Hi Im Chris.. 45 from Mass. Started at 415 in April.. Its january and Im down 180.

If are nearby I will be doing personal training and support groups for men and women. The more the better.

Chris…

(It's a forum violation to solicit off site messages. Email address removed by LipstickLady.)

Edited January 4, 201412 yr by LipstickLady

Am still stunned about the 180lbs in 8 months. I am a lot smaller than you (as in shorter, I think!) and I stuck to the programme and only lost 67lbs.

Do you have a lot of loose skin???

Where in MA are you?

Oh yeah, I'm in for a bit of this...

Must be the 'fresh air' diet...

Chris, can you give us some tips on what foods to eat, how to prepare them and how to stay focused on the program?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Amazing, congrats!!!!

whoa, 180lbs in 8 months? that's like 23lbs a month or 4 - 5 lbs per week. i'm with lipstick lady and the others. i'd like to know some more details and if you have a lot of excess skin. also, a before picture.

A gentleman who has become sort of my mentor (met him at our support group) was about 400lbs and has lost over 90# in 3 months, he follows the rules by the book and walks a ton!

My sleeve mentor loss 75lbs in 3 months...then it slowed a bit, she said, but in 6 months she loss 122lbs.

She said she was very strict and did hire a personal trainer to assist. She also kept it very low carb, pretty much a lean version of Atkins, she ate no Pasta, no rice, no potatoes, no bread...and worked out 5 days a week. Weight flew off her. She's since added some of those things back into her diet in small amounts, but still works out 5 days a week, so she hasn't gained.

I'm trying to follow her lead.

Hey lipstick lady doesnt seem to believe my weight loss and thinks im here to sell something. Well wrong. I signed ul to share experiences and help people. Want before and after well look at my face here and go to my facebook page and see my photos in a maroon dress shirt,, I dont lie andi dont care if u dont believe me or not.must be jealousy or something ridiculous. She reported me for solicitstion. Never have I done that. If real nice people want to chat just send me a message.. 180 since april. Sorry 9 months. Oooops. Off by 1 month.. I wish all the best

Jerz gurl. I eat basically like atkins. 900 ish calories per day and workout a lot. Im never hungary and its that simple. Went from 52 inch waist to almost 34. 5x shirt to large shirt.

Hey lipstick lady doesnt seem to believe my weight loss and thinks im here to sell something. Well wrong. I signed ul to share experiences and help people. Want before and after well look at my face here and go to my facebook page and see my photos in a maroon dress shirt,, I dont lie andi dont care if u dont believe me or not.must be jealousy or something ridiculous. She reported me for solicitstion. Never have I done that. If real nice people want to chat just send me a message.. 180 since april. Sorry 9 months. Oooops. Off by 1 month.. I wish all the best

I'd love to say you are wrong, but you aren't. Please accept my apology and also understand my concern. We do have spammers on the forum all the time. In fact, we just had one with a very similar story a few days ago, so it's my job to be cautious. I did report your thread to the admin as did others to be checked out **rather** than hide or delete your post because I did want to exercise caution for our members' sake. I am sure you understand that we take everyone's safety very seriously here.

I promise you that I am not jealous, I am 7 months out and 15 pounds from goal. I am very impressed with your progress, however, and I was extremely sincere when I said I would love to see before and after pictures. I promise you that.

Clean slate? And pics?

Here is mine!

I work 3rd shift. Typical day food. 2a turkey sandwich. 9a protein shake. Sleep 12p til 7p. 8p 2 poached eggs on english muffin. Or similiar. 1medium dd coffee. 60 to 80 ounces of water. Thats my menu. Like I said never hungary so no need to cheat have like 15 to 20lbs left to lose if that. Dr thought id stop at around 250 after a year. Took me 9 months to get to 235. So much faster than he or I thought. People are different and lose at different pace.

You look amazing . Please go to facebook page. Christian zaccone

Thanks. And thanks for understanding.

Hey lipstick lady doesnt seem to believe my weight loss and thinks im here to sell something. Well wrong. I signed ul to share experiences and help people. Want before and after well look at my face here and go to my facebook page and see my photos in a maroon dress shirt,, I dont lie andi dont care if u dont believe me or not.must be jealousy or something ridiculous. She reported me for solicitstion. Never have I done that. If real nice people want to chat just send me a message.. 180 since april. Sorry 9 months. Oooops. Off by 1 month.. I wish all the best

We are nothing but honest on here, so on that basis, wasn't just LL who had concerns, I reported your post too. The pre-op tag had been used a few days ago by someone claiming similar weight loss and it turned out he hadn't had wls and was trying to sell to us.

We are protective of each other on here and honesty is the currency - if it something doesn't feel right, I will challenge it. But I got it wrong about you and for that I apologise unreservedly.

But my question still stands - do you have lots of loose skin after such rapid weight loss???