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[rhg123 0]

Hi friends! This is my introductory post. Wondering if anyone else has a similar surgery date, low starting weight, and low goal weight. I’d love to hear how others with similar stats are doing!!!

I’m so afraid I’m gonna stop losing!

56 4’11”
HW 230
SW 209
CW 167
GW 115

RNY 11/8/22

[LindsayT 559]

Welcome! Great job on your progress so far. I'm still in pre-op stages and planning on rny in late spring. I'm so ready.

[pintsizedmallrat 470]

1 hour ago, rhg123 said:

Hi friends! This is my introductory post. Wondering if anyone else has a similar surgery date, low starting weight, and low goal weight. I’d love to hear how others with similar stats are doing!!!

I’m so afraid I’m gonna stop losing!

56 4’11”
HW 230
SW 209
CW 167
GW 115

RNY 11/8/22

Hello fellow shorty! I'm an inch shorter than you and my starting numbers are very similar to yours! I had my surgery in September 2021, I reached my goal weight of 110 in October 2022.

Overall, this surgery has been life-changing and I am so glad I was brave enough to go through the process. I had some issues in the beginning, but once I started to recover it went fast. Right now if I'm being completely honest the biggest problem I have is trying to keep what weight I have left ON so I can still shop in the adults' section and not have to buy everything in kids' sizes.

You're going to stall here and there, some will be short and sometimes it will feel like you haven't lost an ounce in a month; stay the course, trust the process, and know that a lot of the time stalls are giving your skin and muscles a chance to catch up and adjust.

Edited February 28, 2023 by pintsizedmallrat

[rhg123 0]

On 02/28/2023 at 17:21, pintsizedmallrat said:

Hello fellow shorty! I'm an inch shorter than you and my starting numbers are very similar to yours! I had my surgery in September 2021, I reached my goal weight of 110 in October 2022.

Overall, this surgery has been life-changing and I am so glad I was brave enough to go through the process. I had some issues in the beginning, but once I started to recover it went fast. Right now if I'm being completely honest the biggest problem I have is trying to keep what weight I have left ON so I can still shop in the adults' section and not have to buy everything in kids' sizes.

You're going to stall here and there, some will be short and sometimes it will feel like you haven't lost an ounce in a month; stay the course, trust the process, and know that a lot of the time stalls are giving your skin and muscles a chance to catch up and adjust.

What an encouragement!!! I’m so afraid that I won’t make it to goal weight, and that I’ll stop losing any day now. I don’t care if it takes a year, I’m fine with that.

And about being short… hubby calls little girls like us “fun size” 🤭

Thanks so much for responding, it really means a lot!

[pintsizedmallrat 470]

18 hours ago, rhg123 said:

What an encouragement!!! I’m so afraid that I won’t make it to goal weight, and that I’ll stop losing any day now. I don’t care if it takes a year, I’m fine with that.

And about being short… hubby calls little girls like us “fun size” 🤭

Thanks so much for responding, it really means a lot!

We have special concerns as smaller people; I often feel like my weight loss success doesn't sound as impressive when I compare myself to people taller than me (A lot of people on this forum have lost more than you and I started out weighing!). So be careful with that, don't compare yourself.

I get fun size, travel size, micro person, the whole spectrum LOL. I used to hate being short but I can't change it so I try to have a good sense of humor about it.