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Where Are You in Your Weight Loss Journey?



Where Are You in Your Weight Loss Journey?  

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  1. 1. Where Are You in Your Weight Loss Journey?

    • I’m still exploring my options for weight loss. I don’t know if weight loss surgery is right for me.
      3
    • I’m definitely going for bariatric surgery, but am not yet sure which type..
      4
    • I’m going for the gastric bypass and have set my surgery date (or am trying to get one set).
      34
    • I got my surgery already and am busy losing weight.
      66
    • I am within 15 pounds of goal weight or am already maintaining it!
      18
    • I am not a weight loss surgery patient, but am on RNYTalk.com to support someone who is.
      0
    • Other.
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I am about 2.5 yrs out from bypass surgery. I have hit a wall. I am 86 lbs lost and would like to lose 30 more. I am really working on back to basics and workouts. any ecouragement or ideas anyone has would be welcome.

thx.

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I am 13 days out. SW 248! DS 228, CW. 217. My DR said I can start eating whatever I can tolerate. He said there's nothing I can eat that will damage sutures. This makes it easier to tolerate but harder to track exact Protein.< /p>

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I am 7 months out and down 90 lbs. 10 and/or 15 lbs to go. Would not change a thing. Am loving life.

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Hi everyone, I haven't been on any forum about this in at least 1year or so.

I'm 2 years post sleeve op and have lost 27kg but put back on 5kg. I think this is the end of my journey and sadly still have to lose another 25kg to get to my goal weight. It's like an endless diet and not a lifestyle change. I don't know how much more I can possibly do to make me lose weight. I've tried everything and it's like my body resists it.

Has anyone been sleeved and experiencing the same issues? Sorry for sounding like a Debbie downer but I'm feeling I'm at the last resort now.

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I had to choose "Other"...because my weight loss journey is complete...finished!

Had the surgery, and for the following years I learned (the hard way). to eat differently, and what I did eat I learned to choose the best I could.

There are some foods I gave up, going to the gym, drinking Water, Vitamins, etc, etc all became a new normal habit...

With this new lifestyle I lost all the excess weight I could, my body slowly reversing itself until I reached a point of "Equilibrium" which also has a Normal to low body fat %....

So, thanks to the Lap band, my hunger and cravings are held at check, along with my ability to over eat or "Binge"

I now take for granted day to day what and how I eat, not having to "Think" about it.

With this new lifestyle, my weight has returned to where it should be.

I am addicted to going to the gym, started "Running"...

"DIET" is nothing but a 4 letter word....it's all part of this "New Normal"

So, for me, I'm finished...every journey has to have a destination, and I reached mine...otherwise, my Journey would be wandering around in the wilderness forever....eventually it has to lead somewhere.

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I am just begining. I have waited a year to qualify to even start the process because i had to be steadily employed 2 years to be qualify under my insurance. Today makes two years. Calling insurance to start my 6month process finally! I pray everything works out and i get approved.

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I went to the kaiser info session. Start the options class next week

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I'm pre-op, currently following my nutrionalists diet then Dec 14 I see my nurse so she can book my date to see & sign with the surgeon!

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Still a work in progress

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Pre-op, surgery date is April 20, I start my liquid diet in a week!!!!!

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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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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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    • KimBaxleyWilson

      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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