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16 minutes ago, Creekimp13 said:

Whooohooo! Hot damn, girlie:) You go! Great work:)

thank you, baby!

9 minutes ago, ashleybrown699 said:

Awesome!!!! Keep up the great work, you're doing great!!!!

thank you so much! So much

I'm feeling a little happy right now. At the risk of sounding braggy, I'll be brief

Dropped another 3lbs since Monday.. (298)
It might seem too early to be so happy about weight loss. But for a good 14 years, no matter how strict a diet, I couldn't get below that 300 mark
But it's exciting because I know I will look back at these photos in a year, a year and a half and think, "I can't believe I did it"

June: When I rejoined the YMCA -365 pounds
Nov 27, 2017 I began my preop diet : 344 pounds
Dec 11, 2017. Day of VSG surgery : 321 pounds
Today: 295 pounds

39 minutes ago, BlueCrush said:

You're not going to add muscle/bulk with the limited calories we're getting at this stage. It will help you prevent losing the muscle you already have, though.

I guess it really comes down to which do you prefer:

- lose weight at a possible slower pace, but know you're losing mostly fat and little muscle

- lose weight slightly faster, but know you're losing both fat and existing muscle

I'm at the point where I'm willing to lose slower if it means preserving muscle, as I think I'm going to need the muscle to not look like a deflated balloon.

Lol ok ,

You're funny

I got it lol

By the way, nice to meet you. I am Joanna

so if you do weight training, you don't think I'll gain from it? Because that is my worry. Like, how can I lose weight and lift weights to avoid skin hanging as much as possible if "muscle weighs more than fat"

Does what I'm saying make sense? I've been wondering but no one seems to understand what I'm talking about lol

IF I lose weight bc I am only eating 700 calories a day, right? but Im also lifting weights to build muscle, and muscle weighs more than fat, the scale would essentially stay the same, because im stuck. The pounds ( or fat) im losing by being on such a low calorie diet would be offset by the weight im adding by weight training. Make sense?

What is the solution ?

Keep weight training or wait until i get normal size and THEN weight train?

You are so lucky. It was 3 weeks (1 week more than the two weeks in my book) before I was okay'd to go swimming

Also, I couldndt' lift over 15 pounds for like 6 weeks. It was terrible the restrictions I had..

But Im so happy for you. God has really blessed you in all this. Yay

You're fixing to hit a stall, if you haven't already. I can't say this emphatically as everyone is different, but this is my hunch. I hope I'm wrong, bc it sucks

prayers for your success

1 hour ago, BlueCrush said:

I've been losing 3-5lbs per week. I had my 6 week follow up appt yesterday and my doc told me to try to up my cals to ~800-1000 per day as I am now cleared for weight training. He wants me to get to 1200-1400 by week 12 (my next follow up appt).

That's great. I wish you lived closer. I weight train, or have begun again I should say. Same reason, 6 month mark.

Question.. I had a trainer tell me I should wait to get down to my ideal weight (and then do weight training) which I mean, kinda makes sense because if I am weight training while trying to lose weight, I won't see that big a diff on the scale bc of pounds going down from fat is refilled by pounds from muscle, which weighs more. I don't know the answer so I asked and that is what I got. Then another trainer at the Y where I work out said, for me to do lightest weights and more reps to burn fat, and do highest weights , less reps to bulk up, which would not be the option I'd choose, it would be option 1.. Your thoughts (and Im only asking cause you seem to know man healthy gym stuff" lol

I am super proud of you.. Wonderful

4 hours ago, BlueCrush said:

I'm 6 weeks and 3 days out. Here is what my lunch was today (and you're damn straight I ate the crackers that came with it). I can only eat about 3-3.5oz at a time, so am eating about 4-5 meals a day totaling about 750-850 calls per day.

Shut up, really? That many calories and you're losing? How many pounds a week are you losing? 1, 2 or 3?

Go boy!

4 hours ago, Seahawks Fan said:

I will eat tortilla chips & salsa as well as a taco shell with a taco. I’ll also eat a bite or two of garlic bread and noodles with spaghetti. I will also eat baked fries & potatoes. I’m not giving that stuff up just committing to the appropriate portions.

Tim, can you eat that stuff now, surely not. Not this soon after surgery?

4 hours ago, BlueCrush said:

I'm 6 weeks and 3 days out. Here is what my lunch was today (and you're damn straight I ate the crackers that came with it). I can only eat about 3-3.5oz at a time, so am eating about 4-5 meals a day totaling about 750-850 calls per day.

Holy Moly. I just looked at your stats. What weight were you surgery day? Your day of surgery was one day before mine. Have you lost 118.3 pounds since your surgery date. If so, shoot me Lol

That is awesome

When were you 406 pounds?

13 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Oh I wasn't talking bout calories. I was talking about looking at the ounces of food on the plate and envisioning the volume total for the entire meal:

3oz chicken breast

1/4-1/2oz cheese

2oz Beans

1/2oz hummus

1oz picante

1/2oz bagel (or more)

5 1/4-5 1/2oz of food total on the plate. Of course, that could be a cocktail plate. But then I went back and read my RD book and I wrote a note down that at 6-7 weeks I would be eating about 1/2cup (maybe 3/4-1 cup) of food by volume, or about 4-6oz of food. So what's on your plate is very close to what my book says.

So maybe it just looks like a lot from here and I should take a steamin' cup of STFU, cuz I'm still a normie.

It's all good sweetie! Sorry for saying anything!

oh sweetie pie, pls stop. You did NOTHING wrong. I was insecure and am still unsure if this is "too much" and wanted YOUR opinions. My weight machine broke so I am guestimating simply by picture models.. so pls.. you don't need to drink STFU juice lol

You're adorable. I am so excited for you. When is your surgery? I am Joanna

pls, you did not come off rude or offending, okay?

I eat 3 meals a day like this

No more Protein Drinks

and not 4-5 mini meals like they suggest

3 of these meals

I eat it over a period of an hour

It's about 180 calories!

But thank you

Maybe you're right. Anyone else?

Anyone else?

Bless your heart. I wish I knew an answer

They told us in our preop instructions, not to shave on our stomach or near the incision site. I thought that was weird for them to say that ( I don't shave my stomach, I'm a woman ) but now, reading your post, I understand why.

Bless your heart.

I'm sorry, ask the doctor what cream will help

Thank you so so much guys. We're in this together

Fam!

Excellente!

Today January 22, 2018

First time in 16 years being under 300 pounds; Memory! The nurse tried to get the scale number of 299 with my face in it. She did a dern good job! lol

Not my most flattering angle. My arm looks about 50 pounds, when it's only about 30 LOL but I was trying to lean back so the weight could be seen..

Oh well

Thanks, you guys, or should I say, VSG Family ? :*

Today, I broke out of the 300's and into the 200's, my first time being able to in 16 years.

Crazy

Absolutely exciting

1. First pic is scale at my doctors office

2. Second pic is scale at my gym

I choose to believe pic #2 lol

Xo Joanna