My 4 month post-op Update
It's been 4 months since VSG surgery and I've lost a smidge over 75 lbs.
Which means I am now in the 150's.
159.7 lbs, to be exact (down from 235 on the first day of my pre-op diet 4 months ago).
The 150's has historically been my weight loss nemesis. In the past 15 years, I've dieted down to the 150's three times only to gain back what I lost and more. So getting under 150 will be a huge symbolic accomplishment for me, and in my mind solidify that I can get to goal.
Here's looking to break into the 140's !
I hear you! My original goal was 140 (which I hadn't seen since 2003). Then when I hit that, the doctor and I set 130. I stay between 125-130 and it's fabulous!
Hang in there. You'll get there!
HW: 240 lbs CW: 205 lbs: SW: 199 lbs GW: 130 lbs
1 MO = 167.0 2 MO = 156.4 3 MO = 148.4 4 MO = 140.6
5 MO = 136.0 6 MO = 130.0 (GOAL) 20 MO = 133
"At the evening of our life, we shall be judged by our love."
There is theory that everyone can have a body weight set points. Weight that the body is used to and feels comfortable. There is also a theory that one way WLS helps us is to change the body set point.
In the past, before WLS, I would lose down to 175-180, reach it and stay there for ever. Lowering calories, exercise, did not help going below 175. Eventually I would get discouraged, started cheating on my diet and regain. As if me trying to pass that point created a rebound effect.
Post op RNY I have 3 or more weight that my body "fancy": my personal goal is 150-155, but I have problem maintaining that.
- 140-145 lbs - my body fat % is rather low at that level and my appetite may be gone, and I even dealt with food aversion. Plus - at that weight I get body dismorphia. A few times I reached that low - I felt super huge, fat, and miserable. My therapist thinks it had to do with low body fat% and very low cholesterol and hormonal imbalances.
- 160 -163, my body likes that set point and as long as I am mindful about eating protein forward meals, don't have to work very hard to maintain. But I have to work very hard to start losing.
- 170-178 - my highest regain in last 10 years. I hovered over that 2 times, and I had to make an real effort to start losing. But even when I did not care what and how much I ate, going over 175-178 was not happening. Plus that weight put my body into "obese" area of BMI and a major "freaking out" weight point for me.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
