Hi all, still finding my way are VST.

My name is Mary I'm from Melbourne australia.

Not really, I'm FROM Houston Texas but I have lived here with my Australian husband for 8 years.

My most recent weightloss started September 2011 at 118 kilos or 260 lbs, I'm 5'3.

Preop June 21 103 kilos- 227 lbs

Surgery was June 26, I snuck a weigh at 98 kilos-- 216 lbs

CW 91.4 kilos-- 201 lbs

GW 63 kilos -- ~140 lbs

I have lost 59 lbs since starting this journey and 26 lbs of that since surgery.

I am loving that this is the last time I will be losing this weight, I've done it so many times before!!

I am loving that this is the last time I will be losing this weight, I've done it so many times before!!

Way to go! I am excited about that aspect of this whole business as well. All things being equal, this is the LAST time I'll have to lose this weight. I've lost about three whole people over my lifetime trying to stay slim. This is it. Congratulations on getting to this point.

CE

Aloha Mary from Australia / Texas! Welcome to this great resource....isn't wonderful that we can all connect from around the world? I am also 5'3 and started at 223 lbs last October. I am now 7 lbs from my goal weight having lost almost 80 lbs (and the last 10 are taking forever to come off!). I had my surgery done in Germany and a month later started traveling for 4 months all through Europe, back across the US and we are now in Hawaii until the end of Sept. And will then go back to Amsterdam.

I have to laugh when people ask me if I'm worried I will gain it back....I was one of those who chose not to tell people about the surgery. I just smile and say, I really don't think I will.....

Good luck and welcome to the forum!

Wow, my stats are so similar to yours. I'm 5'2.5" and my surgery was July 3, 2012. My weight at the beginning was 227 and now I'm 193, down 34 I know some lose quicker, but I'm trying to be happy with me. Today I really noticed that "I FEEL GOOD"!!! I have no surgery regrets, but I do have a concern. I feel I can eat more than I should be able to. I can eat 8+ ounces, not always, but sometimes. Then I read that others can only eat 3-4 ounces at a time. What's up with that?!?!

Aloha SummerGirl.....congratulations on your 34 lbs! That's huge. I know when I was at 193 I was feeling pretty svelte.....everything is relative; I thought that if I could just get in the 150's I would be in heaven...and I was, but then I got into the 140's and now I think the 130's are very doable. Take your time; I have been blogging every Sunday for 11 months and it has taken me this long to get to goal....(almost there, within 1 lb.....could happen this Sunday!!!). It you average my weight loss out it comes to less than 2 lbs a week and that has worked out well for me! Eating 8 oz though does seem like a lot; I'd check with your dr or nut about it. I still can't eat that much and I certainly couldn't at 3 months out.

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I have to laugh when people ask me if I'm worried I will gain it back....I was one of those who chose not to tell people about the surgery. I just smile and say' date=' I really don't think I will.....

Good luck and welcome to the forum![/quote']

I'm the same. For a variety of reasons I chose not to tell people about the surgery. Since nearly everyone departs SandyTown for the summer, and I stayed, it was easy to point out I've been losing weight since April... it just took awhile for people to notice. Congratulations on being so close to your goal. Definitely worth a celebration when you get there!

I took some clothes to the tailor last week and I asked her to take them in fairly tight....she said, "what if you gain weight again?" I said, well, I don't think that will happen and in fact, I'll probably lost 5 to 10 more.....such a nice feeling.

Oh, and I reached the top range of my goal weight yesterday!