I'm wondering if there anyone like me?? My HW is 475!!! I am 6 ft 1. I am having the gastric sleeve in 2 weeks. I am looking for people like me tall and extremely obese (BMI 60). What successes have you had? How much did you lose?

HW - 475

CW - 450

Surgery Date - Feb 13th 2017

I am not tall but my BMI was over 50 at my highest. I lost the most on the two week pre op liquid diet (followed it very strictly) and have noticed that now that I am cleared for full exercise, I am losing quickly again! I could only walk for the first six weeks. We will see how long it keeps dropping quickly but in ten weeks I went from a BMI of 50.6 to 44.3.

HW 285.8 SW 272.8 CW 250.2 GW 140 Sleeved 11/23

I started my journey 5 years ago at 540 pounds. I am 6 foot 2. I am down to 260 pounds which means I lost 280 pounds overall. I no longer suffer from pain in my knees and back, no more blood pressure medication, not borderline diabetic any longer, and sleep apnea is gone. Best decision of my life.

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Hello I'm I'd of those peeps. Lol I have just gotten approved. Hoping it happens in March. I'm 5ft8 holding at 360 the lowest I can remember 270. An accident has left me with a spinal disease and a sedentary lifestyle. I'm praying for a life style change that can help me with my now chronic pain and to become as more active as possible. Good luck to you on your journey! This group is fantastic. Feels nice talking with people that don't judge and also meeting new people. Take care! :-) :-)

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Hello I'm I'd of those peeps. Lol I have just gotten approved. Hoping it happens in March. I'm 5ft8 holding at 360 the lowest I can remember 270. An accident has left me with a spinal disease and a sedentary lifestyle. I'm praying for a life style change that can help me with my now chronic pain and to become as more active as possible. Good luck to you on your journey! This group is fantastic. Feels nice talking with people that don't judge and also meeting new people. Take care! :-) :-)

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You're not from Canada by any chance are you?

HW - 475

CW - 450

Surgery Date - Feb 13th 2017

I am 4-weeks post op, I lost a lot of weight pre-op (about 70 pounds) and have lost 45 pounds since starting pre-op two weeks prior to surgery. I am currently 430ish (just got back in town after being gone a few days so will weight in the morning) and I am 5'11" tall.

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I wasn't over 60 bmi but I was damn near it when I started everything. I believe at my highest weight I was something like 59.4 bmi, that was in June at my appointment with my primary when I told her I'd decided to have the surgery. In the 6 months before surgery I'd lost 36 pounds, and since the surgery I've lost about 30. Considering my size when I started I really expected to lose a lot faster but apparently even at really high weights the loss can still go slow. Disappointing but I try to remind myself that I know how to lose weight, fast even, since I've done it before. What this surgery is going to do for me is give me the tools to KEEP it off.

Edited January 28, 20179 yr by WitchySar

Nashville Tn. Are you from Canada?

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Nashville Tn. Are you from Canada?

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Yep. Funny I know a girl from here with a similar story.

HW - 475

CW - 450

Surgery Date - Feb 13th 2017

Edited January 28, 20179 yr by ChantelleR90

The best surgery to solve our weight would be "brain surgery " but that is not possible, so they operate on the next best thing which is our stomach.

To be successful with any stomach surgery, you must work on your brain at the Ame time.

I love what the surgery has done for me, but it is the brain that determines success and failure. While that battle is easier with surgery, Its a battle that will be with me the rest of my life!

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I am 5'10 and I started at 540 pounds in October of 2015.

I had surgery 5/29/16 at 480 pounds.

Today 1/29/17 I weigh 324 pounds!

This surgery saved my life! Before I had surgery I had to be on oxygen because I was so overweight it was pushing against my lungs.

Even with all the complications I had after surgery I would do this again in a heartbeat!

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