August surgery buddies!

[SuziDavis 478]

On 4/23/2023 at 9:51 AM, AliceFD said:

Today is 8 months since surgery. I am hovering at my goal weight which I hit 3 days ago. I have gone from size 16-18 to 4-6. I am beyond psyched. I celebrated by buying my first pair of running shoes, so that's the next thing. I already have a date for a Tummy Tuck in August. Hope everyone is doing well!

Wow, Congrats on hitting goal already! Can't wait to be there!

[LMorales 10]

Hi everyone! I am scheduled for my gastric sleeve for August 17th. I am 5'3" and 230 lbs so the doctor said I need to lose 100 lbs. Honestly I am super nervous and keep having thoughts of excitement but then I think well maybe I will just cancel it. Is it normal to feel this way? I would love to meet other people that are scheduled on the same month or around so we can somewhat do this process together.

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[LookingForward22 316]

Just checking in … so far I’m a total of 122 lbs down - 65 of that was after surgery.

I was hoping to be further along by now but I’m happy that I seem to still be loosing.

I’m not overly strict with my eating but I am still only able to eat limited amounts at one time.

My hope is that I will loose 100 pounds post surgery by my anniversary - but I’m not going to stress about it. I’ll just keep working in that direction.

I broke my overall final “goal” out in to 10 steps - and I’m almost at 49.55% of my goal. It’s nice to see that progress.

[Sunnyer 125]

On 4/5/2023 at 6:34 AM, Violet_ said:

How is everyone doing? I've been slipping back into some old bad habits, but trying to get back on track. I've been sitting at about an 85 lb loss for a few months and am pretty happy with where I am. I would like to kick it up a notch and start some weight training to feel stronger. Here's my progress so far. The first pic is 36 lbs down before surgery, 2nd photo is now at 85 lbs down.

Congrats, 85 lbs is a lot.

I've lost around 46 pounds and I've been stuck in the same or similar weight for a while. i had two setbacks this year due to injury. In the beginning of the year I twisted my ankle walking in icy conditions. And in April I fell in the street and bruised/broke some ribs, so that limited my exercise for a while.

i've started exercising again and hope there will be no more injuries. I'm tracking my eating through myfitnesspal and I'm eating 1000 to almost1400 cals per day. Most days it's around 1200 per day. Myfitnesspal is always saying something like: "If every day were like today... You'd weight 87.5 kg in 5 weeks", And yet that doesn't happen.

Is it possible my body has adjusted to a lower calorie amount? Or will I be able to start losing again once I can exercise more?

Edited Saturday at 09:19 PM by Sunnyer

[SuziDavis 478]

On 5/27/2023 at 5:18 PM, Sunnyer said:

Congrats, 85 lbs is a lot.

I've lost around 46 pounds and I've been stuck in the same or similar weight for a while. i had two setbacks this year due to injury. In the beginning of the year I twisted my ankle walking in icy conditions. And in April I fell in the street and bruised/broke some ribs, so that limited my exercise for a while.

i've started exercising again and hope there will be no more injuries. I'm tracking my eating through myfitnesspal and I'm eating 1000 to almost1400 cals per day. Most days it's around 1200 per day. Myfitnesspal is always saying something like: "If every day were like today... You'd weight 87.5 kg in 5 weeks", And yet that doesn't happen.

Is it possible my body has adjusted to a lower calorie amount? Or will I be able to start losing again once I can exercise more?

Don't feel bad, I am now at the point where one month I lose 10-15 lbs, and the next i will lose like 2... But I am not gaining, so it's ok.

You're doing great.