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I was a stall for 5 weeks before the scale moved. I am 5 months post-op. I was hoping to be out of the 200s by now. My weight loss is very slow.. This is after eating 1000-1200 cal/day and taking a spinning class 2-4 times a week and skating.

HW: 246

SW: 239

CW: 203.7

Well at least the scale has started moving in the right direction again

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I was a stall for 5 weeks before the scale moved. I am 5 months post-op. I was hoping to be out of the 200s by now. My weight loss is very slow.. This is after eating 1000-1200 cal/day and taking a spinning class 2-4 times a week and skating.

HW: 246

SW: 239

CW: 203.7

Well at least the scale has started moving in the right direction again

????

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I was a stall for 5 weeks before the scale moved. I am 5 months post-op. I was hoping to be out of the 200s by now. My weight loss is very slow.. This is after eating 1000-1200 cal/day and taking a spinning class 2-4 times a week and skating.

HW: 246

SW: 239

CW: 203.7

Well at least the scale has started moving in the right direction again

????

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I was a stall for 5 weeks before the scale moved. I am 5 months post-op. I was hoping to be out of the 200s by now. My weight loss is very slow.. This is after eating 1000-1200 cal/day and taking a spinning class 2-4 times a week and skating.

HW: 246

SW: 239

CW: 203.7

Well at least the scale has started moving in the right direction again

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I was a stall for 5 weeks before the scale moved. I am 5 months post-op. I was hoping to be out of the 200s by now. My weight loss is very slow.. This is after eating 1000-1200 cal/day and taking a spinning class 2-4 times a week and skating.

HW: 246

SW: 239

CW: 203.7

Well at least the scale has started moving in the right direction again

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I was a stall for 5 weeks before the scale moved. I am 5 months post-op. I was hoping to be out of the 200s by now. My weight loss is very slow.. This is after eating 1000-1200 cal/day and taking a spinning class 2-4 times a week and skating.

HW: 246

SW: 239

CW: 203.7

Well at least the scale has started moving in the right direction again

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I was a stall for 5 weeks before the scale moved. I am 5 months post-op. I was hoping to be out of the 200s by now. My weight loss is very slow.. This is after eating 1000-1200 cal/day and taking a spinning class 2-4 times a week and skating.

HW: 246

SW: 239

CW: 203.7

Well at least the scale has started moving in the right direction again

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I was a stall for 5 weeks before the scale moved. I am 5 months post-op. I was hoping to be out of the 200s by now. My weight loss is very slow.. This is after eating 1000-1200 cal/day and taking a spinning class 2-4 times a week and skating.

HW: 246

SW: 239

CW: 203.7

Well at least the scale has started moving in the right direction again

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I was wondering if African Americans have the same success with the sleeve and weight loss as our counterpartS

*****

I wouldn't say it's a race issue but maybe in some cases it can be a socio economic issue when it comes to affording healthier whole foods and gym memberships or follow up healthcare

I'm AA and 11+ months out with great results even better than some others races I've met in my in person and online bariatric groups

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I was wondering if African Americans have the same success with the sleeve and weight loss as our counterpartS

*****

I wouldn't say it's a race issue but maybe in some cases it can be a socio economic issue when it comes to affording healthier whole foods and gym memberships or follow up healthcare

I'm AA and 11+ months out with great results even better than some others races I've met in my in person and online bariatric groups

post-195336-14161676117472_thumb.jpg post-195336-14161676347501_thumb.jpg

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*****

I wouldn't say it's a race issue but maybe in some cases it can be a socio economic issue when it comes to affording healthier whole foods and gym memberships or follow up healthcare

I'm AA and 11+ months out with great results even better than some others races I've met in my in person and online bariatric groups

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I am a very slow loser compared to all those I gave seen. I know I can't compare. And I realize that my legs had started to become jiggly which is not attractive. So on one hand I am happy it slow but on the other wish I lost more.

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I wouldn't say it's a race issue but maybe in some cases it can be a socio economic issue when it comes to affording healthier whole foods and gym memberships or follow up healthcare

I'm AA and 11+ months out with great results even better than some others races I've met in my in person and online bariatric groups

attachicon.gif ImageUploadedByBariatricPal1416167610.846666.jpgattachicon.gif ImageUploadedByBariatricPal1416167633.848974.jpg

I am a very slow loser compared to all those I gave seen. I know I can't compare. And I realize that my legs had started to become jiggly which is not attractive. So on one hand I am happy it slow but on the other wish I lost more.

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Hi lady just wanted to say hello congratulations to everyone that has the sleeve are on the journey of getting there I started back in 2005 with the lap band I lost about 50 pounds and gain it back so this has been a long road for me this Monday November 17 2014 I got the gastic sleeve so am sore but getting there with the band I did not have much Hair loss due to the fact I was are ready losing it from the blood pressure medicine but just wanted to wish everyone must succeed

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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