Hey guys I saw a thread from 2011 that I wanted to continue. I love all of my vsgers but as we know african american women tend to carry weight differently. I would love to follow you ladies on your journey and for us all to support each other.

I was sleeved on September 5th so I'm a week out. I'm doing good so far and feeling better everyday. I stayed at the hospital 3 days mostly because they discovered my allergy to morphine while I was on the pump with a fever and my entire body on fire. But I'm home now and much better. I was just moved to the full liquids stage so I'm pretty happy considering that the liquids stage made me nauseous. I've lost 24 lbs since my surgery so any pain I have is over shadowed by my joy.

Looking forward to hearing from you ladies and seeing some progress pics!

@@OutsideMatchInside you're so close to goal. Congratulations!

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Thanks! Honestly I'm not sure if I really want to lose more weight, but I am going to keep losing so I can have more bounce room.

Right now I'm 351 my goal weight is 175 is that realistic??

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@@tamirn I think your goal is realistic! But it really depends on you and what you do after the surgery : ) I'm 280 now I haven't received my surgery date yet and I would love to be about 160 so time will tell... I'm gonna try and follow the Ketogenic diet once I'm allowed to eat solids after the surgery and hopefully that will get me to that weight. Oh and I will be doing yoga and calisthenics

Oh I still go to the gym. Need to really focus in now before the new year flood of people rushing to the gym starts.

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Edited December 7, 20169 yr by BigTink2LilTink

@@tamirn

I started at 365/370 and I am 194 right now and I am not quite 17 months from surgery. I expect I will exceed my goal of 180, and I am thinking about changing my goal to 165. I have to see how the next few pounds go.

You lose the fastest in the first 6 months because you are still healing. It is really important during that time to really nail down good habits. Once you are healed you can eat a wider variety of foods and old habits can creep in.

Your sleeve alone will probably get you to about 250, if you really want to lose all the way down well below 200, that is going to be on you and your lifestyle changes.

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Happy New Year Everyone

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Keep up the hard work all everyone is looking good

Right now I'm 351 my goal weight is 175 is that realistic??

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Yes. It is realistic.

My surgeon is top Bariatric guy in Dallas and he told my goal should be 170 from the very first appointment. I started at 320. I'm already down 20lbs only 3 days post op (week of liquid diet before).

Before that I lost 100lbs on my own, just cutting sugar and carbs.

So yes. Realistic. We aren't going to go through all of this to play it smalll.

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I'm confused lol why is there a special forum for African Americans?

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I'm confused lol why is there a special forum for African Americans?

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I know I personally like to follow African American VSGers to see scars and whatnot. Everyone is different, sure. But for most caucasians, their scars are almost non-existent. So seeing threads like this make it easier for people like myself

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Oh okay, so is there a special forum for Indian people? Hispanic? Chinese?

Edited January 4, 20179 yr by goldenbarbie

Oh okay, so is there a special forum for Indian people? Hispanic? Chinese?

I'm not sure? Though, you could probably use the search bar to find out.

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Oh I did

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Edited January 4, 20179 yr by goldenbarbie