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I’m doing quite well. I was 222 on October 1 and I was 167.5 today. My goal was to hit 155 that I now feel confident that I will hit. So 54.5 lbs down. I am 5’6” and now I have a BMI of 27. I started with a BMI of 35.

I may lower the goal when I get there but I’m not sure how that will look at 55 years old.

I feel so much better than I did in July at my first appointment. I was 228 then so technically I am down 61 since the summer.

How are YOU doing?

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it depends on your bone structure, too. I'm 60 and look my best at 150 lbs (I'm also 5'6"). I got down as low as 138 two years ago and looked awful. I have a pretty large frame - really broad shoulders, etc. My mother-in-law is also 5'6" and has bird bones. She looks great at 130 and even looks OK at 120. She'd look heavy at 150, I think.

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I'm doing pretty good. Down 42lbs. Reduction in my blood pressure meds. I'm sleeping poorly though since surgery. My energy and stamina have increased greatly. I see my surgeon next week. Had blood work done today.

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I feel amazing. Sleeved on the 8th October, have lost 26kg since then. My life is no longer ruled by food. The only stress is how to get enough food and Protein in with my tiny tummy. I'm exercising again, my old clothes fit (some are too big!) and I just feel incredible. No more snoring or sore joints. I've lost more than my 8 year old weighs. That blows my mind when I think about it. And so does the fact that I'm only 10-15kg from my goal weight.

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I struggle with the Water amount each day. I do try but I seem to stay full and then I try to get water in and feel awful. Lately I’m drinking more at night which helps but makes me wake up to pee. Lol

I got off my CPAP (no more snoring here either), bp reduced (it was getting terribly uncontrollable), feet feel better...pretty much everything feels better.

I am starting to do IF as I would love to hit goal by the end of March when we are going on a cruise.

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I had the gastric bypass on oct 1 and struggle a bit with my Water and Protein goals. I'm also a super slow loser but I'm still a loser! Started at 307, 285 ish (not sure they did KG for some reason) on day of surgery and now today I am 248.

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Feeling great had surgery Oct 28.

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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