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When did people notice?

YummyMummy303

By YummyMummy303, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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YummyMummy303    123

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Wondering how many months post-op you were when people that didn’t know about the surgery really started to notice your weight loss? If you remember how much weight you had lost at that time, that would be interesting too.

Sleeved: 2/12/2017

SW: 209lbs/95kgs

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jess9395    5,450

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For me it was about 50lbs when they started to mention it. For context im 5'6" and started at 271


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SouthernGirl76    74

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39 minutes ago, jess9395 said:

For me it was about 50lbs when they started to mention it. For context im 5'6" and started at 271

I started the same weight !! At 50 l noticed others noticed before

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GotProlactinoma    458

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Didn’t have as much to lose, was low obese BMI, and people didn’t notice til 3 months and 30 lbs. 5 mos and 44 lbs now. Face is thin so people think I’ve “lost enough,” though still fat on lower half. With heavier winter clothing people can’t see it.

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PrayingForWeightLoss    340

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I was 233 lbs and people started making comments at about 15-20. Now that I have lost 50lbs, people react even more over the top especially if they haven't seen me in a while. Sometimes I wonder if they are exaggerating or I really look that different. My brain hasn't caught up with my body so I still see myself as obese as I was before surgery therefore some of the reactions make me uncomfortable at times. I know I should learn to accept the compliments. I am sure it will come.


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Rainbow_Warrior    996

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41 minutes ago, PrayingForWeightLoss said:

My brain hasn't caught up with my body so I still see myself as obese as I was before surgery

Ditto ... People on BP claim they see a huge change in my photos two months apart.

I fail to see anything in the pics.

My NSVs, OTOH, give me a smile ... trouser waist down from 152cm to 138cm (or 60" to 54").

My body fat down from 47.8% to 42.6%.

My lung capacity up from 18 seconds holding breath to 44 seconds.

Was walking with a cane for support in June. Not using a cane now as my exercise extends past two hours per day. (Exercising 13 days per TWO WEEKS!)

Averaging 22500 steps/strokes on the Vivofit 3 wristband daily in December ... up from 3500 in September!

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aberry    52

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I saw a friend a couple of days ago who I had not seen in a fee months (who has no idea about my surgery) and she commented on how well I was looking and asked if I’d been doing anything (we had talked fitness stuff before). Idk if she was just being nice. I’m only 3 weeks out and I don’t notice a difference at all.


5’6”
25 yo
SW: 256
CW: 236.9
*almost 3 weeks post op*

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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