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It happened to me this week. All of my size 26W-28W, 3X clothes were so loose I could no longer where them in public so I went out and couldn't believe it when everything I bought was 16W-18W and 1X! I am still looking at the tags thinking these can't possibly fit, but they do!

Your underwear fall down when walking the dog .. haha

When you try on a smaller bra and someone has to TELL you that the back fat rolls you're freaking out about are actually shoulder blades. Who knew?

I worked up to 1000 calories per day with 80+g of Protein by about the 6 week mark and kept it between 1000-1200 for the duration of my loss phase, (95ish pounds by about month 10). I exercised regularly, but not a gym rat. 5x per week about 1 hr on a stationary bike at home.

I have PCOS too. I was sleeved on 10/13/14, around 4 months ago. I have lost 68.4 pounds as of this morning. IN FOUR MONTHS!!!! I hit 50% of my EW before I was three months out.
I'm 26 years old. I had been on a diet and exercised regularly my whole adult life and most of my childhood. For instance, I was on the swim team in high school and on weight watchers and still weighed close to 190 pounds. Having the sleeve has been nothing like the diets I have been on and I have been way more successful.

I just upped my Protein and started losing again. Now I am staying below 40 G of carbs and trying to hit 80 G protein daily. I am not the best with getting all my Water in. Most days I hit 30-40 ounces of water. 800 calories for me too.

Checking in!
I'm doing well. I'm down 45 lbs since 11-6-14 surgery day. Progress Definitely slowed down in dec because I ate things besides protein! But I am doing great. Only complaints are not being able to get in the recommended Vitamins (I throw them up several times a week) and still wanting to eat beyond what my body can handle.
I find if I wait to long to eat I eat too fast and really I can only take in 3-5 bites. I continually take another and its to much. Wish I could figure out when to stop but I'm sure I will get there.
Typical day is powdered coffee drink/sugar free, mixed in blender ball with GENEPRO Protein powder and hot Water. ---Then lunch is tuna with 1 tsp mayo and sometimes with a few wheat thins or a chunk of rotissirie chicken no skin or avacado and corn chips. ---Snack is yogurt or fruit. ---Dinner is chicken 1-3 oz and a bite or two of veggies. ---Sometimes I eat veggies seperate an hour before so I can eat a whole serving which my dr frowns on... But I love me some veggies!! --- pm snack is string cheese or fruit or whatever I want low calorie.
Pretty much I have what I want just less of it and I choose Protein more often than other things I used to have. Example used to love waffles with pbutter and Syrup now I have half piece Dave's killer bread toasted with 2 tsp pbutter. Get grains and protein and it's like a treat????. I had some treats every day around Christmas so I had way more calories than normal but it hit the spot and one cookie or brownie or treat is a far cry from the pan of goodies I would consume in the past . I call it progress and real life.
With exercise or walking the lbs just keep coming off. 60 lbs gone since starting program in June 2014. Praying to hit goal by June but I will continue to be happy with any weight loss as it's all a success.
How bout the rest of the November sleevers?

When I began to research weight loss surgery a year ago, I bought four books. The best one by far was "The Big Book of the Gastric Bypass" by Alex Brecher. I was impressed with the way that it presented the whole picture: all the alternatives for dealing with obesity, and what can be expected from each one. Rather than trying to sell you on bypass, the book gives you the facts you need to decide whether or not the bypass is right for you. If you decide that it isn't, the first five chapters of the book are worth the price of the whole thing. If you go for the bypass, the rest of the book tells you exactly what the experience will be like. No sugarcoating, no axes ground, just what you need to know to make the bypass work for you.
I got the bypass last September and am down 70 pounds. I have had so few complications, I don't even know what most of them feel like. Adapting to the new lifestyle has been almost shockingly easy for me. I credit this to three things: my intelligent and understaning wife, my excellent surgeon, and Alex's book.
I've been narrating audiobooks for a few years now, and will soon finish up my 20th title for Audible.com. When I got back into it after my surgery, I was thrilled to discover that Alex had put "The Big Book of the Gastric Bypass" up for narration. I nailed the audition, and I'm quite proud of the result. Alex must have liked it too, because I'm currently working on "The Big Book of the Lap Band." It was a real pleasure to do these books that I admire and respect, and I hope that the chance to listen to them will help a lot of people be as successful with weight loss as I have been.
So, Audible has given me some free coupon codes to promote the audiobook version of "The Big Book of the Gastric Bypass." I would be delighted to share them with folks here on BariatricPal. First come, first served, of course. If you would like a free copy of the audiobook, please drop me an email at dad@pratt-hobbies.com and I'll send you the instructions. You do not have to subscribe to Audible.com to get the free book, and if you have an Audible subscription you can use the coupon code to get the book without affecting your monthly points. If you decide to subscribe to Audible and pick one of my narrations as your free first book, the author and I get a nice little royalty bump. Email me if you have any questions. I also have some coupon codes left from some of my earlier Audible releases, including "Titan II, A History of the Cold War Missile Program," "Unhinged" by Michelle Malkin, "The Virginia Handbook" travel guide, and "All Ears," a wonderful collection of small-town newspaper columns from upstate New York.
Thanks for listening.
http://www.audible.com/pd/Health-Fitness/The-Big-Book-on-the-Gastric-Bypass-Audiobook/B00S6VO8SU/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1421768324&sr=1-1

What's your daydream?
Mine is walking on the beach next summer, in shorts, for miles. Big old floppy hat, Jackie O sunglasses, sassy butt, and my trusty dog at my side. Cruising Chicago's Lake Shore Drive on a Saturday from Hyde Park to Sheridan Road and back with the sunroof open and the windows down.

@@JustWatchMe, as a fellow Chicagoan, I love your Lake Shore Drive cruisin' fantasy.
I dream about simple stuff like taking my kids to the beach and not feeling self-conscious. Or taking them to a waterpark. Or on roller coasters.

I don't have a roller coaster story. I've always loved them but as my weight increased I avoided them all together. Also having those fears that I alone would break the ride.
My story is that one day while volunteering at my daughter's kindergarten class I heard a little boy say to my daughter "your mom is so fat". Now, I could care less about what a five year old has to say, but it was the feeling that I have now embarrassed my daughter and put her in a position to have to defend her mom. She just replied "yes, but she's so beautiful" . My eyes filled with tears and I will never forget that day.

That was one of my nsv's.....being able to get on all of the amusement park rides. There were many rides I couldn't go on because of weight. I am a year and 7 months post op....and now I can ride everything! This too shall pass, soon you will be able to fit on anything you want. Sorry this happened to you...but it will be such a relief when you are able to not worry about if you can fit or not! good luck!

I haven't been to an amusement park since but when I hit my goal weight I am going back to ride that ride I couldn't. I'll still be scared I won't fit just because how embarrassed I was. But I'm sure I'll fit

I will be 4 weeks out tomorrow, as of this morning I have lost 23 lbs. I feel like it is slow going but then I KNOW I wouldn't have ever lost this much in a month without the sleeve.
My husband will be one week out tomorrow and he has already lost 24 lbs . . . that does not help. He has a little more to loose than I do though. I would really like to loose 70-80 lbs. I wish there was a "light weight" forum here.

I will be 4 weeks out tomorrow, as of this morning I have lost 23 lbs. I feel like it is slow going but then I KNOW I wouldn't have ever lost this much in a month without the sleeve.
My husband will be one week out tomorrow and he has already lost 24 lbs . . . that does not help. He has a little more to loose than I do though. I would really like to loose 70-80 lbs. I wish there was a "light weight" forum here.

I have PCOS. My surgery was January 17th. I have not lost weight quite as quickly as some, but more quickly than others. I have My now lost 57 pounds and even though was not quite as quick as I would like I have never lost 57 pounds in 14 weeks before and known it would stay off.
I never had regular periods. Usually were every 6-8 weeks. Since about 3 weeks after surgery they are now every 4 weeks like clockwork. I really thought it would take longer for that to regulate out. I am no longer taking Metformin. Any really think that I will probably start ovulating in the near future, if not already.
We don't all lose weight at the same rate. Even if you don't lose as quickly as some, you will lose. Lots of factors play into it. Age, genetics, exercise, starting BMI to name a few. You can not compare your rate to others. You are in it for you and for the long haul. Yes I get frustrated when some weeks I only lose 1 pound or even have a stall, but when I look at the over all picture, I was more than halfway to goal at 12 weeks in. Wow. That is nothing to get frustrated about. Stay motivated and you will get to your own goal.

Yesterday I got a call from the case worker at my surgeon's office saying that my insurance company approved me for surgery!!!!! I didn't even know that they had submitted it. This means the decision came back in less than a week!!! I haven't gotten my date yet though. Because of the holiday I may not hear from the scheduler for about a week. She was on vacation and is now playing catch up.

I filled out the form for InsureNutrition.com online myself...in no time I was approved (thru insurance) and I got Protein shakes, Vitamins, and scar cream delivered to my door....
They are great! I tell EVERYONE about it!

I lost 40 lbs before surgery and the intake nurse at the hospital actually tried to talk me out of having the surgery saying I didn't have that much to lose. I literally wanted to hit her. She had no idea of what I had already gone through in my life of weight loss struggles. I had 70 more pounds to lose and wanted it to stay off forever. I was approved for surgery by the surgeon and by my provincial health care plan, so really it was no ones business but my own. And that's exactly what I told the nosy nurse in January of 2014.
I am now 11 months post op and am at 145lbs. 5 lbs from my goal. I wear size 5/6 jeans and can share clothes with my 16yo daughter. As opposed to the size 24 pants I wore previously.
So really, just because we are lightweights, doesn't mean we don't matter or that we don't "deserve" surgery. We have our own struggles and weight related health problems. ( we also have feelings too)

Ugh...Okay....how do you know someone else's Before, During and After WLS journey? There are some of us on here and I'm sure on other boards who chose to change their lifestyle BEFORE weight loss surgery.
I had to attend a seminar and 3 nutrition meetings with a nutritionist. I learned all kinds of facts and tidbits about being obese that stuck with me. So much so that I made a deal with myself....If I could make some changes now...I could get this surgery. I had my surgery on 12/16/14 after losing 50+ lbs on my own....at a bmi of 32.
So I guess I'm one of those "people" who took advantage of WLS. H*** yes, sure did. You are not aware of my struggle with obesity since I was a kid. You are not aware of any part of my journey. But I am. i will lose the 42 lbs I have to reach goal and I will not gain it back.
Guess I need to remind some...Weight Loss Surgery is a TOOL. And please remember....Everyone is on their own journey...RESPECT them by giving the benefit of doubt.

Honestly I kind of see it as who am I to judge. I don't know the trials they've been through and there was a doctor somewhere willing to endure the risks of performing this surgery. I've heard through this entire process that I don't really need surgery. Even my therapist and dietician didn't believe me when I told them my weight until they I got on the scale. Then was quickly followed by a "you carry your weight very well". Gee thanks! I think most people in their right mind don't directly go to the route of surgery, such a life altering thing, but have tried and failed at things prior. Additionally, many people have other co-morbidities, that will only become more significant if they are unable to get their weight under control. 50 pounds may not seem like much to lose to somebody who has 200lbs to lose but 50lbs is significant and you don't know how they necessarily carry it either it may appear 50 but really be 75 or so.

Fifty pounds is not a lot of weight to lose when compared to 150 lbs, but it's still a lot. If I had known when I was only 50 lbs overweight that I needed intervention because I could not lose weight AND maintain it, the choice of WLS would have spared my body a lot of damage. Internal damage to my heart, arteries, and kidneys; external to my joints that are forced to carry around a massive amount of excess weight; and emotional damage to my mind.
I think some people are just wiser and nip it in the bud. Others like me, fight a good fight and still go down swinging in full denial thinking maybe just one more diet will work. And yes, there are probably a handful of folks who have other motives but that type of mentality probably permeates many other areas of their lives as well.

"Whatever makes you happy, you do" isn't the same as being supportive. "How can I help?" Is supportive.
My hubs said the same thing to me for years - not just about my weight. He thought he was being a supportive husband, but what he was really dating was "do whatever you want. As long as it doesn't affect me, make yourself happy".
Talk to him. Do a trial run, so to speak, for a month or so of the kind of diet you envision eating after surgery. His portions will be larger than yours, but unless you want to make your healthy dinner and his crappy dinner every night, he will have to get on board with the healthy eating.
Tell him how much you need his actual support and encouragement. Talk about setting your kids up for A healthy lifestyle.
If he is resistant at first, don't give up - change isn't easy for anyone and he may work through his resistance and be your biggest cheerleader.
Or he may not.

I pray every morning that when I step on that scale it will be a little less then the day before. Ounce by ounce.

Congratulations! I'm overjoyed for you. I have two PCOS babies. Rounds and rounds of Clomid, stacks of OPKs, 3 surgeries, and years of trying . . . it certainly wares you down. Again, congratulations!