southernbelle256

@@Margie122 yes I've definitely let junk back in my world. Way too much. I need to do a reset as well. I'm working out almost daily with the 30 day shred video for the past week. I'm getting back on track. It's way harder than I thought it would be. I think I've said this every step of the way!

I'm finding it a lot harder to lose now that I'm 8.5 M out. Anyone else?

Fortunately, I don't have the judgey people saying things to my face. It's more of that I'm just tired of talking about my weight loss with everyone. I'm more than my weight loss. I have more to talk about than losing and my new body. Remember all that stuff you wanted to talk about when you weren't telling me how fat I was? Yea, let's talk about those things.

It's also a reminder to me how large I really was and I don't like it.

Right there with you. I've started to politely ignore it or thank them and change the subject. Those people don't typically bring it up again after that.

@EbonAngel

I worked out a lot in months 2 - 4 but then got pneumonia and then strep and had to rest. Trying to get back to it has been really hard!

Live in Gadsden but had surgery in Anniston by Clifford Black.

Weigh in for today was 161.8

Is it too late to be added?

2/21 I was 165.6

Goal for Easter: 150

I'm 6.5 months and 82lbs down. I went for my 6 months follow up Friday and the dr was very pleased. He feels like I should more than reach my goal by 1 year out.

SW: 244 (8/18/15), CW: 161.8, GW: 130-135, height 5'1",

I found it. Searched Esmi C VSG

So true. Age matters when it comes to how fast you lose. I'm 33. I've lost 74.4 and plan to lose around 110.

Surgery: August 18, 2015

Do you have a lot of excess skin?

No, not yet. I think I will want a Tummy Tuck one day but it's not that bad. My legs and arms are jiggly but I can tell a difference in increased muscle tone from working out. I still have a long way to go.

I started at a lower BMI than you but I still didn't notice a significant size change until I was 40 pounds down. So basically I wore the same size between 240 and 200 pounds. Larger sizes have a much wider range of "fit". Once I got down below size 10 I noticed that just 5 pounds will make or break a tight pair of jeans.

I am finding the same thing. 244-200 were pretty much the same clothes.

200-169 have been a huge difference and I could probably downsize each month if I had the money.

Wonder what 169-130 will be like?! So exciting!!

I didn't buy new clothes until about 50 lbs. now at 74 lbs lost I probably need to get some more. Hoping to wait till spring and thankful for leggings and tunics.

I had a strange burning/numbness in my left thigh from months 2-4 post op. Dr. Said it was http://www.m.webmd.com/diabetes/meralgia-paresthetica

I'm not diabetic and had no other comorbidities. It went away on its own as I improved my Vitamin and nutrition intake.

I struggle with vertigo when I don't drink enough.

I have been public about my VSG since around 3 months post op.

I love being told:

"I'm proud of you."

"I can see how hard you're working to do it the right way."

I don't love hearing:

"You're wasting away" (nowhere near it)

"Woah you lost a ton of weight."

"But how are you feeling? Aren't you sick all the time?" (Do I look sick?!)

Basically acknowledge my effort and commitment to my health and it makes me feel good. I totally understand that people don't know what to say. I don't know what to think when I look in the mirror. My brain has not adjusted to 74 lbs off in 5.5 months.

So true. Age matters when it comes to how fast you lose. I'm 33. I've lost 74.4 and plan to lose around 110.

Surgery: August 18, 2015

This was a lie 18 years ago but it's the truth now!!

They are supposed to be able to see your nails to monitor for changes in color. O2 sat machines are sometimes slow or inaccurate and color of nail bed is a good indicator.

I want to say it was a stone lodged in the bile duct or something like that.

I've heard of people having gall stones after their gallbladder is removed.

Stalls are a normal, natural, and necessary part of the weight loss process. If you intend to lose weight, you will stall. Most people experience their first stall about three weeks post op.

Just follow your program.

Focus on getting in all of your Protein and fluids.

Take your Vitamins and supplements as directed.

Exercise.

And stay off the scale.

Embrace the Stall!

http://BariatricPal.com/index.php?/topic/351046-Embrace-the-Stall

How many times a day do you post this? ???? I feel like doctors do not warn about this and should.

I've lost 68 lbs in 4.5 months. I am the smallest I've ever been as an adult at 176.2. But at 5'1", I am not small.

I have not kept my surgery private. People are telling me "you're just wasting away... How much more are you planning to lose????"

My response is usually "yes that's the plan... I want to be a healthy weight for my height."

I get it. I don't even recognize myself sometimes but I definitely don't feel like I'm wasting away.

I'm in Gadsden, too! I had my surgery done by Dr. Lee Schmitt in Birmingham. I'm 8 weeks out and I've lost 39 pounds.

Cool! I sent you a message

I would request a second opinion or a barium swallow to see the real size of the stomach. Do you feel restriction? I had zero comorbidities and a healthy body before surgery and have lost a lot more than that. Have you tried took back to the liquid phase?

At that stage, everything gave me the runs liquid in. Liquid out.