JAKE H

Day before surgery till now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Just like fluffy said. Stick to you plan. Stalls happen. It happened for me at about the same time. i was stuck and thought the surgery failed me. I think all of us at one point have had that doubt. No worries. Out of no where the weight will drop again. Its an even better feeling when you break a stall. So hang tough!!

my first month i was 300-600 cal. then i was instructed by my doc to go to 800 cal. (4months) i went for a check up last week and was told to start trying to hit 1000 cal. im taking my doctors directions and sticking to them because he hasnt led me wrong yet. HE also knows that i am training for a half marathon( 3 long distance runs a week) and i do crossfit 5 days a week. So my calories may be a little higher then someone else at my stage. Im not sure. I just know ive been having success and i love every minute of this. Every person and every doctor is different. This is just what ive done. Good luck to you!!

Just like fluffy said. Stick to you plan. Stalls happen. It happened for me at about the same time. i was stuck and thought the surgery failed me. I think all of us at one point have had that doubt. No worries. Out of no where the weight will drop again. Its an even better feeling when you break a stall. So hang tough!!

my first month i was 300-600 cal. then i was instructed by my doc to go to 800 cal. (4months) i went for a check up last week and was told to start trying to hit 1000 cal. im taking my doctors directions and sticking to them because he hasnt led me wrong yet. HE also knows that i am training for a half marathon( 3 long distance runs a week) and i do crossfit 5 days a week. So my calories may be a little higher then someone else at my stage. Im not sure. I just know ive been having success and i love every minute of this. Every person and every doctor is different. This is just what ive done. Good luck to you!!

im not a soft guy Jake you just gave me goose bumps . your success is on you!! i just wanna walk with everyone on this journey we all need people to lean on when we get tired and need that extra step to our success you are doing amazing congrats

same to you. i want you to know, youre the reason i started doing a Protein Shake for bfast and lunch. you suggested it to me early on and im still doing it and im glad i got on that habit. people like you are the pieces to my success!!!! thank you and hope youre doing well. happy holidays my friend.

i still drink Carbonated drinks in fact having a diet coke as we speak- but Not the same as Pre OP gotta drink it slow, however my brother can not handle any carbonation.
I joined cross fit and do rowing work out - Finding cross fit tones all the areas where the weight has lost

you gonna be at goal tomorrow LOL....

OMG! this is unreal.... if I didn't see that tattoo I would not believe this is you..Awesome.. and this is 5 months???

Great job jake!! Great job everyone!

Day before surgery till now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Day before surgery till now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Day before surgery till now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Day before surgery till now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Day before surgery till now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Jake, wow! What a transformation!

Day before surgery till now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Wow, Jake-if it weren't for the ink on your right arm matching I woulda thought there was no way that was the same guy. You are doing great!

yeah im not so much worried about the eating too much, just the stress of what you said of being able to find something that doesnt make me feel completely guilty. but ive been mapping things out. plus with all the walking you do, im sure ill be just fine. im excited.

Yep. Just not totally there yet. And I am very aware that these are MY problems and not THEIR problems. I don't expect anyone else to change, but I am learning how to change how I deal with it. Most of the time this hasn't been an issue for me. food is always being brought in to the office. It has just been more excessive this week. Add to that I am kind of sick of eating the same boring stuff over and over. Then all of the food talk on top of that. Put the three things together and I am struggling!

And I forgot to grab my headphones to bring to work! May run home to get them in a little bit.

My whole office knows now too... but my work "moms" who would help me are no longer near me Like I said, mixed blessing because there is usually more food where I used to sit... but I don't have the support system where I sit now. And there is a division of the two spaces.
I did Disney a few weeks post op. I wasn't tempted by the bad food. I had more issues of "what CAN I eat?" than "how do I prevent myself from eating all this good food". And the fact that everything is overpriced helps say "No, I am not wasting money on that Churro that I can only take 1-2 bites of" lol

Congrats. Keep on keeping on.

lol its funny you brought this up! you are not alone. i definitely had a little melt down yesterday lol. i was just overwhelmed and had to leave where i was because the food has just been too much, and im getting near my end for goal and i just think every calorie counts right now. im not gonna lie and say i dont grab a mini reese cup or hersey kiss every one in a while, but im really trying right now to hit it hard. so i totally get how you are feeling, luckily everyone in my office knows and i have 2 work moms who keep an eye on me which i asked them to. but i feel your pain and im with you. holiday is almost over and then i go to disney january 4th. lol. im not catching a break until after that.

yes. i love that! i follow a guy syatt fitness on instagram. (he curses a lot) but he really breaks down nutrition well and is all about calories, which i think you and i both love. But he is very real about slip ups and all that good stuff. None of us are perfect, and ive found when i really have a craving, a simple Hershey kiss (22cals) with fulfill that craving. I just learned to savor things more and not annihilate them like i did 152 pounds ago!