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Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Update: I hit 160 this morning!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Update: I hit 160 this morning!

So I am 5 years post sleeve. I managed to get within 5 lbs of my goal and slowly slipped back into bad habits. When I went for my annual PCP appointment and saw the scales were reading 175, I almost cried. I hadn't been weighing myself over this past year due to my house flooding and all my stuff was in storage for 6 months. I realized that I had been wearing stretchy leggings and hadn't tried on a pair of jeans in a year (again everything was in storage and I bought a few comfy outfits to tide me over till the home repairs were complete) I went through my kitchen and pulled all processed foods, bread, flour, sugars, root veggies, fruits, cereals, pasta and rice. I gave these things away to my neighbors.
I researched diets and weight gain after sleeve procedure. I have started following a modified Keto diet. I say modified because I try to keep my protein at 80 grams a day. So basically I have replaced carbs with healthy fats. My next step back on track was to come back to this site and read the different topics.
It has been 2 weeks on my version of Keto and have lost 8 lbs! I still have problems eating enough calories and know my metabolism is slow so I eat what I can and spread a meal to be a 1/2 cup meal and 1/2 cup snack 2-3 hours later. I have found some great recipes online and have bought a few books about Keto diet. I have read up on resistant starches because I have not taken beans out of my diet. They are my source of Fiber and some protein. Since I only eat a couple tablespoon full of beans, I am testing the theory about resistant starches by eating the beans cold. Apparently when certain foods are cooked and then cooled, the carbs crystalize and become resistant to digestion (but are great food for gut flora). I bought a new scale (my old one was lost in the flood) and have started keeping track of what I eat. Coming back to this site and writing my story will help me keep on track to getting back to my goal weight.

Update: I hit 160 this morning!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!

Update: I hit 160 this morning!

So I am 5 years post sleeve. I managed to get within 5 lbs of my goal and slowly slipped back into bad habits. When I went for my annual PCP appointment and saw the scales were reading 175, I almost cried. I hadn't been weighing myself over this past year due to my house flooding and all my stuff was in storage for 6 months. I realized that I had been wearing stretchy leggings and hadn't tried on a pair of jeans in a year (again everything was in storage and I bought a few comfy outfits to tide me over till the home repairs were complete) I went through my kitchen and pulled all processed foods, bread, flour, sugars, root veggies, fruits, cereals, pasta and rice. I gave these things away to my neighbors.
I researched diets and weight gain after sleeve procedure. I have started following a modified Keto diet. I say modified because I try to keep my protein at 80 grams a day. So basically I have replaced carbs with healthy fats. My next step back on track was to come back to this site and read the different topics.
It has been 2 weeks on my version of Keto and have lost 8 lbs! I still have problems eating enough calories and know my metabolism is slow so I eat what I can and spread a meal to be a 1/2 cup meal and 1/2 cup snack 2-3 hours later. I have found some great recipes online and have bought a few books about Keto diet. I have read up on resistant starches because I have not taken beans out of my diet. They are my source of Fiber and some protein. Since I only eat a couple tablespoon full of beans, I am testing the theory about resistant starches by eating the beans cold. Apparently when certain foods are cooked and then cooled, the carbs crystalize and become resistant to digestion (but are great food for gut flora). I bought a new scale (my old one was lost in the flood) and have started keeping track of what I eat. Coming back to this site and writing my story will help me keep on track to getting back to my goal weight.

Update: I hit 160 this morning!