angel22_99

Yup! Still hovering around the 150-155lb mark. Would still like to lose another 20 or so, but I really don't need to.

I absolutely agree with you Sleevemom88 - it's almost impressive how she managed to fight through the pain with eating- imagine how much better her life would be if she "fought through the pain" in standing up and walking!

168. Rats! Oh well, I think I still lost 10 or 11 lbs. Hopefully there will be a Thanksgiving challenge.

168. Rats! Oh well, I think I still lost 10 or 11 lbs. Hopefully there will be a Thanksgiving challenge.

167.8. Getting close, but probably not gonna get there

170.4
I have to really pick up the pace here????

171.3. Oops

169.8 just now

Monday Morning Weigh in - 171.5

monday morning weigh in 174.6

So today is my one year "surgiversary." I am a tad disappointed as I didn't reach my goal weight of 150, but I'm still down 125 from the morning of my surgery! I am hoping to hit goal by Christmas. I am overall ecstatic with my results so far, but I have a couple unexpected complaints that I'm wondering if anyone else has:
I can't carry anything heavy on my shoulders like a heavy purse or bag because I have absolutely no fat padding on my shoulders anymore. If you were to look at me from the waist up (not including the arms/breasts because of the excess skin), I look like I'm anorexic, but if you see my hips and thighs, I still look over weight. Gravity has not been kind to me during this process, LOL
And; this may be TMI, so don't read this paragraph if you are squeamish, but when I sit, I feel like I am sitting on something, like rolled up towels. It took me forever to figure out why I get this feeling because I keep checking and I'm never sitting on anything. It's the excess skin on my butt! LOL Also, and this is really TMI, but it's actually harder to clean my bottom because of it. I do want to eventually get a lower body lift, but I want to see if I can hit my goal and maintain it a while first.
Overall, I am overjoyed with the results I have attained and am so glad that I got the surgery done!

I'm in - I need this! Weighed in this morning at 179. Goal at 10/31 160
I had to edit my goal weight, 19 is more realistic than 29.

FYI -I have MS and I had the sleeve one year ago. I have lost about 142 lbs (haven't updated my ticker in a while) and I am feeling great. My ms is the same though.

You could soak the areas in a little olive or cocoanut oil to help the glue dissolve (I used organic cocoanut oil) but I have a sad face for you since they didn't give you prednisone or something to beat the allergy quicker (yes, prednisone may slow weight loss a tad temporarily, but I took it and here I am today, 9 moths later and down 122lbs).

I so hope to get to this piont one day.

Frumpy don't participate in the blame and shame - yeah you made some food choices that didn't help matters, but the amount of effort we have to put into keeping the weight off is absolutely shocking and not something people are willing to really admit/talk about. At my lowest weight I had lost 135 lbs since surgery (it took almost 4 years). I still wasn't at goal but I was close. That was one year ago. In eleven months I gained back 43 lbs. Also, that grand total of 135 pounds lost since surgery represents a loss of about 34 pounds a year, or about 3 pounds a month. That is actually worse than had I just gone on a VLC diet. And as it turns out, I will be on a severe diet the rest of my life - we all will, if we want to be starkly honest with ourselves. This last regain was my second regain since surgery. My surgery was July of 2010 I was 294 lbs,17 months later I was at my lowest post-op weight of 172 lbs. My first regain was Summer 2012 and within 6 months I had gained 30 lbs. I plateaued around 200 for the next 6 months and then got on a serious recommittment kick and dropped 40 lbs in 4 months. I held onto my new lowest weight since surgery (159 lbs) for 5 months, until May of 2014, before I started to gain again. From May 2014 to May 2015 I gained the aforementioned 43 lbs. May 28th 2015 I weighed in at 223 lbs and on the 29th I recommitted again to faithful post-op style eating, all the strict guidance we are initially given and that we follow to. the.letter. In the past 20 days I have lost only 5 1/4 lbs. To say this is frustrating cannot even begin to express it. And before anyone starts suggesting reasons for this slowness, yes I have had all my thyroids checked, yes I have done everything to the letter of the law, yes I have done all one is meant to do.
The truth is that our bodies get f***ed up, metabolically, which they already had problems with to begin with which is what was part of what made us obese in the first place. For the rest of our lives we do not get the luxury of eating a reasonable sensible diet and exercising reasonably to keep a healthy body and weight. It requires an unreasonable amount of diligence and a level of concern over calories/exercise/and the components of food that is usually reserved for those with severe eating disorders.
If you want to keep that honeymoon weight (if you were actually lucky enough to achieve goal during honeymoon phase, which I was not) then resign yourself to eating between 600 and 800 calories with less than 40g carbs, for the rest of your effing life. *
*take this rant with a grain of salt as I am obviously terribly upset and frustrated and sad right now.

Hey everyone! Hope everyone is doing well! Just checking in...I was sleeved on 9/22 and have lost 60 plus lbs. feeling great! The last 15lbs are so hard.

You could soak the areas in a little olive or cocoanut oil to help the glue dissolve (I used organic cocoanut oil) but I have a sad face for you since they didn't give you prednisone or something to beat the allergy quicker (yes, prednisone may slow weight loss a tad temporarily, but I took it and here I am today, 9 moths later and down 122lbs).

Since this topic seems to have gotten back on the rails, I thought I would add my story (which is meant to be lighthearted). My surgery was on 9/16/14 and I was supposed to go on a Protein Shake only diet for 2 weeks before, but I actually started on 9/1. I was so good the whole time, except the NIGHT BEFORE my surgery! At approximately 6pm on surgery eve, I ate a chicken WING! I don't know why I did it, I guess I just saw it there, had a momentary brain lapse, and ate it. I felt so guilty.
The worst part is that the next morning when they were prepping me for surgery, they asked me when the last time I ate solid food was and I lied! Terrible terrible - don't do that! I was so stressed out about this that the first thing I said when I woke up from anesthesia was "did I get the surgery done?" and they laughed at me and said, "yes, you had the surgery." I was so afraid that he would open me up, see a large liver, and close me right back up. As a matter of fact, he said my liver was very small and looked great (I specifically asked the surgeon about my liver, but never confessed the "chicken wing incident").
So my point is that no one's perfect and we all screw up - there's a reason why we are on this board. The thing I am working on is not letting food rule my life. Stressing and pining over every bite you eat is just as mentally dangerous as binge eating. Somehow we all have to learn how to make life be the center of life, not food. The surgery actually helps with this because it does take a lot of the pleasure out of eating, but it still doesn't fix all problems surrounding food.

I was sleeved on 9/16 and today is the first day I wasn't nearly bed ridden with fatigue. Not that I am ready to run a marathon or anything, but I actually did two loads of laundry today ! My fatigue was probably worse than most because I was on a constant dose of Benadryl since Friday because I had an allergic reaction to the glue they used to close the incisions. The rash spread to most of my upper abdomen, including my breasts and I was in total agony. I finally talked them into prescribing me prednisone and that had helped greatly so I didn't need to take the Benadryl today (still itchy though, using cortisone cream for that).

In a sick sort of way, the ones who fail are often more inspiring to me.

I have posted a before and after (current as I am not done yet) pictures. I don't know how to post them here, so here's the link if you are curious: http://www.bariatricpal.com/gallery/album/22162-angel22-99/

About the BM thing - don't forget you are only eating a fraction of what you used to eat so I don't think it's unusual or even a problem if you're not pooping every day. I have been tempted to try laxatives too...and once I went a whole week without going...but I am afraid of becoming dependent on them.

About the BM thing - don't forget you are only eating a fraction of what you used to eat so I don't think it's unusual or even a problem if you're not pooping every day. I have been tempted to try laxatives too...and once I went a whole week without going...but I am afraid of becoming dependent on them.

I absolutely agree with you Sleevemom88 - it's almost impressive how she managed to fight through the pain with eating- imagine how much better her life would be if she "fought through the pain" in standing up and walking!