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Guys who started in the 240s/50s

I was sleeved today, 6/28. Everything was smooth- just experiencing a little gas pain and some reasonable incision discomfort. All in all, the surgery itself was a success. Now, the hard part...

When I started this process I weighed about 270 (Im 5'10). I got to 245 on the pre-op diet. Any guys start around that weight? If so, where have you gotten, or where did you ultimately end up? I'm hoping to get to 200 around Thanksgiving, and end around 180.

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  • I hazard to guess you'll be 200lbs before October 1st, and close to goal by Thanksgiving. (You are male, so you will lose about twice as fast as a female). Congrats on the surgery! Good luck!!

  • you can do a lot better than 200 sir, trust me. Youve got it in you. at 5'9 i started at 408 and made it down to 170 in 368 days. while you cant afford to lose that much weight. you sure can lose a lo

  • Sleeved mid June and currently down to 198 from pre-op weight of 260s. Pleased, but wanting to go further with exercise (Orange Theory/general low carb diet). @BatCap, I had the best experience with t

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Vitamins for the rest of your life is a lot better than diabetes for the rest of your life. I'm diabetic and it sucks. I mean it sucks! To me there is no trade off.

I take 10 different meds a day, if having surgery & taking vitamins everyday gets me off of them, I'll take it.

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