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Just had 3 month checkup today. Down 45 lbs since surgery (Oct 15), and 75 since first appointment with surgeon in April -- 9 months ago. BMI is 31.6, down from 42, and I've lost 50% of my excess weight since surgery. Nut upped my calories to 1,000 from 800, and told me to eat it in Protein and carbs. My prealbimum from my blood labs was a 17 on a normal scale of 17-35, so I'm burning all of the protein I'm eating--thus the increase. I'm working out 3-5 days per week. Surgeon and Nut were both VERY happy with me, and said I was a "star patient!" Hw: 286 Sw: 256 Cw: 211 Gw: 185-165 (we'll see)

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Just had 3 month checkup today. Down 45 lbs since surgery (Oct 15), and 75 since first appointment with surgeon in April -- 9 months ago. BMI is 31.6, down from 42, and I've lost 50% of my excess weight since surgery. Nut upped my calories to 1,000 from 800, and told me to eat it in Protein and carbs. My prealbimum from my blood labs was a 17 on a normal scale of 17-35, so I'm burning all of the protein I'm eating--thus the increase. I'm working out 3-5 days per week. Surgeon and Nut were both VERY happy with me, and said I was a "star patient!" Hw: 286 Sw: 256 Cw: 211 Gw: 185-165 (we'll see)

Congrats!! Keep up the good work

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@Seela.

Great job!! Yay you!!

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Hw 247 sw 233 cw 193. Surgery 10/21

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Hw 292

Sw 276

Cw 236

Sleeved oct 21 2013..Im 3mths post op this has truly been a journey and I still have more to lose. My goal is to reach 150.

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Sleeved 10/30 wt 268

Cw: 222

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Congrats!!

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HW: 287

S/W: 271 (10/21)

C/W: 226

Just had 3 month appt. looking forward to test results.. In process of upping exercise routine. Way to go everyone!

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What is your excercise routine right now? I've been doing 30 minute treadmill with various inclines at 3.5mph or 30 minutes on the excercise bike then 15 minutes of weights for arms and legs then 30 minutes of moderate pace walking on the track.

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What is your excercise routine right now? I've been doing 30 minute treadmill with various inclines at 3.5mph or 30 minutes on the excercise bike then 15 minutes of weights for arms and legs then 30 minutes of moderate pace walking on the track.

I do 3 , 45 minute cross train ( boot camp) type

Sessions. And then 30-40 min elliptical and or rowing machine 1-2 times / week

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Does anyone know how to get into the closed Facebook vsg group? I remember seeing it in a post a while back but i just got on the facebook bandwagon.

If anyone can point me in thr right direction, that'd be awesome.

:)

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I belong to the FB page Vertical Sleevers Weight Loss Group.

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When I was sleeved Oct 3, my heart went into A-Fib.

They gave me a cardio-vert yesterday. It was a100 % success.

I am fixed.

Down 68 pounds in last 55 weeks.

32 to go!

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      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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