I had my surgery on May 15th. I'm currently 16 days (3 weeks) out. I lost a total of 18 pounds so far. I only had to do a one day fast before surgery.

SW 205

CW 187

Height 5' 2

Doing great!! Looking forward to the next few months. My pants are getting loose.

I can only have little to no Protein in the mornings so I usually have one pce of multigrain toast with butter and Vegemite with a sml skinny Cappuccino. lunch is usually a 85g can of either tuna or lite chicken chop chop dinner is high in protein, mainly red meat, zucchini and mushrooms or Beans. I alternate between red and white meat. Snacks are bega string cheese and mainland light cheese and crackers 30g.

You look amazing

Update!

Hit 85 lbs down this week!

Surgery 5/23/13

Best medical decision I've ever made.

Before pic is about 6 weeks after surgery

Never thought is go for plastics but it's looking more likely the more I drop... We shall see...

51 lbs lost. Surgery was on may 15th.

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May 7th

SW 247

CW 172

Losing very slowly now - would like to hit 140.

Tomorrow is my 5 month weighin.

HW 264.

1st appt 253.4 (april 2013)

SW 237.7 (may 21 2013)

CW 185

52.7 pounds simce surgery

68.7 pounds since April

I had a huge 5 week stall and even my last 2 month weigh ins have only been about 5 or 6 pounds a month. I started exercising 3 month after surgery, I had severe back problems but I walk 2.3miles 6days a week. I bicycle 6-7 miles 3days a week too. I have become crazy obsessive with weighing and losi g weight and what if I dont lose anymore.

Its so easy to forget that if we had excercised 5-6 days a week before and had even watched what we ate we probably would have never been 264 pounds!! So why is it that after we cut out our stomachs, and eat 500 calories a day, and excercise like crazy we still think we wont loose weight??

Is it wrong to be unhappy knowing on my 6month weighin Nov 21st I probably still be 180 having only lost another 5 pounds? I am working my ass off and it is soo slow now. When I first had surgery I thought man 150 would be less than what I weighed when I got married....but now almost 70 pounds lighter I want to finish out and start maintenance at 130. Sooo 55 pounds at 5 pounds a month means 11 more months. How does this sound to others? I guess 134 pounds in 16 months is good?? I have been lucky enough to not have to work right now, so all morning I excercise, eat right and then my husband goes to work at night. And the obsessing starts. There isnt enough tracking amd journal writing to save me. Any thoughts, suggestions, kind words, insite?

Heres another thought. If I knew right now I wasnt going to lose another pound. Would I keep exxercising so much? Or just see how long I could get by on under 750 calories??

Update!

I was sleeved May,16th,2013

Starting weight was 268

Current weight 189

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Edited October 21, 201312 yr by Chivon32

Highest Weight: 344

First doc appt weight: 327

Surgery Weight: 317

Current Weight: 258

Total weight Loss: 86 lbs

since surgery: 59 lbs

Progress... is Progress... am I a slow looser... I dont know...I know i feel really good about where Ive come so far... I purchased a XL shirt. I used to wear a 4 or 5xl shirt. I purchased a size 40 pants... Almost ready to go to 38... I was wearing a 46. Im rocking this sleeve. It hasnt been easy.... My fat mentality is still ever so present. I cant stop looking for validation from others... and I still make myself a regular plate from time to time. The difference is, I eat slower and when i reach my full point there is a lot of food on my plate and I get rid of it and it doesnt go into my mouth... haha... This is a game of self control. I have come to that realization. Its about Choosing to be different, eat different, live different and working to win... Its about refusing to give up. My workout routine is something i would never had guessed it would be. I run the brooklyn bridge (3.2 miles) 4-5 days a week. If i cant get to the bridge i am still commited to my 3.2 miles on those 4-5 days... and then 2-3x a week i do weight training in my home along with a 40 minute kickboxing routine which was on my on demand TV station.(Free) ... The object of the game is to win. Winning is subjective. I beleive that winning in this game is to change your life poisitively. I am not just looking at the scale (though I have been a slave to the scale at some point in this journey) I see me being ddifferent, approaching things differently and moving forward over and over again over any obstacle or mental breakdown. (especially during them stalls that are fucked up-excuse my language) But overall. I can say that this was the best decision ever, not only for me but for the people who i share it with. I am pretty open about my journey and Ive had a few people already start their process because they see mine. Paying it Forward!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last but not least... Ive learned that when i want something that i shouldnt eat... like a burger, or a donut or something like that... HAVE IT!!!! and I can never eat all of it... and it happens rarely... But once in a while I give in.. and I dont have to beat myself up, or ever forgive myself for it.... Its OK... Its OK... For me... You have to choose for yourself, if that "give in" is OK for you every once in a while... It's all a choice...

Lawrence-Thank you so much for posting. I't so strange how close I am to the way you think. Like you, I realize you have to find your own way of being healthy, both physically and emotionally. I will never diet again. I actually hate that word. This journey for me is to be positive and healthy as I can be without the self-hate mentality. Best of luck to you.

At the hospital waiting for surgery schedule for 10am & I'm pretty calm

May17...sw.226. Current 147.. .

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Pic.I just posted..wearing BLACK. ..that was when I weighed 157....lost 10lbs...since then...need new pic

Ok....226. May 17...10 21 23...147

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I feel a lot happier with a large portion of my weight gone, I have 30lbs to go to hit my goal but I already feel like I have won :-) I am so happy that I made this decision

At the hospital waiting for surgery schedule for 10am & I'm pretty calm

How r u doingg