Hello All,

I am checking in to see how everyone is doing. I was sleeved from a band on February 26th, 2018. I am so thrilled with the results. I went through what most people described here as 3 month stalls, 5 month stalls, 6 month stalls, Than I start loosing again. I have to say this tool is now really starting to be powerful. A lot of my old habits are slipping away, especially my compulsiveness with food. Would love to hear about good bad and the ugly.

Anyone out there with a lap band still in and struggling with throwing up on a regular basis and minimal weight loss, talk to your Dr. I found a new practice and it was done in one surgery. I regret going on as long as I did with my lap band not working, and so afraid that I would fail again like so many times before. I can honestly say, I am not failing at gastric sleeve bariatric surgery. This is what I had hoped my sleeve would do.

anyone out there considering a revision and needs to ask questions please ask.

Dawn Marie

Hi everyone -

Now that we’re all past our 8 month surgiversary I was just curious how many calories are you all getting a day? I’m trying really hard to stay at 1000 but most days I’m at 1100 or 1200.

I do about 1400 because I'm maintaining where I am now.

I am so glad to see this post. I am ever so aware of my ability to eat a heck of a lot more than before and my weight loss has seemed to stop. At 80 pounds down I can't help wanting to loose that 20 more pounds or even 40 more and be that magical number the ideal body weight charts say.

I am coming in around 1200 calories Loose estimate. I am hoping to start some disciplined tracking to see what the real numbers are.

I cant help but wonder is this maintenance or a plateau and If I double down I will get the engine going again.

any body have any thoughts.

Dawn Marie

13 minutes ago, Dawn Hanaphy said:

I am so glad to see this post. I am ever so aware of my ability to eat a heck of a lot more than before and my weight loss has seemed to stop. At 80 pounds down I can't help wanting to loose that 20 more pounds or even 40 more and be that magical number the ideal body weight charts say.

I am coming in around 1200 calories Loose estimate. I am hoping to start some disciplined tracking to see what the real numbers are.

I cant help but wonder is this maintenance or a plateau and If I double down I will get the engine going again.

any body have any thoughts.

Dawn Marie

Now that you're able to eat decent sized meals, you might want to check out this thread on Intermittent Fasting:

Those who have been giving it a try seem to be liking their results.

anyone else stalling? I am trying to figure out if this is maintenance.

I really want to say I lost 100 pounds. So I may have to start dieting. Ha probably wont happen.

I am happy at 80 ish pounds size 12.

I am a christian and my prayer for the last three years was God get me to the end of this bachelors degree and at a healthy weight. I am four weeks away from graduating. I am guessing God was listening.

Hope all are well.

3 hours ago, Dawn Hanaphy said:

anyone else stalling? I am trying to figure out if this is maintenance.

I really want to say I lost 100 pounds. So I may have to start dieting. Ha probably wont happen.

I am happy at 80 ish pounds size 12.

I am a christian and my prayer for the last three years was God get me to the end of this bachelors degree and at a healthy weight. I am four weeks away from graduating. I am guessing God was listening.

Hope all are well.

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Congratulations on both successes! Size 12 is awesome! What did you major in?

37 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Congratulations on both successes! Size 12 is awesome! What did you major in?

Accounting. So boring but so many well paying jobs. How are you doing?

I too am afraid that this current stall is the end and I won’t lose more. I’m eating no more than 1200 calories a day, so how can I not be losing??

15 hours ago, Dawn Marie Silvestro said:

Accounting. So boring but so many well paying jobs. How are you doing?

Actually, I'm a CPA. it doesn't have to be boring if you work for a company that does things that have meaning for you.

And that's a very important point , If you ❤the task you're doing , it's not a job but a ministry for others.

On 11/15/2018 at 11:24 AM, Orchids&Dragons said:

Actually, I'm a CPA. it doesn't have to be boring if you work for a company that does things that have meaning for you.

O&D,

Haha, that is so awesome. I will start the process of studying for the CPA Exam. I will be taking a graduate level class in the spring in order to even sit. Where are you located. I thought you were from England or Ireland for some reason.

Dawn Marie

4 hours ago, Dawn Marie Silvestro said:

O&D,

Haha, that is so awesome. I will start the process of studying for the CPA Exam. I will be taking a graduate level class in the spring in order to even sit. Where are you located. I thought you were from England or Ireland for some reason.

Dawn Marie

I'm in Texas, about as far from England/Ireland as you can get. I may have posted someplace that I'm 100% Irish, though. That's the reason that I'm about the only person in Texas who doesn't tan!

On 9/25/2018 at 12:02 PM, Orchids&Dragons said:

Dawn, good to see you! Your progress is awesome! Congrats!

Like you, my 7-month surgiversary is tomorrow. I am down 90 lbs. and just yesterday, weighed the exact same as my husband!!! That has never-ever-never happened in our 29-year marriage. In a few days, I may be the lightest person in my house! I would have been happy with this at 1 year; I'd never have imagined that it could happen this quickly.

Can you believe we are almost at a Year.

I haven't checked in in so long. I have been stalled out for months, and fine with it. My Weight starting to move a little.

How are you doing?

Amazing weight loss you must be so happy. I am patiently awaiting 100.00 lb goal but will be fine where I am.

I forget how to use this app trying to post to the whole group of Feb 18 surgery people

3 hours ago, Dawn Hanaphy said:

Can you believe we are almost at a Year.

I haven't checked in in so long. I have been stalled out for months, and fine with it. My Weight starting to move a little.

How are you doing?

Amazing weight loss you must be so happy. I am patiently awaiting 100.00 lb goal but will be fine where I am.

I forget how to use this app trying to post to the whole group of Feb 18 surgery people

Everyone who was following the original thread will see this post. If you want to post to everyone, just enter something in the "Reply to this topic" box.

January was my first stall month, so I can't complain at all. I've been allowing some carb-creep, so I deserve what I get. I'd like to buckle back down though. I'm fluttering right on the cusp of normal BMI (hit it one day only) and I'd really like to get about a 5 lb. cushion into a normal BMI and try to maintain there. But, if I stay here, I'm still sooo much better off than I was!

I'm 3 days from a year and like some of you have been stalled for a bit but I'm down 42 for the year and 82 overall so I guess that is OK. Still hoping for the century accomplishment but the scale has bounced on the same 3-4 lbs for months now so I suspect my only hope is a lot more exercise.