going out to Celebrate my hundred pounds down & 6months post op.

    Me about 7 1/2 months post op going to celebrate a friends wedding in ct

    I have my 9month check up july9th which is crisply a month before my 9month mark due to docs scheduling[/quote']

    More before and after I've dropped 107lbs and went from 42 pants to 34, XXL shirts to M

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    After reading pages and pages on a previous topic about "regretting this whole thing' date='" the OP repeated over and over about doing this for her health....not looks.

    Am I the only person who did this to look good? Yes, the health benefits are WONDERFUL...no arguments there. But I went into this because I wanted to look better..which in turn makes me feel better...physically and mentally.. Maybe it's my age...60...but the closer I get to the end of my life...the more I wanted to end things looking the best I can. My biggest fear is that people would file by my casket saying..."she never did lose that weight.". Lol![/quote']

    Yea looking better naked was a huge motivation ;) mission accomplished lol jk

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    I read somewhere ... and I don't remember the quote exactly... but basically that "I have the disease of obesity and by losing weight I am merely managing the primary symptom. I will always have the disease of obesity and will need to be forever diligent that the weight doesn't return."

    My maintenance is going fine' date=' but I do so much feel this is a true statement - like the weight will just fly back on if I don't remain vigilint.

    I don't want to make newbies too scared, this is different then "dieting" ever was - I still have my sleeve. What I am trying to say is that it is no freaking joke - you need to make permanent lifestyle changes and it is hard!!![/quote']

    Well you are doing a great job and looking fantastic

  16. Posted

    I'm a year and a half out and not at goal. I'm not overly worried about it' date=' but I'm making a new push to get to 215, I started around 300. I've reached all of my other goals (less body aches, off medications, more energy, etc), except for the weight goal. At 6-3, I think 215 (if I make it), will be a little slimmer than I prefer to be, so I like where I am now and will probably settle back in to the low to mid 220s. I have about 8 pounds to go, so we'll see.

    As for reasons, perhaps because I lift weights quite a bit, was a fairly low BMI'er to start with and also because I do slip up every once in a while with my food, but it's fairly rare. So my focus to help me get to goal is to do a little less resistance training and more cardio, absolutely no food slip ups at least until I make goal and also watch my salt since Water rentention can play a bit of a role as well. I've lost 2 pounds the past week and a half, so this may be helping some.....we'll see.[/quote']

    Congrats bro

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  20. Posted

    I'm just curious and want something kind of like a roll call to see where we're all at.

    I'll be three years out in one month and I'm five pounds away from my pre pregnancy weight and eight pounds away from my original goal.

    If you're at goal' date=' how long have you been maintaining within a 5 pound window?

    If you're not at goal, how far do you have to go?

    How do you transition your mind and eating from loss to maintenance or back to loss from maintenance? Do you go back to basics, restrict calories, get more active, etc.?

    I'd like to see some experiences shared here. I'm finding that I just don't make the time to come to VST much anymore. Sure, there's a small measure of burnout (I just avoid most of the topics when I do come around) and sure, I just had a baby a few months ago. But I think a major thing is that I don't like being here as a vet and not at my goal weight. It's silly, because this is exactly where I should be as I'm trying to lose.

    I'm struggling. Eating isn't that bad. I'm very fortunate, because I've read a number of threads lately where even vets are having trouble with non-stop hunger or food thoughts. I'm not dealing with that.

    But I maintained so easily. I'm not bragging...it's just how it was, and I honestly feel like I deserved it after struggling for 17 months to lose 107 pounds a tenth of a pound at a time! Transitioning from maintenance to pregnancy to loss again SUCKS. I hate it. I log my food and I track and no, I don't feel hungry (thank goodness) and I don't really want to graze or binge (thankfully) but I feel like the SLOWEST LOSER IN THE UNIVERSE and I'm really struggling with my body image and with the idea that I have to eat 700-900 calories a day, and skip the extra cups of coffee and actually pay attention to what I eat.

    I want to be lazy again, honestly. I want to be back in maintenance, back at goal and I want my size 5/6 pants to fit perfectly, without being slightly snug. I want to go back to hopping on the scale each morning and not minding if I see the number go up a touch one day and down a bit the next, because I'm already in my maintenance window and a small change won't hurt. I want to see progress again!

    I cannot wrap my head around making this transition smooth. It's not a huge amount of stress but there is a very real underlying fear that if I don't manage to get back into loss mode mentally, too, that I won't ever lose the weight and I'll slide into regaining.

    Where are the rest of you on this?

    ~Cheri[/quote']

    I hit goal really fast (6 months) and I have maintained and continued losing for the past two months. I'm currently under my original goal weight and maintaining pretty easily.

    Before 305lbs

    After 198lbs

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  23. Posted

    Personally' date=' I think it's a persons confidence and if they're approachable. Not to brag or full of myself. I'm waaaaayyy over 40 and get hit on by men of all ages from 20 to 70. So I truly believe that what it is.[/quote']

    You can brag diva lol

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