Shoota

Beach Haven, New Jersey!

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Before & After

Almost 8 months out, 114 pounds down. Current weight 171.2.

Sleeved April 29, 279 lbs on the day of surgery. As of this morning, 179 lbs. That's a hundred lbs loss in less than 6 1/2 months! Going to celebrate with a protein shake and an hour on the elliptical...

6 months out, yesterday I ate two peanut M&M's.

Okay, it's been almost 6 months since surgery. Lost close to 100 pounds. Things I have noticed. Firstly, I have gone through all the clothes I had in my closet, from xxxl to l. Even the clothes I used to wear when I thought I was at a " normal" weight are huge on me. Hard, uncushioned chairs are uncomfortable for my now bony butt, painful! The weight loss has happened so quickly that when I look in the mirror I can't wrap my head around the way I look. I can walk up 3 flights of stairs at work without having to sit down and catch my breath before I can chat with someone. I'm not depressed anymore, and don't let people take advantage of me. 3 different responses from people who haven't seen me prior to surgery. One, they don't recognize me, two they recognize me but say nothing about my weight loss because they fear that I've contracted some deadly disease, and three, they congratulate me on my weight loss and ask how I did it. I have become addicted to checking my weight 3 times a week dreading the thought of gaining an ounce. I struggle through days when I don't work out because of the guilt of betraying myself. Unfortunately, the indentation my massive stomach made in my bed will not go away, I have to put a pillow in it to fill it up. Most importantly, I don't wake up twice a night to hit the bathroom, all that weight on my bladder is gone.

Sleeved April 29, down 93 pounds !

5 1/2 months out from surgery, 90 pounds down, working out regularly. Feeling great! I guess I started to feel a little too good today. Tried some bread with some beef, got seriously slimed. First experience of this kind and hopefully, I won't repeat it. Feels absolutely awful. Like a river of saliva in my mouth and throat. Thought it was curtains for me.

Sleeved April 29 Highest Weight: 297 Surgery date weight: 279 Current weight: 193 Weight lost post surgery: 86 pounds Total pounds lost 104 pounds

I was sleeved on April 29, down 79 pounds since surgery and right now a half pound from onederland!

Sleeved April 29. Pre-Surgery weight 279, currently 203. Total loss 76 pounds. Feeling great. I look in the mirror and I can't recognize myself. Sometimes I think I look great, other times I think I look sickly. I'm still fat in my head. It all happened so fast.

Sometimes I feel like my old 300 pound self is chasing after the new version of me with a keg of beer and a giant pizza, waiting for me to stumble so he can stuff it all down my throat. It may be time to chill out a bit...

I've gone from 279 pre-surgery weight to 209, about 14 weeks following the sleeve surgery. Losing now about 1 pound a week, despite strenuous daily exercise and maintaining my diet. Can I expect this to continue till I get to my goal which is 185, or is this the "dreaded stall" that I hear much about?