I'm 5'2" and my starting weight was 206. I reached my goal weight (125 pounds) in 10 months. I'm 13 months post op now and this morning I weighed 115. I only have a very small amount of saggy skin on my upper thighs and upper arms, but not bad at all. If I actually worked out for a couple months, it probably wouldn't be an issue at all. It's pretty minor in my opinion. My stomach is actually flat with no sag. In clothes, you can't tell I have lost any weight. best of luck on your journey!
People can be nasty and straight rude or condescending about weight loss ...I even had a fellow wls patient make hurtful comments directed at me obviously due to her post wls lack of weight loss progression
Ie: I don't want to lose too fast and have a bobble head OR I don't want to have too much loose skin that's why I make sure I don't lose too fast. ???? I'm sorry but most wls patient can't really fully control the speed of loss especially within the first 6-8 months and thankfully I have very little to no loose skin at all. i didn't expect to lose as fast as I did simply because I didn't start off awfully high (~ 240 at 5'7" on dec 12, 2013) I lost 20 a few months prior to vsg and a total of about 50 net loss from my all time high prior to vsg. HW 293, surgery 240. Current 163-168, original goal was 175 which I got to at only 4.5 months out but now I wish for 155-160????
Other colleague comments:
- how much weight did u lose exactly?
- when did you start losing exactly?
- you will soon disappear.
- you lost half of yourself.
- DONT lose anymore! Black people aren't meant to be skinny. ????????????????????
- are you ok?
-are you "going overboard" with not eating?
-you look like a size XXS!
- so you lost all that weight from taking spin classes ???? only? Wow, spin classes must be magical!
- what the hell did you do? The GASTRIC BYPASS! ????????????????????
Some Family&friend comments:
- don't u think you are "skinny enough" now?
- so what are you now? A size 2 or a size 0?
- well don't give away all of your big clothes cause you might gain the weight back like before.
Lol, smh, ugh ???????? there are more comments but I'm getting aggravated just thinking about them
Some people are very pleasant and continuously remind me how good I look which I do appreciate. Share what u like with folks when u are ready, only a handful of people know I did it or have heard from me personally that I had it done. It's none if anyone else's business. Good luck!
Close to my highest back in 2009 compared to my current weight is pictured above
