Hello,

I am having my sleeve surgery on 9/17...I am very anxious and I am looking for successful stories of folks losing 150-200+ lbs.....

I have about 190 lbs to lose and I am terrified of stalls and things I have heard but from the folks I am hearing this it is all who have under 100 lbs to lose.

I could really use some enlightenment or words of advise from folks who have the same amount to lose.

I'm supposed to lose 170 to reach a "healthy" BMI. I started at 315. I was 309 when I started my 2 week preop and now I am 200 (anxiouslybawaiting the 199).

Surgery date was 12/13/13. I am almost 9 months out and down 115.

I've gone from a 26/28 down to a 14 so far.

I chose to be very low carb. I don't like artificial sweeteners so I only drink Water. I still don't drink with meals.

I've definitely had stalls but I just stay the course because it's a numbers game and if you're doing what you're supposed to, it has to work.

I'm shooting for losing as much as I can in the first year since that window gets smaller and smaller every day. I don't eexercise a lot but I can move so much easier now, I'm out hiking a lot and doing tons of yard work.

This will be TMI but usually my stalls will break once I have regular movements. I have issues with constipation. Miralax is great, but not in plain water. If you drink other SF things, take miralax daily.

I'm 41 and 5'2 and have been overweight most of my life so the saggy skin is gross, but so worth it.

My surgery was last wednesday and I started at 402 the day of surgery so I am looking at losing well over 200 pounds as well. I really thought it would be harder after surgery but so far, I feel great. We are really close in surgery date so we should keep up with eachother...might help to have a buddy doing things at the same time.

I have over 200 to lose. Surgery is 23 days away!