Before diet and 8wks post

[elfnow 277]

Ok, I'm gonna post an honest and, IMHO, awesome pic of me. I took pics 1/28, a day into my pre-surg diet....

Surgery was 2/10.

I've taken several pics in the meantime... And I took some yesterday.

Anyway, I'm sharing because I have lost 1/3 of my excess weight. I am still really big... But I've changed a lot.

[Malsr 49]

What a difference! Congratulations! Keep up the fantastic work. You look great.

[CrazyJaney 775]

Great job! Keep up the hard work!

[Seela 1,187]

Ok, I'm gonna post an honest and, IMHO, awesome pic of me. I took pics 1/28, a day into my pre-surg diet....

Surgery was 2/10.

I've taken several pics in the meantime... And I took some yesterday.

Anyway, I'm sharing because I have lost 1/3 of my excess weight. I am still really big... But I've changed a lot.

Posting those pics took guts. Your progress is absolutely incredible. You must feel terrific, I'm so happy for you!

[elfnow 277]

<3 thank you!! I'm not done yet!! I still have +/-140 lbs to go... And I know this is the "honeymoon" phase... I am trying to get the VERY MOST out of this part!

I have actually bought a scale (instead of just waiting til I go to the gym a couple times a week) but as I predicted, I weigh myself when I'm bored. Like 28496272 times a day (ok maybe like 5) ... But it sure beats EATING when I'm bored.

I've been taking these pics every week or two and I pulled them up on my phone to take a look, and I was just amazed. So I had to share. Even tho I'm still 300+ pounds of flub rolls...

I'm 1/3 of the way to the goal I have in my head (170 lbs, 205 lbs lost).... Whether I get there remains to be seen of course. Thank you guys for your encouragement.

[sophie'sChoice 269]

Very inspiring! Thank you for posting. I too have over 200 pounds to lose and it seems such a big undertaking. I am also recovering from a really bad knee/thigh injury that has kept me almost immobile since before my surgery but I went ahead with surgery as planned since it took me almost a year to get through the process. Recovering from both things has been a challenge and I'm really hoping that when I can walk better I will see some more results! Until then.......forward I go! A little at a time. Keep up the great work and again thanks for the inspiration!

[elfnow 277]

Very inspiring! Thank you for posting. I too have over 200 pounds to lose and it seems such a big undertaking. I am also recovering from a really bad knee/thigh injury that has kept me almost immobile since before my surgery but I went ahead with surgery as planned since it took me almost a year to get through the process. Recovering from both things has been a challenge and I'm really hoping that when I can walk better I will see some more results! Until then.......forward I go! A little at a time. Keep up the great work and again thanks for the inspiration!

SophiesChoice: I had to delay my surgery - I broke my leg in a car accident last June! The day before my car accident I weighed in at 392, and I was MISERABLE. When the FD/rescue was getting me out of the car (yay hatchback! Laid the seats flat and slid me right out!) I kept apologizing for being so fat. All I could think was how they had to lift me, and how I'd just wrecked my partners car and now he would have to spend the $ for surgery on a new car instead....

And then my feet hurt for ages because I'd injured the right and was HOPPING on the left. NO BUENO! I lost a little weight between June and January, about 15-20 lbs, but still ... Ugh!

Losing that first 20 pounds during pre-op was amazing, my ankle didn't hurt so much. My feet stopped hurting so much... Now we can focus on where there's a "real problem" left over from the accident versus "too fat and causing more damage". I broke my tibia and fibula about 1/3 up from my ankle.... It still bothers me but my doc cleared me to take Naproxen before workouts

I have been around 300 lbs for a long time - since I was 19 or so - I lost down to 260 one time, but then that ended. I'm just amazed now how LIGHT 300 feels! (That's sad isn't it). All a matter of perspective.

[elfnow 277]

Sophie'sChoice: also don't underestimate the amount of calories you'll burn by "inefficient walking". It is crazy how efficient our bodies are and having to use all those extra muscles to get around just for simple tasks, it burns LOTS of extra calories. You can do this!!!

[Losing in PA 26]

Very inspirational. Keep it up.

[sophie'sChoice 269]

Thanks! I'm humbled by other peoples struggles in this world over all but like you, when the fire department had to carry me I kept apologizing as well. I tore my MCL,PCL,ACL, the lateral and medial meniscus, and the thing that actually put me on the surgery table was a total rupture of my quad. My thigh muscle wasn't attached to anything. That was on January 3rd and I am just now getting to bend the knee. I spend a lot of time with my leg elevated still. I did this on jan3rd and it was the day I found out my surgery date was March 10th. Before I would let them put me under I asked the trauma surgeon if it would impact my weightloss surgery lol.....like I would choose to not have my leg fixed lol. Pretty funny now. I lost 15 pounds in the hospital and managed to keep it off till my surgery. I started out in the beginning at 428 so I have a long way to go. At my 1 week post op check I was 391. I don't think I have lost much since then. I go back for a follow up the week after next. I think my feet and legs appreciate every pound they don't have to carry around.