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I've reached all of my pre-surgery goals that I really wanted to reach. The key word being "I" or even "my" goals. I wanted to get off of my medications, which I have since surgery. I wanted to feel better and not ache as much with increased energy, which I have. And I wanted to improve my body composition (lose a lot of fat, add/retain muscle), which I have also been able to do with help from the sleeve. The only goal at all that I haven't reached is my goal weight. I knew before surgery there was really no way to intelligently and realistically know what weight I would be happy with. There are just way too many factors to include to really know which number on a scale I would be happy with. Since the earlier goals mentioned were my priorities before surgery, I'm really fairly happy with where I am now. Before surgery, my Nut and Dr forced my hand on a goal weight, even though I knew it was just a number and I really had no idea what weight I wanted to be. Sure, I knew it would be somewhere in the low 200's since I'm fairly tall (6'-3") and with my strength goals, I know I would probably ideally end up with a good bit of muscle on my frame, which would limit progress on a scale.< /p>

So when they (Dr/Nut) forced my hand before surgery over a year and a half ago, I told them 215 pounds, at the time I was at 300. I am still 9-10 pounds from that goal and like I said, I'm not really worried about it. But I also know that fitness and nutrition have to be kept interesting and meals, workout routines, etc have to be changed up sometimes to keep it all interesting and avoid burnout. So to get a little more motivated to do something and keep it interesting, I think I may actually focus on just the weight issue for the summer to see if I can get to my goal of 215. If/when I'm able to get there, I'm sure I'll settle back in around the 220-225 range because that's where I feel comfortable, strong and healthy.

Since I've laid out a little background, I'm just wondering if anyone else has been really slow to goal weight or reached it well after surgery (year to 2 years post op)? If so, what were the keys to getting those last few pounds off so late after surgery? I really don't want to lose much, if any muscle, but I'm sure I can find a good 10 pounds of fat to lose, so that's my hope in all of this. My early plan is to cut out all sugar and simple carbs for the summer and even be careful with my complex carbs as well. Planning to cut my cals by 200-400 per day. I'm usually a 5-6 days lifting, 1-2 days cardio a week kind of guy, but I'm thinking about making more of a 3/3 ratio and lifting one day, and cardio the next. I really have no idea, but I think I will start with this and see what kind of progress, if any, I make the next few weeks. I do know that I still need to lift some and get in enough Protein to maintain muscle/strength. Just not sure what other ways I can get rid of those last few pounds of fat.......

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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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    • 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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