lsubabe33

This. Worth a full quote.

I have had a similar experience - I had the sleeve in August 2015. I weighted 225 and have lost 60 pounds and have stayed at this weight for about a year. Although I would like to lose more, I am so happy with the amount I have lost and am grateful to have had the surgery. I know that I could have never lost the weight without the surgery. I don't always make the best food choices and know that I need to kick up my exercise and track my food. I would be happy to share what my NUT and I talked about recently to help me get back on track - just let me know.

when you say constantly active, what do you mean? Do you have an exercise regimen or do you just move a lot during the day? Exercise is the main thing, besides eating a ton less calories and mostly protein/veggies, that burns the fat for me. It's my engine. I'm run/walking about 5-7 miles a day, doing power yoga 3-4 times a week and then being very active on a daily basis. So adding in a ton more exercise is important. Once I an a maintaining I'll slow down but right now I need to work as hard as possible when in weight loss phase. When I say I'm working out, I mean I dedicate at least 2 hours a day to hard working out/sweating.

I am in the pre-op stage but I use Myfitness Pal to track my food and Water intake. I love it

The first step is to track your food. You can't correct anything if you don't know what you are doing.

You should do an honest accounting of what you are eating every day. It can be so easy to graze and eat a bite or two here and there, but it really adds up!
Measure and weigh your food. Yes, it is a giant PIA, but don't let your investment in this surgery and in yourself go to waste.
Take a few hours and do the math for the foods you eat the most. Make an Excel spreadsheet with the macros.
I don't record/track every single day, but I do "put myself in check" every two weeks or so. I eat every 4 hours and weigh/measure my food.

I will have to look in to that @@OutsideMatchInside
My SW 246
CW 180
GW 125
I'm 5'2 my BM before surgery was 46.
No doubt I think the tea and seeds are effecting me. Thank you all for ur support and help.
And I totally relate to carrying around 69lbs bc the more I lose.. The more I think I did I manage with all the extra weight on me.

I hate Water now after surgery!!! And I hate all the additives u can put in water!!! I love regular sweet tea.
I'm walking around my subdivision, and chasing after a 4 year old.

@@lsubabe33
you can't expect to lose weight drinking sugar Water. Not only that, drinking sweet tea will just fuel your appetite and it will make things without sugar taste worse than they really do. You are ruining your new palette.
Have you tried adding these to your Water? They don't have that chemical taste
http://www.shopsweetleaf.com/stevia-water-enhancers/

The maximum weight allowance on baggage for the last flight I made was 50 pounds, and one of my suitcases was right at that limit. Lifting it made me think of how I used to have that much excess weight on my body, every moment of every day. If you were to fill up bags with 69 pounds of weight and carry them around the house and neighborhood and your job for a few hours, you wouldn't scoff at that amount. You wouldn't say they "only" weigh 69 pounds. I think you should be tremendously proud of yourself!
@@Frankie'sGirl really covered everything very well. She's absolutely correct that how much weight you had to lose significantly alters the rate of your weight loss. She's also right about the benefits of losing weight at a slower pace. I've lost 65 pounds since having surgery last August, and am elated by it. I lost very little hair, and my skin is actually tighter and more youthful than it was prior to surgery. Sure, others lost that amount in a fraction of the time, but that's them, and I'm me. You're you. It's not like we're on a race where we're all starting out at the same place, running the same route, and there's a prize for who gets there first. What's most important is that you keep moving. 69 pounds is a huge amount of progress! Don't be discouraged. Persevere towards reaching your goals.

When you say regular sweet tea, I'm assuming you mean made with sugar. Do you count the calories in the tea towards your overall daily calories? I looked quickly and, for instance, a large sweet tea from McDonalds is 280 calories. If you don't count those calories you're consuming way more than you should. If you are counting them, then you're not leaving enough of your calories for dense Protein which is needed for sustained loss! Good luck with your continued loss!
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Sweet tea can be a problem. The salt in sunflower seeds too. Although I think you're doing fine!

Wow, that's very true!! Thanks for the comments.
I don't think I'm eating enough.. Which doesn't help getting all the Protein that I need.
I will admit I'm ADDICTED to sunflower seeds and sweet tea. When I get hungry or want a snack I eat sunflower seeds instead of chips etc.

You lost almost 70 pounds. Congratulations!

I know it gets disheartening but just think about this....
That's 69 extra pounds you were carrying around 24/7 before surgery.

I have barely been losing weight the past 6 weeks or so. Partially because I have a period every 2 weeks now, and its summer and I am retaining Water.
I am however smaller, all the time. Measure yourself every week, it helps when the scale isn't moving.
Also I think a lot of my freak out about my weight is because everyone says you lose the most in the first year, my year is almost up and I am 30 pounds heavier than I wanted to be at this point. I am trying not to focus on that so much, because I am the size in clothes I thought I would be at this point, which means in the end, I am probably going to end up smaller than I ever thought.
Think positive, being stressed only retains weight.

You are being too hard on yourself. 69 pounds down in 9 months is great!
As far as why you might be losing slower than some:
Were you a lower BMI starting out?
(lower BMI peeps tend to lose much slower than someone with a large amount of weight to lose)
Are you tracking every bite of food and sip of liquid?
Are you weighing/measuring every bit of your food so you know exactly how much you are consuming?
Are you eating too little calories (starvation mode) or too many calories?
Are you keeping carbs low?
Are getting in your Water and Protein goals?
Are you exercising?
If all of that is on point, then you just got lucky and are a slow loser. There is nothing wrong with it, and while I know it sucks, you just keep at it and remember it didn't take you a few months to gain all your weight, so it won't be a few months to lose it either. It isn't a race - you'll get there eventually. And losing it slower means your body and skin has a better chance of minimizing issues like loss of muscle tone, saggy skin and balance issues as your center of gravity changes due to losing a large amount of weight.
Keep positive and don't compare yourself to others. Just keep on track with your Protein, Water, low carb and exercise and you will reach your goal!!

Maybe you could do the post op liquid diet for a week? See how your respond to that ...
kinda like a reboot ...
Best of luck!

I don't think anyone should take diet pills. They do more harm than good. But if you are not sure about something then ask your doctor

you shouldn't need to - but talk to your team because safety would depend upon your individual medical conditions.

I had revision on March 2nd and all is well actually couldn't be better. I've had a couple of stalls which was to be expected but things are moving in the right direction now....32 lbs down in all . I feel great and recommend the procedure to anyone that had no success with the lap band. I see you are Louisiana like me........my clinic is in Lafayette and am very pleased with them. Good luck.

I miss beer!!! ????
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@@future Mrs
I have hot wings 2-3 times a week. I make them myself. You can make them taste fried just cooking them in the oven.
Make them like that and just use Red Hot Wing sauce as the sauce. No carbs.

I have a beer once in awhile--from a glass, not the bottle.
I also enjoy a glass of wine occasionally, but be aware that you will be able to drink about 1/3 the amount as pre WLS.
Enjoy!