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Then the harder part starts maintaining!
Back on track as of 11/1/2014
341/183/263/150
HW/LW/CW/GW
Weight loss goal:
Back to Onederland by 3/26/2015
I am feeling great and would have my RNY over again 1 million times if it meant keeping my life like this.
262start/140current/140goal
RNY 4/21/08
So all in all i feel amazing!
Amy
I am 10 months out on the 16th. I am down about 140#, and was so hoping to be under 200 by now, but I just can't seem to get there. I know I won't hit my goal of 170# by my year, but I do hope to get there some day. I know I had a lot more to lose than most, and am happy for the most part. I still get bummed each time I chart my weight on Mondays, and it still starts with a 2!!!
I have dropped from a size 24 pant to an 18, and those are getting a little big. I have dropped from a 5x shirt to a 1x. Being able to buy clothes in just about any store is great!!!
I am hoping that as the weather gets nicer and warmer I will be a little more active outside that might help jump start the wt loss again. I still go to they gym a few times a week, but I don't enjoy it as much, because I hate being cold when I walk out!!!
Good luck to my fellow April WLS folks!!
Caroline
I normally try for about 60 grams of protein and get anywhere between 60-70 grams and I average about 900-1100 calories a day. I don't exercise as umuch as I should bu since I'm now looking at definition I've beent rying to work out at least 2-3 days a week. No meds at all and have been diligent about my vitamins since day 1 out of surgery.
on 2/15/09 7:53 am - Evans, GA
I will be 11 months on the 1st. Day of the surgery I was 280, today I'm at 155. I now have a "normal" BMI . I've been stuck at 155 since around the 1st of the year. I'd like to lose another 10 pounds but maybe this is where my body had decided it wants to be. I'm still obsessed with the scale, I weigh every morning and every night. I'm not as obsessed about what I'm eating, probably why I'm staying the same. If I want something, I eat it however a bite or two now satisfies me. I can eat just about anything, I've been lucky and don't have normal dumping. If I eat too much or fast I feel like crap.
I have become addicted to clothes shopping. I love the clearance racks. When I was a 28 the options were limited, now I have tons of choices and am getting unbelievable bargains. I am still amazed that I'm wearing medium shirts and size 8 pants. I know in my head that's my size but I still see fat me. Someone that didn't know me presurgery called me skinny the other day and started saying not me.
I've also become "girly". I'm getting my hair and nails done. etc. I'm buying shoes that I never would have bought in the past. I now have 3 pairs of black boots.
I'm going the end of the month for a consult at a teaching hospital to do my bat wings and maybe my breasts. My arms really bother me so that's what I am definitely getting done, the boobs are depending on the price. It would be nice if I could keep them in a bra, then I wouldn't bother. I'm hoping for rashes so my insurance will pay for my tummy.
It's been an amazing 10 months. I am so happy I had this surgery. It was the best thing I've ever done for myself.
I have been able to eat pretty much everything but have been very careful with sugar. I eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day, I do one protein shake a day.
I go to the gym 4 times a week.
As for skin issues I too carried my weight all over so my stomach is not to bad. My thighs are my worst and I am working on my arms. My boobs could use an intervention but I am not sure about plastics, see what the future holds.
I am off all my medications and could not be happier. I can crawl around on the floor with my grandson and enjoy life(mine and his)
So glad to hear you are doing so well.
Congrats on all your success
Have a great day
Karen