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Congratulations! What an amazing achievement! I hope you're celebrating in style! 🙂

I made it to Onederland!!! One wk short of 6 months. 199.6 today. I still have a way to go, but its such a relief to be back in the 100s at 42 for the first time since the age of 19! Yes, I need to update my stats but I can't from my phone or tablet and am never on a PC.

I made it to Onederland!!! One wk short of 6 months. 199.6 today. I still have a way to go, but its such a relief to be back in the 100s at 42 for the first time since the age of 19! Yes, I need to update my stats but I can't from my phone or tablet and am never on a PC.

Generally, I measure leafy greens for salad in cups. Protein always by weight. I don't worry too much about weighing or measuring other vegetables because I'm usually toast after about 4 or 5 bites. So I'll only put 1 broccoli spear on my plate or three asparagus. On the other hand, I usually have about 1.5 cups of salad with my dinner, usually accompanied by 1 tablespoon of whatever dressing I feel like. (Usually some kind of balsamic vinaigrette).
eggs are done by count rather than weight or volume - Usually I measure things like chicken salad or tuna salad by weight when I make it - e.g. 3 ounces of tuna, 1 tablespoon of mayo, 1 T of dijon, etc. But if it's been prepared, then I use volume (e.g. deli egg salad from the grocery store.)

Checking in. I was sleeved 8/16. I've been doing great. Had a slow loss in Dec (my own fault). I've already lost more in January than in December and only half way through the month! I'm down 69.2 from HW and 50.5 from SW. I've lost 44 inches too. Gone from a size 24 pants to a 16 or 18, a size 3X or 22/24 top to XL or 14/16, and a 44C bra to a 38/40 C/D. I've also been doing Zumba, which I love. I want to try kickboxing too. I'm super happy with my progress. I attached my most recent progress pic.

11 months since surgery. Pics are from day before surgery on 3/6/18 and from 2/14/19

I made it! In almost exactly 10 weeks! I’m thrilled!

FWIW - I have tried to eat 120 grams of protein from just food sources and I cannot do it. I cannot stomach that much food. Here's my average day:
shake with milk and fruit - 40g
Skyr Icelandic Provisions yogurt 13g
chicken on greens for lunch 25g
2 ounces cheese 14g
5 ounces beef 37g
So, that puts me over my 120, which if I subbed out 2 eggs for the shake in the morning, I'd be way short. If you look at what I'm eating, I am getting the majority of my protein from food sources - but I've been working with a sports RD who has experience with bariatrics to hone my macros because I train about 1.5 hours every day (hard -- 800 or more calories burned in a session) and I'm trying to add muscle but not cannibalize what I have. Trying to get my body fat down to about 25% - sitting around 30% now. Certainly, it is doable, but what I think your team is saying is don't replace two or more meals a day with shakes and bars.

6 months out I was at 900 to 1000 calories. (I’m a sleeve) Others here with Bypass have better advice on volume and calories for your type of surgery.
I think most of us feel restriction be come less as you progress out from surgery. You may want to make some changes to manage hunger.
Keep with in your weight loss calories and macros. The numbers are specific to you. Spread meals out 3 meals 2 Snacks. Can increase it to 5 or 6 and still stay at your calories/macros) For me, I’m more satisfied on real food than Protein Shakes. Eat plenty of fibrous veggies to fill your extra room. Keep healthy sweet and salty items on hand

Almost 6 month progress pics

Gosh that's a massive difference! Well done you!

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Fantastic! You look great!

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2.5 years out. Work out 1-2 hours per day - hard. (I am a competitive athlete at age 57). Eat about 110 gram Protein and 100 grams carb daily to about 1500 calories. (It keeps my muscle mass up - getting the carbs in as been tough.) I eat three meals and two Snacks. At six months, I was eating about 800-1000 calories with 100 grams of protein with 3 meals and 2 snacks.

Im 7 months post surgery and am eating around 6-8 ounces a meal 4x a day. Down 124 lbs so far and I usually stick to around 1500 calories a day and 120 grams of Protein to keep up from going too Calorie deficient with working out. I had a big problem immediately after surgery with not losing any weight post surgery at 700 calories a day, I do get hungry a lot still but just drink some Water or if that doesnt work then Powerade zero. Unfortunately the answer to if most people get hungry a lot is it varies from person to person, just find what works for you and forget what the other people say, there's plenty of people on this forum who think 1500 calories is way to high but unless you arent moving at all in a day its what you need to keep your body from going in to preservation mode

I’m going to need to try Zofran

and the lemon didn’t irritate your stomach ? How far out were you when you did the lemon ?

I been trying ginger tea, the peppermint one sounds good! That’s how I feel!! Even any smell makes me gag !!!

I ended up needing zofran as well. The peppermint tea is the only thing that kept me from not being dehydrated. The sight or smell of anything made me gag!

I'm not as far out as you, around 5 months. I'm consuming around 4 ounces at each meal unless I'm eating veggies, and then I can eat a lot more. I'm getting in around 120 ounces of Water a day as well.
I haven't had any problems with hunger yet, but I am starting to have some cravings. Sometimes they're kind of hard to ride out but I'm doing ok.
I use an app to track everything I consume and right now I'm averaging 700-900 calories a day and 60-65 grams of Protein. My surgeon isn't worried about any of the other macros, only protein, and water of course.

I'm at a year out. I have the same macro range as you. I eat 1cup of food by volume per meal (2-3oz protein+1-3oz al dente veg+1tsp equivalent fat serving per meal).
I eat 3 meals + 1-2 Snacks of about 100-150cals/day.
60-74g protein
<30g net carbs
700-900 cals
(oh I'm 56, female, 5'4", and walk/jog 6 days per week for 1 hour per day. I've lost 145lbs in about 18 months.)

@blackhawkpro Wow, congrats on you amazing success. I am not nearly as active as you, thats for sure. I haven't completely cut anything aside from bread out of my diet. I do however, make sure i get a minimum of 65 oz of Protein, 80 oz of Water, and keep my carbs very low. I have recently increased the volume of protein I eat due to increased hunger, hoping it would help. At the same time, im worried about stretching my stomach as I do increase volume.

I made cherry and strawberry sugar free finger Jello hearts for my daughter. Idk how good they would be for a party? Lol

I bet if you bring something health-ish your friends will thank you! What about doing fruit skewers with strawberries, watermelon and grapes. You could make a sugar free (sweeten with Stevia) yogurt dip and add a little food color to make it pink. There are tons of ideas on pinterest.
A good old fashion veggie tray always seems to be a hit! Pink or not!
If you don't want to drink alcohol but want to feel like you are celebrating, bring some pink crystal light!
Stick to your plan and try to focus on the companionship versus the food!
Good luck and have a great day!

Hi my name is Joe Ganino. I had RNY surgery in March 2018. In August I started riding a bike everyday. I now do 100 miles a week, so I spend a lot of energy exercising. Keep that in mind. My heaviest weight was 394, I currently weight 210. I average 1000 calories a day. I don’t eat red meat, breads, pastas, crackers, chips, popcorn, grapes, raisins, fried, fatty or sugary foods of any kind per my Surgeon. My daily goal is 1000 and 100 grams of Protein. Last Saturday I road 51 miles at the Tour de Palm Springs in one day. I did not eat anymore or less. I burned 3100 calories on that one ride. I hope this helps. Also I log everything I eat on my fitness pal every single day.

Stalled right now. Still want to lose 3-10 pounds!

Italian sub roll ups: serving size 1

I havent posted here forever or bothered updating my stats. I am almost 4.5 months post op and my weight loss seems to have slowed to a barely moving pace. When did all of you start slowing down? I am down 100 lbs from a year ago and down about 70 from surgery. I keep bouncing between 210-213. I just want out of the 200s and feel like its never gonna happen!