auntjanny

Hi - I'm not quite 5'1" and age 56. I never got a goal weight, so I decided on 115. However, my personal trainer says that is way too low for someone who's working out as much as me. I looked up some articles today on body fat % and some experts say that is a more important number. I pulled this off of healthstatus.com: "For women between age 20 and 40, 19% to 26% body fat is generally good to excellent. For women age 40+ to 60+, 23% to 30% is considered good to excellent."
I now weight 180 and am starting to think that 115 will look too thin. However, I'm not going to revise my goal until I'm in the 130's and then I'll see where I'm at. I have always been obese. Was 150 lbs in sixth grade and have been as high as 316, so I really have no point of reference.
Ellen

I am 5 2 1/2. I would like to be around 130 lbs, however if I get anywhere around 150 or below I will be pleased. My surgeon never set a goal for me but he did say they figure you can expect to lose 65% of your pre-surgery weight. That would be a big disappointment.

Good things come in small packages ????
On a good day I'm 5'. Like you I've been fat for a very long time. My surgeon didn't give me a goal. I'm 8 weeks out and at my last visit I asked her for her thought on what I should aim for. She said for my height I should be around 110 but at 62 years old that isn't realistic. Based on the average sleeve loss, she felt I could reasonable make 165. Interestingly that is almost exactly what my endocrinologist said.
So I'm using 165 as my goal. I can always reassess later. Just being in onderland will be a thrill!

Yay!!!! Very motivating!

for me, its crackers and chips... those are the bad boys.

@@Bellarose100, Absolutely, you get < about 50-60 g of carbs, depending on your overall mass and energy needs, and your body breaks almost entirely fat rather than fat and glycogen mix. When fats break down it breaks into ketones (those funny-smelling compounds you may or may not remember from o-chem) that we burn rather than the usual glucose. When it's mostly fat breaking down you end up with higher concentrations of ketones, and that we call ketosis. Chances are you'll be in mild ketosis (though likely not detectable with most home tests) until all your EW is gone - this is why exercise is vital - to keep our bodies burning largely ketones to fuel our muscles rather than muscle and fat to fuel our existence.
Sorry to nerd out on you, I'm a chem and bio teacher and I love this stuff.

I'm not sure when the last weigh in was supposed to be, BUT I had to share, 154.2 today! Goal was 155. I hope I can maintain this weight.
Susan

I know we've already weighed in but Woop Woop got to goal ...154.8 x can't wait to next challenge

I have posted this in the past, it may help some people.

I was sleeved on 9/17/14 and am down 61 lbs. My nutritionist said that was pretty good. We must all give our selves credit that we made it through the very stressful holidays. Take a deep breath and get inspiration as spring is on the way. I have been using my fitnesspal.com and find it very helpful especially during stalls. I am noticing a trend with my weight loss, the reports section gives you a graph and that helps me. I find if I record what I eat it is when I have the most success. I have upped my work outs and am doing weight training 2 days a week with a trainer, I have also found that I love Yoga (never in my life dreamed I would even try it) . I would like to see the weight come off faster, but I am just so glad it is coming off and it feels so good to feel healthier in the long run. Keep up the good work every one....remember it is a journey.

a

. Take some pics of yourself. Crop you head off if necessary. The visual changes will be crazy motivating to you, and to others. Best of luck!

I'm working on the Easter's Challenge. Starting on Monday, Feb 23 and Ending April 6, that's seven weeks. I will post the link this coming weekend.

. Take some pics of yourself. Crop you head off if necessary. The visual changes will be crazy motivating to you, and to others. Best of luck!

@Queenofcrop I have very few pics of myself. I don't like looking at myself. Hopefully that will change...
I got my prep diet. 10 days of low calorie, low sugar but not all liquid. Feeling good about that.

147. Day late dollar short

I was sleeved 9/23 and down about 35. Terribly slow but no regrets.

I do think some folks don't know how to respond to info that one is going to have WLS. Saying "you're not THAT fat" seems an auto response and one we should never take personally. On this site, I have seen BMIs all over the board, some of which I might say. "OMG, you are not THAT fat!" And that some might say the same thing to me of my BMI. Bottom line, we all know the similar history and self hatred.... We want to be better. To be whole. Thank goodness for BP!

I have lost 53 pounds since surgery 9/24/14, 71 pounds since last March, and 94 pounds from my heaviest two years ago. I lose about 2 pounds a week now, my NUT (1/6/15) says I am ahead of where I should be, I thought I should have lost more! But slow and steady is how to go. Had a friend who was sleeved, lost her weight really quickly. At 40 she looks mid 50s. She looks like those pictures of what drugs and alcohol does to your looks!
I really do need to drink more Water.

I had the sleeve done on 9/15/14. Ive lost only 35 lbs. I haven't lost a pound in almost 2 months. But I've lost tons of hair. The stress this has caused is insane. My hair was thin to begin with but full of life. Now you can see straight through my scalp. Not losing weight and my hair has me DEPRESSED.

Yes! I am having lots and lots of hair loss! I too had thick, long hair and now you can almost see my scalp. I think it has slowed a little...or maybe it nust seems so because I dont have much more to loose! I have been using products to get the volume...hoping to camouflage the Hair loss. I remember being told this could happen, but at the time, didnt consider how I would feelaboit it. On an up note, I'm down 80+ pounds! Bought a size 10 pair of jeans last weekend. I feel great, but havent lost anything the past couple weeks. I have started working out more...with weights...so I hope I am building muscle.

@lovelyme...I just now started to lose some hair. It's normal in this whole process to do so, but just depends on how much you are losing to be concerned about it. I'm guessing. My loss isn't bad, but I just make sure to take 10000 mcg of Biotin and get my Protein in. I have a ton of hair, so I'm not too concerned with some hair on my hands, now if it came out in clumps I would be worried. Check with your Dr or dermatologist for other options if it's bad.

It's been a while since I last posted. I had a 5mo post op drs visit yesterday and all went well. I currently weigh 262.8 lbs, and I haven't been this weight probably since early 2000s, and I have more to go. Crazy, but good.
HW. 375
PRE OP. 335
SW. 324
CW. 262.8
Not bad Not bad. ????

I had a long long stall. Holidays were a reality check. Stall is over and just going to look at my post op life as living stall to stall and focusing on the long term goal!!

I am 4 months post-op, and for the last week, most of the time I eat or drink something, I have a cramp like feeling in my stomach. It occurs 80% of the time. Water, yogurt, Protein Shake, Soup, eggs etc. The unpleasant feeling can last 15 minutes to hours. It is not sharp pain. Really not pain as much as "unpleasant and odd." Has this been discussed recently by anyone? My searches turned up empty.