Steelersrn56

Today marks my 1 year since having the gastric sleeve surgery . I couldn't be happier with my progress . I'm officially down 120 lbs since surgery , 150 overall , with about 30 to go . I no longer have high blood pressure or sleep apnea and feel great .

Thank you all !

A little over ( by a week ) 7 months post op . Feeling great . Anyone else having struggles with still seeing yourself as heavy even though you've lost a huge amount of weight ?? SW:372 HW( as pictured ) :385 CW:240 Goal : 200

Thank you . 40 is great . Keep up the good work and a double take always feels great !

Thank you . I didn't think about doing that . I can see the difference after looking at pictures , but I know I'm not the only one feeling like that .

Thank you ! I am 5'11 , my height has always helped me that no one could guess I weighed that much . My recommendation is to follow everything the surgeon tells you ! I'm very strict with my diet , I exercise at least 4 days a week , and I don't cheat often , and if I do it's still something somewhat healthy . I still haven't tried beer , bread , or anything fried because I knew I needed a lifestyle change . I follow a lot of healthy clean eating people on Instagram if you like to learn new recipes . You can message me f you like I'll send them to you ! Good luck to you , we are all on this journey together!

Thank you . Congrats to you as well . I think it's my stomach that bothers me . Working out , losing all this weight to have a flabby stomach . I'm looking into a tummy tuck but I have to be at least a year out my nutritionist days . Looking at pictures helps , and gives me motivation to see my before and after so far .

Looking good !

70 lbs down since sleeved on 7/10/13. 115 down overall

4 months out , sleeved July 10th . Highest weight :385 Preop : 365 Surgery :350 Current :270

I am 5'11 and my goal weight is 200 lbs. I like having curves and it's a health BMI of 27. Hoping to hit it around April. Surgery date was 7/10/13

Living in Northern Virginia

Hey Everyone. I was very excited ( possibly over-excited) to share with you all a pumpkin cheesecake recipe. I have been feening for something yummy and pumpkin. I changed the recipe slightly due to the fact I wanted to use fat free cream cheese to get rid of the fat of course. This serves 8. I also used a glass pie pan to bake it in. ORIGINAL RECIPE-Ingredients 2 (8 ounce) packages light cream cheese ( not fat free) 1/2 cup Splenda granular 2/3 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs 1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree ( not pumpkin pie filling which contains sugar) 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice whipped cream (optional) Directions Preheat oven to 325°F. In large bowl combine softened cream cheese, Splenda, and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer until smooth. Blend in eggs, one at a time. Remove one cup of batter and spread into bottom of glass or crockery baking dish which has been sprayed very lightly with non-stick spray. Add pumpkin and spices to remaining batter and stir until blended. Carefully spread pumpkin layer over first layer. Bake in preheated oven 35-45 minutes or until center is almost set. Allow to cool, then chill several hours or overnight. Serve with whipped cream if desired and wait for compliments. I used a 10" by 8" glass baking dish to cook this. Next time I think I would double the recipe and only increase to a 9" by 13" baking dish to make a thicker cheese cake. This would show of the layers better. Some cinnamon dusted on the top would have been a nice touch. I added about 3/4 cup of Splenda in the mix. I also added a sprinkle of cinnamon to the top of the cheesecake. I broke it down on paper myself to get the right calculations that we need to know. Per slice: Calories- 85 Carbs- 5g Protein- 9.75 g Sugar: 4.5 g I have not tasted it yet since it is currently cooling, but I'll update you all tomorrow when I bring it into work!!

It was yummy . A few people that I didn't tell didn't even think it was healthy lol . Only thing I would change would be to add about a quarter cup of Splenda to the pumpkin mixture , just to make the top more sweet .

I'm hoping it will be

Stay positive . You are doing it for all the right reasons . The short term problems are only temporary for a lifetime full of health . I felt this way 4 days after my surgery when I cried and was angry . I thought wtf did I do to myself ? Best decision I could have done . I am a psych nurse and I always encourage my patients to think positive , list the positives versus the negatives and the best advice , take each day one at a time . It's going to be a challenge but think of how great you will feel soon . It gets better , trust me . I'm almost 3 months out , and I am glad I made this decision .

I did 4 miles today , except my fitbit said I did 8.5 ( I added my activities on there and it calculated my steps to be 8.5 miles ) . I guess I should be good and only accept the 4 miles lol

Thank you !!

Sleeved July 10th . Down 70 from preop diet ( June 28th ) . 55 from actual surgery . Congrats to all my fellow sleevers

Congrats !!

I do love it . Except I don't know if it necessarily calculates my strides 100% because I'm so tall . It's nice because I have the app on my phone I can track food , fluids , my weight , set goals for myself . I don't want something where I'm going to have to document my life in it if you know what I mean.

I would love to join in ! I'm Ashley , hello all ! How do we log in ? I have a fitbit I wear , I don't have mfp , but could get it if necessary .

Thank you

Was sleeved July 10th . Best decision of my life . Today is my 28th Birthday and I have never felt healthier . I am down 90 lbs from my heaviest , 70 lbs from my surgery. I finally hit a huge milestone ( for me at least ) the other day of dropping below 300 . That is very hard to post for me because I still have a lot to go and admitting what my weight was is difficult . But change is good . I am so glad I took this journey and continue to work hard each day . Congratulations to everyone else , we are all in this together !! -Ashley At my heaviest on the left to current