Beachsprite

Starting weight is 193lb, Goal weight is 176lb I actually live in NZ and we go by KGs 174lb will put me in the 70's kg wise (79ish) which is a major milestone for me! not seen a weight starting with a 7 on the scales since pre marriage! But also more importantly It will put me just in the "overweight" category rather than obese!

You look great! I hope to have a body like that one day!

193 - 3lb off target I've been having a bit of a carb creep the last few weeks i need to get under control and hopefully i will get to 190 soon Looking forward to the new challenge - i'm assuming it will be until new year?

Mine stared exactly 1 week ago so about 2.5 months post op but 3 months from start of liquid diet

I am 2.5 months out and I'd say drinking is about 65 percent like pre op so much better tganvrge first few weeks and can take bigger gulps but certainly I can't down a glass if water in one go. It takes me about 5-10 minutes total resting between a gulp or two

I went to pull my pants up a bit and pulled what I thought was my pants up only to have handfuls of my undies sticking out either side over the top rim of my pants like turned out pockets or something... need to throw out those xxxl ones!

195lb

I think many people are missing something here it could be the food is rapidly exiting the stomach into the gut therefore you can eat more, that's how those super skinny fast racing eatters can do it not because they have massive stomach capacity but because food exists the stomach quickly like liquids it could be it's your valve there is an issue with rather than pouch size either way you need to see your surgeon and go by the motto "just because you can doesn't mean you should...."

i have thin hair and mine literally just started shedding 2 days ago and i'm only 10 weeks post off so 13 weeks from start of pre op diet, i know it's going to get bad as I've been through this time of hair-loss 5 times before (3 pregnancy and 2 bouts of long term liquid diet weight loss consequences)

i would like to know this too, i have vomited a few times from eating wrong thing or my stomach not liking something and i tell you it's 10 times better than pre op - no yuky stomach acid, just saliva and the actual food a bit munched up. So I am sure with 3 young kids also it's only a matter of time until i get ill but i won't be as scared of vomiting as i'd take dry wrenching and a bit of vomit over disgusting smelling and tasting high volume stuff per op any day!

yes Sajijoma, that's me too saggy undies and pants but still too big for the next size down - annoying huh! and Ashlegal that would drive me nuts too shrinking without seeing the scales moving, maybe I am stealing your weight loss numbers and you are stealing my fat loss

I have lost on my face like you and I think my upper body but guts and hips seems to be holding me back. I will just have to work hard for that next 10lb and get in smaller clothes, I think for now i'm going to have to accept i'm going to have to buy another couple of cheap size 16 pants to get me through until then as they really are looking shoddy/unprofessional!

HI Everyone! I know people always say inches are more important than lbs etc but man it's frustrating i'm close to my 50lb down mark now (hoping to meet that for my birthday next week!) and obviously i'm pleased so far BUT I've only dropped one dress size, I was a US 18 and now i'm a 16. I only have two pairs of work pants i rotate while going through weight loss and plan to do the same until reach goal, the size 16 ones I have are looking baggy and shabby and i have a conference to go to in a few weeks i need to look smart for. So I rocked up to the shops expecting to be a solid 14 but no... couldn't get a single pair to do up over my stomach need to lose another good 3-4 inchs there to go down a size! I must have just stretched out the (cheap) fabric of my current ones making me think i'd lost a size I was really disappointed. So still a size 16 after nearly 50lb loss and looks like i'll need to lose at least another 10 taking me up to 60lb lose to get there. Anyone else having to lose 30lb+ to lose a single size at my kind of weight? So frustrating those "normal" clothes sizes seem just out of reach and with it the racks of variety!

i would love to know too if weight loss helps i can't walk in heels it's waaay to painful on the balls of my feet kill i don't know if it's the excess weight or if i just need to hand in my lady card

My surgoen asked me to set up but to be realistic explaining not everyone gets to a healthy BMi but it should be someone i'm comfortable so i set 164lb initially. which would put in the mid way overweight range, however since i've started this journey i've readjusted down to 150lb which will put me just at the lower end over 'overweight'. i can sort of imagine myself being 150lb but i can't see myself any lower, not to say i may not change my mind when and if i get there. So for now it's 150 but we'll see how this journey pans out.

I have been through this after kids and previous extreme weight loss. Get it cut and of keep it tied back and just keep repeating this too shall end!! I know it's horrible :/ I'm waiting for mine to start in next few weeks sigh. My hair only just grew back from last lots of hair loss!

i had a carb binge last night - some crackers, a couple of biscuits and a slice of bread - total about 350 calories. I had no idea why I did it - until this morning and it was that time of the month - I forgot about the carb cravings just before TTM since it's been so long as i had been on the Depo shot that stops them. l will have to watch out for that again in the future and manage it better/realise why i'm craving what i'm craving. I suppose it's an improvement on family sizes chocolate bars at that time of month that i used to do! I will have to find some sugar free pudding or something when it hits!

196 lb on the 19th

if you can't tolerate the shakes like me due to the milk contents then most Quest bars etc will be out too try Soy based proetin bars or Meal Replacement bars, i have one Optifast berry bar most days - 1/2 Breakfast half afternoon snack, also has the benefits of a 3rd of your daily Vitamin and minerals in it also. it has a tiny amount of diary in but so minute even my very sensitive stomach to all things dairy can handle it, I am sure there are other soy based bars on the market to. I was able to handle these from 3 weeks out. (with NUTs and Surgeon's blessing)

That's great!!! My goal is 150 a long way off but juxe to see someone else get close it's very motivating! Yeah 150s is defiantly early high school since I last saw that on the scale!

I'm with you. You can get soy and pea protein powders but they are so nasty i can't even swollow them but you may habe beyter luck. I'm like you very lactose and galactose intolerant after op. I switched to soy protein based bars instead and haven't looked back.

Yup I'm exactly same can take large pain killer pills and chewable multi vitamins but if I take a normal centrum I forcefully vomit within 5-10mins. So weird!

Congrats! I hope to join you tomorrow been stuck on 200 for over a week grrr...

Thank you all so much for your responses I agree I need to actively try and get my highs from a new productive habit. I'll have a good think about it. It's so weird how similar the over eating and over spend cycling is.... the delicious anticipation and planning or the pure joy of a suprise temptation... the shutting out of the thoughts that tell you you will regret this.. the raised heart rate and excitement of the purchase or eating... the warm glow that follows and the brief high.... then the guilt sets in.....after a few cycles of that you face major weight gain or debt issues which add to the stress and of course you need to feel good again.... I guess I should be grateful I hate cigarettes and alcohol!

Thank you both! Well to be honest just walking a little cycling and some swimming once a week. I'm very unfit nothing I do if I'm honest us pushing myself hard. I just downloaded to couch to 5km app so I wanting to give that a go. But yes I dream about doing yoga it's a major none scale goal of mine to really get into it. I just feel like I'm too big and shy to go a class :/