Hello, my name is Annie, but I love the Beatles so I named myself Abbey

I am 25 years old and I had weight loss surgery on 8/23/2010. My highest weight was 330 lbs and by that point I became really scared of reaching the 400lbs. I have always been overweight but I usually remained just 50lbs above my ideal weight (which for my hight it should range from 140 to 150). I began dieting one year before my surgery in hopes that I could lose the weight on my own, and I did lose about 20lbs. After a year of not being able to lose more I decided to have the vsg. My starting weight was 311lbs, on the day of my surgery I was 295 and currently I am 224. I used to be a size 28 and I am now size 18. I am currently at a stall and for the last three weeks I have not lost a pound. I am a big meat eater so my diet consists mostly of chicken or beef, I try to stick to the no carb diet. Usually I was eating three meals a day, but at the start of this month I began to snack still sticking to the no carbs. I believe that my snaking is the reason for me not losing this month. I exercise for about 2 hrs two or three days a week, I do cardio for 45 mins and the rest is weight lifting. I had my surgery in Laredo, TX at a hospital name LMC and it ran for about 8,500. I hope this is enough information but if you have any questiosn go ahead and ask I'd love to help. I also hope to have some of my questions answered I think it is an awsome idea that we have a forum to share info

Hi Abbey, welcome to the forum!!

I am still kind of just starting my journey. I am in Sacramento CA and my medical is through Kaiser. From what I have read on here over the months, every person that is post-op has also had a few stalls and they begin when you are about 3-4 months out even if you totally follow the rules.

-Shannon

Welcome Annie!! I agree this is a great place to share and learn. I am so glad you found this forum.

Hi Abbey. I love the Beatles, too I have not read too many with around my same starting weight.... Like you, I have also reached my highest weight ever and am unbelievably over 300! I began this process about 6 months ago, weighing around 285 - then I quit smoking 3 months ago in preparation for surgery (& lets face it, a multitude of other reasons for quitting) and wound up gaining about 25 MORE pounds on top of it!! (Figure it'll come off faster since it's new weight **fingers crossed**) I'm glad to hear to you did so well and how fast you lost. I've mentally prepared myself that it is not going to come off as fast as some of the other surgeries, but that's what (I think) I want. I was hoping for less sagging and stretch marks? (As compared to the gastric bypass and duodenal switch, which a couple of my friends have had.) My surgery is scheduled for January 26, 2011. I hope to do as well as you have done!! I look forward to getting into an exercise mind-set again, as this excess weight seems to have stifled my exercise tendencies! Thanks for sharing