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Same. I think I have the tools to do it. I'm active and I love the way I eat. I keep track of my body composition and metabolism so I think I am well positioned to keep it off, but another 40 years is a long time...
I am so fearful of regain too. I know it is easy to do and I never want to weigh more than 190 ever again in life.
HW:370 Weight at First Consult: 365 Surgery 7/15/2015 Weight:358 CW: 187 Previous Clothing Size: 28/30 Current Clothing Size: 8/10
weight maintenance is a totally foreign concept to me. This is the first time in my life I've actively tried to maintain my weight. Bizarre.
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
I wrote the original post when I was PMSing, since my period is over I feel a lot better.
I have already hit every goal I have set for myself and physically besides plastic surgery, I don't have much more to do. I have hit all my fitness goals also and don't really have any new ones that interest me at the moment.
The last 10 to 20 pounds I kind of want to lose are coming off slooooow but I don't even want them to come off any faster.
I guess this is just the tedious boredom of semi maintenance. I know losing is easy and maintenance is hard so maybe it is just a creeping fear more than even boredom. Maintenance is the big unknown.
HW:370 Weight at First Consult: 365 Surgery 7/15/2015 Weight:358 CW: 187 Previous Clothing Size: 28/30 Current Clothing Size: 8/10
I'm kind of wondering if that's why so many former SMO folks never make it to a normal BMI. For us, it takes a lot longer than a year to get there (maybe 18 months - 2 years), and a lot people start losing their motivation at about a year out. I know I did - those last 50 lbs or so (which I lost in year 2) were a bear to get off. Not only is it harder for pretty much everyone to lose those last few pounds, but when you've lost a lot of your motivation to boot, well...
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
I'm like Kat - I've lost over 200 lbs, and my excess skin is not nearly as bad as I was afraid it would be. I don't wear shapewear - I just tuck it into my jeans or "tummy control" leggings. And I wear a good bra. Otherwise, besides it slapping up against my body occasionally while exercising, it hasn't limited me in any way.
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
Hi!
so it seems that when I set this mini goal to lose 5#to get to 190.5, my mind/body interpreted the direct opposite. My weight has been up, up, up- but looking at recent spikes I've had like this I think its mostly related to my period. I'm on my downward trend again, and will work to bring it low, low- so these gaining spikes to scare me so damn much.
So in the past week my weight had gotten up to 198. Today it's 195.5. I'd love to see 192 before my next period starts next month.
yesterday I went to my nieces graduation. My sister, and niece's boyfriend were there too. All 4 of us had WLS, I'm the only one that lost And kept off the weight thus far. when I saw the pictures we took I thought- while I looked good in them- i felt like I didn't look like 'me'. You know, cause 'me' in my head is fat. My nephew even commented on how good I looked (he hasn't seen me since pre-WLS) and I still thought to myself- do I really look that different??
amazing that my mind still can't accept this.
5'6.5" High weight:337 Lowest weight:193/31 BMI: Goal: 195-205/31-32 BMI
I've lost over 200 lbs and I don't even feel a need for shape wear. I am pretty lucky in that my excess skin really isn't much worse than many of my normie friends who had multiple pregnancies. I have traveled extensively and never have felt any need to make accommodations for my excess skin.
For my upper arms, I use http://www.sleeveywonders.com - they are by far my favorite upper arm solution.
"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat
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Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
I will admit it got too easy and I got sloppy with my food. I never developed a good exercises program so between hernia, gerd, eating disorders and no exercise I regained the weight and got really mad at myself. This time I have a support group for my eating disorder, have joined a exercise club with classes and a pool and am in individual therapy weekly. Before I had no support.
Karen
