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Hi Tony We have the same surgery date. You are doing awesome I am amazed. Keep up the good work.

Hi Tony: I've been told men let go of their excess weight more quickly than females, and wow, you are living proof of that. Congrats! I've struggled for my 64 lbs, but am not whining, all in due time. Welcome... Megan

Congrats on your weight loss job well done, welcome to the board.

Hey. I just happened to check in for the first time in a while and saw your post. I had surgery dec 6th and weighed 411 at the time. Unfortunately im not doing as well as you, but I currently weight about 322. Your doing good. What is your height btw? Keep the updates coming.

Just want to say welcome to the board first and nice to meet another male on here lol I was feeling a little alone as male wise lol,but glad your here.It sounds as if your doin pretty awsome yourself You was wondering how tall I was and I am 5/11 I believe the last time I looked lol. How are you on the food wise?And how is your intake on water and protein shakes? Well If you need to talk to someone and need a male perspctive just give me a hola ok,boy Im glad to of met someone who was at the same weight as me and around the same time surgery.Take care and write back soon.Im on here everyday and checking for whats goin on in here.Goodluck.....Tony

Sorry for the delay, seems like I havent had time to get back on here until now. I was just wondering your weight, because we are very simmilar to height/weight at our start points. Im 6/0 and was 411 at the time of surgery. I dont know how I am on food. Im at the stage now, where its alot easier to swallow food so I am eating more. Sometimes I feel like I eat wayyyy to much food, then there are days where I hardly eat anything. I dont know how much I eat, but I say I could probably eat 1 1/2 to 2 cups a food at a time. Thats one of the days if im eating "alot." Typically I try to eat a relatively smaller portion of food. Just last week, was like the first time I started to have feelings of emotional eating. I rarely take protein shakes anymore. I need to start doing it regularly, but I typically only have 1 every few days. I need to get back on plan. I wanted to be under 300, or at least around 311 by this time, but it just wont happen. Maybe if I would have eatin a little different and taken my shakes regularly, I would, but its tough. Im not upset over my weightloss, which is a good 90ish pounds at this point. It just seems like it isnt going fast enough. I know everyone is different and there are myriad of reasons why someone may lose faster/slower, but im just an inpatient person in general. It seems every time I dont lose weight for a week, I start to feel like I hav e "failed" surgery in a way, although I no its not true. I guess im just full of self doubt. At the support group meeting for my surgeon, there was a woman who had lost 100lbs in 3 months. I was just 2 months out with about 50lbs gone. On top of that, she only had 125/135 absoulte maximum to lose.