Hope Everyone is hanging in there and doing great!

December 2017 must have been a quiet month for VSGs!

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5 hours ago, 2shea said:

December 2017 must have been a quiet month for VSGs!

No, they are out here...just sleeping probably....lol

12/11/17 here. I hit my goal about a month ago and have been holding steady since. I'm up to about 2200 calories/day now and maintaining. I work out 6 days a week. All in all, life is great!

On 9/21/2018 at 6:41 PM, BlueCrush said:

12/11/17 here. I hit my goal about a month ago and have been holding steady since. I'm up to about 2200 calories/day now and maintaining. I work out 6 days a week. All in all, life is great!

Oh that's wonderful.....wish I would hit mine soon. Glad you're doing great.

12/27/17, slow loser here but hanging in there. Still have 50 more lbs to lose to reach goal weight. I have struggled with not eating enough to sustain my workouts to just not eating or eating the wrong things(bad carbs). I am getting back on track just have to find a way to eat more calories.

Hang around,,be a mentor to it he new crop coming up.

On 9/24/2018 at 3:50 PM, FabNFit@40 said:

12/27/17, slow loser here but hanging in there. Still have 50 more lbs to lose to reach goal weight. I have struggled with not eating enough to sustain my workouts to just not eating or eating the wrong things(bad carbs). I am getting back on track just have to find a way to eat more calories.

Hang in there..

December 2017 here! All is well! Thanks for checking in, Jade!

Congrats BlueCrush! How amazing that you're at goal already!

FabNFit - You can do it

I'm not at goal yet. I don't know if I'll hit it before my one year, but I'm 85 lbs down. And that's OK. (I've come to terms with this after lamenting for an extended time over not being a 100 in 6 months loser). I've worked out regularly since about February, which may have affected the numbers. Size wise, I'm down from a 22/24 dress to a 12/14 in most brands.

Right now, I'm struggling with a very long stall. I've complained a lot. And whined a lot. It doesn't help. lol. In retrospect, I realize I might be stress eating and eating when not hungry and loading carby/sugary things because I'm TIRED. All the bad old habits. I'll work on them though and hopefully have a better run for October.

I had my surgery on 12/18. I’m down 91 lbs so far. Congrats on everyone’s success. Hang in there y’all!

All is well here. Hit my goal today!

On 9/28/2018 at 6:19 PM, oopsydaisy said:

December 2017 here! All is well! Thanks for checking in, Jade!

Congrats BlueCrush! How amazing that you're at goal already!

FabNFit - You can do it

I'm not at goal yet. I don't know if I'll hit it before my one year, but I'm 85 lbs down. And that's OK. (I've come to terms with this after lamenting for an extended time over not being a 100 in 6 months loser). I've worked out regularly since about February, which may have affected the numbers. Size wise, I'm down from a 22/24 dress to a 12/14 in most brands.

Right now, I'm struggling with a very long stall. I've complained a lot. And whined a lot. It doesn't help. lol. In retrospect, I realize I might be stress eating and eating when not hungry and loading carby/sugary things because I'm TIRED. All the bad old habits. I'll work on them though and hopefully have a better run for October.

I should be in a size 12/14 by now too, but it's taking my brain awhile to realize that, so when I go into stores I still tend to buy larger sizes, get them home and wonder why they are hanging off of me. My co-worker that's a gastic bypass patient told me to just buy yoga pants until my brain catches up...lol.

1 hour ago, Jade5 said:

I should be in a size 12/14 by now too, but it's taking my brain awhile to realize that, so when I go into stores I still tend to buy larger sizes, get them home and wonder why they are hanging off of me. My co-worker that's a gastic bypass patient told me to just buy yoga pants until my brain catches up...lol.

This happens to me as well! I still gravitate towards the plus sizes and reach for the XLs first. Before the surgery, I told my husband about all the fabulous shopping trips I was going to have. I came home sad and empty handed time after time because I couldn't wrap my head around a smaller size. That has probably been the hardest thing about the weight loss! I still want to gravitate towards plus sizes and I'm still reaching for the XL's first. He goes with me now, which has been fun and it has helped a lot

29 minutes ago, oopsydaisy said:

This happens to me as well! I still gravitate towards the plus sizes and reach for the XLs first. Before the surgery, I told my husband about all the fabulous shopping trips I was going to have. I came home sad and empty handed time after time because I couldn't wrap my head around a smaller size. That has probably been the hardest thing about the weight loss! I still want to gravitate towards plus sizes and I'm still reaching for the XL's first. He goes with me now, which has been fun and it has helped a lot

I'm sure we will both GET IT soon, and start buying the right sizes...lol

Doing well, broke into onederland this week! Still a bit to go to my initial weight goal...but I've hit my size goal (m/L shirts, 36 pants) was 3XL and 54-56 pants. Now I'm starting to think about building muscle and focusing less on the scale. Time to look into that gym membership...