60&goin4it

Hey all, almost to that 6 month mark!! [emoji51]
I feel like I have failed.. I did so great at the beginning followed the diet and exercise routine to a T.. But even right after surgery I was hungry, my hunger never went away and the restriction that everyone talks about just isn't there for me.. I had a 6inch subway chicken breast sandwich for lunch and besides some of the excess bread I can eat the whole thing no problem.. I never get that "full" feeling that most people talk about and I can eat sugary foods and greasy foods without any stomach upset.. I wish I would just get dumping! Right after the surgery I even asked my Dr if he actually did the surgery and still 6 months later I wonder the same thing.. If it wasn't for the weight loss I have had I would want my money back for him leaving my full stomach in there Lol... Surgery was October 14th SW 218 CW 153.. The last month weight loss is a very slow crawl..
I can relate to all the people who say they still feel fat.. I feel huge and squishy as well! People see me and tell me how "tiny" I am yet me and that word do not go together.. I still feel like the fat girl who wants to hide.. This has got to be more of a mental thing since I can now wear a size 7, I should be happy with that..right? And my ARMs ugh! Even in a small/medium top I don't think I can ever wear a short sleeved shirt.. I keep waiting for the day my mind will catch up with my body.. Maybe then I won't feel so negative about me..
But on another note.. My Hair loss, although still occurring it has lightened a little!
Sorry for the long rant that's all over the place..
I guess just because I can eat more than anyone I have talked to that has had this surgery doesn't mean I should.. But most people who have had this surgery don't get hungry but mine never skipped a beat.. I have started trying to drink a gallon of Water a day.. Hopefully this will help with my hunger... I'm on day two- so I'll let you know how things go!
You all have been such a huge help in not feeling so alone since I chose not to tell anyone about my surgery other than my husband.. So for that I THANK YOU!!!

Hey October family been read all ur post I am so proud of all us how much weight loss we LOST awesome !! my Hw 340 Cw 240 my goal is 150lbs So thankful for my RNY it was nice reading ur post October family keep up ! I'm have to deal with my stall for weeks so I think I'm going try to reset my pouch wish luck thx

Yes I do two days having 4 Premier Protein shakes then I transition to shakes just for Breakfast and lunch and a good dinner then I transition to shakes just for breakfast and my other meals food. It works for me.

Well I went to my 6 month check up today. 177 yea. They go buy % of what you have lost.. They said they liked their patients to be at 50% at 6 months of their weight loss since surgery. I'm at 65% so they were very pleased with my progress. I don't go back until its a year. They said I should have no problem getting to my goal of 150 by then, especially if I would get back to my walking, I told them I had been slacking off! Anyway hope you all have good reports at your 6 month!

Well I went to my 6 month check up today. 177 yea. They go buy % of what you have lost.. They said they liked their patients to be at 50% at 6 months of their weight loss since surgery. I'm at 65% so they were very pleased with my progress. I don't go back until its a year. They said I should have no problem getting to my goal of 150 by then, especially if I would get back to my walking, I told them I had been slacking off! Anyway hope you all have good reports at your 6 month!

@@395Ron Hey Ron, I was wondering about that too, I have heard of some doing that but not sure what it is! Hope all your health problems are getting better! Good to hear from you!!

@@SleeveandRNYchica Your doing great! 60lbs thats 2 1/2 consistant lbs a week. I couldn't do that before surgery no matter what I did, starve etc. If your working long hours that has to keep you busier so don't push yourself too much! I find the busier I'am the less I eat!!! I wear some ankle weights I've had for years to wear under my jeans during the day to burn a few more calories. I don't remember where I got them but that might help you if you run out of time to exercise, then maybe some leg lifts while sitting. Hang in there!

Thank you! That is a great idea! I tell you this is an interesting process it is great to see how we are all doing 6 months out. I am thankful for this process! I am so much a social eater and I miss my wine! But I am hanging tough in that department. Thank you all for sharing your updates.

@@SleeveandRNYchica Your doing great! 60lbs thats 2 1/2 consistant lbs a week. I couldn't do that before surgery no matter what I did, starve etc. If your working long hours that has to keep you busier so don't push yourself too much! I find the busier I'am the less I eat!!! I wear some ankle weights I've had for years to wear under my jeans during the day to burn a few more calories. I don't remember where I got them but that might help you if you run out of time to exercise, then maybe some leg lifts while sitting. Hang in there!

I don't dump either. The past few weeks have been rough and I need to hit my personal goal of 217 for my 6 month appt. that will put me at 60lbs lost in 6 months. Very slow in comparison to others so I try not to compare. I was disappoint I don't dump. But I took some NyQuil and landed in the emergency room and was out of work almost a week. I started personal training but still need to get more consistent with my weekly workouts. I am starting a new position and it will make my already long day longer. Hoping I can in corporate it into my lunch hour. I am not hungry but head hunger is horrible. I try to stay away from junk most of the time.

Well, here we are, for most of us almost to the 6 month mark! I never thought I would be under 180 again & here I'am. The last 2 months it has been a crawl for me getting here but its still coming off! I'am more active now, moving more, & feeling great!!!!! I haven't been walking like I should still!!!!! So probably why its slowed down so much. food does not control my life anymore, which sometimes I wish I enjoyed eating more than I do when we go out to eat but I just don't!!! I do get hungry when I haven't eaten in a while but is quickly remedied with a few bites of something. I still try to get my Protein in but is still a struggle. I usually don't eat much more than a cup of food at a time. My solid meats still fill me up quickly. And eating slow is still a struggle & I get that stuck feeling when I do eat too fast. I haven't had any problems with any kind of food, except things that give you gas. Gas seems to be my biggest problem so far with this surgery for me. I had refried Beans the other night & so glad I was at home. My stomach bloated out terribly. My body looks so much better in cloths now. I'm between a size 12 & 14 in pants & M & L in shirts. Out of cloths, well lets just say I won't be wearing a bathing suit. My arms are the worse, I think I could fly with these wings, inner thighs, thank-god for Spanx, & breasts, I think most women have the same problem after giving birth & age but thankful for good bras which are wonderful for this!!! So I haven't heard of a good surgery for underarms but when I do I may have something done to them, other than that it is what it is. My Hair loss has slowed down as with the weight loss. Feeling so much better now has made every sag, wrinkle & even the gas worth having the surgery. My self esteem is so much better & I feel like the old self is back!!! I hope you all are as happy with this surgery as I'am! I'm so thankful for each & every one of you! You have made it so much easier going through this! I wish you nothing but success & can't wait to hear from everyone, especially as we meet our goals!!!! Have a wonderful 6 month anniversary everyone!!

And congrats on surviving breast cancer!

My surgeon said that I would be medically eligible for a Tummy Tuck. I will have one next year, and because I'm a breast cancer survivor, I will also be allowed to have my reconstruction reconstructed to keep things neat and tidy.

@@anewme2015 Well said, & I too have no problem with sweets or carbs, although I don't eat as much of them as prior to surgery. I'm considering the arm lift for plastics, but won't do anything till I'm a year out from surgery.

@@AnnainOK Congrats on the diabetic meds! I get colder too now that I don't have as much insulation on me! We sound like we are losing about the same! I use to live in Moore & Choctaw ok left in 2007. Glad your doing well!

Congrats on the amazing weight losses October family!
Ron, I hear you with the chocolate and candy. I don't dump either. It is an added challenge for sure but we can do this! I don't know if this is something you want to try but if I find myself succumbing to sweets, which I have on occasion, I follow it with a day or two return to Protein Drinks. I find it stops the cravings in their tracks. I'm trying to avoid most carbs altogether but I also know the all or nothing DIET never works. We want this to be a lifestyle change and there will be times in our lives that we eat carbs. We need to focus on limiting the amount and not allowing it to become a 'well I ate a carb this day is ruined so I might as well stuff my face with every carb and sugar on the planet thing".
I sometimes wonder if the dr's tell us we can't tolerate carbs so we'll avoid them because I find on the very rare occasions I've had carbs, they go down easily and I can eat more of them than anything else- problem-free. I couldn't pig out on chicken if I tried! Lol
Anyway, focus on the positives in your post. It's an incredible amount of weight and this is for forever. We can't beat ourselves up about slips. We need to analyze the why and then get back on track.
Unrelated: any Octobers considering plastics?

Hey y'all! It's good to see how much progress everyone has made.
I can't say that I've lost as much as some of y'all, but I didn't have as much to lose as some. My Type II diabetes has been in remission since two days after my surgery, and that was my whole motivation. I haven't been able to stop my high blood pressure meds, but the diabetes meds are a thing of the past.
Cold. It was a cold winter. I'm hoping I'll find summer more tolerable, though. (And in my part of Oklahoma, it is most of the year!)
I don't get hungry unless I go without eating for six hours or so...which I try not to do. I became sensitive to Protein Shakes, so now I use a flavorless Protein Powder in my coffee or food, as I would never get enough Protein otherwise.
I can't drink cold things very well, as they cause my stomach to spasm somewhat. I drink coffee now. I didn't before surgery.
I've had dumping syndrome once. I have had an upset tummy on several occasions, mostly if I tried to drink something cold at a meal. Veggie and fruit skins are hard on me for some reason. No al dente veggies. Everything has to be cooked to death or I can't seem to chew them enough.
I don't exercise any more than I did before...I walk with the dog a mile or two three or four times a week, but I'm naturally more active I think. I have more endurance--although the first two or three months left me really tired.
I am down to a size 34 jean from a 42. This means I'll have to buy some new clothes, as I'm wearing my son's jeans now. In a medium to large T-shirt. In women's I'm at about a 14 as opposed to the 22 from a year ago.
Lots of vitamins/minerals here. I can do some things I couldn't earlier, such as capsules, but not softgels. I bite the softgels and just tolerate the taste of fish oil and the like.
As for medicines with alcohol content? Yeah. I'm a lightweight. Geritol makes me tipsy. And, while Nyquil doesn't have the alcohol, I'm much more sensitive to it than I once was. Two ounces of wine put me under the table.
And that's it in a nutshell!

I was October 6, 2015.
HW 281,
SW 251,
Goal 190,
CW 186.
Hit my goal a month ago and have been attempting to find a maintenance regime since.
My wife yells at me to "stop losing weight".
I'm doing a combo of strict days and loose days. So far so good.

WARNING!! This is the complaint department and I am shooting to be the head complainer.
Hmmm Carb Addiction. Just because last week I had 4 single chocolates, a milky way, a whole bag of robin eggs and a bunch of other stuff that I shouldn't be eating besides shouldn't be able to eat....doesn't make me addicted to carbs! First step in addiction is denial and it isn't just a river in Egypt. I have recently heard the words carb addiction. I know I LOVE sweets. I know food doesn't taste good now that I don't eat bread, rice and Pasta which I am slowly understanding are all carbs. Now I have to figure out what led up to me eating those "bad" foods and how to attempt to control my addiction. I have to educate myself on what is a carb, which carbs are good and which are bad, how much I need to limit myself to and so on. UGH!
One of the reasons I had the gastric bypass surgery was so I would have negative consequences to eating both high fat and high sugar foods. What a disappointment to find out I seem to be able to eat both without getting the dreaded dumping syndrome. Granted I am drinking Water at the same time I am eating this stuff this is why I am able to eat the amount I am eating. So I think one of the rules I need to implement is not to drink for 30 minutes after eating ANYTHING. Now this alone isn't going to stop me from eating sugary and high fat foods but my stomach does hurt (feels like heart burn) if I eat too big amount if I don't wash it down by drinking. This would at least limit the amount I can eat at one time.
Would I have had this surgery if I had known I would not get dumping? Probably not but I have had it so it is water over the damn (misspell on purpose).
Will try to be more positive now:
HW 403, SW 365, CW 265.4, I have lost 137.6 lbs since July and 90.6 lbs since my 6 October surgery.
I am beginning to do so much more than I have in years. Over the past 4 weeks I have spread 8 truck loads of dirt over my yard. In my yard I am trying to make up for the years I have neglected it due to my limitations while I was heavier. I have so many projects going on it is amazing.
This weekend I plan to WALK (read as stroll) a 5k. It will not be about setting world records. I am just seeing if I can actually complete a walking 5k. Then I will have a starting point of how long it takes me to complete that "fun" walk and in the future I can attempt to better my time.
Now with all the complaining I did about what the surgery did not do for me let me talk about one thing the surgery did do for me. Remember all that "bad" stuff I ate? Well I still lost 1.6 lbs for the week. I am supposing that my reconstructed innards did not allow me to absorb all those calories so I didn't gain weight.
15 April I go back to my bariatric surgeon for my 6 month checkup. I have passed the 6 month goal of losing 100 lbs in 6 months (kind of). Now I will ask them what is my next weight loss goal?
I have not been regularly exercising so I need to get on that band wagon as well. I hope it will help me mentally as well as physically.
I will stop now as I have probably taken up a whole page in this one post. At least it feels like it.

Hi all!
Been reading posts and really appreciate this forum. It seems as though my weight loss is slowing down a bit - and it wasn't that fast! Anyway, one of the hardest things for me is to get in enough Fluid everyday. My stomach still doesn't like Water very much, but am trying not to drink broth very often as even the low sodium broth has salt in it.
I could probably exercise more - lol - have had a lot of trouble with getting tired out when I exercise, but am still walking everyday and get to the pool a couple times a week. Don't know why my energy level is still so low - all my blood work seems to check out fine. Anyway, I am taking things day to day - still logging everything. I am not really stalled - just SLOWLY losing.
My arms have begun to get really loose - and my stomach, too. I exercised a whole lot before the surgery, so am thinking that helped a lot up to this point.
Just spent a week with the grandkids - kept up with them the whole time! I can do so much more these days because I am not carrying around so much excess weight.
Anyway, continued success to all of you! Keep on keeping on!

Congrats on the loss and all the great NSVs! As for the arms, I'm right with you. I'm debating an arm
Lift when I get closer. If you look on the real self app you can see before and after pics and it's truly amazing how much it improves. I'm definitely going to do plastics and I NEVER thought I would. I'm thinking a breast lift, Tummy Tuck and arm lift. Hopefully I won't need a body lift to get the results I want.
I have another endoscopy because I have developed an ulcer but I'm hoping the medication is doing its thing.
Anyway I hope more people post. I e followed this group since the beginning. How is everyone?!?!?

Well, here we are, for most of us almost to the 6 month mark! I never thought I would be under 180 again & here I'am. The last 2 months it has been a crawl for me getting here but its still coming off! I'am more active now, moving more, & feeling great!!!!! I haven't been walking like I should still!!!!! So probably why its slowed down so much. food does not control my life anymore, which sometimes I wish I enjoyed eating more than I do when we go out to eat but I just don't!!! I do get hungry when I haven't eaten in a while but is quickly remedied with a few bites of something. I still try to get my Protein in but is still a struggle. I usually don't eat much more than a cup of food at a time. My solid meats still fill me up quickly. And eating slow is still a struggle & I get that stuck feeling when I do eat too fast. I haven't had any problems with any kind of food, except things that give you gas. Gas seems to be my biggest problem so far with this surgery for me. I had refried Beans the other night & so glad I was at home. My stomach bloated out terribly. My body looks so much better in cloths now. I'm between a size 12 & 14 in pants & M & L in shirts. Out of cloths, well lets just say I won't be wearing a bathing suit. My arms are the worse, I think I could fly with these wings, inner thighs, thank-god for Spanx, & breasts, I think most women have the same problem after giving birth & age but thankful for good bras which are wonderful for this!!! So I haven't heard of a good surgery for underarms but when I do I may have something done to them, other than that it is what it is. My Hair loss has slowed down as with the weight loss. Feeling so much better now has made every sag, wrinkle & even the gas worth having the surgery. My self esteem is so much better & I feel like the old self is back!!! I hope you all are as happy with this surgery as I'am! I'm so thankful for each & every one of you! You have made it so much easier going through this! I wish you nothing but success & can't wait to hear from everyone, especially as we meet our goals!!!! Have a wonderful 6 month anniversary everyone!!

Maybe it's the amount of exercise? I've noticed (and just personal observation I'm not a dr!) that people seem to stall who exercise excessively. 2 hours is maybe too much? It's also unlikely that that level of exercise is sustainable so you may be setting yourself up for failure later either way. Maybe try to cut back the exercise and see what happens.
And I suppose it's not exactly 'missing' my fat security blanket but I agree with your statement abt feeling the same emotionally fat or thin. Losing weight didn't make all my demons and insecurities disappear and while I'm definitely putting myself out there more, I'm still plagued by a feeling of being on the outside of things. It's weird. I thought that would go away.
And jpod, you are soooooo right. Skip the first bite. I think I need to approach it like I'm an alcoholic. Maybe some things (simple carbs) I just can't handle in moderation. An alcoholic doesn't say I'll just have a little drink and have it be ok. I think I need to change my mindset and address the carb addiction like it is- an addiction!!!!!

I have been horrible at walking I need to step it up, too!