Finally broke 200 as of this morning, havent seen this weight since my first semester of college! I was hoping to be at goal by 6 months but that is not happening unless I can get 14 lbs off in the next three weeks. I had a stall for about 3 weeks or so and then just lost about 10 lbs in the past 2 weeks. Pretty sure I can't sustain that rate of loss through the 23rd though!

Anyway, I feel great, and for those of you doubting your decision to have this surgery, give it time and it will work for you!!!!

I owe a lot of the inspiration to this site so thanks to everyone for being so positive and for posting progress pics!

Welcome to onederland! What a way to start the new year. I know my resolution for the rest of my life is to never leave onederland.

Yea! Congrats!

Congratulations, I can't wait to be at onderland! I'm with you about this site, I have learned so much and gotten so much support, it has been priceless!

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Awesome work! Keep up the great motivation. And I agree...we all are looking forward to ONEDERLAND!

Finally broke 200 as of this morning' date=' havent seen this weight since my first semester of college! I was hoping to be at goal by 6 months but that is not happening unless I can get 14 lbs off in the next three weeks. I had a stall for about 3 weeks or so and then just lost about 10 lbs in the past 2 weeks. Pretty sure I can't sustain that rate of loss through the 23rd though!

Anyway, I feel great, and for those of you doubting your decision to have this surgery, give it time and it will work for you!!!!

I owe a lot of the inspiration to this site so thanks to everyone for being so positive and for posting progress pics![/quote']

That is awesome!!!!! Congrats!!!!

Thats a lot of weight loss in such a short time... No doubt you will get to goal soon.

Any tips you can give us noobs. How many cal/protein/carbs you eating daily... whats your exercise look like.

Thats a lot of weight loss in such a short time... No doubt you will get to goal soon.

Any tips you can give us noobs. How many cal/protein/carbs you eating daily... whats your exercise look like.

Mike, to be honest, the big thing for me is planning my meals out daily on work days. I pack everything in the morning, including bottles of Water (so i can make sure I get the correct amount of warer in). I pack 5 small meals or Snacks for the 11 hours I am gone during the day and then try to eat every 2-3 hours. I am regimented when it comes to work eating habits and my daily meals would bore the crap out of most people with its repetitive foods. Basically, M-Th or M-F, depending on if I work on Friday or not, I eat the same things every day. I would say I take in about 1000-1200 calories of high Protein foods on any given day. I am not very conscious of my carb intake, dont really pay attention to it. Now, I know what I am packing is not too high in carbs so I just dont pay attention to it anymore.

On days off, I would say I eat less because I am busy out doing stuff and I just cant take my food and I dont think about it much. Is that healthy, maybe not the best, but i judge how I feel and by how my blood work levels look. SO far I feel great with plenty of energy and my bloodwork has been perfect. I think there may be a fatigue issue with reducing carbs too much so I dont try to cut them out. I will also admit that I am not always careful with what I eat. If I am really craving something, regardless of what it is, I allow myself to have it, just in very small amounts. Can this lead down a bad path, sure, I guess, but the sleeve has given me the self control to stop myself and it has not been an issue.

For exercise, I have a desk job but it is in I.T. and we are in a huge building so I have the opportunity to get up and walk a lot. I also ride my stationary bike for about 20-30 min 3-4 times a week. Oh, and I have a 20 month old and have her by myself most nights during the week while my wife works, that is a lot of excercise in itself, haha.

Tis works for me, might work for others, but at this point, I am at 194 lbs (down 123) with 9 lbs to go to goal and I am just 7 months out. I am still losing, without working to lose, so the sleeve is still doing its job. I am fortunate and could not be happier.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!!

Isn't onederland beautiful? It beats Disneyland any day! I too, just arrived for the first time in many, many years and can't believe the improvement of my energy level from just 6 months ago! Keep up the good work. It looks like you must be near goal -- good for you! Happy sleeving!