Wendyfm

I started losing hair at about five months out, by seven or eight months it started to grow back. Five years out you can’t tell.

I’ve been in maintenance for four years and it just kind of happened. All of a sudden at about fifteen months out I just stopped losing. I maintain on 1,000-1,300 calories a day.

I think this is normal to all of us. Chicken and pork used to bother me . If I ate two fast I would get the foamies and throw up.and now five years out I still need to chew pork or chicken really well or it will upset my stomach.

That’s five years out.

I was fifty two almost fifty three when I had my sleeve. I am now fours years out. I lost 100 pounds and have kept it off. I walk five days a week at least in the summer and try to walk or dance or just move in the winter. I usually do al least three days a week in winter. I am starting to have some health issue. I have arthritis in my hips and have the very beginning of heart disease,mild changes , but I don’t have to treat it yet. I also have some bone thing. These are all wait and watch things and they don’t affect me,other than the arthritis, which causes constant discomfort that I ignore.

I usually/90% of the time hit my protein goals. I take vitamins and calcium religiously in the am. I forget sometimes at night. I am also 57 and have developed osteopenia. Which is thinning bones. My blood levels are always good.it is possible that it was caused by not taking all of my calcium. But I will never know for sure. But it is better to obey all of the vitamin rules.

I’ve been in maintenance for about four years. I lost a total of 100 pounds and currently weigh around 175 which is still considered obese. My body just decided to stop losing at this weight. I currently eat around 1200 calories a day and excercise an average of five times a week. I weigh myself daily and still track what I eat, how much I eat and how many calories I eat. Although I have relaxed some.

I’m five years out and had a rough winter weight wise. I have arthritis in both hips and step aerobics bothered them. I wasn’t able to walk much because of the weather, so I went from exercising 5 times a week to maybe one or two. As a result I gained between eight and ten pounds. Which isn’t’t much I know, but for me was frustrating especially because I hover between overweight and obese according to the charts , even with a hundred pound loss. I started paying attention to my eating and no that it’s summer. I am walking at least two miles a day and a down nine pounds and feeling happy again.

You should be getting at least 60 grams of protein a day

Cesileyray. I had the same issue, turned out it was my blood pressure med

I had my remorse the day after when I was throwing up and miserable. Once that stopped I was happy with the surgery % five years later, a hundred pounds down I don’t regret anything.

I’m five years out and still have to be careful of dense meat. Chicken breast pork or steak. I don’t get the foam is anymore, but if I eat in a hurry and don’t chew enough these sit in my stomach like a lead weight.

I haven’t failed, but I have gained ten pounds five years out and it’s a struggle every day not to gain more. Part of my issue is a fairly high inhaled steroid for asthma a nd the need for other steroids this year for the same asthma. so I just keep trying every day it’s all that we can do.

I think you might be pushing it if you go back that soon. It took me a week before I felt comfortable driving. I was also tired for about a month. I would say two weeks would be a good amount of time to take off. i work in a school, so had my surgery in the summer for just this reason.

Hi, I’m 56 and was sleeved in July of 2014. I lost 100 pounds going from 272 to 172. I’ve managed to keep all but 4 -7 pounds off. I fight that through the year. I feel better and more confident.

I would say for the first year cravings were not a big deal for me and I was basking in a sea of praise and support. Then I hit the end of my weight loss and things got more difficult. That being said at four years out, I’m two to five pounds up from my lowest point. It’s hard work. I walk five -7 days in the summer and struggle to walk five in the winter. This last school year I was bombarded with temptation and gave in too many times. But, I held myself accountable if you gain a couple of pounds you have to work on losing it again. Work the plan. High protein low carb and what ever calorie restriction your doctor calls for. Make a routine of exercise and keep track even on the bad days and have a support group or person. But you can do it .

I told every one. I work in a school and had it done over summer break.

Three and a half years out. Consistent 100 pound loss after year one

I'm almost three years out, not sure if I've done before and after before

Well, I occasionally stress eat, but I weigh myself daily, so if I gain I pay more attention to what I eat until I lose it again.