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I sort of had a similar experience today with clothes shopping with my sister, we were in the Lucky store, now keep in mind I haven't shopped in a "regular" store in years...I saw a shirt, loved it, tried on the XXL waaay to big, the XL, still too big...the large..perfect fit...
a large shirt in a regular store?? stick a fork in me I am DONE lol
day over!
~drops the mike~

Strange thing happened today. I was weeding in the garden, moving around quite a bit, and just for a minute, I felt like I was not fat. It was sort of an out of body experience, I was shocked as I realized I was bending over easily as I weeded, I was not out of breath, was not making animal like grunts as I worked, and it felt pretty wonderful.
I had 170# to lose. In 14 weeks, halfway there, still formally fat, but I loved that sensation. Any of you have that experience?

For those of you that use Premier Protein, it is on sale at costco for $18.49 per case. That is a $5.00 savings. There is a limit of 2 cases.
It is on sale through August 30. I got my share today, I may have to go back a couple more times before the 30th.
Happy Shopping!

i promised myself i wouldnt ever be that person that thought what was best for others, my husband has lost 17 lbs since my surgery simply by eating what i am cooking..he was pre diabetic before and now he isnt...
weight loss is a personal thing (or it was for me) no fat shaming! no skinny shaming...
people come to the conclusion of surgery on their own..i was never unhappy i was just heavy....
my husband isnt unhappy nor is he a couch potato so he will do what he needs to do when he feels the need..he is a nurse that works 12+ hours a day and then is going to school for his masters, he has more energy than me most days!

i promised myself i wouldnt ever be that person that thought what was best for others, my husband has lost 17 lbs since my surgery simply by eating what i am cooking..he was pre diabetic before and now he isnt...
weight loss is a personal thing (or it was for me) no fat shaming! no skinny shaming...
people come to the conclusion of surgery on their own..i was never unhappy i was just heavy....
my husband isnt unhappy nor is he a couch potato so he will do what he needs to do when he feels the need..he is a nurse that works 12+ hours a day and then is going to school for his masters, he has more energy than me most days!

I have so much more energy its amazing, my husband said to me that my "soul was smiling more" and that i have a great light around me that encourages others now...
thats more than any loose pants can do!
congrats to all of us!!!

i promised myself i wouldnt ever be that person that thought what was best for others, my husband has lost 17 lbs since my surgery simply by eating what i am cooking..he was pre diabetic before and now he isnt...
weight loss is a personal thing (or it was for me) no fat shaming! no skinny shaming...
people come to the conclusion of surgery on their own..i was never unhappy i was just heavy....
my husband isnt unhappy nor is he a couch potato so he will do what he needs to do when he feels the need..he is a nurse that works 12+ hours a day and then is going to school for his masters, he has more energy than me most days!

I have so much more energy its amazing, my husband said to me that my "soul was smiling more" and that i have a great light around me that encourages others now...
thats more than any loose pants can do!
congrats to all of us!!!

I have so much more energy its amazing, my husband said to me that my "soul was smiling more" and that i have a great light around me that encourages others now...
thats more than any loose pants can do!
congrats to all of us!!!

Last year at this time, I was able to walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes at about 2.8 mph. Now I can run for more than an hour. What a great feeling. Can't wait to see what I will be able to do in another year.
What can you do that you couldn't do prior to surgery?

My husband has been behind me 100% , he didnt go to my appointments but was there when i needed him to hold my hand, he is also a nurse so i had his knowledge on my side when it came to healing. we also knew the nurses that cared for me which made me feel very comfortable.
he does all he can to help me, he also knows this journey is mine and ours, not just about him or me as individuals, i have cried more than once about this decision and he holds me and reassures me. he met me at my highest weight and does also help me Celebrate every loss, but he did take the scale away

@@LipstickLady was just thinking the same thing lol

You, sir.....are the 4-Hour-Pirate !!!!!!!!

Chuckster, again, good job on the results.
No.....great job on the results.
You've really accomplished something substantial. 146 lb lighter and you've been there for four years.
That is exceptional. You found the tools to do it. I'm guessing that's what we all are doing.....finding those tools we need.
The stats below your name say that you just joined but had surgery this past March. Somewhat confusing. Why did you join here these past few days and enter the information that you entered ?
This makes your initial post seem odd. This was lost on me at first. I was blown away with your results and didn't see this.
As far as being healthier now vs having the surgery......that is truly only for you to decide.
I felt the exact same way when I lost 125 lbs. I thought that I'd have made a mistake having WLS. I also learned a lot of lessons that I thought I'd not learned otherwise. Well....I've since learned a heap of other lessons.....and learned to appreciate many more viewpoints.
Weight loss and living healthy longterm has different paths to get there and different circumstances for each of us. I'd submit that getting there is the initial goal. Whatever path we take to get there....whatever tools we employ......all secondary to getting there.
Assuming we all get there......we've simply made it to the starting line. Then the real journey begins........maintaining healthy living. It's then that I'm guessing we'll all have more similarities than differences: small & frequent meals, quality food-not garbage, active lifestyles, etc. Being to maintain this lifestyle is the true test of being "more healthy".
I can say that without a shadow of doubt.....I'll be "more healthy" this time around with the bypass as a tool. Anyone that cares to argue with me can do so 10-15-20 years down the road. We'll see then.

Congratulations on your weight loss and new healthy lifestyle! It is always great to hear stories like these. I am currently working with my husband to help him do the same and it certainly isn't easy. It also isn't easy for me. I fight for every pound lost.
I lost hundreds of pounds over the years, the most at one time being 95. I would do a fairly good job only to gain it all back and then some.
Now every time I lose a pound I know it will be gone forever because I have a tool that helps me. For me, surgery literally gave me my life back and it was the best decision I ever made for myself. I am the healthiest I have been in my life as well. All of my previous medical issues are gone with the exception of one, I damaged my spine. I would not have been able to lose this weight without surgical intervention and not because of my eating habits.
What I am wondering is, what are you hoping to gain from The folks on this site? Why do you believe that losing weight without surgery is healthier?
If you are assuming that it is because you did not have to have your insides rearranged I would argue that losing and gaining over and over again is not healthy. Although this may have worked for you, I know I could have lost the weight, I simply proved over and over that I could not maintain it.
I know that if I follow the plan, I will remain healthy.
I am just curious why you would post to this site? Are you looking for support or simply a platform to make those that are considering weight loss surgery second guess their decisions? For many that use this site, weight loss surgery will save their lives.
If you are looking for support, that is fantastic and this group will always jump in to help. Please let us know what you are struggling with.

Awesome job! I hope it "sticks" for you. I have lost significant amounts of weight through good old diet and exercise many times in the past. I lost 90 pounds in one year back in 2010/2011 by working out and tracking every single bite of food I took. Unfortunately for me, I have an issue with regain. I was never able to maintain any weight loss for more than a year. I am cautiously optimistic that my sleeve will help me avoid regain once I reach my goal weight this time around. To lose weight with the sleeve, I am basically just doing all the same things I did without the sleeve. I am exercising regularly and I am careful about what I eat.
What I'm hoping is that once I am at goal, I don't get that "whelp, I'm done" mentality that I've had in the past where I thought once I was at goal, I could just go back to my "normal" life of laziness and eating poorly. With my sleeve, the eating healthy and in smaller portions is no longer optional. I can no longer go back to eating a whole large pizza and a pint of ice cream. It's permanent and it forces to me to continue to make good food choices forever. The exercise is still all on me, but I've found that if I'm eating right, I have the energy and attitude I need to exercise. Maybe if I *could* go back to eating pizza and ice cream, that lethargy would set back in and I'd be less motivated to exercise.
I wish you the best of luck and success. I think that if you CAN do it without WLS, then you absolutely should. WLS is a tool of last resort and not to be taken lightly.

Good for you! Any weight loss achievement is to be applauded, no matter the method and no one way is better than any other as long as the end result of better health and fitness is achieved.
I've got to ask, @@Chuckster . You just recently joined this forum (a weight loss surgery support forum), you lost a whole lot of weight non surgically, and both posts you've made since joining have been about losing weight non-surgically. What's your agenda in being here?

i am 2 months and about 10 days out, its amazing how we keep count
i too survived the stall, i have had two so far....and i always feel better when they are done. its because for so long that scale went up and up and never stayed the same or went down..its a great feeling...
i dont do the Protein shakes anymore, my nut said not too and i honestly couldnt stomach them much anymore!
i am able to get most of my Protein through Snacks like turkey pepperoni and shrimp for lunch what a life...
my grocery bill has gotten a lot smaller! thats always nice
and i am almost out of "old" pants that used to be too small...
sounds like we are both awesome..along with all the other sleevers!
yay go us!

according to the AMA i should weigh between 98-115 lbs because I am so short...i have told my friends and family if i weigh 110 lbs, call 911 something has gone horribly wrong! lol

ps. Congratulations you two..... I see one of you hit your goal, and the other is close.
I didn't fill in my target weight, so I'm assuming that is why I didn't get a measuring stick at the bottom of my post.
FYI. I started at 440, and my follow up last week was 350

i am 2 months and about 10 days out, its amazing how we keep count
i too survived the stall, i have had two so far....and i always feel better when they are done. its because for so long that scale went up and up and never stayed the same or went down..its a great feeling...
i dont do the Protein shakes anymore, my nut said not too and i honestly couldnt stomach them much anymore!
i am able to get most of my Protein through Snacks like turkey pepperoni and shrimp for lunch what a life...
my grocery bill has gotten a lot smaller! thats always nice
and i am almost out of "old" pants that used to be too small...
sounds like we are both awesome..along with all the other sleevers!
yay go us!

congrats!!

Surgery date: December 17, 2014
SW: 241.6
PSW:236.4
CW:152
GW: 140
12 pounds to go until I reach the goal I have been longing for...for YEARS!! I am so proud of my decision to have surgery!! I couldn't have gotten to this place without it!! My quality of life is so much better. No more high blood pressure or joint issues and I have to mention my new hot steamy love life with my long time hubby for 23 years!!! There are people I've told and people I have not! I haven't had any negative feed back... to my face anyway....lol... very encouraging journey thus far! At this point I don't care anyway..I've lost 90 pounds and I feel amazing!!!

Jesus, it looks like Charles Dickens is posting on BariatricPal nowadays. People are writing books.
Don't get me wrong, I like reading. Just not when it is a bunch of worthless pulp. So for newcomers to this thread, let me summarize it for you:
Original Poster:
I had gastric surgery long before I was mature enough for it.
I didn't do what I was supposed to do post surgery.
I never lost as much as I wanted.
If I can find one person to agree with me, then it's not really my fault.
Everyone Else:
You weren't ready for the surgery.
You didn't do what you should have post surgery.
You would have if you followed directions.
Most of us don't agree with you.
Go back to basics, find some friends who can give you the support you must need.

I believe I understand your intention with this remark, but I can't help but mention that those in the first 2 years post op have very little understanding of the experience at the longer term mark. I will be 4 years post op in December and this year has been much tougher maintaining then the first 2-3 years were. I keep asking myself, have I slipped back to old bad habits? Maybe a little, but i think it is more that I am living like a "normal" middle aged American woman and look around, alot of them could stand to lose 20 or 50.
I am bouncing around 5-10 over goal and not happy about it, but my efforts to knock them back off haven't been very successful...
I am very very happy that I still wear single digit clothing and look like a normal, not obese person though... and I am continuing to work it - with the first goal being to NOT regain any more...