I know its a few months away but I thought I would start a thread for Nov 2020! My date is 11/9! Looking forward to starting my new journey, hoping Covid doesn't screw stuff up!

Anybody still here? How are we all doing 4ish months out? I’m currently down 113 and selling pretty much every article of clothing I own on poshmark. Looks like I finally found the secret to decluttering, just don’t fit into anything you own anymore.

I'm down 91 since November 2 preop.

Finally caved and bought some new pants over the weekend. Down 70 from pre-op, buckling down to get as much off before the 6 month mark as possible as my doc said it pretty well stops there. I’m 15 lbs away from his benchmark goal for my 6mo follow up.

I have NOT been a good patient. Between switching jobs, helping with my nephews, and going back to school to get my teaching license, I have really dropped off on the walking. Sat down with my planner this week and designated an hour each day - wish me luck!

My wife and I are doing pretty good. I am down 88 lbs since preop and my wife is down 76 lbs since preop. We have been in a slight stall lately but are just pushing on. I am at about maintenance weight but my wife still has a bit more to go. I also had to replace my entire wardrobe and just donated everything. I went from a 44 size pants to a 34. It's been quite an incredible and quick journey up until this point and I am still working on the head games that I know will persist for a long time.

Bufbills- great job!!!
Aroddy- I know what you mean- I feel sometimes like I’m racing against the clock. I still have over 60 lbs to lose to get to goal, and i know the farther out I get the harder it is. I have to get more consistent on exercise as well.
Mswillis5- you made maintenance! Congrats! Yes, the head games are real. I also feel like I didn’t understand the effort and expense of replacing all my clothing. I am confused about my size, what to buy, etc. A good problem but still daunting sometimes.

2 hours ago, blackcatsandbaddecisions said:

Mswillis5- you made maintenance! Congrats!

Thank you. It has been a journey but I got here a lot quicker than I thought. I am looking to lose just a bit more before I stop losing weight, but I think my body is going to regulate itself at this point. My wife is down almost 90 lbs and has about 50 lbs more before she hits maintenance, but she also wants to go quite a bit below that. We will see where our bodies want our weight to stop at.

It looks like you are also doing amazing with 113 lbs of weight lost. Congrats!

Thanks! About half of that was in the few months before surgery, but I’m counting it.

It’s true that our bodies have certain points they want to stay at. I feel like my body would love to settle around250ish so it was a bit of a struggle to get out of that range. Meanwhile I feel like I barely saw the 230s, I just flew right through those. I suspect I’m going to have another stall around 200. Historically it’s another set point my body has liked to sit at. But I’m looking to get to 165, so I’ll keep plugging away.

199!!! Never thought I'd see the 1s again.

Ha, long shot but I’ll try. Anyone here now that we are hitting our one year anniversary? How’d everyone do? I lost a bit over 170 lbs, and am a normal BMI now.

I lost 81 lbs and hit my goal.

I lost 92 lbs, but still not normal BMI.

I hope to loose about 30 lbs more, to reach normal BMI.

Still feel huge, and my brain do not understand the big change that just happend.

My 1 year anniversary was 11/9. Down 80lbs which puts me at 170lbs. Gonna try to shave off another 5-10lbs by EOY, but overall very happy with my results.

I was 228 at surgery day Dec1. / 2020. I lost 101 pound. So happy and healthy now ?

Today is my wife and my surgery anniversary. We are both down over 120 lbs since our high weights!

Edited November 12, 20214 yr by mswillis5

Tuesday will be a year for me. 122 down and finding success with maintenance, for around 4 or 5 months now.