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HW: 450
SW: 428
LW: 212.4
TW: 210.3
Goal: 199.9
Lowest Post-Surgery: 189.5
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Happy Sunday! I'm headed in the right direction! Finally feeling better after the skin infection from a few weeks ago. What a raw deal (pun fully intended!).
Work is going well, I'm enjoying the new job (I'm 2 months in now). Headed to Hawaii on Thursday for a week and half. Looking forward to some swimming and tennis.
Have a great week everyone. If you're in the south, be safe.
HW: 450
SW: 428 9/26/14
Reached 'normal' BMI (24.9) with a weight of 199.9: 2/5/2016
337.6: High weight Dec '13
311.3: Surgery day 1/16/14
191.8: 1st Surgiversary
199.2: 2nd Surgiversary
201.6: 3rd Surgiversary
205.0: Last Weigh in
208.0: CW
Food: F
Water: C
Vitamins: B
Exercise: F
So I thought I was eating mindfully. I thought wrong. 21 days on the road kicked my ass. I did a good job with vitamins and water. Not so much with exercise. Based on the schedule I am looking at, I have 48 weeks to go. I gotta figure out a better routine for this travel.
My heart goes out to all the folks in south east Texas. Between the devastation from #Harvey and now the flooding in Houston, its a mess. Stay safe.
Men and younger women tend to lose the weight the fastest. For young women, take the same woman (same weight) at 30 vs 50. At 30 she can move better and her heart is probably stronger. Also men (in general) have a larger muscle structure. The weight come off of us quicker. A sure way to loose more weight while you are dropping, is to buy new clothes! You think you are done losing, so you spend big bucks on new clothes...To look nice. WHAM!! You end up dropping another 10 pounds. So you may want to ask friends, family, coworkers for used clothing till you get near goal. My favorite pair of jeans came from my nephew the first year out. He didn't need them and they fit fine for me. Try thrift shops and Goodwill till you get near goal. One week I lost 10 pounds!! I was eating right and exercising hard (doctor's approval). Also know the signs of dehydration. Dehydration is the # 1 reason WLS people reenter the hospital. Just have the signs printed out somewhere so you can look at them and know what is going on...Brian
Joe I'd recommend a trainer at a local gym to get you started. I think hands on is much better in the beginning than online. Some things are still better the old fashioned way. Also I agree with other poster about starting slow. I didn't start out 6x a week. I started with biceps/triceps one day, legs the next, then back/chest third day. Then 1-2 days rest and start again BUT depending on your fitness it might be a good idea to only lift every other day ( and still alternating body parts), you can still use the bike, elliptical, or treadmill on non lifting days so you are still getting exercise. If you have any questions I'll do my best to help ?
Just a few things in general. Be sure to work slowly up to it. Many people go into the gym or start training and get frustrated with tearing so many muscles...Totally sore. You need to have some soreness to build up the muscle (you are literally tearing down the muscle to rebuild it stronger). Doing this over time is the way to go. Some soreness good...Total soreness all the time bad. Many total soreness people get frustrated and quit. The other thing you need to be aware is the pressure you are putting on your kidneys when adding too much protein. Especially if you have high uric acid. High uric acid and very high protein don't mix...Can cause damage to your kidneys. For serious weightlifter the high protein is fine. But for those with high uric acid (gout) you need to be careful. If you've had gout (or high uric acid) you may want to consider toning and strength training rather than big time body building (less protein). Brian
I think if this happens again you may be in need of medically required plastic surgery to prevent reinfection!! Get the insurance company to pay for it...Tummy tuck...
I'm a day late as I was traveling yesterday.
HW: 450
SW: 428
LW: 211.6
TW: 212.4
Goal: 199.9
Lowest Post-Surgery: 189.5
Totally going the wrong way here, but it's understandable. I found out what's up with my sweating and feeling like I have no energy: I'm battling a nasty infection. My excess skin on my right side of my abdomen is constantly being rubbed against by my waistband. It's always red and inflamed and I just try to keep it dry and clean. Well, apparently there was a cut from the rubbing of my waistband and an infection started. I got antibiotic cream and some antibiotic pills and I'm back feeling about 95%. What a mess; I never thought dealing with excess skin would lead to a small scratch that got infected, but the doc said it's always "hot and damp" from waistband and sweat so it's prime area for an infection. It just took the skin scratching into my hipbone to open a small wound.
I feel confident that I'll get back in fighting shape this week and get those numbers down!
HW: 450
SW: 428 9/26/14
Reached 'normal' BMI (24.9) with a weight of 199.9: 2/5/2016
I am 6'3" and started out at 450. I got to 199, so your goal is totally possible. I lost 30 pounds the first month, but everyone is different. I would say to stick to your doctor's plan, don't cheat and move, move, move. Just walk as much as you can. All of it adds up. It "easier" to lose weigh early on so take advantage. Once you get a year or so out, each pound takes more and more effort to lose.
Good luck, you got this!
HW: 450
SW: 428 9/26/14
Reached 'normal' BMI (24.9) with a weight of 199.9: 2/5/2016
It varies greatly, but most men that follow their plans tend to lose very quickly. I would guess people lose 10-20lbs a month on average in the early months. I, personally, lost 185 lbs in 10 months. I would say I lost on the "faster than average" category, but certainly not unheard of by any means.
It always blows me away to see the posts on WLS sites saying "I've only lost 25 pounds in the first 5 weeks and nothing for 3 days, why am I losing so slowly?!?!?!"
Out of curiosity, how tall are you and how did you come up with your goal weight?
That is awesome! I'd love those results. I am such an upper-body weakass - I can't stand it anymore!
