KindaFamiliar

Hi @@NAuthorlee30 I started at 550+ and have had absolutely no hold-ups or issues with my recovery... I was only in hospital 3 nights and could have gone home after 2... I had 12 days off work after the op but could have gone back after 5... Of course, everyone is different... So this is MY story... Good luck with everything... Feel free to ask any questions you like...

What a great job mate... You should be well pleased with your progress... Well done to you!!

No words of wisdom but a little perspective... I did 4 weeks of liquids prior to surgery... You have a week? Suck it up and get it done!!! Good luck with it...

I have a pair of jeans that I bought ages ago and thought I'd never squeeze my fat arse into.. Now the only thing that stop me wearing them is the floppy muffin top thing that I have going on when I put the jeans on.. I've not worn jeans for 20 years and I'm letting THAT stop me?? Why oh why must I be so vain??? I've never bothered about how I look before... Now that I look better (relatively at least), I get all bent outta shape about things.. I think that just means I'm in touch with my feminine side... .

G'day @@lizag234 Congrats on your effort and loss thus far... I'm ten months out and down just over 200 pounds (down from around 560) and exercise five days a week... I do cardio and weights just about every day.. Walking still sux for me - I don't think I'll ever enjoy it - so I do my cardio on an exercise bike... Or a rower... Anything that doesn't smash my dodgy knee up... I'd suggest you go and see a personal trainer somewhere close to where you live... I'm not saying you should commit to a gym membership or any such thing... But if you talk to one or two (or more!!) professionals in the field then you're likely to get some really useful information which can be tailored to your specific abilities and needs... Good luck with it... And keep us updated!!!

I LOVE THE BOOB TALK!!!! That is all...

@@yerawizardamy That's the spirit!! Go nuts!!! And as creepy as this sounds... I'll be watching... @@ssflbelle I'm far too attractive to take pics... If I post them, women swoon and send me private messages and stuff... Then men get all huffy and start victimising me in the Men's Room (not to be confused with the mensroom!!)... So I just tend to lay low and keep to myself... It's a tough cross to bear but I do what I can... You should take pics tho!!! Edit - Please understand that the entire statement to ssflbelle is a work of fiction. I'm not too attractive for pics... Women do not swoon and leave Private Messages... Men do not get huffy and victimise me in the Men's Room.. I've added this disclaimer because I know there are a few here who lack the ability to distinguish between somebody talking themselves up and somebody having a little joke to lighten their day. As you were...

I started at approx 550 pounds... I'm now nearly ten months out and have lost over 200 pounds... I'm absolutely ecstatic with that but still have another hundred or so to go... It's a process... And it's hard... But don't forget - all the numbers you get from your doc or surgeon are an average. To get an average, all of the numbers - big, small, in-between - are added together and then divided... So if 150 pound is the average, for every person that loses 75lb there's one who loses 225... For every person who loses 100lb there's someone who loses 200... It's a numbers game.. Aim for average.. Achieve average... Then kick average's arse.. Go on - have a crack!! I dare you to beat the 'average'!!

I'm almost 10 months out and cannot adequately digest protein from 'normal' foods... I usually have four protein shakes a day...

Welcome...

Nope... I'm going at it just like I was as a 16 yr old high school kid... ALONE!!!

How are all the Canberra sleevers going? Any updates?

Knife fight scars from your former life as a buccaneer on the high seas... That's what I'd go with...

Excess skin is months and pounds away... If it is a genuine "fear" then I suggest you get over it... Excess skin is a real possibility.. It's not a definite of course... There are a lot of factors to consider.. But it's a distinct possibility..

Hello...

Strippers... Everyone likes strippers... Ok ok... I'll see myself out...

Gold!!!

BariatricPal.com A great place to talk s**t.. Or bloating... Or gas... Strictures... Cramps.. Vomiting.. Etc, etc...

BariatricPal.. Where losers go to win...

Front - I had 90% of my stomach removed and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.. Back - But at least it's 27 times smaller than my old one!

Visit BariatricPal.com If you've got the guts..

Wow... You really are having a shitty day/week... I've nothing more to add than the ladies before me... I'm simply acknowledging that yes, the peaks and troughs, especially in the early days, can be much more intense than they normally would be.. From what I see, you're all over this like a ... Well, you're all over it... Good luck with kicking your current form slump... To use a popular Australian term - She'll be 'right mate..

Challenge accepted!!!

Hahaha... Careful what you wish for my friend...

I'm no doctor, but I think the hiccups might be from taking in too much air when we eat... We impulsively take smaller bites but still open our mouths just as wide as before... I get them aaaallllllllll the time... And I think it's when I rush and gulp... Be warned tho... I really don't know anything... Only what happens to me...