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.

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.

Surgery date 08/10[emoji4]

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.

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?

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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.

I'm getting sleeved August 10th! I'm so excited !

I'm getting sleeved August 10th! I'm so excited !

On 6/1/2023 at 5:23 PM, SuziDavis said:

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.

I haven't lost anything close to 10 lbs any month this year. The last month I lost a significant amount of weight was December 2022. This year it's 1-2 pounds per month, even less.

I've been tracking my eating more religiously these last few weeks, and a typical day is 1100-1200 kcal. Shouldn't I be losing or is that enough for maintenance? Will I have to go even lower? I'm getting 50-60 grams of protein most days.

On 6/3/2023 at 5:58 PM, Sunnyer said:

I haven't lost anything close to 10 lbs any month this year. The last month I lost a significant amount of weight was December 2022. This year it's 1-2 pounds per month, even less.

I've been tracking my eating more religiously these last few weeks, and a typical day is 1100-1200 kcal. Shouldn't I be losing or is that enough for maintenance? Will I have to go even lower? I'm getting 50-60 grams of Protein most days.

I had to start working out more to get back to the 10-12 range. And I am still trying to stay under 1000 cal a day. I had a lot to lose though and I think that has a lot to do with it. I still have a lot to lose.

On 6/3/2023 at 8:18 AM, LMorales said:

I'm getting sleeved August 10th! I'm so excited !

Congrats! You definitely won't regret it!

Hey guys! Sorry for being MIA! Between work school & life it’s been busy. I wanted to share my update with you guys I’m currently down 103.4 pounds! I’m very happy I feel good energy is crazy . I can power walk the prison without being winded/sluggish. One of my big victories was trying on some old shoes my feet really shrunk! Lol my only worry now is I have a strong beef brewing with the wind ! I feel like if I keep losing I’ll be gone with the wind! lol

I forgot to add I hope everyone is doing well and thriving!

22 hours ago, Sensaintionaly said:

Hey guys! Sorry for being MIA! Between work school & life it’s been busy. I wanted to share my update with you guys I’m currently down 103.4 pounds! I’m very happy I feel good energy is crazy . I can power walk the prison without being winded/sluggish. One of my big victories was trying on some old shoes my feet really shrunk! Lol my only worry now is I have a strong beef brewing with the wind ! I feel like if I keep losing I’ll be gone with the wind! lol

Congrats! I know it feels good being so mobile again!

Thanks Suzi it definitely does also congrats on your progress as well !

On 6/11/2023 at 11:27 AM, Sensaintionaly said:

Hey guys! Sorry for being MIA! Between work school & life it’s been busy. I wanted to share my update with you guys I’m currently down 103.4 pounds! I’m very happy I feel good energy is crazy . I can power walk the prison without being winded/sluggish. One of my big victories was trying on some old shoes my feet really shrunk! Lol my only worry now is I have a strong beef brewing with the wind ! I feel like if I keep losing I’ll be gone with the wind! lol

Congratulations! I've also noticed all my shoes were loose which I thought was strange. Glad to know I'm not the only one. I didn't even think losing weight in your feet was a thing lol.

So now that we are all so close to our year anniversary, did you meet your goal that you originally had?

And what is your goal for the next year?

For me, I wanted to just lose 100 lbs. post surgery, I an 6 lbs. from that, so I am pretty happy.

I am hoping I hit my goal weight by February, and then its all about learning to maintain!