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    Default 4 month update

    This past month I've lost 10 pounds. So happy with that! In the 4 months since surgery I've lost 47 pounds. Here is another mind blowing number...98. That is what I have lost since Oct 23, 2016. I'm totally confident that I will lose the 2 more I need to hit the 100 pound lost mark in under a year of my journey. I never thought it possible!

    I read people's stories on how they were walking 2 miles 2 weeks after surgery and it makes me feel like I am failing myself. I'm not working hard enough. It took me months to get that far. I'm so hard on myself. I'm my own worst enemy. After pushing myself to hard, getting injured and being put in my place by my daughter and husband (thank god for them!) I've slowed down just a little bit. I make sure I get 3 to 5 miles in 6 days a week. Going slow and being patient has never been my strong suit but I'm learning.

    Water is so hard for me to drink. I am getting plenty of fluids but water is the challenge. As for protien I'm getting 90 to 100 grams a day. Protien is about all I eat. I do have carbs, my soy milk and honey I put in my tea. I do have some veggies but not many at all. Getting my protiens in takes up every little bit of room I have in my stomach.

    As for junk food, processed food and slider foods I can say I'm doing fabulous! I have had a total of 2 Ritz crackers. That is it! The only reason i had them was I was in the emergency room, the injury the begining of the month, I had to take pain pills and I can't take them on an empty stomach. I vomit badly so I had the crackers. Very proud of myself. I've come so far in under a year's time.

    One of the big nsv this month is my bra. I was a 42c last year. I knew that my bras were getting big but I had no idea how big! I did something I never thought I would do in my lifetime... I walked into a Victoria secret! After trying and retrying on several styles and sizes I settled on a 34d. 34?!?!?! I couldnt believe it!!!! I haven't been in that band size since I was 15!

    Sagging skin is here. I'm doing what I can to keep it hydrated and soft but it is here. I'm taking collagen and I think it is helping. I know my insurance will not cover surgery so I am coming to grips with it. Thank god my husband loves me for me. He tells me not to worry over it but I'm a woman and it does bother me. Again I'm dealing with it. I just tell myself that this is better to have than all the other health baggage that comes with being morbidly obese!

    Thanks for putting up with this long post! Hope all is well with all you wonderful people!
    Hw: 260
    Sw: 260 10/23/16
    Weight at time of sleeve 209 (-51)
    Sleeve date 5/23/17
    1 month:187 (-22)
    2 month:178 (-9)
    3 month:172 (-6)
    4 month:162 (-10)
    5 month:150 (-12) (10/28/17) 6 month goal!!!!
    6 month: 143 (-7)
    7 month: 136 (-7)
    8 month: 131 (-5) made goal weight 130 (2/8/2017)
    9 month: 125 (-6)
    10 month: 120 (-5)
    11 month: 115 (-5)
    1 year: 114 (-1)
    16 months: 120 (+6)

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    Gastric Sleeve Member Alynn's Avatar
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    Default Re: 4 month update

    Hi,

    Glad to hear all is going well for you. We had surgery on in the same day.

    Blessings!

    A



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    Default Re: 4 month update

    Quote Originally Posted by Alynn View Post
    Hi,

    Glad to hear all is going well for you. We had surgery on in the same day.

    Blessings!

    A
    How are you feeling?
    Hw: 260
    Sw: 260 10/23/16
    Weight at time of sleeve 209 (-51)
    Sleeve date 5/23/17
    1 month:187 (-22)
    2 month:178 (-9)
    3 month:172 (-6)
    4 month:162 (-10)
    5 month:150 (-12) (10/28/17) 6 month goal!!!!
    6 month: 143 (-7)
    7 month: 136 (-7)
    8 month: 131 (-5) made goal weight 130 (2/8/2017)
    9 month: 125 (-6)
    10 month: 120 (-5)
    11 month: 115 (-5)
    1 year: 114 (-1)
    16 months: 120 (+6)

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    Default Re: 4 month update

    Doing ok, some days better than others. Trying to find a balance of protein and fiber. Also trying to get enough water in, some days it so easy and then others it feels like you can get a drop in.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Alynn View Post
    Doing ok, some days better than others. Trying to find a balance of protein and fiber. Also trying to get enough water in, some days it so easy and then others it feels like you can get a drop in.
    Yep I feel ya! Water is hard. I cheat and am drinking crystal lite for about half of my water goal.
    Hw: 260
    Sw: 260 10/23/16
    Weight at time of sleeve 209 (-51)
    Sleeve date 5/23/17
    1 month:187 (-22)
    2 month:178 (-9)
    3 month:172 (-6)
    4 month:162 (-10)
    5 month:150 (-12) (10/28/17) 6 month goal!!!!
    6 month: 143 (-7)
    7 month: 136 (-7)
    8 month: 131 (-5) made goal weight 130 (2/8/2017)
    9 month: 125 (-6)
    10 month: 120 (-5)
    11 month: 115 (-5)
    1 year: 114 (-1)
    16 months: 120 (+6)

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    Congratulations on your success! Glad your doing better and healed from your injury. Try not to compare yourself to others. This is your journey and everyone is different. You look great. Keep up the good work. All the best
    Highest weight- 288 / Wt at Surgery 268
    1 month 236 -29lbs 2 month 214 -22lbs 3 month 206 -08lbs 4 month 196 -10lbs 5 month 185 -11lbs 6 month 178 -7lbs 7 month 172 -6lbs 9mos -12lbs 156 13mos later wt.144lbs, Wt.138 -150lbs in 15mos

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tamera2 View Post
    Congratulations on your success! Glad your doing better and healed from your injury. Try not to compare yourself to others. This is your journey and everyone is different. You look great. Keep up the good work. All the best
    Thank you! I'm super competitive and hard on myself. I'm learning how to deal with it.
    Hw: 260
    Sw: 260 10/23/16
    Weight at time of sleeve 209 (-51)
    Sleeve date 5/23/17
    1 month:187 (-22)
    2 month:178 (-9)
    3 month:172 (-6)
    4 month:162 (-10)
    5 month:150 (-12) (10/28/17) 6 month goal!!!!
    6 month: 143 (-7)
    7 month: 136 (-7)
    8 month: 131 (-5) made goal weight 130 (2/8/2017)
    9 month: 125 (-6)
    10 month: 120 (-5)
    11 month: 115 (-5)
    1 year: 114 (-1)
    16 months: 120 (+6)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luv49ers19 View Post
    Thank you! I'm super competitive and hard on myself. I'm learning how to deal with it.
    Nothing wrong with being competive, just can’t be hard on yourself. I’m very competive too, so I turned into fun games through Fitbit. We compet but supportive of one another and cheer each other on. Great way to be competive without beating yourself up.
    Highest weight- 288 / Wt at Surgery 268
    1 month 236 -29lbs 2 month 214 -22lbs 3 month 206 -08lbs 4 month 196 -10lbs 5 month 185 -11lbs 6 month 178 -7lbs 7 month 172 -6lbs 9mos -12lbs 156 13mos later wt.144lbs, Wt.138 -150lbs in 15mos

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    I turned into fun games through Fitbit. We compet but supportive of one another and cheer each other on.[/QUOTE]
    Oh I will have to check it out!!! Thanks for the tip.
    Hw: 260
    Sw: 260 10/23/16
    Weight at time of sleeve 209 (-51)
    Sleeve date 5/23/17
    1 month:187 (-22)
    2 month:178 (-9)
    3 month:172 (-6)
    4 month:162 (-10)
    5 month:150 (-12) (10/28/17) 6 month goal!!!!
    6 month: 143 (-7)
    7 month: 136 (-7)
    8 month: 131 (-5) made goal weight 130 (2/8/2017)
    9 month: 125 (-6)
    10 month: 120 (-5)
    11 month: 115 (-5)
    1 year: 114 (-1)
    16 months: 120 (+6)

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    So Happy to have read your update. Cheers to your family for helping you through this process. I just had my lap band removed & gastric sleeve done. Been pretty bad with the gas pains, but I’m getting a bit better each day. Wish you continue your journey and don’t be too harsh on yourself, this is a journey now and feeling and looking better each day will help you reach your total success.



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    Default Re: 4 month update

    Congrats on all your success Cody!! I learned to embrace the saggy skin. It is there but still better than when I was big. I will take the sag any day. You look fabulous!! You've worked hard for it! Enjoy it!!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Luv49ers19 View Post
    Yep I feel ya! Water is hard. I cheat and am drinking crystal lite for about half of my water goal.
    Absolutely nothing wrong with Crystal Lite. I can only drink so much plain water so I also mix with crystal lite. I get at least 100 oz of water daily (half is with crystal lite sometimes more). I do think the high water intake is a key to weight loss. I drink whenever I get hungry and it isn't time for food!

    Keep up the good work! Also, don't compare yourself to other people as far as weightloss, lbs per week, etc. Everyone loses differently and at a different rate.
    LOVING MY NEW LIFE!!!!

    "Never take life to seriously, no one gets out alive anyway!"

    Remember, in this thing, it's a good thing to be a loser!




    High Weight - 317
    Pre Surgery Weight - 291
    Current Weight - 181 OMG
    Target Weight -205 That's right, 205!!!!

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