MsNat3

I know everyone is different and have different circumstances but I find it hard to believe that anyone would go through the process of having a life changing surgery and risk it or sabotage there success by cheating on there diet when in reality your only hurting yourself. Not trying to be critical or almighty just my thinking and mho

Hw 325 cw 290 Sw tbd gw 190

How soon after surgery did you start exercising?

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Been waiting for this day. My BMI is now calculated as " Healthy" on the charts!! I have been in the Morbidly Obese, Obese, and Overweight categories consistently for 20 years.
Very excited and feel that I have achieved a great milestone!
Here's me playing golf for the first time in my life. I suck at it but it was fun feeling good out there.

Exercise, and don't give up. Stalls really suck and they can really bring you down just remember it's just a stall and the scale will move again, be patient with your body.

You look amazing. Very inspiring [emoji109][emoji122][emoji106]!!!

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Down a total of 190 pounds, sometimes I still can't believe it!

I am currently 10 months post op band revision to RNY . What a journey it's been ! My expectations was to lose weight but I was told I would lose weight extremely slowly and not that much because of previously being banded . Well I hit my 100# loss and couldn't be happier !
HW 285
SW 265
CW 165
GW 140

HW: 330
SW: 275
Cw: 215
Lost almost 20 inches from my waist! I am so excited to share that on my 100th day since surgery, I am almost in One-derland! To celebrate..and for a much needed stress reliever, my family and I have a 5 week long cross country camping and hiking trip planned in 17 days!! I'm so excited that I get to participate! I had honestly thought that I would never bee able to be this active again. But I'm running....yes running...a mile and half everyday, going strength training 30 minutes a day, and swimming laps for an hour. I feel amazing. The effects of my osteoarthritis have almost completely gone away! The amount if energy I have now is incredible. I feel like I'm living in a dream...but please, nobody pinch me [emoji4]

First of all welcome! How long are you expected to drink Protein shakes my doctor said he don't want me drinking liquid calories but I know you have to have them for a certain period after surgery. Second I have a lot of posts on here about the protein that I drink it is very healthy and nutritious and it's all made out of plants. Garden of life has the most nutrients and 50 plants superfoods.

So I just got a call that I got approved for surgery, but they didn't give me a date yet. she's gonn call back and tell me so I can start my liquid diet. I'm so happy all this hard work paid off. I was 18 when I started now I'm 19 years old and ready to start my life over & learn how to eat right again. This surgery is gonna help me with really bad anxiety & depression. I know this tool is gonna change my life forever and I'm ready to take on the world. To all my brothers and sisters don't give up these 6 months or a year is gonna guide to become the best person you want to be before the surgery, so hold on. You will get their sooner or later
Height: 5'7
Starting weight:276
Current weight:270
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Im down 160 pounds ai started out at 360 i was in a 26 im now in a 14/16 I feel great

Today I had an "ah-ha" moment. It took 4 years, but I think I get it! It was triggered by this before photo popping up in my Facebook memories from 5 years ago, (coupled with my most recent post-op photo taken last week, down 120 pounds since surgery in 2013). (attached below)
....And then reading the following quote on a friend's post:
"Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about unbecoming everything that isn't you so you can be who you were in the first place."
I've struggled for years since losing the weight after surgery with questions of "is this the 'real' me, or am I just pretending and the 'real' 'fat' me will resurface sooner or later?" "Can people really change long-term?" It felt like the obese, sad, self-hating "me" was a monster waiting just below the surface to re-emerge. Give enough time and the right circumstances, the "real me" monster will rear it's head and I'll find myself back at nearly 300 pounds.
Guys! I get it now! It's not about change. It's not about the "sticking power" of change. It's not about willpower or determination. It's not even about counting carbs, Protein, calories, and ounces of Water. Sure those are tools that help. But it's not about that.
It's about doing the hard emotional work to figure out why I was hiding myself behind 150 excess pounds. It was about allowing myself to have a voice and using it. It was about demanding self-respect and respect from others. It was about leaving behind, painfully as it was in some cases, the toxic people in my life who emotionally damaged me. It was about processing the feelings that I didn't allow myself to feel for 18 years.
Once I realized this, once I did this work, I could little by little shed the layers that hid who I was. I don't hate myself anymore. I'm not even angry at myself for letting myself get to be 300 pounds like I was when my journey started. I realize now that I was coping. I was doing the best I knew how to do at the time. I look at that person in the "before" picture below and I feel compassion because I know she did her best.
I'm able now to let go the "fear" - and trust me, it's a literal fear - of that "real me" monster re-emerging from just below the surface. I can let it go because I realize, this is the real me. It was actually opposite. It was all the hiding I was doing under the emotional eating and the 150 excess pounds that was hiding the "real me."
So I have to on some level disagree with those who say this is a process of change. Sure, you have to change your behavioral choices with food and exercise or none of this will work. But for me it was not "becoming a new person" or "changing" who I am as a person. For me it was about simply allowing myself to feel and allowing myself to return home to who I was before I was hurt and who the universe intends me to be.
Feel free to check out my blog linked in my signature for more of my journey!

I agree with this 100%
I have not had my surgery yet, but I know I have issues.
I wouldn't be 425 pounds, if I were a normal eater.
I know I am a food addict, I have accepted it.
My psychologist and I are going to start working on it at my next appointment.

Something made him not care enough about himself or his health to not stop at 50, 100, 200, 300++pounds overweight. He ate in spite of knowing it could kill him any day. I think that deserves some exploring. You don't have to blame someone else to gain a better understanding of your own self-destructive behaviors.

It is hard to be judged. The exam Is to Also evaluate if you can stick to a plan? Are your goals realistic? I did not have the psychological exam as I self paid but oddly perform them routinely in my practice.
Stella

Greensboro area

9 months out,

Sw 250
CW174
Gw160
Surgery date August 2016

@SassyScienceNerd Thank you! I really am! I'm planning on doing an indoor sky diving thing soon!

@chynadoll619 Thank you!! I just meant a revision to my extra skin removal on my stomach. I may need to have an additional surgery once I meet goal since I still have about 100 pounds to go!

@madamlashThat you so much!

@sarahbluAww! Thank you so much! I'm just glad I get to share my journey with people who understand!

@Deactivatedfatgal Thank you so much! It would be for the extra skin on my stomach. I may need more removed once I reach goal.

I am beyond ecstatic. I am now below 300 pounds! I started at 540 pounds on October 29, 2015 when I started this whole journey. I had surgery on May 29, 2016 at 480 pounds and Now, 10 1/2 months later I weigh 297.8! I have not had a 2 in the front of my weight in FOREVER. I only have 98 pounds to go until I hit my goal! (Which may change, I'm more going for a clothing size goal now more than a number goal )

I used to have to be on oxygen all the time because I was so fat I could not breathe properly. Now I can walk for over an hour with no break and not be out of breath! I am so extremely happy with my progress!

I used to HATE getting my picture taken, it was the WORST. Now I love getting in front of the camera, I ASK for pictures to be taken! This is the craziest thing for me. I feel pretty for the first time in a very very long time.

I started out at a size 6x (36-38) and now wear a an 18/20 on top and 22 on bottom. I even wear leggings now!

I have a large hanging skin on my stomach which I am having removed on June 5th! I will need a revision surgery when I get to goal but I am very excited for the surgery and the relief it will give me.

Here are some before and after pics for you guys!

I came back from vacation today fully expecting a gain...instead I lost 4 pounds and am now at 297.8!!!

I AM UNDER 300!!!

I have not seen a 2 at the beginning of my weight in FOREVER!!

I started at 540 in October of 2015 and had the sleeve on May 29, 2016 at 480 pounds. Now 10 1/2 months later I am at 297.8!!

This surgery saved my life, I'm so grateful every day for this opportunity to have a life again!

I'm not saying that liquid diets do better. Im fully aware of how diet effects the liver. I'm saying following your doctors instructions should come before everything else. A liquid diet is the ultimate test of readiness for the weeks to come. It is low carb/sugar and is a taste of the diet to come. What happens if she decides she wants a crab cake one week post op? She eats it, it causes a leak and now she has a much bigger problem. Bottom line is, stick to what the doctor ask of you, to make the whole thing easier. Just because it worked for you don't mean it'll necessarily work for her.

You want to "reward yourself" ...now is the best time to learn how to not reward yourself with food. That's a very slippery slope- and often the root of our eating issues.

If it's not apart of your preop diet, yes it is wrong. To be blunt, if you can't follow this diet, you shouldn't be having the surgery. The preop diet is the beginning of a life long commitment to eating healthy and practicing self control. Slipping up on the preop shows your surgeon that you're not ready to make this change and ultimately results in a cancellation of your surgery. You didn't work this hard to get to this point to ruin it over crab cakes and potatoes. Don't substitute anything. If crab cakes aren't on the diet. Don't eat them. Simple as that. Remember, you're only cheating yourself.