Jesm1029

Im 3 months out and at 2 months my doctor cleared me for anything soft enough to stick a fork through except starchy veggies grains and calorie drinks like the post before....but i eat tons of chicken ,cheese sticks,pickle juice,tuna fish,salmon,turkey meatballs,lettuce wrap with pork loin,and the best Jerky i ever ate is perky turkey Jerky its tender and tastey and thats a new thing for me i eat gucamole with chicken ive had lobster bisque Soup and chilli i tried to make a moc potatoe salad from pinterest it wasnt terrible but new
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Lol i dont eat a cup of cheese i eat 1/4 size meals 4 times a day with cheese topped on at least 2 of them but as far as bm thats probably why im the way i am i also have to add Fiber to each of my meals and take collace eveyday per my doctor Sent from my SM-G935T using the BariatricPal App

Well i eat 1/4 of a cup at each meal 4 times a day and most contain cheese refried Beans and cheese chicken and cheese turkeymeatball stuffed with cheese eggs and cheese a cheese stick for snack i do count calories but figured it was enough for me to really worry just want to get everyones take on it and i cosume between 60-70 grams of Protein and excersize 4-5 days a week but i have found myself stalled every 2 weeks since surgery i stall for 2 weeks so was wondering could the cheese be it
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Could cheese slow or possibly stall weight loss i eat cheese on everything and love it its low fat but still anyone have to give up cheese?
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Lol i dont eat a cup of cheese i eat 1/4 size meals 4 times a day with cheese topped on at least 2 of them but as far as bm thats probably why im the way i am i also have to add Fiber to each of my meals and take collace eveyday per my doctor Sent from my SM-G935T using the BariatricPal App

Here are my most recent "ahhhhhh I'm so proud of this journey" pictures! 6 pounds until I reach 150! I'm considering adjusting my goal to 140. Congrats everyone.

@@Jesm1029, my last stall lasted 14 days. Hopefully yours will break soon.

I believe what i hit is a stall to i keep bouncing around the same 2lbs and it gets to be frustrating when im following diet and working out but all i can do is wait still have another 40lbs till goal lost 45 since surgery 6/13 Sent from my SM-G935T using the BariatricPal App

I believe what i hit is a stall to i keep bouncing around the same 2lbs and it gets to be frustrating when im following diet and working out but all i can do is wait still have another 40lbs till goal lost 45 since surgery 6/13 Sent from my SM-G935T using the BariatricPal App

I believe what i hit is a stall to i keep bouncing around the same 2lbs and it gets to be frustrating when im following diet and working out but all i can do is wait still have another 40lbs till goal lost 45 since surgery 6/13 Sent from my SM-G935T using the BariatricPal App

Ugh. Feel like banging my head against a wall. These stalls are brutal. I am losing weight in the craziest way lately. Last month, I stalled around 260. I couldn't get past that number. I figured it was the coughing, then I thought well it was time of the month, and then I just didn't know. I *finally* broke past 260 and the next ten pounds just flew off in less than a week. No joke.
So now I've been stuck between 247-250 for getting close to two weeks again. I'm trying not to lose my mind with it, but geez! I've been working out, tracking food/water/protein, and nothing. It's time of month again and I'm hoping that means as soon as that's done, the weight will come off. I actually celebrated a little when the scale reluctantly went down to 246...only to sit there. Really???
I know, be patient, etc. I just can't figure out why it's going like this. Super long stalls followed by really fast weight loss. So strange.
My clothes are looser, so I know it's somehow coming off and not reflecting on the scale.

Glad to hear from you all as well! Well I am down 35lbs and just hit a stall. I'm hanging in at 199, and I am sure what's going on is expected. Just gonna wait it out.
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Sounds like im not the only one that was looking for her initial "rapid weight loss". but a good point was made in this thread no matter how slow its moving its still faster than it ever has been in life for me anyways. I started at a bmi of around 45 ish. surgery 6/1 so ill be 3 months out in 4 days i have yet to hit 30lbs down right around 26-27i think. yet i have a buddy how had surgery 2 weeks ago and has already loss 25lb. The big difference is she has about 200 to drop to hit her weight goal i have about 41 left(to the first goal) .Its hard not to compare journeys, or at least be envious of those with rapid weight loss or a penis in this case, but keep on trucking

I am a slow loser they say i have a decreased T3 i am 5 mos out and lost 44 lbs. i have to go to gym treadmil and bike 5x a week and strength training 3x a week. It is what it us andvthey cant give me anything for it so i have to work extra hard to lose and keep it off but now that i have regained my mobility now that i can tie my shoes cross my legs i will work as long as i have to and for thevrest of my life. Oh i live on sugar free ice pops to get the Water in also.
T3 is a slow metabolism.

One year ago today I made the biggest decision of my life thus far. There are only a handful of people that knew and to this day, only close friends and family. I made the decision to get healthy for not only myself but for my future husband, our future children and our overall life together. I was a serious yo yo dieter, constantly up and down with my weight. So in August of 2015, after months of research and doctors appointments, I had gastric sleeve surgery. To this day, I haven't told many people out of fear of judgement, embarrassment and being told "why didn't you just eat right and exercise like everyone else". Well, I had and couldn't lose the weight. So no, this most certainly was not the easy way out, it was by far the hardest thing I've ever done.
Happy to say as of today, one year ago I started my journey at 234 lbs and today I weigh in at 145 lbs for a weight loss total of 90 lbs and I've never felt better, inside and out. I'm finally excited to see myself in my wedding dress in 2 weeks.  

Afternoon all!
I'm writing this on a super awesome day: my one-year post op date! This day last year, I weighed 387 pounds and was in recovery after my bypass. This day two years ago, I weighed 450 pounds and saw very little hope of making it past 30. Today I am 207 pounds and perfectly healthy. How times change.
I've learned so, so much in the last two years since I started down this road towards health and happiness. Some of the things I learned were tough lessons, some of them were illuminating and freeing, but all of them together have brought me here. "Here" is a place I never in a million years thought I could be. "Here" is an entirely different Abby, an Abby I thought was sort of a childish dream, or maybe a fairy-tale I told myself to comfort myself during the painful years I spent being obese and incredibly unhappy and uncomfortable.
I still struggle every day with the person I was, the person I am, and the person I am becoming. I struggle to regain my self-image, and to regain an understanding of who I am outside and inside. I struggle with the social and emotional changes that have happened since my surgery, namely the way that people suddenly treat me like a human being because I am no longer painfully obese. I struggle to forgive the cruelty that I experienced at the hands of so, so many people, including my own family and friends. Including myself. I struggle with food cravings occasionally, and with the gravity of the change my personality and habits have gone through. I struggle with that tiny voice of fear in the back of my mind that tells me I couldn't possibly keep this goodness up. I struggle not to compare myself to others and I struggle to keep clothes on my back as I continue to drop sizes. Every day is a struggle.
Every day is also a miracle. I would do this again, and again, and again... forever if I needed to, if it would bring me back here every time. This road has been a little bitter, a lot of sweet, and a wilder ride than I could have possibly imagined or prepared for.
And it ain't over yet!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you to all of you here who have been a part of this journey with me, whether you realized it or not. Thank you to all the vets who slapped some sense into me and the kind strangers who listened during times when my anxiety was out of control or when I was feeling so bad about myself that I felt hopeless. You all share a little piece of my victory with me. I wouldn't be here without you and the enormous host of other people outside of this site who have supported me and encouraged me and been proud of me the whole way. THANK YOU. I have a life now, and a future that simply did not exist for me two years ago.
I am ecstatic to be able to share these pictures and my progress with you all today. I love you all.
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Stats!
Starting weight: 450 lbs
Surgery weight: 387 lbs
Current weight: 207 lbs
Weight lost since surgery: 180 lbs
Overall weight lost: 243 lbs
Jean sizes lost: 20 (size 34 to size 14)
Waist inches lost: 28 in
Hips inches lost: 35 in
Neck inches lost: 4 in
Shoe size lost: 1.5 sizes

Im sorry for your situation i did what was best for me i wasnt comfortable in my skin and i had diseases and felt like i was to young to be having these things and i dont mind tellinf everyone when they ask me what you did i got wls and i work out now 5x weekly and am sticking to my plan so this one was for me i chose to live a healthy life but i needed this motivation this extra help if i were you i wouldnt let what everyone else thinks stop me and this shouldnt be a reason for your relationship to end but i wouldnt hide it from them either Sent from my SM-G935T using the BariatricPal App

Thanks wont do it again i had to stop myself because i could have kept going
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23lbs down since 6/13 227 surgery weight now 204
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THIS IDEA IS GENUIS! I tried it this evening. Thanks!
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I would ask your nutritionist but reddiwhip and all those have like 1 gram of carbs in them so very low carb and cals for a tiny bit. On past diets I used to take the chocolate one and fill a bowl up and freeze it and take a bite or two when I was craving something sweet! It tasted like rich ice cream!
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So idk how bad this is but i have been sucking the salt and flavor off of doritos and throwing the chip away
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Thanks im on maintenance phase and i dont care for the crunch so much just the salt which is new for me Sent from my SM-G935T using the BariatricPal App

Ha I've totally fantasized about this. I too am a salt/savory addict. I am not allowed real foods yet and have seriously thought about what will happen when I want that crispy crunch, which led me to research alternative yet more healthy chips like oven roasting all kinds of root vegetables. Idk where you are in your progress but look those recipes up, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if there was a vegan dorito recipe. Since I've been unable to eat food it didn't mean I didn't want them but I sat back to examine my relationship with food, maybe you've done that too, but if you haven't it wouldn't hurt to think about what emotions or moods you are attaching to this activity and it might help to research recipes for alternative crunch stuff.
Be kind to yourself.
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You are entitled to make your own choices, but since you are *asking* for others' opinions here, I'll give you mine.
It's my opinion that doing this will trigger some very bad things for you. The salt and flavoring is bad enough (health-wise), but it's just going to cause you to want more of it. Sooner or later you'll just be eating doritos again, which, for most of us, might be one of the things that landed us here in the first place.
The surgery is a chance for you to "reboot" and start over by making healthy food choices. Don't squander that opportunity for a few seconds of manufactured satisfaction.
Best of luck