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Hi everybody,
I joined the site about a year ago when I was hoping to get surgery. I wasn't able to, but now I am on track to getting surgery. I am 5'6" and I weigh about 525 lbs. I've had a really rough year. My income dropped over 50%, but I think the struggle has been serendipitous. With my current income, I was able to get Medicaid, which lets me get surgery!
I've had one nutritionist appointment (two more to go!) and my psych eval is coming up on 4/20. I am hoping to get the sleeve procedure.
This may seem like an odd question, but has anyone ever wanted to lose the weight just for health and mobility? I feel like what I encounter is primarily people who are excited about changing their appearance. At the risk of sounding arrogant, after my 20's or so (I'm 34), I am pretty happy with my appearance. I just want to get healthy and active. Right now I don't get around well at all, and I have to depend so much on others for daily living.
I really love reading this site. It is truly an incredible resource! I am going through the typical anxiety, and I feel like I should start posting regularly to get the support I need. I look forward to chatting with you all.
Health and mobility were 1-2 for me. Appearance is just gravy. Not that I eat that any more.
It is amazing what the procedure has allowed me to do. Yesterday, we went on a short 7 mile bike ride. I had on my polar F****ch and heart rate strap. Afterwards, we stopped at a restaurant for an early dinner and I still had the strap and watch on. I noticed my heart rate was 60-61 after sitting in the booth for a few minutes. Just a year ago, it would have been 85-90.
Good luck on your journey.
Surgery Date 04-22-14 HW 2011 388(lost 60lbs on WW, regained 40) Surgery Consult Weight 1/10/14 - 367 SW 357 - CW 9/15 210.
Stalls are your body's way of telling you not to get too cocky.
5K - 1st 59:00(9/14) PR 33:45(9/15)
10K - 1:14(10/15) 1/2 - 1st 3/20/16
Congratulations on hopefully getting surgery! I love that I look better, but honestly, I wanted to lose weight so I would be healthier and be able to do more with my kids. I'm 36. We went to Disneyland last year, about 3 months before I had surgery, and I was miserable! There were some rides I couldn't ride, my feet hurt like crazy, I was super uncomfortable in other rides. Now that I'm about half the size I was, I'm ready to go back and do it again!
Appearance wasn't high on my priority list before surgery, but it's pretty important to me now that I find I have a rocking body :)
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
I've lost almost 140 and I definitely have loose skin, but it really doesn't bother me. I know that I'll look into plastics after I reach goal, but when I look at myself in the mirror now all I see is how successful I've been - not "ugh, so much excess skin." For me, that's pretty amazing. I did not want to go through this process only to hate my body more than I did in the first place!
(And I'm a bit older than you.)
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
I'm so glad to hear that's what you see when you look in the mirror. That is so encouraging! I worry that I'll be so disappointed, but I've had great self esteem for a long time now, so I bet I'll get over it. Yeah, who knows with the skin. I hear there are a lot of variables involved in whether it bounces back or not.
If I had to choose the loose skin or the fat, the loose skin wins every time. Try not to worry about that... once you lose the weight to cause the loose skin you will be feeling so darn good you will realize that it is not a big deal and there are ways to manage it.
Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!
1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost
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