EarthyGoalie

Here are my before And after I was sleeved on 4/10/2012 Starting weight with 330 I'm now 165 ! and I love myself more then ever

You look absolutely gorgeous! Congrats dear. Beautiful!

5'3"

HW 227

SW 210

CW 150

GW 135

Presurgical Size 16/18

Current Size 6

Goal Size 2-4

Woah! Amazinggggg! But wait, where are your scars? They just vanished!

Some days my sleeve Loves me more than I love it. When I try to hang out with my old habits and the fun I use to have with a food party.....my SLEEVE COP puts the brakes on. I'm almost 6 months out and feel like this hasn't worked for me as well as I wished. Lately I haven't been able to work out and have been suffering with a painful pinched nerve in my leg.

I do log daily with myfitnesspal and average 900 cals daily.

I've been stressed planning a 50th birthday party for my hubby and I think I'm in a slump.

Sometimes I forget I had the surgery since I didn't have any problems. Its so cold here in New York and I'm feeling the Winter blues. I'll start to exercise and won't finish on cloudy days.

Think I'm a little weight loss depressed. Hoping this will pass soon.

Hang in there!

Unfortunately after seeing my surgeon yesterday it was decided that I should not continue with the Challenge at this time. I have put my body in starvation mode again both by dehydration and not eating enough Protein. Please everyone make sure you get enough of both everyday. It is so important to your health. I may join the next challenge but we will see I haven't decided yet. Good luck to you all.

I'm sorry to hear this, and I hope you quickly get out of starvation mode and drink drink drink!

By the way, how did your doctor determine that your body was in starvation mode?

I had a homemade pizza, and it was delicious! 9grams of fat, 10grams of carbs, and 14grams of Protein. Yum!

Thank you!

Haha yes I was! And it was a blast. I was comfortable laying out and tanning, I loved getting in pictures and I did all sorts of things I wouldn't have been able to do before bc of weight limits. Pretty great. Hope you enjoyed!

I did! It was wonderful! Although, I'm still shy about wearing anything that shows my scars around the pool. I just had to find something else to feel self conscious about. Ugh! Here comes those one pieces

I was sleeved on July 17th 2012. I'm about 15 lbs away from my ultimate goal and down 125 lbs total. Best decision I ever made.

Beautiful! Congrats! You look like a complete different person.

Btw, I recognize this bridge :-P you were on royal Caribbean cruise I was just there for New Years! How amazing it was for me to stop hiding from pictures!

Yes it is an interesting article. Thanks for posting!

"Someone who is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 149 pounds has a BMI of 24, considered a healthy weight. Add a pound and the same person has a BMI of 25 and is considered overweight. At 170 pounds this person has a BMI of 40 and is considered obese."

Huh?!!!! Lol I'm 5'5" and currently 170, and NO ONE is gonna tell me I'm obese right now! Hm!

Thank you for sharing your success story!!! Great tips!

Hey everyone,

I was sleeved on September 25th, 2013 SW 284 today I'm at 222= 62 lbs lost. I'm at a major stall I haven't lost anything in over a week. I know I have not been getting enough Protein either! Today I'm trying to get in 60 Grams It's so hard! I know when I eat Protein I get out of my stalls though.

Today I'm doing, Yogurt 2 oz at a time 6 grams of protein per (12) chicken Sausage protein(11) chicken 2 oz at a time hoping to have the full amount by the end of the day for 31 grams of protein and FF Ricotta for a snack later should bring me to 60. If I can truly eat this much!

How are you guys getting in your protein?

Truly, I've been getting an average of 40 grams. Somedays even 20 to 30. It really is hard. But one thing that always bumps it up is a premier Protein shake. Though I hate Protein shakes now. :-(

Greek yogurt also, the fage plain has 18grams of protein and very low carbs. And I always add some fruits and/or sugar free fruity Syrup to give it some taste. And I eat babybels as Snacks (light babybels give u 6gr of protein)

I love mine too! :-) Congratulations on your success! So tell me, what is it like being a year and two months out? I'm 4 months out but still have 600-700 Cal maximum daily.

How's your restriction?

Sleeved september 27th.

Lost 70lbs since pre op. 55lbs since surgery.

So far, I see a pattern of losing 2lbs a week for me.

I'm not having enough Water or Protein though :-(

I have noticed through this actually that we almost seem to be weight loss twins! Congratulations!! X

Indeed!

Congrats too!!!

170 today. Reached my goal!!!! :-)

This brings me to a 70lbs lost since the start of this journey. :-)

Broken my stall with a 4lb loss this week! Takes me to 170lb which is a loss of 70lb since the start of my pre-op. yaaaaay.

Again, thanks for doing this Bea

Omg me too! Lol

I take fusion. I believe it is only with prescription but it does not have a taste (it's a capsule) and my doctor prescribed it to me. It's been sitting very well with me.

Back home now and working on catching up with things that went on while I was gone. Thought I'd go ahead and post an overview of last week's challenge results as we get ready to sign in and update our measures tomorrow.

Number of people reporting in (24-JAN): 102

Total losses for the group: 190.3 lbs

Average losses for the week: 1.9 lbs

Border Crossings:

Sleeveless n Seattle moved into the 310s

Bigbeaz moved into the 290s (Woo Hoo! Big crossing point!)

MCM13 (Him) moved into the 280s

kyleebean moved into the 250s

back2barb78 moved into the 240s

ataloss1383837833 moved into the 230s

Chelenka moved into the 220s

gourmetone and Mama Spike moved into the 210s

Bea Amaya, GatorGirl72, and Comfy_Blue moved into the 200s

livvsmum moved into ONEDERLAND! (Woo Hoo! Big crossing point!)

SleevedMominNH and longtimecoming7 moved into the 180s

tddonnell67 moved into the 160s

Edm852 moved into the 150s

Oceana moved into the 130s

Big Congrats all around! As a group we are still making some AWESOME progress (which statistically means that there are some real movers in the individual ranks carrying us through, LOL). Thanks to all!!!

You are too sweet :-) doing all this!

It is AMAZING we lost 190 lbs as a group! 190 lbs that are no more. Sounds so wonderful!

Congrats everyone!

Sounds tasty and easy! How much of each?

1/3 of a banana, 1/3 cup of egg whites, 2tbsp of Protein powder and voila! Blend them and cook as you would a pancake. This recipe made one big pancake for me, but I could only eat half.

This morning I made pancakes with Protein Powder, egg whites and banana. It turned out alright and I had 16 g of Protein

I just had some sun chips :-/

That was my dinner.

Bad bad bad, I know :-(

Protein drinks! Ever since I progressed back to regular food, I just don't want to drink it. Finding other ways to get protein in though.

Protein Drinks get me nauseous now! I used to love anything sugary but I'm so picky now. These protein drinks are not an option for me anymore either. I always want to eat protein in from salty foods now.

I am glad you asked!!!!!!!!!

Before my surgery I drank on the average 3 liters of Water a day......Loved it, drank it, and had no issues...After surgery I no longer had the capacity to drink that much Water so now I aim for 64 oz.

When you are sleeved you will find that your tastes have changed and also the feeling in your sleeve that happens when you eat or drink. There is a restriction for a while and it is very difficult to do what they want you to do at first...Get 64 oz of water in..plus 60 m of Protein...It seems so much a huge amount. For the size of your sleeve...You feel like all you are doing is eating and drinking water all day long and not easily either....It becomes tedious and can be painful because our new sleeve is temperamental at first....

But as time goes by it does get easier to take that much in.....But like me others have found that just water makes them feel awful...i have to add flavor to it unless i am really warm....

Just as important as Protein is, so is the consumption of water to keep you hydrated and help tone muscles and help you to lose weight.....It also aids in keeping you regular.....K

Well put!

I am not getting enough exercise, but the main thing is I have to sip a little Water when I eat. I'm sorry, but I can't eat a meal "dry".

Ugh, also guilty of that. I make sure it is minimal though.

I am one year post-VSG and have lost over 100#, but have not exercised once. I just cannot get myself to do it.

How does your skin look? If u don't mind me asking. Ugh, I still can't get myself to do much of it