VSG Maintenance Group
3 years out..."The skinny"
Here are the numbers....
From a grand high of 236, down to a super low of 117 in about 18 months. Maintained for a looong time effortlessly at 123. In the past 9 months managed to creep and eeck back to 130-132 and cannot find the motivation or discipline to get it off.
The extra weight feels heavy now. It makes a real difference! I wish I could flip that switch "on" again but I am just stuck! Oh well, if anything I have learned about weight through the years is that it "comes and it goes" so I can trust it will also come off again when it is time.
Anyhow, that doesn't matter all that much...after 3 years, from a size 24 to a 4-6 now and infinitely happier with myself, I can say it was well, well, well, worth it when I step back. The extra pounds do help with the flabby skin and sunken cheeks :)
As for the VSG, I would do it again in a heartbeat and frankly I LOVED being super skinny. Mentally and physically it was the best I have ever felt in my life....
So, best to you all! Keep up the good work and keep supporting one another!
From a grand high of 236, down to a super low of 117 in about 18 months. Maintained for a looong time effortlessly at 123. In the past 9 months managed to creep and eeck back to 130-132 and cannot find the motivation or discipline to get it off.
The extra weight feels heavy now. It makes a real difference! I wish I could flip that switch "on" again but I am just stuck! Oh well, if anything I have learned about weight through the years is that it "comes and it goes" so I can trust it will also come off again when it is time.
Anyhow, that doesn't matter all that much...after 3 years, from a size 24 to a 4-6 now and infinitely happier with myself, I can say it was well, well, well, worth it when I step back. The extra pounds do help with the flabby skin and sunken cheeks :)
As for the VSG, I would do it again in a heartbeat and frankly I LOVED being super skinny. Mentally and physically it was the best I have ever felt in my life....
So, best to you all! Keep up the good work and keep supporting one another!
Hello Rose,
Congrats on your amazing weightloss!!
I have gained 30 lbs after loosing more than 80 lbs.
I just didnt look at scale and it on crept up on me.
So,please pay attention, So you dont gain like I did,
Very hard to get off these carbs!! I am on my third day and have lost 6 lbs just from not eating those nasty bad carbs!!
So that being said, just be aware.. just my thoughts, ... not to offend you please don't take it that way.
Congrats on your amazing weightloss!!
I have gained 30 lbs after loosing more than 80 lbs.
I just didnt look at scale and it on crept up on me.
So,please pay attention, So you dont gain like I did,
Very hard to get off these carbs!! I am on my third day and have lost 6 lbs just from not eating those nasty bad carbs!!
So that being said, just be aware.. just my thoughts, ... not to offend you please don't take it that way.
Barbara
I can sooo relate. I'm 2 years out this month and up 24 lbs. from my lowest weight. It is disturbing. Everyone says I look better, but I feel every pound of the increase. It's hard to get the motivation back. But that doesn't mean I never will. We all know what it is to be in the "zone" when dieting, and how hard it is to be there. I don't think I will take off 24 lbs, but 10 would be nice. Guess this struggle lasts a lifetime, VSG or not. Best wishes to all. 
Highest weight ever recorded: 224lbs. Surgery weight: 194 lbs.
Goal range: 130-135 lbs. Lowest:119.7 Current weight 142lbs Height: 5' 2" almost
Goal range: 130-135 lbs. Lowest:119.7 Current weight 142lbs Height: 5' 2" almost
Word to all of this and all of you.
At 2 years out I'm up 5lbs, the good news (?) being I was up 10lbs a few months ago. Last December I decided, "It's Christmas, time to take a food break!" and boy howdy did I! I've been carrying the results of that excellent decision since then #sarcasm.
What is a little nerve-racking is I'm training for a half-marathon and still the weight wasn't coming off until I started seeing a naturopath (long story there). Lost 5 and have been holding there since. Very frustrating.
I knew going into the VSG that, like all other WLS, I would have to maintain a lifetime of vigilance to maintain any loss. Perhaps I ddn't realize that meant a lifetime of vigilance? I'm trying to recognize this as a good thing - a lesson to learn at 10 lbs.
And I too would do this again, the same surgery, same everything - it has been a lifesaver. Even if some of us have gone up some pounds, my guess is we're still much healthier than before.
At 2 years out I'm up 5lbs, the good news (?) being I was up 10lbs a few months ago. Last December I decided, "It's Christmas, time to take a food break!" and boy howdy did I! I've been carrying the results of that excellent decision since then #sarcasm.
What is a little nerve-racking is I'm training for a half-marathon and still the weight wasn't coming off until I started seeing a naturopath (long story there). Lost 5 and have been holding there since. Very frustrating.
I knew going into the VSG that, like all other WLS, I would have to maintain a lifetime of vigilance to maintain any loss. Perhaps I ddn't realize that meant a lifetime of vigilance? I'm trying to recognize this as a good thing - a lesson to learn at 10 lbs.
And I too would do this again, the same surgery, same everything - it has been a lifesaver. Even if some of us have gone up some pounds, my guess is we're still much healthier than before.
