Was definitely one of those people that hoped the sleeve would be a magic bullet and the weight would fall of without having to do anything but I've found I do best when I follow my food plan and work out 3-4x a week.

Yet people have so many different stories, some folk just eat less of what they used to, some stick to the eating clean, some eat clean and workout. I'm curious what's been working for you? How easy has it been to drop the weight?

Do you work for your weight loss or do the pounds just fall off?

startingoveryetagain

at the very beginning - extra poundage did come off a good rate

but...............as OP have said - you need to work your butt off off!!!!

(literally, i lost it back there!! )

i am now in maintenence - and that can and is a bit harder for some/many/ ME

no sitting back slumped in a chair - i still have to "work it"

i will be watching what i eat and drink for the rest of my healthier, happier, longer life

you will do great too

great weight loss

keep up the good work

kathy

congrats

Edited January 4, 201412 yr by proudgrammy

The first week or so yes, but since then it's a steady drop. I'm about 80/20 with my food and exercising a few days. Seems with more exercise I get a gain though.

can we take tablets after sleeve...but the tablets must be passing through very quickly....so do they get absorbed?how do we take our vitamins.

can we take tablets after sleeve...but the tablets must be passing through very quickly....so do they get absorbed?how do we take our vitamins.

Food and tablets don't get absorbed in your stomach even before surgery. They get absorbed in your small intestine, which is the same as it always was. You can take any medications you had before, as long as your surgeon gives the OK.

oh that's a big relief...thanks a lot...yes I will follow doctors orders.

I have to work for every pound and that's okay. It has been my experience that anything worth having you have to work to get it. If it was easy, everyone would be thin.

When I work hard for something, I appreciate it a lot more and will work extremely hard to keep it.

The people who are the most successful are the ones who follow the plan and combine healthy eating with activity. One without the other does not work as well as the two together.

I am slimiest 14 months out.. I still track all my food daily on my fitness pal .com and my exercise. I am my doctor's goal on my scale but trying to get a few pounds under as his is always heavier and of course I'm dressed. He wants me in normal BMI with some wiggle room. I actually continued to lose during the holidays but it's more difficult now. We were traveling and I didn't exercise. Water aerobics this morning ! Getting back on track!! I know this is work for me and a lifestyle change!

Now at the 10mth mark, mine has slowed tremendously. Up one lb, down one lb - no matter what I do...I will have to really, really, really work to lose this last 30 lbs, and probably not eat/drink at all hardly. WLS is NOT a magic bullet; I sure wish it was. If there was a magic bullet, I know Oprah would have found it for us all years ago! lol

Good luck to all of us on our journey!