Well everyone i'm here to tell you this surgery works wonders. I was 377 pounds in December 2018. It's now the end of Dec of 2019 and i'm 175 pounds and healthy. I ate nothing but low carb protein food 5 times a day for the last year and 3 weeks. All i did was walk on a treadmill 4 times a week for a mile a day. I never cheated on my hardcore diet. I've only puked 7 times or so by eating too much since surgery in the last year. As we all do, i had to learn the hard way sometimes. I couldn't be happier and I have hit my goal weight. I am here to tell you if you follow the doctors orders it works.

Having said that i did go against doctors orders shortly after getting home. I was starving (or so i thought) and ate meat from the first week on. Probably not a good idea. I could only get down 3 bites. I had this grand plan to portion out food and bag it up and freeze it so i could heat it up.... it all went in the garbage.

First day after surgery i could only have 3 sips of water. Stomach made weird sounds and such. I highly suggest everyone takes off work 2 weeks afterwords. I went back to work with in 10 days and i was a mess. I was dizzy every single time i stood up for about a month or two.

Your body will adjust and you have to do the hard work on the treadmill. My back was killing me before surgery. I could hardly stand up to order at least a pound of food per meal. It goes away.... you have to do the hard work and work though the pain. Walk a mile on the treadmill at 0230 in the morning when no one else is there like I did.

It's a struggle but it pays off in the end. Work hard and listen to your doc's. I wish you all the best.

Starting weight 377 pounds

Now: 175 pounds

Waist starting: 50 inches

Now: 30 inches

Shirt size starting: 5XL

Now: M to L

BMI starting: 50

BMI now: 23

Edited December 28, 20196 yr by McCaw1980

2 hours ago, rs said:

Goodness for as much as you've lost I'd say your skin has done quite well! Lucky you!

Well thank you, that honestly means something when i'm trying to act tough LOL

Well holy hell Batman! How did I miss this thread?!!! Super califragilistic expialidocious CONGRATS to you! What amazing success and inspiration!!!

Eat meat! Don't cheat! Errrraaaah!

I love how forgiving your skin has been!!! I am gonna hypothesize it's the carnivore/protein only diet that's helped you get that body!

I'm beyond happy for you. So glad you're now living your best life and seeing the world! Woot! Now stay and play with all of us!

congrats!

11 hours ago, McCaw1980 said:

I decided to show the "skin issues" that i could care less about after losing 202 pounds. This honestly doesn't bother me one bit, it's reality. As you can see my giant gut is gone and your stomach wrinkles a bit, my ribs are showing (at 175 lbs or 79 kg in the second picture) but you can still see a little man boob left.... this is reality folks. When you are 377 pounds or 171 kg this is the best i can do. I just want to help others and have no shame in my new body.

I literally have no worries, I'm proud of the hard work i've done and you should be too. No surgery needed as far as i'm concerned.

Actually, I think I would categorize you in the column of the lucky few who's skin snapped back pretty well. After a 202 lbs loss, your skin is in amazing shape. Congrats, you look great!

You are an inspiration, thanks for sharing your story. Congratulations, your hard work has paid off!!

WOW i wish my stomach looked that good you are the inspiration of this surgery great job cant believe the skin on your stomach, mine looks like a wrinkle fest that needs ironed

I thought mine was normal? No one ever shows the after effects so i have no idea. Hell maybe i'm lucky? I'll take it!

1 hour ago, ms.sss said:

Actually, I think I would categorize you in the column of the lucky few who's skin snapped back pretty well. After a 202 lbs loss, your skin is in amazing shape. Congrats, you look great!

Thank you! Makes me feel good, apparently i'm lucky! I'll take it!

6 minutes ago, McCaw1980 said:

I thought mine was normal? No one ever shows the after effects so i have no idea. Hell maybe i'm lucky? I'll take it!

to embarrassed to show sorry

On 12/28/2019 at 12:16 AM, McCaw1980 said:

Starting weight 377 pounds

Now: 175 pounds

Waist starting: 50 inches

Now: 30 inches

Shirt size starting: 5XL

Now: M to L

BMI starting: 50

BMI now: 23

WOW!!! Great! YAY, YOU!!

You forgot one statistic.... you look 15-20 years YOUNGER!!

You may have added more than that to your lifespan as well. Congrats!!

4 hours ago, NancyLF said:

WOW!!! Great! YAY, YOU!!

You forgot one statistic.... you look 15-20 years YOUNGER!!

You may have added more than that to your lifespan as well. Congrats!!

The lifespan addition was the goal actually, I'm currently not on any medication where as i was on 3 different meds before the surgery. Thank you for the age compliment i'll take that as well!

I think you are one of the very fortunate ones with your skin, it has really snapped back nicely!

22 hours ago, McCaw1980 said:

I decided to show the "skin issues" that i could care less about after losing 202 pounds. This honestly doesn't bother me one bit, it's reality. As you can see my giant gut is gone and your stomach wrinkles a bit, my ribs are showing (at 175 lbs or 79 kg in the second picture) but you can still see a little man boob left.... this is reality folks. When you are 377 pounds or 171 kg this is the best i can do. I just want to help others and have no shame in my new body.

I literally have no worries, I'm proud of the hard work i've done and you should be too. No surgery needed as far as i'm concerned.

I agree, your skin as snapped back nicely and you do not need surgery. You look great!!!