9 month update
Nine months since VSG! Wow! My life has improved so much. I am engaged in every part of life and up for anything. It is fun to feel like I "fit" everywhere. I have to be honest that I haven't been strictly following a plan the last 3 months. Weight loss has slowed down because of it but I'm ok with that. The one thing that I hold to is weighing everyday. In the past, if I had a period of poor eating, I would wait until I felt like my weight would be low before I weighed again. That would become a year later and 100 pounds heavier. When I notice I am staying the same or creeping up, I focus on the way we are supposed to after VSG and it snaps back into gear. My capacity is greater-but snaps back down when I focus on protein first. That one simple rule is the key to using this tool. I could eat popcorn all day-but of I eat three protein meals, I can't eat anything else.
im down 163 pounds from high weight, 137 pounds since consult 1 year ago and 109 since surgery 9 months ago.
I do have a major skin problem! It's itchy, it bruises, and it really hurts when I jog. I'm trying to embrace the humor of it for now, but I do think plastics is in my future.
I posted a before and during pic-never have done that before. Take a look-i find the change hard to mentally grasp.
For everyone thinking about this surgery-don't hesitate! It is a great tool that gives us the chance of succeeding in this battle.
37 y/o female 5'8" HW 355 consult 329 SW (3/7/2014)301 CW 168 goal 170
M1- 26 M2- 14 M3- 15 M4 -13 M5 -16 M6-12 M7-2 M8-5 M9-6 M10-8 M11-1 M12-5 M13-10 Goal reached 4/5/15 total lost 187 lbs total; 133 in the 13 months since surgery
Thanks! Good luck. The first few weeks are rough-but it gets better so quickly!!!
37 y/o female 5'8" HW 355 consult 329 SW (3/7/2014)301 CW 168 goal 170
M1- 26 M2- 14 M3- 15 M4 -13 M5 -16 M6-12 M7-2 M8-5 M9-6 M10-8 M11-1 M12-5 M13-10 Goal reached 4/5/15 total lost 187 lbs total; 133 in the 13 months since surgery
You will get there! It honestly goes so fast especially feeling so much better at each point along the way!
37 y/o female 5'8" HW 355 consult 329 SW (3/7/2014)301 CW 168 goal 170
M1- 26 M2- 14 M3- 15 M4 -13 M5 -16 M6-12 M7-2 M8-5 M9-6 M10-8 M11-1 M12-5 M13-10 Goal reached 4/5/15 total lost 187 lbs total; 133 in the 13 months since surgery
Thanks. My 14 year old daughter posted a pic of us and a few said "I didn't know you had a sister?" Lol. I'm learned a lot from you!
37 y/o female 5'8" HW 355 consult 329 SW (3/7/2014)301 CW 168 goal 170
M1- 26 M2- 14 M3- 15 M4 -13 M5 -16 M6-12 M7-2 M8-5 M9-6 M10-8 M11-1 M12-5 M13-10 Goal reached 4/5/15 total lost 187 lbs total; 133 in the 13 months since surgery
Wow. You are looking good! What a change in just 9 months. Congratulations.
Carol
Surgery May 1, 2013. Starting Weight 385, Surgery Weight 333, Current Weight 160. At GOAL!
Weight loss Pre-op 1-20 2-17 3-15 Post-op 1-20 2-18 3-15 4-14 5-16 6-11 7-12 8-8
9-11 10-7 11-7 12-7 13-8 14-6 15-3 16-7 17-3 18-3