It has been a while since I have logged on... and I just had my 4th month post op visit with my doctor/nutritionist. I have lost 43 pounds in total and am so EXCITED! I feel great!!

Now, I am a little bit concerned because the NUT said that I am about 50%. He said most gastric sleeve patients lose 65% of their excess weight. So, that would mean, if I weighed 100 pounds over my IDEAL weight then I am expected to lose about 65 pounds and they consider that to be the norm. NOW, I want to lose the 100 pounds that I am over weight by -- but the NUT made me feel like that was not typical and went one to say that when one is heavy it takes more energy and therefore you lose more weight but once you have lost about 65% of the excess weight it is more difficult... So, is he trying to discourage me or, well, I don't know?

So, those of you who have had the surgery and are at the 1 year mark -- did you lose ALL your excess weight or was it the 65% of the EXCESS weight that my NUT was talking about?

I was surprised that I lost almost 20 lbs already, I am at 2 weeks !!!

Averages do not have to define how much weight you lose.. That's just the "average" you are NOT an average and neither am I I have surpassed the docs expectations... and am close to the "reasonable" goal the nut and I established. It does not mean I can not have a new goal in mind and a healthy number when I get to my yr... This can take you wherever you want it to take you... I have been bad at the exercising part as well and just recently started walking again... I was and still am pretty tired and lack energy which the docs do say will come back ( at about the yr mark) I want it back now so I can lose the rest before I get to the yr mark... I have started the walking thing slowly... not fast paced and not far one week... short then I will start to extend how far I walk a lil at a time,,

I'm right there with you! I have three grown kids, so I'm no stranger there. However, the idea of all the drain tubes, catheters, etc etc - kinda freaks me out. It's been over 21 years since I've had any type of hospital stay.

But after 10 years of struggling and doing everything in my power to lose weight, I think none of that will matter when the time comes. We have too much to look forward to. I miss being able to tie my shoes without struggling!! And the day I'll be able to cross my legs at the THIGHS again will be a glorious day for me! LOL

I lost more than 100%. It's definitely harder and you burn fewer calories moving around a smaller body, but how much you lose is solely dependent on how hard you work!!!! Definitely make the most of the 6-12 month window when it's the easiest and your sleeve is working the hardest. The hunger will come back.

@@jess9395 How does the hunger come back when they remove the hunger hormone? Do you still feel physically hungry?

@@jess9395 How does the hunger come back when they remove the hunger hormone? Do you still feel physically hungry?

Ask most vets and they tell you the hunger comes back some (not as badly as before, but real hunger) between a year and two years out. Hunger is a complex system regulated by more than one system/hormone/modulator. Removing the fundus removes the largest manufacturer of ghrelin but there are other sources and the body is a wonderfully complex system that adapts amazingly well.

@@jess9395 How does the hunger come back when they remove the hunger hormone? Do you still feel physically hungry?

Ask most vets and they tell you the hunger comes back some (not as badly as before, but real hunger) between a year and two years out. Hunger is a complex system regulated by more than one system/hormone/modulator. Removing the fundus removes the largest manufacturer of ghrelin but there are other sources and the body is a wonderfully complex system that adapts amazingly well.

@@jess9395 How does the hunger come back when they remove the hunger hormone? Do you still feel physically hungry?

Ask most vets and they tell you the hunger comes back some (not as badly as before, but real hunger) between a year and two years out. Hunger is a complex system regulated by more than one system/hormone/modulator. Removing the fundus removes the largest manufacturer of ghrelin but there are other sources and the body is a wonderfully complex system that adapts amazingly well.

Do any of you vets who have been following your program (i.e. healthy foods not slider foods), do you still get the same "one bite too many" warning, or does that disappear? Thanks in advance!

Do any of you vets who have been following your program (i.e. healthy foods not slider foods), do you still get the same "one bite too many" warning, or does that disappear? Thanks in advance!

I am over a year and a half post-op and if I do eat too much I know. It happens less often as I am learning and listening to my body, but it does happen on occasion.

Reminding myself to slow down and eat mindfully really helps.

Do any of you vets who have been following your program (i.e. healthy foods not slider foods), do you still get the same "one bite too many" warning, or does that disappear? Thanks in advance!

I am over a year and a half post-op and if I do eat too much I know. It happens less often as I am learning and listening to my body, but it does happen on occasion.

Reminding myself to slow down and eat mindfully really helps.

Thank you, thank you . I was anxiously awaiting an answer. Good to know.

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I started at 293, being 150 lbs overweight. After pre-surgery diet and dieting on my own, I was 275 on surgery day. I'm now 7 months out and I've lost 100 lbs. That's 66% of my excess weight. Assuming weight loss all but stops at 12 months, I've got 5 more months left to lose. I'm confident I'll hit between 78-80% of excess weight gone.

This is far above my bariatric doctor's predictions. He said I'd stop after losing 91 lbs. In fact, I was chided in group education class for saying I was an overachiever and wanted to lose more than that. Pffft. My body's a trooper.