I feel wonderful.........collage-2017-01-17.jpg 12/2/13 - 1/16/17
I feel wonderful.........collage-2017-01-17.jpg 12/2/13 - 1/16/17
That's amazing! I remember your post from one year ago!!!
I wish I will be where you are in two year :-D you are doing great!
Have you noticed any (little) regain, craving or increase in your portion during that last year? Just curious...
HW : 150 kgs
09/02/2014 : 142 /1st apt
01/20/2016 : 134 /surgery
01/30/2016 : 130 /1st post-op
02/27/2016 : 126 /2nd
04/23/2016 : 118 /3rd
07/16/2016 : 109 / 4th
10/01/2016 : 103 /5th
01/21/2017 : 98 /1 year post-op
February 2017 : 100 lbs lost
07/22/2017 : 96
10/21/2017 : 93
12/22/2017 : 91
01/02/2018 : 96!! regain (medication)
Yes, I've gained 5lbs of winter weight. I have exercised everyday for about 25 years.... I lost my job and was out of work for 4 years and gained 100bls... I've walk everyday about 96% of the time.... I still feel my restriction, I can eat what ever I want, I still don't feel hunger, but the head hunger is real....
5 pounds is nothing. You are doing so good! probably exercising so much is the reason why. It's great that you can still feel the restriction. I'm one year out in two days and just wonder how it will be in two years.
I spoke to a lady a few days ago, she had a bypass and two years later regained half of what she lost. I think the main reason was her heavy drinking of liquid calories...so sad. I don't drink my calories so I'm safe on that side but it did get me worried a little.
Thank you for posting!! We need to see fellow sleevers who are 3 years out and doing wonderful! congrats again!
HW : 150 kgs
09/02/2014 : 142 /1st apt
01/20/2016 : 134 /surgery
01/30/2016 : 130 /1st post-op
02/27/2016 : 126 /2nd
04/23/2016 : 118 /3rd
07/16/2016 : 109 / 4th
10/01/2016 : 103 /5th
01/21/2017 : 98 /1 year post-op
February 2017 : 100 lbs lost
07/22/2017 : 96
10/21/2017 : 93
12/22/2017 : 91
01/02/2018 : 96!! regain (medication)
Keith, you look wonderful. Congratulations.
I'll hit 3 years this coming August. I'm still down exactly 100 pounds -- weighing 135 for over a year now.
Life is so very wonderful.
The sleeve is a miracle. If you work it.
Consult: 235 lbs
My and doc's preop diet: 216 -19 lbs
M1 postop 205 -30
M2 193 -42
M3 184 -51
M4 174 -61
M5 167 -68
M6 162 -73
M7 156 -79
M8 151 -84
M9 148 -87
M10 146 -89
M11 144 -91
M12 143 -92
M13 142 -93
M14 140 -95
M15 139 -96
M16 137 -98
M17 135 -100
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You're doing amazing too!!!
Wow!! Impressive! Most people loose 100 pounds, but 200 is rare, and keep it that way and not regain is even better!
I have more than 100 to lose in total and start to worry a little. My surgeon said I could expect to lose 110 total, so far I lost around 97 so I'm only 13 pounds from my surgeon's "prediction" but would like to lose a little more, around 40 pounds just to have some cushion and also to pay a cheaper insurance. I know I shouldn't worry because I've been doing good so far but I had a few hiccups along the way (medication issue) and I'm just worried for no good reason besides talking to that lady a few days ago...
I hope to meet my goal this Summer....or later. But I must say I can't wait to be "out of the wood!"!
HW : 150 kgs
09/02/2014 : 142 /1st apt
01/20/2016 : 134 /surgery
01/30/2016 : 130 /1st post-op
02/27/2016 : 126 /2nd
04/23/2016 : 118 /3rd
07/16/2016 : 109 / 4th
10/01/2016 : 103 /5th
01/21/2017 : 98 /1 year post-op
February 2017 : 100 lbs lost
07/22/2017 : 96
10/21/2017 : 93
12/22/2017 : 91
01/02/2018 : 96!! regain (medication)
You are right, the sleeve is a real miracle. But keeping those 100 pounds down is also a very good job! you did wonderful!
I know I will reach 100 pounds soon (I'm around 97), at that pace I'm not sure when but that's fine. I'm just worried about the window closing. You lost your weight in 18 months which is what my surgeon was telling me in October. Usually people lose in 18 months max. I would like to lose 40 more pounds and right now it's getting harder.
Between my asthma issue (medication makes me stall) and my injuries that prevent me to exercise how I would like to, it's right now complicated.
I see my team on Saturday, I hope they will have ideas...
HW : 150 kgs
09/02/2014 : 142 /1st apt
01/20/2016 : 134 /surgery
01/30/2016 : 130 /1st post-op
02/27/2016 : 126 /2nd
04/23/2016 : 118 /3rd
07/16/2016 : 109 / 4th
10/01/2016 : 103 /5th
01/21/2017 : 98 /1 year post-op
February 2017 : 100 lbs lost
07/22/2017 : 96
10/21/2017 : 93
12/22/2017 : 91
01/02/2018 : 96!! regain (medication)
Wow Keith great work.
If you don't mind, how tall are you? I am trying to picture what I would look like at 205ish and I am 6'1". You seem to be about the same range. I continue to exercise and lift weights so toning continues.
HW: 275
PreOp: 268 5/12/16
SW: 258. 5/27/2016
10 w: 225. Goal 1
12 w: 222.
14 w: 216.
4 m: 215
5 m: 205
22: 199.4 10/30 Goal 2
24: 196
6 mo: 191
7 m: 193
8 m: 184
9 m: 180 2/3/17. Goal 3
10 m: 179
11 m: 171
48: 170
1 yr: 166.6. 5/27/17
13 m: 165.8
5 y,10 m: 215
7 yrs: 230
Revised Goal : 200
"Bonus" Goal: 180
Maybe there's a better phrase for what I mean when I say "work your sleeve."
But I define the phrase "work your sleeve" as the opposite of "let your sleeve do all the work."
I've read hundreds of posts to the tune of, "I'm getting a sleeve because I'm tired of being on a diet and want to eat like a normal person." What these patients reveal as they post here is that they hope that being sleeved will:
* magically resolve their disordered eating issues,
* absolve them of any responsibility to choose healthy foods instead of primarily fast food and highly processed foods,
* not require them to include regular exercise as part of their post-op lifestyle,
* eliminate the need to use WLS eating behaviors for the rest of their lives (eating protein first, chewing more, eating slower, not drinking with meals, not grazing between meals, etc.),
* not require them to learn how to manage better life's never-ending stresses (small and large) without using food to self-medicate their discomforts and pain.
Their posts reveal that they don't understand that WLS alone can't fix their obesity. They don't understand that long-term success is about changing their lifestyles permanently. In some cases, they don't know this because it hasn't been explained to them how WLS actually works. In other cases, they've been told that WLS requires a permanent lifestyle change, but they imagine that advice doesn't apply to them.
These are the folks who ask (even before they're sleeved) which ice cream they can eat post-op, how many weeks post-op must they wait before drinking alcohol, whether they really have to stop smoking before surgery, and if anyone else has pureed mac and cheese or a Big Mac during the puree phase. (These are actual, not fictional, posts I've often seen on WLS message boards.)
I'm not saying that long-term success requires perfection of any of us. But it does require that we use our sleeves to support the healthier choices we make after surgery if we want to be successful WLS patients.
(This is only my opinion, of course.)
Consult: 235 lbs
My and doc's preop diet: 216 -19 lbs
M1 postop 205 -30
M2 193 -42
M3 184 -51
M4 174 -61
M5 167 -68
M6 162 -73
M7 156 -79
M8 151 -84
M9 148 -87
M10 146 -89
M11 144 -91
M12 143 -92
M13 142 -93
M14 140 -95
M15 139 -96
M16 137 -98
M17 135 -100
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