NavyMom2006

When your 80 year old mother sees a picture of you on Facebook (yes, she's a facebook user!) and calls to say "you are swimming in those clothes!!!" Guess who's getting gift cards for Christmas?!

Waving my hands wildly here! I am 2 1/2 years post surgery. After my initial 70 lb weight loss (took over a year), I have gained back almost 30. I never made it to below 200 either. I have just joined weight watchers again to help motivate me and help keep me accountable. I need to lose 70 - 80 more pounds to get to my personal goal weight and I'm tired of my knees and back hurting.
This is real life so I'm just going to regroup and start again.

Waving my hands wildly here! I am 2 1/2 years post surgery. After my initial 70 lb weight loss (took over a year), I have gained back almost 30. I never made it to below 200 either. I have just joined weight watchers again to help motivate me and help keep me accountable. I need to lose 70 - 80 more pounds to get to my personal goal weight and I'm tired of my knees and back hurting.
This is real life so I'm just going to regroup and start again.

Waving my hands wildly here! I am 2 1/2 years post surgery. After my initial 70 lb weight loss (took over a year), I have gained back almost 30. I never made it to below 200 either. I have just joined weight watchers again to help motivate me and help keep me accountable. I need to lose 70 - 80 more pounds to get to my personal goal weight and I'm tired of my knees and back hurting.
This is real life so I'm just going to regroup and start again.

Waving my hands wildly here! I am 2 1/2 years post surgery. After my initial 70 lb weight loss (took over a year), I have gained back almost 30. I never made it to below 200 either. I have just joined weight watchers again to help motivate me and help keep me accountable. I need to lose 70 - 80 more pounds to get to my personal goal weight and I'm tired of my knees and back hurting.
This is real life so I'm just going to regroup and start again.

Waving my hands wildly here! I am 2 1/2 years post surgery. After my initial 70 lb weight loss (took over a year), I have gained back almost 30. I never made it to below 200 either. I have just joined weight watchers again to help motivate me and help keep me accountable. I need to lose 70 - 80 more pounds to get to my personal goal weight and I'm tired of my knees and back hurting.
This is real life so I'm just going to regroup and start again.

Waving my hands wildly here! I am 2 1/2 years post surgery. After my initial 70 lb weight loss (took over a year), I have gained back almost 30. I never made it to below 200 either. I have just joined weight watchers again to help motivate me and help keep me accountable. I need to lose 70 - 80 more pounds to get to my personal goal weight and I'm tired of my knees and back hurting.
This is real life so I'm just going to regroup and start again.

I don't mean people freaking out about the week 3 stall or frustrated because they "only" lost 20 lbs the first six weeks. While I am curious what most people consider "slow", I mostly mean people at least 6 months post op, with significant weight to lose, and who averaged around maybe 8-12 lbs a month. Including stalls and everything, averaged over multiple months. And who preferably kept losing.
I just keep reading these success stories of people losing unbelievable amounts of weight during their honeymoon. Granted, I have some serious health problems that have cropped up and have still managed to loose a around 50 lbs in a little under 6 months. And that was after taking over a month to drop back down to DOS weight.
But every other topic on Slow Losers Unite seems to be, "OMG - I only lost x weight and have stalled at week 3!" Or it's evil twin, "OMG, I'm at under two months have have only lost x!" Make that the identical evil twin - even as a total noob I knew at two months your body was still a train wreck and you could really just stay on plan and hope for the best.
I've seen a few comments about long term slow losing from old timers - but also heard rumors they've gone the way of the buffalo.
Sorry I'm cranky and out of touch - I've been busy getting Iron transfusions, a blood transfusion, an extremely invasive ultrasound, and trying to schedule and get ready for next week's hysterectomy. Take ALL THE IRON!!!!
Give me some hope here, people - I'm almost at 6 months, coming up on my 46th birthday, and still have serious amounts of weight to lose. 50 more pounds would still put me at my overweight college self and would be kind of nice to not be in the obese range at some point in my life.

Oh thank God it's not just me!! I'm 2 1/2 years out and have gained too. I think I'm going back to the Protein Drinks twice a day again as well. And going to stop buying junk. Got to get back to exercising too. Everything I was doing before and after surgery. I think I got too lazy. Strength ladies!!

When your 80 year old mother sees a picture of you on Facebook (yes, she's a facebook user!) and calls to say "you are swimming in those clothes!!!" Guess who's getting gift cards for Christmas?!

I think the problem is, and I quote you, "I decided to have the surgery and 2 weeks later, I was in Mexico and sleeved - Stupidest and most stubborn decision I ever made.@"
In my humble opinion, NO ONE should go in to this ELECTIVE surgery without properly educating themselves. It is a permanent solution. No going back. I researched for a year before I came to my final decision. Was it scary? Yes, yes it was. But being morbidly obese and dying from the complications were more scary to me. In my life, it was the best decision I ever made for myself. I put me first for the very first time ever. I don't regret a thing. Yes, my portion sizes are smaller (thank God) and yes, I eat Protein first, then veggies, then a bite of something dessert if I am craving it. I don't restrict the types of food I eat. I definitely eat healthier than I ever have in my life and I am not deprived of anything. I just exercise control of choices now, which I never did before surgery. I am thrilled that I made this decision and know, without a doubt, that I extended my life by having this surgery.
I'm sorry that you regret it. I wish you would read a little more about the surgery and taken a little more time before you jumped in. A lifetime of regret would be no fun, I hope you come to terms with your tummy and learn to treat it right. I wish you nothing but success but think that without educating yourself (even now, three years later) you are setting yourself for continued failure.

A mistake for you -- your truth, not mine or many others. The truth is that you have regret and it only hurts you. Your post is lazy and long. You could have summed it all up in 5 bullet points.

This is so misleading and a shame to write this on a page like this you can really confuse people who are in an vulnerable state

*Ahem*
This post is so full of bullshit, I don't even know where to start.....

I won't miss all of the things you have all listed above - especially the risk of diabetes and heart disease, which run in the family.
What I'm greatly looking forward to is
- being able to cross my legs!
- being able to run around with my grand kids!!
- being able to buy clothes off the rack in ANY store!
- being able to wear dresses shorter than maxi length because I'm no longer ashamed of my fat thighs and calves!
- buying a great pair of boots (or two) and zipping them up over my calves!
- being happy with that person in the mirror!
I'm certain there will be a hundred more moving forward. :0)

When your 80 year old mother sees a picture of you on Facebook (yes, she's a facebook user!) and calls to say "you are swimming in those clothes!!!" Guess who's getting gift cards for Christmas?!

When your 80 year old mother sees a picture of you on Facebook (yes, she's a facebook user!) and calls to say "you are swimming in those clothes!!!" Guess who's getting gift cards for Christmas?!

Don't shoot me anyone - but I was back at work in 5 days, including a weekend. I only missed 3 days of work. I am a widow with a special needs son, so I'm the only one working. Thankfully I was good to go, just a bit tired.

Hi All, Happy New Year! Sorry I've been silent for awhile - holidays and work. Hope you all had a great holiday season.

@@SimplySue Congrts! That is so awesome!!! I can't wait until I can do that, I think I have been shopping in plus size for over 25 years! ugghhh But just something else to look forward to in the new year!

NSV- Went shopping today & was able to shop in the regular woman's area, NOT the PLUS sizes????

Happy New Years to all. To those who are on the post sleeve side I wish a continued journey towards health and fitness and to those who are still waiting hang in there it is worth the wait. I am halfway to goal and I am off blood pressure medicine, my A1C is improving, I no longer get short of breath just walking across the parking lot and my back does not hurt constantly. I still have a ways to go but I am amazed how far I have come and am grateful for my sleeve. Best wishes for success in 2015!

Update: This morning I was down to 179.4!! I met my next to last goal on New Years Eve!! This was the goal I made to be happy with my decision to have the surgery (100 pounds lighter). Being only 5 months out I can't wait to see how much more I loose!! Hope everyone has a great New Years and everyone meets their goals!!

I have not had any problems with my teeth. My hair has thinned but I take a Biotin Vitamin every day to help with that. All and all for me the ups and benefits far outweigh the downs. Going through with it was the best decision I ever made. I feel wonderful!!

I had my gastric bypass surgery on July 22nd. I decided to have the surgery due to multiple medical reasons and of course wanting to loose the weight. I got pregnant when I was 18 and have been overweight since. I am now 33 and have 2 wonderful kids. I am married to the most wonderful man in the world and he is the most awesome step father to my kids.  They all encouraged me and supported me throughout this process. At 5 months out from surgery I have gone from 280 lbs at my heaviest to 186.2 as of this morning!! I feel like a new person. Just like most everyone I have had some ups and downs but I would make the same decision to have this done if I had to do it all over again. I am so excited to continue on this new journey in my life!!