40 Y.O.,Obese since childhood, want to lose 150?

[Chubarella 87]

I'll be 40 in less than a month and I'd like to lose about 135 pounds. I've been overweight since childhood. My highest was in 2008 at 363 pounds, that's pretty bad for my 4'11" frame. I started my pre-op diet at 323 pounds and I'm currently at 180. I've got about 5 days left til surgery. I hope everything goes well. I'm not sure how fast my weightloss will be either. Good luck to you.

[TXdjvsg 93]

Not quite 40, but close at 36. I have been overweight my entire life. I can remember my earliest embarrassment having to do with my weight in the 3rd grade. Physical fitness day at school. We were in line to be weighed and I was 115 lbs. The kids around me were mortified that I was in the 100's. Fast forward 25 years later and I was sitting at an even 300. The sleeve surgery has changed my life. I have lost 100.2 lbs thus far. My surgery was 11/15/12, so I reached my first and second goal in 6.5 months. I now weigh 199.8! I still have 40-45 lbs to go to hit a healthy bmi and body fat %, but I am well on my way! Good luck to you all!

[Chelenka 827]

I too have been obese my entire life. I don't know my highest weight for sure but it was probably about 360 in 2002. I got down to 285 very slowly over the period of three years, then went back up to about 310. I kept hovering round 300 lbs until my brother died in 2009 and I gained 25 lbs, lost it and regained, blah, blah, blah! I'm 53 and my current stats are in my signature. I wish this surgery had been available when I was 40 but I doubt I would have had the courage to do it then. I hope to get down to 220 and I'm well on my way. I'm also very tall, 6'1". My surgeon said to expect to lose approx 80% of my excess weight The main thing is, to my mind, that this isn't a magic cure but a really great tool that makes it much easier to stay on a low calorie diet via Portion Control.

pre-surgery weight 325; surgery date 2/28/2013; surgery weight 307; 8 weeks past-op weight 281.4; 12 weeks post-op 274

[buplee 556]

I too was overweight my entire life. I was always the heaviest kid in my class which made me the brunt of jokes. I got down to 170 my senior year if high school but ballooned up when my father passed away 1 month before my 18th birthday. I have lost and gained 50-100lbs several times during my life. I have had several knee surgeries including a total and partial knee replacement. The partial after a life threatening strep/staph infection. I fought for 18 months and had an additional surgery (extensive spinal/neurosurgery). I finally got sleeved 2 months before my 52nd birthday this year.

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