SydneySweetHeart

Wow. It has been 11 months since my surgery. I can't even wrap my head around all that has happened. My starting weight was 285 and I now weight 195. My weight loss went super fast at first then it seemed like somewhere in September it just said eh I'm done. Which is hard. Harder than I thought it would be. My parents payed for the whole surgery out of pocket and when they ask if I have lost anymore weight I feel like sh*t. I am also at the time where exercise is important to keeping up your weight loss and I can't exercise. Before surgery i had major back pain so the doctors told me i had to lose weight. I lost most of the weight but the pain got worse. So they finally x-rayed and saw i have juvenile degenerative disc disorder. I also had fractures up and down my spine. I have also just been generally unwell. I can't work, I can't go to college. I can't exercise. I am just stuck. its also hard not to turn to my old habits because i was an emotional eater and if i hadn't had the surgery i probably would eat everything insight. So I'm still very grateful to have had the surgery and I'm sure my back would be a million times worse… but its still hard. Sorry for my boring update but hopefully my next one will be a little more exciting.

It hasn't been easy but I'm happy. I've had some ups and downs the past few months and I just now can see a difference and I'm loving the new and improved me

Beautiful.

Awesome congrats!

I have lost 70 pounds. I started at 285 and now I'm 215.

Hi, I'm 17 almost 18! I'm hoping for surgery at the end of May! I hope everyone is doing well. I would love to talk to people around my age!

Thank God no one was injured. Noooo depression don't live here no more. I have read everyone's weight stalls around week 2 or 3 or later, its the body adjusting. Ho much are u down so far?<br><br> Good luck, u got this.

<p>Glad to hear you are okay. But I have to say, that's the most extreme thing I've ever heard someone do to brake a stall! I've changed up my eating and exercise, but never thought to try scaring the crap out of myself to kick-start my weight loss. </p>

The past week has been very hard for me. I stopped losing weight and I was worried I wouldn't lose anymore. So long story short I got very depressed which I have had problems with depression. Well today I was on the highway and four cars in front of me wrecked and two of the cars came sliding towards me and some how I moved just the right way. Honestly I have no idea how I did it and the way the cars were coming my car would have flipped over a bridge. ( no one was injured) but I had the realization that life is precious and I'm only 3 weeks out of surgery and I have a lifetime left.

Hey I'm 17 almost 18. I would love to join!

<p>That explains a lot. She wanted you to feel bad because you didn't do things the way she wanted. </p> <p>I say, grab a cup of Decaf teas (yuck), put your feet up and contemplate the fact that you will be a deciding factor which nursing home she moves into.

I can't stop laughing at the last part. Maybe I should tell her that next time she makes a rude comment.

<p>I agree with the others Grandma's and relatives can be harsh on you.. Forgive her and move on, take photos of yourself each week and measurements too. Then when someone says anything too you, you will have your own proof and you will not have prove anything to them. Yes, it can mess with your mind, if you let it. Just wait until summer and surprise her again!</p>

She has a pool so I will be showing of for sure.

Did you tell her to go sit her old azz down somewhere?!?! Lol jk

Hahaha If only I had the guts. She is the most controlling person I have ever met.

Sweet girl, all grandmothers are crazy. You are doing fabulous! This is for you, not anyone else!!!! Keep up the good work!

Thank you. And grandmothers are crazy and I can't let her get to me.

I had my surgery on the 13th and it has been an up hill struggle. I am thankful don't get me wrong but I have only been able to get maybe 300 calories a day. The first week I lost 12 pounds and second week haven't lost anything. I know I need to get more calories but I'm never hungry and food has never seemed so disgusting and everything sugar free tastes like bleach!!

I have been working hard and I have lost 25 pounds but today I went to my grandmothers house and the first thing she says to me is that I look FATTER!! I wanted to cry. I had my surgery 2 weeks ago. I had lost 13 with the 2 week pre op diet and lost 12 the first week after surgery and the second I haven't lost any. So the mix of not losing weight and being told I look fatter my self confidence is lower then it has been ever before.

My dr. Told me that it's very common for taste to change after surgery. I didn't experience that too much but now I want pickles all the time and my husband always asks me if I'm sure I'm not pregnant. Lol... also I used to love ice, I had to have lots of ice in everything, now I can't stand anything cold. Weird

I am having the same thing with ice. I used to be able to drink only cold things but now I like things warm!

I'm glad I'm not the only on with taste change. The only thing that taste good is tea and chicken broth. It seams like things with artificial sweeteners taste like chemicals. Before surgery I had a sensitivity to artificial sweeteners.

Everything I eat taste like strong chemicals. Is there anyone else?

Thanks everyone! Everything went great but still sore.

I'm so nervous! What should I bring? What should I be prepared for?

Thanks everyone! This was very helpful! I think I'm going to start seeing a therapist sometime after surgery so I will be able to take the fat goggles of!

So I'm on my two week diet and have lost 10 pounds and my whole family says I look like I've lost weight and I look great but for some reason I look at my self in the mirror I look fatter! So I'm worried I will lose 100 pounds and still see my self the same.

<p>You can purchase the ingredients to make your own.</p> <p>The artificial sweetener may be causing the problem. </p> <p>I hope you find the solution on Monday!!!</p>

I will have to look into that! And I hope so too!

My surgery is on March 13th so I have been on the liquid diet for 7 days. It is easier now than the first three days buy I can't seem to keep it down. But I'm not sure if it's the shake or my Vitamins. So I guess I will just have to talk to my doc about it.