Emma2.0

Today I’m officially down 70lbs in 3 months and 9 days. I struggle with bipolar and this progress is what keeps me going each day. Mental illness does not discriminate.

Today I’m officially down 70lbs in 3 months and 9 days. I struggle with bipolar and this progress is what keeps me going each day. Mental illness does not discriminate.

Today I’m officially down 70lbs in 3 months and 9 days. I struggle with bipolar and this progress is what keeps me going each day. Mental illness does not discriminate.

Today I’m officially down 70lbs in 3 months and 9 days. I struggle with bipolar and this progress is what keeps me going each day. Mental illness does not discriminate.

Today I’m officially down 70lbs in 3 months and 9 days. I struggle with bipolar and this progress is what keeps me going each day. Mental illness does not discriminate.

Today I’m officially down 70lbs in 3 months and 9 days. I struggle with bipolar and this progress is what keeps me going each day. Mental illness does not discriminate.

Today I’m officially down 70lbs in 3 months and 9 days. I struggle with bipolar and this progress is what keeps me going each day. Mental illness does not discriminate.

Today I’m officially down 70lbs in 3 months and 9 days. I struggle with bipolar and this progress is what keeps me going each day. Mental illness does not discriminate.

Today I’m officially down 70lbs in 3 months and 9 days. I struggle with bipolar and this progress is what keeps me going each day. Mental illness does not discriminate.

I’m one month out from surgery and have lost 26 lbs and 43 since starting preop diet.

HW 297
SW 280
CW 254
GW 150

The weight loss will slow its pace the closer you get to a more normal BMI.
It seems like the last 20 pounds I lost took six months, in comparison my first six months I lost well over 100 pounds.
The further out from surgery you are, the more you will be able to eat as well. Some of us have cravings return after a time post op as well.
Enjoy it while it lasts, as long as you are eating healthfully nutrition wise fast weight loss is a desired effect your first 12-18 months.

im dropping about one and half pounds a day, but i do crazy physical work and walk for miles at a time while eating lean foods with no fat or sugar. you will stall and your body is pretty much resting during the stalls, then you lose like crazy again.

Youre doing a great job and putting a lot of effort into prepping for surgery. If you are doing well with the diet, you may be able to get to a weight you’re healthy with and maintain without surgery. I lost a lot in my liquid diet phase pre-op but I couldn’t do that forever, it was just a starting point for me. Good luck with everything!

It has been 9 weeks since I started my preop diet and I have lost 51lbs. 17 before surgery and 34 since surgery. Super proud of myself. This hasn’t been an easy journey bc I have such a sensitive system, but I have no regrets.

Around 10 years ago, I lost 150 pounds on my own. I was walking about the same as you are plus going to the gym. I lost about a pound a day doing that and eating Protein Bars. So, yeah, that amount of exercise can do it!

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I walk a lot, too - 14,000 steps a day. What I don't get at work, I do on the hills around my house after work. I also am climbing 14 flights of stairs a day (working up to 20.) And upper body weights 3 times a week. I really do think this has helped me, too. I feel so much energy now, even though I can only get down about 600 calories/day. I really want to take advantage of the first 6 months and the 'honeymoon" stage before the appetite starts coming back. Hopefully the major dietary changes I have made (no sugar, wheat, soda, alcohol, coffee, snacking) along with the exercise will work to keep the weight off forever.

I lost 55 or so in the first 8 weeks. Then nothing at all for the next 8. Now I am losing 2 per week. It will slow down.

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What is your exercise routine like? I have lost fairly quickly, too, but I exercise a lot (walking hills, stairs, weights) - something I could never do when I was heavier. My joints just couldn't take it. But now I am afraid NOT to exercise. What are you doing? And super congrats on your progress. Make a ticker for us to follow!

Enjoy it while you can.. it will slow down at some point

Bariatric surgery rule No. 1:
You can never lose this weight too fast!! (because we're worrying and complaining about wrecked metabolisms later)

I WISH I was losing that fast! 🙂 Don't worry, there'll be stalls along the way and your body will catch up with itself.

no need to worry about that - your weight loss will slow way down after the first couple of months....

I felt this way in the beginning. The first month I lost 40 pounds. The second month nothing. I finally an losing again and am at 52 pounds. I'm at 11 weeks. My weight loss has slowed way down and I'm losing about 2 pounds a week.
I wish it was faster lol

Emma2.0,

Maybe you don't really need the surgery. You look great already. [emoji6] Keep it up. I will be on my pre-op diet in 3 weeks. Best of luck to you.

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