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17 minutes ago, Blueslily said:

Hello April Sleevers,

Can you believe it. We are in February. Which means that some of us are getting close to the 1 year mark for our surgeries.

My VSG was on April 6 so I'm at 10 months. I just celebrated my birthday and treated myself. Things are moving smoothly at 10 months. I met my goal, and I am maintaining my loss without any issues (minus my birthday celebration, lol). No complaints here. I cant believe that we are almost at 1 year. I'm still very happy that I had VSG done and that I committed to doing everything to make changes that have me at goal and staying there. 🙂

How are you all doing? How are you doing at 10 months?

Hope all you April sleevers are ok.😁

I'm still 45 lb from my goal, have been eating like I'm sustaining but still haven't hit my goal. The last pounds seem to be the hardest

Thank you and a Merry Christmas to you, here's to the meeting your goals next year

10 hours ago, Blueslily said:

Hello fellow April Sleevers,

I met with my surgery team for my 8 month follow up appointment yesterday. Wow, can you believe it. Time has flown. I'm doing good. I'm at goal. I dont want to get any smaller. So, the past 2-3 weeks, I've been focused on maintaining versus losing any more weight. I have to kick myself in the behind a little. Water intake and strength exercises could be better. I'm still eating on plan. No cheating. The dietitian asked me about the holidays. I was like, oh please, I could care less about all that food stuff. I walk by tons of candy, pies, and cakes in the grocery store and none of it calls out to me. food is everywhere these days. I feel blessed that I just don't have any craving or desire for foods that wont help me with my goals.

As we move into a new month, December, how's everyone doing? Anyone concerned about the holidays this month? Would be great to hear from folks as we bring 2021 to a close soon.

I'm stuck on a plateau, still about 60 lb from my goal and have not moved in a month

I eat other Protein when its available, my schedule just doesn't make it easy most of the time. I need to start branching out more, but I also want to keep the loss going until I meet my goal.

Down 85 lbs, doing good. I have a Protein Shake for Breakfast and lunch and eat a little of fruit for dinner, sometimes a salad for lunch. Will be four months this month. broke through into the 200's this week. Still have a lot to go!

Broke my 3 week stall, down 7lb now hope it keeps going!

I use bariOne I haven't noticed feeling bad?

10 minutes ago, Stellagettinghergrooveback21 said:

I have not lost any weight in a month ! So frustrated my surgery was April 9! Any one else dealing with a long stall like this ?

Going thru a stall now been 1 week, hope I break thru soon, keep an eye on measurements if you're not losing on the scale

2 hours ago, Blueslily said:

Hi April Sleevers,

I had a fun victory moment during the weekend. I've lost weight, but had not really made any adjustments to the clothes that I was wearing. In many postings on this site, they encourage you not to spend much money on clothes during this process because, depending on how much weight you are loosing, you might have to keep replacing clothes. Im going through this process with a focus on improving my health versus racing for a reduction in my weight numbers. I had not really thought about clothes size changes much until I was looking for something in my closet and looked at "the other side" which is where I have tucked away smaller size clothes that I could no longer fit but was hopeful that one day I could wear again. Everyone has that section in your closet or drawers, right? Hahahaha. 😉Well, this weekend I perused that section in my closet and drawers and found some clothes that are one size smaller than my current size that fit nicely. I made a big pile and washed a couple loads of laundry. I reorganized my drawers and closet to include these one size smaller clothes that I can now include in my regular wardrobe. It felt very validating. They are all summer clothes so its perfect timing. And, it was nice to reminisce about earlier times with those clothes. And even better, I did not have to spend any money! 🤗 I have a few clothing items that are two sizes smaller. I just left them tucked away for later during this process. 🙂

Anyone else go shopping in your closets or drawers so far during this process? I'm at the 7 week mark.

4-12 here and just pulled my 4xl shirts out of the closet and put my 6xl in the back corner, I still have a few sizes to loose before I have to buy any new shirts, but went down 2 pant sizes too. You're right it is validating.

Yeah maybe actual flu, I'm going to get checked out today. No respiratory symptoms though

5 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

Idk what your starting height and weight were but 28 pounds is a great start. Everyone is so much different. But even the veterans will tell you some were slow losers but they still eventually lost it all.

Has anyone had very bad chills upon waking up in the middle of the night. Had a whole body aches yesterday afternoon then woke up in the middle of the night just now with major chills. Not sure if this could be Keto flu or something else. Anyone have any similar symptoms

Just now, Cherylanne22 said:

What do you find is good Snacks?

I like my sugar free Jello, also beef Jerky, cheese sticks, boiled egg, cant wait till I can eat apples again!!

5 hours ago, SueClement said:

I had my gastric sleeve surgery on April 12, 2021.

That's great, that was my day too, how are you doing?

47 minutes ago, Anivip said:

Hi I am very new to this forum. I had my gastric sleeve done on 15/apr/21

pre op weight :299 lbs

Current. Weight : 272 lbs.

weight loss 27 lbs

somehow I feel my weight loss is not as much as others who had surgery near when I had mine. The whole of last week I have lost less than 1 lb

Is anyone facing such an issue ? I am feeling so low now

I'm 1 month out and down 30 lbs but I've hit a plateau, not sure how to break thru

Call your doctor!

1 hour ago, TSH1222 said:

That is excellent! Do not get discouraged, it will come off!

keep in mind 2 lbs a week is 100 lbs a year. It's going to be a long term goal

14 hours ago, Exudos194 said:

How much walking exercise is everyone doing? Anyone been cleared for gym yet?

Not going to the gym anytime soon, I'm just walking at work, I guess I need to take some time to walk at home, I'll probably start with a 30min walk

9 minutes ago, Tommyjohnson@13 said:

I’ve lost 46

since the beginning pre op first.
started at 336. I lost one pound in the last week.
surgery date was 4/12

So do you think you've hit a plateau?

Had surgery 4-12, down 30lb, now I have hit a plateau, how can I get over this plateau?

Had my surgery 4/12 and recovering. We will see how it goes! I'm still nervous and excited.

Wondering if there is anything out there that will ease the process of post op recovery that I didn't know about??