Way to go Andrea! I'm proud of you.

Anyone doing this type of exercise to tone, etc? And if you are, how's it going? Do you like it or not?

Hi Carrie, I had my surgery last November as well and of today have lost 135 pounds. Started at 358 and now 223. I do hope I continue to lose. I fear from day to day it will stop. But I guess if I never lose another pound I am better off today than I was a year ago at this time. You say only 80 pounds you've lost, well that is allot of weight. Think of putting 80 pounds on your back and try carrying it around again? Pretty scarry huh !!! My weight loss slowed down too, and when I started to get my supplements regulated right I started losing again.I still can only eat about 6-8 ounces at a meal, and I still cannot tolerate greasy or sugary foods. Keep getting in that protein, and water, change up your excerise routine..you'll start losing again....Brenda Brock

Thank you! I bounced around that 202 # for a week, didn't think the scale was EVER going to move again but it does and WILL happen for you! hugs,

Hey Stacy! I'm so sorry to hear you have developed not one but two hernias. Mine was the entire length of the incision but we didn't realize that until he opened me up. My scar was wide too, it opened up in two places after gastric bypass. But it will look better now that he has restitched it. I wasn't having any major symptoms. I could just tell it was getting bigger over time and some days it would give me discomfort. I really noticed it after my vacation and I decided to go ahead and do something about it. And I'm glad I did, the surgeon told my mother after I had surgery that he didn't know how I wasn't in constant pain. I mean it was my whole large intestine that had broken through. I kinda figured I had a hernia around 5 months out. I wasn't having any major pain but I figured I'd go ahead and take care of it before it got out of control. Even though I'm only 3 days postop I can already tell my stomach is tighter and flatter. He put a plastic mesh screen thing in my stomach. Hopefully another one won't come about. Thats the best method he said to prevent reoccurence. I just won't be able to lift anything over 5 pounds for a long while. It hurts so much to cough right now but I'm starting to get around a little better. Pain meds are my best friends right now!! Hopefully he will take out the drainage tube tomorrow, I'm so sick of that thing.