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5 days short of my 2 month anniversary date 4/18. Walking for 1 hour 6 days a week. (Sunday I try to rest). Have started to introduce some jogging and running into the mix. I hit the gym 3 days week for an hour of weights and some cardio. Eating between 700- 900 cal per week. Drinking 80-100 oz's of water, crystal lite, or green tea. I still hit a shake every now or then if the protein is low for a day. Started to add more fiber which helps with the bowels. Down to 260, (259.5 last PM after 1/:15 in the gym) but I think I was dehydrated. Lost 6 lbs last week but only 4 in the prior 2 weeks. A mini plateau, and I was traveling and had to eat at a dining hall with limited choices. I did the math with the calorie calculators. I set a rough goal of 3500 cal per week of exercise, and enough caloric deficit for 2-3 lbs of weight loss. Was 323 4/4/17 311 surgery day. So 60 lbs in 70 days. That's 210,000 calories burned away. About 1/2 of my clothing is now way too big and my wife is forcibly removing things from my closet. Trying to be better with vitamins, I get them in most days. I'm averaging 70g of protein per day, I think I have to raise that some. I think I'm fully tuned into to full, but I still eat too fast. No real issues with hunger yet. Starting to think about where I want to end up. I was 212 as a HS freshman playing 3 sports and not at all puggy. Was 232 as a HS Senior and 240 playing college lacrosse. The 196 on the weight charts may be a stretch as I still have the legs of a guy used to carrying 300lbs + . The bulk of my extra weight was (and is) in my gut. I have another sit down with the surgeon in mid July. Might be on my list of topics to discuss. Blood Sugars below 100, BP is 110/60 ish. lots of energy despite limited calories, although I'm asleep by 9:30 most nights. Good Luck All!

Sleeved 4/18. Started my pre op diet 4/4/17 @ 323. Pre-op was rough, was on about 600 cal a day diet with very limited carbs and pretty low fat. It paid off nicely because I did not have to do a carb withdraw after surgery. I hit the table at 311. Was up walking 3-4 hours after surgery, came home the next day. Made a point of getting off the Percocet by the Friday after surgery. Surgeon said he'd consider 220-230 a success for me but I'm hoping to push it a little lower......Mostly I want to get healthy so I guess my body will tell me where is a good place to land. I have stopped weighing in each day after the 3 weeks stall. I got myself a fitbit and am tracking food and exercise pretty obsessively. Yesterday I checked my totals and I have walked over 102 miles since 4/22. I do at least an hour a day of walking and I shoot for 3.5 miles as a goal but I usually beat that. I was a college athlete so I miss the workouts, my problem after college is that I was eating like I was still burning 6000 cal a day. I used to eat mostly good food, I just had no portion control. As I started to work out over the years I would also amp up my food intake. Total lack of balance there. I took off 3 weeks from work and dipped into my 488 hours of unused sick time. This was great both physically and emotionally gave me time to transition at my speed both physically and mentally. Blood sugar is normal, BP is actually low now so I'm going to discuss getting off some meds with my primary next week. 42 days since start of pre-op and I'm 280 so just about a pound a day. Looking at my food intake and exercise the math seems about right. I have to laugh at Myfitness pal app every time I go to log in a days worth of eating - its very happy to tell me that I'm not eating enough. I'm into the "soft" food stage of the diet, but still using shakes. Shooting to get 100G protein per day I average about 75. I'm not really ever hungry, but I experience the new - "you need food" signals which are usually a mild dizziness and a general rundown feeling. There have been plenty of times where I have forgotten to eat. I drink all day, I have a 32 oz water bottle that I add 1/4 strength crystal lite too. I have become somewhat sensitive the taste of plain water, as it there is any tastes I can pick them up. My energy is good, Sleep apnea is greatly reduced. I go to bed early and sleep like a rock. I wake up refreshed and feeling good. Only stomach issues have been some constipation and my multi-vitamin makes me gage sometimes. I have done spicy and Hot without issue. Slowing down to eat over :30 min has been a challenge. Not slugging down a giant glass of water with meals is a change. I did a bit of a stall coming through week 3. I took a rainy Saturday and did nothing, rested, hydrated, ate my protein. Woke up Sunday Am and 2.5 lbs were gone. I'm averaging about 650 cals per day over the last 2 weeks. Fitbit tells me I'm burning 27-30K per week but I take that with a grain of salt....... All my pants are now too big, I have some belts I can't wear. Looking forward to getting cleared to go to the gym. Looking forward to being healthy. Good Luck All - Carpe Diem