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I had my surgery on March 17 and lost a good amount of weight in the first month. But in June and July things slowed down to a crawl. In June I only lost 1.4 pounds, even though I was keeping my calories under 900 per day. I was so depressed and just at my wits' end!!

In July I decided to step up my exercise a little, and I also re-focused on getting all my Protein in. I doubled my weekly tap dance classes to twice a week, I added in a nice power walk a time or two a week, and two weeks ago I bit the bullet and signed up for personal training at the gym.

Lo and behold, in July I lost 7.4 pounds and am almost halfway to my goal sophomore-in-high-school weight! I am fitting all the smallest clothes in my closet and am feeling great! Plus it feels great to be back in the weight-lifting groove.

And here's something funny: In July my calories were about 1,000 per day average, and I still lost a ton more weight than I did in June. Maybe it was the exercise, maybe it was because I was super careful to get in at least 60 grams of Protein, maybe I needed more calories to lose, maybe my body just needed some time to get out of the dreaded 150's. Whatever it is, I'm really happy to be back in the groove!

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Good deal! Thanks for your story, it will help as I move along in my process. :sad0:

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I found that if my calories are too low I stall!!

Jane x

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Maybe I'm not eating enough..... I will re-look at my eating diary. Thanks ladies for the sound advice!

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Keep up the good work and way to go!! I do think that really working hard to get lots of exercise has helped me lose the weight. I also started as a light weight and am 50 with a metabolism that isn't like it was when I was in my 20's. We both had our surgery in March and will be at goal before we know it. Keep working it!

Frankie

VSG 3/22/10

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I had my surgery on March 17 and lost a good amount of weight in the first month. But in June and July things slowed down to a crawl. In June I only lost 1.4 pounds, even though I was keeping my calories under 900 per day. I was so depressed and just at my wits' end!!

In July I decided to step up my exercise a little, and I also re-focused on getting all my Protein in. I doubled my weekly tap dance classes to twice a week, I added in a nice power walk a time or two a week, and two weeks ago I bit the bullet and signed up for personal training at the gym.

Lo and behold, in July I lost 7.4 pounds and am almost halfway to my goal sophomore-in-high-school weight! I am fitting all the smallest clothes in my closet and am feeling great! Plus it feels great to be back in the weight-lifting groove.

And here's something funny: In July my calories were about 1,000 per day average, and I still lost a ton more weight than I did in June. Maybe it was the exercise, maybe it was because I was super careful to get in at least 60 grams of Protein, maybe I needed more calories to lose, maybe my body just needed some time to get out of the dreaded 150's. Whatever it is, I'm really happy to be back in the groove!

good for you. . . in 3 months i only lost 15 lbs and didn't much like that either. . . spoke to my doctor who suggested that maybe mix things up a bit and the weight would come off quicker. . . so i stepped up on the eliptical and treadmill a bit and a bit more Protein shakes and less carbs. . . sure enough, there it went. . . good luck to you!

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      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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