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The only suggestion that I can offer is that I have upped my calories a tiny bit and am losing actually faster. I was always up till now 600 to 650 calories for the day 60 to 70 grams of Protein. I am now around 700 to 750 calories and 70 to 80 grams of protein. Last week I lost 5 and this week I lost 4. I was sleeved 10/11/12. Up until now I was losing approximately 2 pounds per week. Maybe you are eating too few calories?

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The only suggestion that I can offer is that I have upped my calories a tiny bit and am losing actually faster. I was always up till now 600 to 650 calories for the day 60 to 70 grams of Protein. I am now around 700 to 750 calories and 70 to 80 grams of Protein. Last week I lost 5 and this week I lost 4. I was sleeved 10/11/12. Up until now I was losing approximately 2 pounds per week. Maybe you are eating too few calories?

You have a great thought here... I need to start tracking again & see if too few calories is the issue. Thanks for the suggestion!!

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I'm going back to basics. I've been craving and eating carbs like crazy. I'm only 12 pounds from goal so I need to get serious.

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Hi! I just wanted to encourage October sleevers to post before/6 month pics and stats as their surgiversaries come up... My sugery was the 10th so I will be posting then! Congrats to everyone and I look forward to hearing about your success!

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Day of Surgery 10/11/12


5 1/2 months - me and my honey



The first picture is the day before surgery 10/11/12
The second picture was Easter, 3/31/13

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Tomorrow is my 6 month surgerversary! It truly has been life changing for me... I'm so excited a very glad I chose to have the gastric sleeve! And to top it all off my husband and I recently found out we are expecting a baby... we are due Oct. 24th.

Date of surgery: 10/2/12 I was 250 lbs!

Today I weigh 175..down 75 lbs.. I have about 35 more to go to get to goal weight. Right now I'm just trying to eat enough for the baby.. its been a struggle as I continue to lose weight.... but the doc says everything looks great! Below is my before surgery a

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Wow, everyone is looking great!

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DOS 288 10/17

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Pictures from Summer about two months before surgery.

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Sunday 3/31

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I can't really see a great difference in pics but I know my body looks and feels so much better!! I thank God for the sleeve, my insurance and surgeon often!!

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Tomorrow is my 6 month surgerversary! It truly has been life changing for me... I'm so excited a very glad I chose to have the gastric sleeve! And to top it all off my husband and I recently found out we are expecting a baby... we are due Oct. 24th.

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Congrats! You look great!

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I will be posting before and 6 months pics..my 6 months will be April 9. But I had to share right now....

I was at a stall for 2 months!!!! I was stuck at 212....now I'm loosing again!!! I'm now at 205! I lost that pretty much in a week! Lost 2 lbs since yesterday! But I'm at a 95 lb weight loss right now!!! Super excited I'm out of my stall! :D

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My 6 mos surgiversary is tmrw and Im extremely excited about my sleeve. Im down 67lbs overall and still losing everyday!!

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My weight loss is slow slow slow!

Surgery 10/1

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    • Alisa_S

      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. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      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.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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