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Hi, I was wondering who here had similar stats to mine. I am 31 5'6.5", 257lbs BMI ~44. I just started my journey and have my first NUT appt. May 6. I am an active person and enjoy running outside but have problems with my diet (obviously) so was looking for a permanent solution to help me stay at a healthy weight. I would love to hear about your journey and see pics, especially those that have similar stats to mine. Hopefully by the end of this year, since I have to do 6 months of NUT appts., I will have my surgery and join these success stories!

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Your BMI is actually a little less than 41... (I am around your stats and thought that 44 seemed high so I recalculated it using the stats you gave on height/weight)

I'm the same as you.... exercise isn't my issue...what I eat and the amount is.

Good luck with those appointments and hopefully you'll let us know when you finally get through all the insurance rig em roll and get your surgery date!!

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I have the same stats as you and your BMI seems around a 41, mine is. I am suppose to have my surgery tentatively in June. Exercise is not my problem, I run marathons, play softball, and workout with weights. My eating is the problem and the years of abuse I subjected my metabolism to in order to make weight in cheering and softball. I am praying insurance approves me. I have almost completed my 6m evaluation.

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Hi, I'm 24 5'7 and had a starting weight of 256lbs so we're pretty close. I had my surgery on December 20, 2012 and today I am 194 pounds so a total of 60 pounds lost since surgery. I think everyone is different but here are some pics of my before and after. I had a pretty rough time until about 3.5 months out, but at this point i don't regret it! Hope this helps....

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51 years old. 5' 7" here. 253 starting weight. Sleeved 04/17. I'm taking full advantage of this site. Check out my before pics and read my blogs. I'm here if you need an ear.

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Hi I'm 5'6 starting weight was 266lbs. 2/27 sleeve date and today's weight is 230. I also did 6 months of Nut visits before surgery. I am enjoying my sleeve at 7 weeks out.

Good luck

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Your BMI is actually a little less than 41... (I am around your stats and thought that 44 seemed high so I recalculated it using the stats you gave on height/weight)

I'm the same as you.... exercise isn't my issue...what I eat and the amount is.

Good luck with those appointments and hopefully you'll let us know when you finally get through all the insurance rig em roll and get your surgery date!!

Thank you! I thought it was lower too but that is what the dr told me (44). Have you had your surgery yet? I will keep everyone updated on my process.

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I have the same stats as you and your BMI seems around a 41, mine is. I am suppose to have my surgery tentatively in June. Exercise is not my problem, I run marathons, play softball, and workout with weights. My eating is the problem and the years of abuse I subjected my metabolism to in order to make weight in cheering and softball. I am praying insurance approves me. I have almost completed my 6m evaluation.

That is my problem as well! Good luck on your journey and thank youfor the feed back!

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Hi, I'm 24 5'7 and had a starting weight of 256lbs so we're pretty close. I had my surgery on December 20, 2012 and today I am 194 pounds so a total of 60 pounds lost since surgery. I think everyone is different but here are some pics of my before and after. I had a pretty rough time until about 3.5 months out, but at this point i don't regret it! Hope this helps....

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OMG you look great! I agree you look great! What kind of problems did you have, if you don't mind me asking.

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51 years old. 5' 7" here. 253 starting weight. Sleeved 04/17. I'm taking full advantage of this site. Check out my before pics and read my blogs. I'm here if you need an ear.

Thank you! I will check out your blog and let you know if I have any questions!

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Thank you! I thought it was lower too but that is what the dr told me (44). Have you had your surgery yet? I will keep everyone updated on my process.

No, I haven't yet. I'm scheduled for June 7th! I hope you'll stick around!

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Hi, I'm 24 5'7 and had a starting weight of 256lbs so we're pretty close. I had my surgery on December 20, 2012 and today I am 194 pounds so a total of 60 pounds lost since surgery. I think everyone is different but here are some pics of my before and after. I had a pretty rough time until about 3.5 months out, but at this point i don't regret it! Hope this helps....

Princesstia you are looking beautiful with your lighter body!! Great job girl!!

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No, I haven't yet. I'm scheduled for June 7th! I hope you'll stick around!

Oh I plan to! That's Awesome! I can't wait to have my date! I know it will be the end of the year or beginning of next year since my first NUT app is May 6. I am ready though.

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OMG you look great! I agree you look great! What kind of problems did you have, if you don't mind me asking.

I was in the hospital for about 2 months. had the surgery dec 20th, around the 13th of january was not able to keep any solids down so i had an upper gi done and it was determined that there was too much scar tissue so went back in for a revision to clear the scar tissue on jan 20th felt even worse afterwards and on the 25th had a stent placed in my esophagus for 10 days to open the stricture helped a tiny bit but had 2 dilations after that and was back and forth in the hospital until they determined i contracted a syndrome called SMA (semantic mesenteric artery) where pretty much theres this fat slab that holds the intestines in place and in my rapid weight loss, i lost that slab as well my intestines shifted onto an artery that was lodged against my esophagus and that i would probably have problems for the rest of my life.. long story short after being fed through a pic line for 2 months and basically being told there was nothing they could do, i discharged myself from the hospital, had the pic line removed, and decided to heal myself. Started eating even if it wouldnt stay down and staying active and COMING OFF ALLL THE MEDICATIONS and since I've done that i feel fine can eat fine (besides the limitations of the sleeve) and am exercising daily with loads of energy. I'm doing crossfit training and losing about 6 pounds per week no stalls no complications.. but it was such a scary experience i almost regretted doing it.

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