While scrolling through past postings I noticed there is" Guys who started over 400lbs" in the Guys Room. Well I believe if there is" gravy for the ?rooster" there certainly should be "gravy for the? hen " especially those of us with meatier? drumsticks. Are there challenges we face that aren't faced by our 200 lb sisters? Do we tend to lose weight faster or slower than smaller? flock members?
Weigh in my sisters, weigh in!

14 hours ago, Nic C said:

I'm so happy this thread exists. I've been lurking around different forums and have felt a little discouraged that my HW is 416 when others are in the 200s. I'll be 29 in October and though I feel I should've started this journey earlier, I know there's a season for everything and I wouldn't have been emotionally ready back then. I'm in 26/28/4X clothing sizes and I refuse to buy more clothing until I lose weight. I have jeans ranging in size from 18-26 that I'll use to measure my progress in addition to the scale. My final, ultimate goal weight is 150 and it seems SO daunting since I still weigh over 400 lbs. I already know that if/when I get to Onderland I'm going to cry. I'm in the early stages of the process (psych and 2nd nut appointment are in September and still have to get medical clearance from my PCP and some other testing. I'm low-key freaking out about the upper endoscopy and gallbladder ultrasound) and haven't seen any loss yet but I'm hopeful. Y'all are such an inspiration!

It is tough starting out at a higher weight mentally. My high weight was 389. My consult weight was 385. My surgery weight was 369. Now I’m down to 244, two weeks shy of my 9 month post op date. Just remember these surgeries were first invented for morbidly obese patients like us, you will succeed it just takes a bit longer.

I started out at a 28 and a 3-4xl myself and am in a 18 and a xl in tops. You won’t need to get to goal to feel a huge difference in how you feel!

Good luck!

Thanks for the warm welcome, y'all! It's refreshing to read your stories and to know that there are others who started where I am and have had success and are still succeeding!

Hey! I started at 355 (atleast that's how much I was when I finally had the courage to step on the scale!)
Got down to 326 for surgery.
I'm 8 months post op and weighed in at 233 yesterday! I had the sleeve.
Went from 4xl scrubs to an xo with room!
I struggle with food choices sometimes still, but that's part of the journey. I'm hoping to hit goal at 1 year post op. I'm aiming for 190! I'm 5'7

You look AMAZING! Congratulations on your loss and the non-scale victory of shrinking scrubs!

Hey All you Future Thin Chicks- have I got an update for you! Had to go to my orthopaedic surgeon on Monday, yeah not the body is fat, the framework is also a little sprung. While I was there since they have a fancy-fancy scale, I asked to be weighed. Down from 321 to 309 in less than 3 weeks! I guess I have to give credit to the Verdompt liver-shrinking diet, I mighy, just might it down to 300 on surgery day! Pray for me I don't hear any seductive songs as I hurry by the snack aisles on my way to healthy foods. Frustr8 the not-so chub deb

That's great, Frustr8! Hope those snacks keep their seductive songs to themselves so those 9 lbs can go in time for your surgery date [emoji3]

Just remember these surgeries were first invented for morbidly obese patients like us, you will succeed it just takes a bit longer.

I hope I edited the quote correctly...

Thank you, I didn't know I needed to read this until right now. It takes longer but we'll get there!

3 hours ago, Road2Newme3 said:

Hey! I started at 355 (atleast that's how much I was when I finally had the courage to step on the scale!)
Got down to 326 for surgery.
I'm 8 months post op and weighed in at 233 yesterday! I had the sleeve.
Went from 4xl scrubs to an xo with room!
I struggle with food choices sometimes still, but that's part of the journey. I'm hoping to hit goal at 1 year post op. I'm aiming for 190! I'm 5'7

you look great! nice smile! very happy for you!

My people! Hello! It is so nice to see this thread! (I am not exactly a gal; I'm non-binary, but I was assigned female at birth and pass as female in spaces where I don't feel comfortable being "out." I hope it's OK if I hang out here. I have about had it with dudes, right now.)

I don't put my weight in my profile, because, I'm not sure why. I feel like my writing style is pretty distinctive, and I worry that someone will identify me based on what I say here and then will know what I weighed? ... Look, anxiety isn't rational.

Anyway, I started just under 350. I set a goal weight for myself based on the BMI chart (even though it is ridiculous and unscientific), but honestly? If I get under 220, I don't think there's anything I will want that I can't have. I'm not even really having this surgery explicitly for the weight loss; I'm doing it to get my arthritis under control. (The weight loss is part of that, and believe me, I'm excited about it. But I wouldn't have signed up for it if not for the arthritis.)

I'm self-pay (which will completely clean out my savings--probably with some debt to boot), so I don't have a mandatory insurance waiting period, and I just wrote a really long message to my bariatric team, begging them to reconsider their "you must lose 10% of your starting weight before we'll operate on you" policy. It isn't science-based (I didn't tell them that; I wanted to convince them, not make them mad), and it is making other parts of my life significantly more difficult. I get bronchitis every single winter, and if they push my surgery off until mid-winter and I get bronchitis before then, 1) I can't have surgery until probably at least April, and 2) my deductible will reset. (The surgery isn't covered, but it'll still count toward what's left of my very, very high deductible.) Also, my clearances will start to expire, which is expensive and time-consuming. Also, I've gone back to school, and my easy classes are this semester; I can't miss 2-3 weeks of class, next semester.

Anyway, if they hold fast on their arbitrary numbers, I think I will start investigating other surgical teams in town.

So, hi, that's my life story. Nice to meet you all!

Well, I would like to join this thread if I may?

I started out at 304 so I think I just about qualify

Currently down to 244 after 3½ month, I had the sleeve. Feeling absolutely bloody fantastic and cannot believe how much my life has changed for the better!

Well the 60s had a song London rocks like a pendulum Do! If you're an example the UK still does! Enjoy your postings, all of us in the once-upon - a time colonies , keep love in our ?for Mother England, so hearing from you is like "a message from Home" Have a very good day!

Welcome @Nic C, @CrankyMagpie, @Neversaynever and any newbie to the thread I may have left out. Great to see the group growing (and shrinking).

Here is a recent pic of me, ignore the washing line and pegs and also the fluffy slippers!

The last pic is a "before" hopefully you can tell that lol

Plus, I am not even breathing in ha ha

Edited August 23, 20187 yr by Neversaynever

Every day,there's less of you, but you're more precious,and wonderful as you journey along. Keep going strong.

@Neversaynever you look fantastic! Also much younger! Congratulations!!

10 hours ago, LaLaDee said:

@Neversaynever you look fantastic! Also much younger! Congratulations!!

I'm 53 next month but it won't stop me enjoying every minute

Life is for the living, so live your life to the utmost,you can!???