9 months, 145 pounds gone

[ShawnD907 7]

I signed up on here awhile back and waited to post anything until now and hope I can give some of my experience. March 1st of this year I had my gastric sleeve. I went in with a weight of 363 pounds and am 6’1. As of today posting this I am 225 pounds. Definitely was one of the smartest decisions I ever made for myself. Everyone’s journey is different. I was met with immediate energy following my procedure, like waking up everyday and ready to take on the world. And it’s still like that. For whatever reason for me, my eating habits and likes and dislikes immediately changed. I hated fish my whole life and now find myself craving it. Once loved ranch dressing, not it makes my stomach feel yuck. You hit these plateaus where your weight doesn’t change, sometimes for a couple weeks at a time, it’s easy to get discouraged but trust me, stay the course, don’t go back to bad habits and then bam! Next thing you know, you’re dropping a pound or two a day, followed by another plateau. This will happen repeatedly. For me I’ve noticed that walking 4 or 5 miles a day and being as active as possible REALLY makes it come off even quicker and maintaining a diet with no sugar for me has seriously helped. I treat myself to a little bit of carbs daily but mainly all Proteins and it has worked great for me. Again, these are just the things that have worked in my journey and no two are the same. I’m fortunate that my job is pretty active so I keep track of my steps climbed and steps to get my exercise minutes in while I work. I also find a reason to be active when I’m not working. I wish everyone luck that is or has had this procedure done. And like I said, it’s the best thing I ever did for ME.

[ChunkCat 737]

Wow, you look great!! I'm so glad you've had such a great result! I love when successful people pop up to encourage everyone to stay the course, it is really inspiring.

I'm in my first stall post surgery and it is soooo annoying and discouraging, even though I know it is part of the process. I'm just staying the course--low carbs, high Protein, Water, water, water, move when I can. I know it has to break at some point. I gained 2.6 lbs but I know it is water weight. It is a good thing I only weigh once a week or I'd drive myself mad... LOL

[ShawnD907 7]

You’re doing great and you will be so happy with your result. Don’t let those dang plateaus discourage you because just as soon as your just like WTF?! You look at the scale and your like damn! Your doing great.

[ShawnD907 7]

You’re doing great and you will be so happy with your result. Don’t let those dang plateaus discourage you because just as soon as your just like WTF?! You look at the scale and your like damn! Your doing great.

[ShawnD907 7]

You’re doing great and you will be so happy with your result. Don’t let those dang plateaus discourage you because just as soon as your just like WTF?! You look at the scale and your like damn! Your doing great.

[Arabesque 7,583]

Congratulations & thank you for sharing for your story. Fantastic achievement! 🏆

[CelticSoul 18]

Congratulations! What an achievement... thank you for sharing and inspiring us.

[CelticSoul 18]

Congratulations! What an achievement... thank you for sharing and inspiring us.