Where are the 50's??? -- all I see is a topic about wrinkles! How has the surgery changed your life?

Way to go Friends! We "50s" can do it ad do it well!

I turned 58 today! Im looking younger for a change this birthday!

Happiest of birthday wishes going your way!!:cake:

Valentina

I turned 58 today! Im looking younger for a change this birthday!

Happiest of birthday wishes going your way!!:cake:

Valentina

Thanks V!

Happy Birthday! I didn't know we are the same age. We will be until I turn

59 in October.

I have a new bf and life is good. I've dated a lot of interesting guys and I would have never met any of them if I hadn't lost all the weight.

I have never been as happy as I have been since I got sleeved.

Happy Birthday! I didn't know we are the same age. We will be until I turn

59 in October.

I have a new bf and life is good. I've dated a lot of interesting guys and I would have never met any of them if I hadn't lost all the weight.

I have never been as happy as I have been since I got sleeved.

Good for you! I notice more guys checking me out lately...cute guys too! I am married, but it gives my batteries a charge when a cute guy checks me out or holds the door for me or something...

I was sleeved on 2/22 of this year, so I am approaching my 4 month mark. Since I started the presurgery diet - I have lost ~ 66 pounds. I have lost from a 24W to a 16W. I've lost 6" from my waist and 7" from my bust and hips. Gotten off half my blood pressure med already. I love the sleeve!

My side effects include reflux - but easily controlled by pills; being in "puberty hell" from the hormones being released into my system from the fat cells that are disappearing; and some "brain fog" (discussed on a different thread). Well worth the issues to be losing the weight!

I'm not wrinkled to badly - but my skin is really loose. Think of a tomatoe or a peach after you have blanched it then plunged it into ice Water. Know how loose the skin on those are? That's how mine is right now. I have been bad and haven't been exercising to get it tightened back up. But, I start Zoomba/Zumba tomorrow - so that should tighten things up.

Hello to all the Nifty Fifties!!!

Maybe life starts at 56? Or it just starts over better? I am planning lots of changes besides sleeving my way to a healthier lifestyle. If losing 30 lbs can make me feel 10 years younger (no huff & puff, no swollen ankles and feet, and walking is soooo much easier) -- I figure I may be a mere child when I reach my goal!

Even if I wind up having to tuck my boobs behind my ears when my weight works its way off -- it will be worth it! What was that Clairol, Revlon, Loreal hair coloring ad from the 70's???? "your not getting older; your just getting better!"

I can't wait until I'm cruising with Valentina (hear that GF???) in that convertible Mini Cooper looking for young studs who like older women with excess skin!!!

Hello to all the Nifty Fifties!!!

Maybe life starts at 56? Or it just starts over better? I am planning lots of changes besides sleeving my way to a healthier lifestyle. If losing 30 lbs can make me feel 10 years younger (no huff & puff, no swollen ankles and feet, and walking is soooo much easier) -- I figure I may be a mere child when I reach my goal!

Even if I wind up having to tuck my boobs behind my ears when my weight works its way off -- it will be worth it! What was that Clairol, Revlon, Loreal hair coloring ad from the 70's???? "your not getting older; your just getting better!"

I can't wait until I'm cruising with Valentina (hear that GF???) in that convertible Mini Cooper looking for young studs who like older women with excess skin!!!

Hi everybody! I surely had some roadblocks due to fracturing an ankle playing hopscotch with my 10 yr old great niece = no exercise for a month. So I'm back to doing water aerobics and finally losing a few pounds again. Getting some sun is a plus too ~ I'd rather have my fat tanned!

Sleeved on 4/26 came home from hospital and found I had gained 6 pounds! Drag and a half for sure! Down 5 pounds since 4/28. I really thought this would go faster . But, on the plus side, no nausea, heaves, pain is under control and the swelling must have gone down really quickly because I have no problems getting in the Proteins or Water.

Hi, I was sleeved on 6/19 and weighed a couple of days later to find I was up 8 lbs. - could NOT believe it. I'm in the same boat too with no nausea & no problem getting in proteins or water, so I guess this is the time to be grateful for that & trust that the losses are coming:) Terri

I turned 53 yesterday and will be sleeved next Monday (August 1)...what a birthday present!!!

Last two weeks I have been up and down, and up and down... Hope to get a little bit more down soon! I am eating more, between 800-1100..... leaning towards the 1000 mark... Just had my body fat measured and my resting calorie burn.... around 1500... so I should be losing a little faster....but my body has always been this way...SLOOOW to lose! Good news? I could live with this weight, even though I am still "overweight".... still working on getting more off, working out around 5 days a week. I'm at around 7 1/2 months out. Down 59 pounds plus 10 from before surgery.

How do you have your resting calorie tested? I would lobe to know what mine is now that I am at goal.

How do you have your resting calorie tested? I would lobe to know what mine is now that I am at goal.

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A technician that ran the bodpod machine used for my body fat test used a formula to figure it out... Sorry I cant tell you what it was...