Toomanytacos

Me, May 4th. I've lost this weight slower than others but I still like the way I look (not the scale but my appearance) and it's been not even 5 months, well almost. It depends if yo ugo by actual caldender months or whether you count 4 weeks as a month
I had surgery on Dec 11. Today is Mary 4, so my estimation is 20 weeks and 4 days. I've been tinkering at 275, and have gained three or four above that, then go to down 272.. Arggg. but I work out, I weight train too, so I don't know. Day of surgery I was 321. So by that, I've lost only about 46 pounds in 20 weeks, or 5 months , which is pretty slow lol. Having said that, I also lost 23 pounds in the two week period RIGHT before surgery, so I dont know if it's fair to count that. Anyways.. in all, I have lost around 70 pounds.
It is what it is. I am not in a race, I'm in a journey

Here is me today! May 4th, 2018

WRONG!!!!!

Please, don't snub me. I simply posted a picture of my food and all hell has broken loose.
I have done nothing wrong.
So pls, just stop

I think I really took this situation to heart and have been thinking about it. I'm a sensitive person and i care deeply about things and i just felt like this needs to be our safe place and that person made it feel less safe.

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And how far back did your rude comment set some posters, who may now be fearful that if what they post is not up to someone's standards they'll be mocked with sarcasm? Give me a break, you had no altruistic motives in what you said - you were just being an assh@le.

Looks ok to me. Sure is a lot of focus on just a plate of food. Food to fuel us instead of kill us. I think it more than meets the requirements.

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I am ashamed that I even engaged in the first place.
I guess you win

My dinner
Almost 6 months post op!
It looks like a lot of food
But it's only 3 slices of lunch turkey- 70 calories
on stick of cheese - 70 calories
1 tablespoon of beans- 45 calories
Cheeze Its- 40 calories
1 teaspoonof this Jalepino spread-20 calories
I ate much less for Breakfast and lunch

Don't be ashamed. He was SO rude and has chosen to double down at every opportunity he's had to apologize. I'm going to chalk it up to post-op depression because I refuse to believe anyone can really be that petty and mean.
Your food is feeding your new body and you've done incredibly well! It doesn't matter what it looks like - it all goes the same place! I like that you showed the size of your plate relative to your hand so that we could see the quantity you're eating at this point post-op.
Don't worry about this. You're awesome!

This is a really rude and unnecessary comment.

@Toomanytacos Thanks for sharing! What are your breakfast and lunch like?

That picture is unnecessary....not the most appealing item to show....tougher skin....you'll be fine....

You should have had tougher skin and clicked the little "x" on your browser tab if you didn't like the picture instead of insulting a stranger who came to this forum for support.

My dinner
Almost 6 months post op!
It looks like a lot of food
But it's only 3 slices of lunch turkey- 70 calories
on stick of cheese - 70 calories
1 tablespoon of beans- 45 calories
Cheeze Its- 40 calories
1 teaspoonof this Jalepino spread-20 calories
I ate much less for Breakfast and lunch

My dinner
Almost 6 months post op!
It looks like a lot of food
But it's only 3 slices of lunch turkey- 70 calories
on stick of cheese - 70 calories
1 tablespoon of beans- 45 calories
Cheeze Its- 40 calories
1 teaspoonof this Jalepino spread-20 calories
I ate much less for Breakfast and lunch

I had VSG on 11/30/17 and I feel AMAZING! I've lost 105lbs so far. I was 343lbs on the day of surgery and 238lbs at the moment.
The surgery has been an incredible tool. I'm at the gym every day, I mean prep and stay away from carbs/sugar. The liquid diet after surgery puts your body in ketosis and I stuck with it when I moved to regular foods. I stay under 20g of carbs per day, 50g if I'm carb cycling (complex carbs only) and I try to get around 1200 calories in - some days it's a struggle to hit 1200 because I don't feel hungry and/or I'm satisfied by a few bites.
I'm halfway to my goal and getting closer to one-derland!

You look amazing! Well done!
Toomanytacos, I know how you feel--I've lost less than many other people on here. I know some of the reasons (it's been a rough eight months or so in ways having nothing to do with the surgery), but I just keep thinking about what I can do to change my eating habits and get *some* exercise going forward. This is a marathon, not a sprint, as the saying goes. The real goal is to make sure you maintain your losses long-term, not that you lose super quickly now.

prom night, Girlfriend.. I thank you. I love you, Creek. You are so oo oooo supportive.
It's your gift. Thanks dahling

This past Monday was my 6 week anniversary, and overall, I feel really good about my progress. I'm down 40 lbs since my surgery date, and a total 85 since I started dieting on New Years Day. The problem is the last 2 weeks, my stomach has not been very receptive to just about anything. Just about every other meal has either quickly come back up or stayed down but left me with heavy dry heaves and the infamous slimies (although I prefer the other term of foamies... sounds slightly less disgusting.)
Recently it got exceedingly bad, as I spent the entire weekend without the ability to take anything in. I became so nauseated that even Water would make me feel ready to run to the nearest toilet or garbage can. By Monday, I had become so dehydrated that I hit the terrible catch-22 where I was more nauseous from the dehydration, but if I tried to drink, I felt more nauseous still. Called my surgeon and he instructed me to go to the ER where I spent 5 hours on IV fluids, 2 liters of straight saline and a banana bag (saline with thiamine, folic acid, magnesium sulfate, and a Multivitamin mix.) I felt really good afterwards, but today, I've been feeling a bit nauseous again and threw up a little this morning even though I hadn't eaten anything yet.
Hopefully this all passes soon, it's driving me crazy.