Rach84

Well done

My surgery was 6 months ago today. I am sitting at 228 pounds, which is 8 pounds from my goal. I have not eaten low carb. I have incorporated tons of weight lifting into my exercise routine, and have eaten 85% clean over the past 6 months. I am just BARELY under what is considered obese by medical standards even though I have a 34" waist at 6'3" tall.
My takeaway from all of this is.....Don't base your progress on anyone else's. I am 98 pounds from my high weight (shown on left). I have lost only 61 pounds since surgery. However, you can see a definite difference in how I carry my weight. I am very happy with my progress. I am not at goal, but am no longer actively trying to get there. I am just focusing on my health.
My diet consists of tons of vegetables, Protein Shakes and lean Protein, super grains and fruit 6 days per week with 1 day of indulgence. Whatever I crave, gets eaten that day. I consulted with a bodybuilder friend of mine a few months ago, and he told me that the best way to lean up is to give yourself a day every week or so to calorie and carb load. This helps your body avoid thinking your are in starvation mode. Ever since I adopted that method, I have leaned up and increased my muscle percentage.
Anyway, I do track my meals with MyfitnessPal. I do weigh my food to ensure that I don't overeat. I don't deny myself anything. I just wait for whatever I want that week, and prioritize.
I am glad that mostly everyone is doing well. Just keep fighting for the life you want to have.

I had my surgery the same day 59 pounds so much slower than everyone else, not where I thought I would be but still happy with any loss.

You’ll be happy to know I now get my Vitamins, I have been crushing and mixing with hunny, naughty but if sugar but glad I’m getting my vitamins

I’m naughty......

So I don’t take my Multi Vitamins or my Calcium tablet, they taste gross and make me feel nausea , I’m just praying my hair doesn’t fall out.

I had my surgery 22.8.17, I’m down 37 pound 17 kilos

I rarely hit my Water intake goal

I on the odd occasion have sugar and on the weekend I have a drink occasionally.

Congrats Rach!! I wish we could control where we lost the weight. I have a big belly, a flat butt and disproportionately thin legs. No luck finding jeans that fit with this body! I keep hoping to lose belly weight but no such luck. It’s the belly fat that is so dangerous too. We have to cross our fingers and be patient!

I've had a cold/cough this week and it's really slowing me down. I went to a movie marathon Saturday and I didn't want to ruin the movies for everyone, so I bought a bag of Ricola sugar free cough drops. Over the course of about 6 movies, I ate about twenty of them. Thing is, those are sugar free, but they have a bunch of sugar alcohol in them it turns out. I realized this the hard way, way too late. Sugar alcohol, as you may know, is pretty much a laxative. I will spare you the details but it was a rough 24 hours there.

You’ll be happy to know I now get my Vitamins, I have been crushing and mixing with hunny, naughty but if sugar but glad I’m getting my vitamins

You’ll be happy to know I now get my Vitamins, I have been crushing and mixing with hunny, naughty but if sugar but glad I’m getting my vitamins

You’ll be happy to know I now get my Vitamins, I have been crushing and mixing with hunny, naughty but if sugar but glad I’m getting my vitamins

Trust me, I know the feeling. I'm seeing everyone here (who was at, or roughly around, my starting weight) talk about how they've lost 60 or so pounds and I'm here at 34 pounds lost in 2 months. While I know that rationally, 34 pounds is a good number to have lost, I'm still frustrated, going HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE?!?
... Oh, and I have an intro pilates class at a new pilates studio in Fort Collins tomorrow, which is pretty close to my new work place... and my surgeon's office.

I finally have lost 39 pounds which I ecstatic about, I’m the lightest I’ve been in 3 years! Winning

Congrats hun so happy for you!

Congrats hun so happy for you!

Today I jumped on the scales and I've hit 35 kg lost (77 pounds). I did a little happy dance, I've gone down 1-2 sizes on my tops, but none on my pants (although my pants are getting baggy!)
And I've gone down 1 size in my shoes - which I didn't expect at all.

I'm convinced this surgery was the right decision.

The last time I went on a plane flight was very embarrassing, I was exploding out of the seat and needed a seat belt extender. That was a few years ago and I haven't flown since.
I've set my goals on going to Hawaii the middle of next year, so now I just need to drop the weight to make flying comfortable.
I'm hoping if I can drop 1 kg a week between now and then, the flight should be ok.
I've had a bit of a stall the last couple of weeks, so starting today I'm going to go back on the Protein Shakes and focus on exercise... hopefully this will start the weight loss again.

My favourite meal is: 1 piece of whole grain whole meal bread, fat free eye bacon avocado, egg and spinich. And a can of tuna and vita wheats have lots of Protein

I love reading about everyone's success and its great to have a place to vent our struggles with those who understand.
What I find interesting is how different everyone's diet/meal plan restrictions are.
My Dr was pretty easy going and a 7 weeks I could eat anything I wanted, I've had no problems with salad, raw veggies or meat.
its interesting to read that other have been told to wait months before having steak, veggies etc.
Follow your plan and the weight will come off. Keep up the great work team August!

I love this thread and reading about everyone's sucesses.
I was sleeved 21 August.
Here are my stats:
Start weight 196 kg (432 pounds)
Surgery weight 177 kg (390 pounds)
Today 161 kg (354 pounds)
Total loss 35 kg (77 pounds)
I saw my Dr last week and he is happy with my loss so far, but still a very long way to go!

Hi all....., love to know how your all doing now? I’m just hitting week 8 sleeved on 22/8. Very slow process for me but happy all the same? I’m down 37 pounds, 17 kilos, feeling good excerzising twice a day 6 days a week. I do have one confession to make though, I’m not taking my Vitamins I’m just praying my hair doesn’t fall out🤦🏽‍♀️ hope your all doing amazingly

I think on Tuesday, I'll be seven weeks out, though I just went in for my six-week check on Friday the 13th. I don't know if my sleep apnea has been abated or not, but I am wondering when I should go in for another sleep study to check on that. My three-month check is at the end of November (as well it should be, my surgery was at the end of August) and I'm worried about hitting my target, as they say that I should be down 60 lbs (or 27,2 kg) at that point. If I lose at my current rate, I should be down 23,6 kg, which isn't nothing but is a few kilos shy of that target.
I'm week 6, I think I'm out of the woods for my second stall (that does get so frustrating) and I'm down 11.8 kg, personally. I'm curious though, what was your starting point?
My podiatrist recommended New Balance shoes for me, but I might ask her next time I see her about a foot brace. Maybe that might help, my surgeon DID say at my six-week check on Friday that I might be able to hit the 60-70% of total weight loss at six months instead of twelve months if I exercise. I imagine my results would be better if my form could improve.

Hi all....., love to know how your all doing now? I’m just hitting week 8 sleeved on 22/8. Very slow process for me but happy all the same? I’m down 37 pounds, 17 kilos, feeling good excerzising twice a day 6 days a week. I do have one confession to make though, I’m not taking my Vitamins I’m just praying my hair doesn’t fall out🤦🏽‍♀️ hope your all doing amazingly

My surgical nurse said that yes anesthesia can help cause it but it's mostly caused by your body's reaction to low calorie intake. You body is a wonderful machine that was built to withstand famine. No one doing WLS is in famine status, but after WLS, your body thinks OH NO WE ARE GOING TO STARVE. And shuts down non-essentials. hair is non-essential. Your body sends hair into "resting" phase. Next comes "shedding" phase. And regrowth doesn't start until your body "realizes" it's not going to starve that this is the new normal, and then tells hair...hey dude you can start growing again! If you look up hair growth/shedding phase, there are technical terms to what I've stated. Yes get in all your Vitamins, extra Biotin, make sure your zinc and Iron levels are good, get your Protein in and I agree, when you can eat real food vs a Protein Drink, do it. Exceed your protein levels. Most who have battled the hair seem to feel that at least 80 grams protein a day. Of course, this is going to ease and stop as a natural progression of your body coming to terms with the new limits. So do these things (biotin, extra protein) etc work? who knows. Even the surgeons and nurses are not 100% sure. They can't HURT that's for sure. Normal start to shed seems to be anywhere from 3-7 months out with most about the 4 month mark. And most stop before the 1st year mark. I'm pre-surgery and this is actually a huge concern of mine because I have 4 yrs of hormonal Hair loss. I've already lost 1/2 my hair. May need to look into a wig for myself. SO, not only have I asked any dr or nurse I can get ahold of, I've trolled the living heck out of these boards trying to find an answer or help. I was just on another thread and she suggested human hair lace wig styled by your hairdresser etc. I'm going to discuss this with my hairdresser as I feel sure my self-esteem will need this. If your part is getting bigger and you have "white" spaces that are larger, you can use Batiste dry Shampoo, they make colors, so use a color close to your hair color. Practice before you go out. This makes hair just a tad fluffier. Also, for the big parts/white spaces, I use Eclipse hair fibers in a color close to my natural. I order eclipse at Amazon. Not sure if you can get it at Ulta etc. Batiste you can get in Walmart etc. Ulta may have more colors. I got mine at Amazon for the color. Just a couple items to make it easier to deal with. Good luck

We are on about the same course here. My surgery was August 21. Started out at 299, lost 42 before surgery and 20 since. Second post-op appointment will be this morning so I expect I will then be allowed to go in the pool for arthritis exercises. I'm doing fine on Protein and Fluid intake but I know I need to increase exercise, and maybe I will lose more quickly then. I am getting back into clothing I haven't been able to get into for years, and I am loving that. Surgeon suggested 130-140 for goal weight. I think even 150 might feel just about right. Using 150 for the goal, I am already a little over 40% there, which I find encouraging.

I was sleeved august 22nd, I lost 13 pounds pre surgery and a total of 33, a little disappointed I am huge and starting weight was 326 pounds! I'm losing very slow but I'm feeling good just starting to be able to eat more and get my Water down and also enjoying working out, I was quite down for a bit but amazing how much better you feel when exercising