Banks601y

Also oh my goodness I'm posting a lot but does yalls doc do a print out to break down your weight loss- that's helpful for me especially when I had the week I only lost a pound :/ of the 18 pounds I lost on the scale my fat mass dropped 18.5 pounds I gained some Water fat free mass and Protein mass- so these stalls might be our bodies catching up and while the big number isn't moving your fat mass is still going down- the week I lost one pound on the scale my fat mass went down by 5 pounds sondespote the small number seeing the other parts helped me to keep going
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For those asking about working out I asked yesterday at my four week post op about starting couch to 5k because I signed up for a huge 5k in the area that's in mid march- it's an 8 week program the app I have and inneed to start this week coming up to complete it in time to be ready for the 5k my dr told me just to make sure I'm more towards the higher end of my calorie goals the days I train or do extensive exercise
The calorie goal set forth by my dr for me is 800-1000 so on strenuous workout days I need to be between 950-1000
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@@Banks601y started back with weights at week 3,but just eased back into it and on the lighter side and did multiple sets. Was just told not to over exert it until my next visit in two weeks. You know your body better than they do so just don't overdo it. I am ready to get back at it though!

@rbaertsch. My bmi is 35 point something so I totally under the slow loss and how hard it is seeming everyone just drop weight and have these amazing numbers while I'm over here like hmmm week 2- week 3 I lost one pound and week 3-4 I lost four pounds - those were two weeks where no matter how well I followed the diet nothing every made my home scale move- o see my dr weekly and he weighs me and the weight loss for the weeks posted are from his scale that also breaks down body fat ect-
We need to remember sleeve weight loss is also slower than gastric bypass too- I'm the only sleeve of the people who had surgery the same week I did and go to the same appointments and nutrition classes ect as me so it's super frustrating - but they are also 80-100 pounds bigger than me so that could be a reason
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@banks601y. That's amazing to heard your insulin use age has been cut on half- one of my very good friends is type one diabetic she has stayed pretty skinny tho so I'm not sure how much she uses but she in general struggles a lot to maintain good sugar levels - congrats to you for taking the plunge to do something for yourself and your health
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My surgery was on 12/22/2016.