I'm not sure about making it to a "normal" BMI....

I'm SO excited for your new addition (again!)!

I very, very much want to have a baby... I think of your story as such an insperation... but I worry that my PCOS will still be way too much of a barrier.. my body isn't "normal" even at 179 lbs... heck, I had a period in the MIDDLE of my bc pill pack 3 months in a row... my ob/gyn doesn't know what to make of it but says at least I'm having one...

I'm pretty much ready to go off and throw caustion to the wind... this time next year if there isn't a baby we'll probably start to consider treatment...

Can't wait to see new family pictures :-)

 My last 25 took me a year to shed.  I tracked food, exercised an hour a day and kept doing everything that I learned to do during the first  year.  If you think about it? What's the alternative to continuing with good habits.  We signed up for a lifetime of healthy habits, at least if we want to maintain a healthy body.

I wish this was a magic cure, but it's not.  I'm grateful for my sleeve.  It just takes a little daily maintenance, but doesn't everything?

It's really your choice.  There's nothing wrong with being a few pounds over a healthy BMI if your medical team agrees and you are otherwise healthy. 

I am down to the last few pounds and I am having to work my butt off for them.  Seriously blood, sweat and tears.  Lots of fluids & exercise.  Limiting calories and carbs.  But to me, it's worth all that work and I want to get there.  However, not everyone wants to reach goal that bad.  For many, losing 75% or 80% or 90% of their excess weight is a big enough improvement and they are happy with that.  Why do I want to reach my personal goal (which is under my surgeon's goal and well within a normal BMI)?  I don't know, I just do.  Again, a personal choice.

I think A LOT of WLS patients get to the point where you are at.  Have some pounds left to lose, but get stuck at the same weight for awhile.  And I think that's where the statistics come in... average VSG weight loss is somewhere around the 65-75% excess weight lost.  Because many folks either don't make normal BMI, or when they do, there is some regain. 

Either way, you've done very well.  Don't lose sight of that.  I think Allison's advice about getting more help with the binging and emotional eating is very important.  I think a lot of us could easily gain a bunch of weight back if we binge and emotionally eat long enough, even with a small stomach.

And I think Lee is spot-on as well.  These healthy habits and this new eating style is for the long haul.  All we can do is keep following that type of plan.  It's what we signed up for.  And it's worth it to keep the weight off.

This isn't always easy.  I've stumbled and fallen, too, but all we can do is get back up and follow our path.  :o)

I had my surgery 1 week before you , I too am stuck ....been 166 for weeks , I just seem to be at the same 2 pounds up or down nothing higher or lower . I also am 5'6" , my goal was 200 then 175 now I would like to get to 159 , not giving up but sure would like the scale to cooperate ! I have skin , but nothing I can't live with . I have been wondering if I'm done or need to push harder , I am so much happier now . I can deal with what God has given me and rejoice in what I have already accomplished , (but still in my mind I WANT to go farther ). Time will tell.. Good luck .

I'm in the same boat. My original goal was 135, but I don't think I'll make it. Not only is my body pretty firmly settled at 163-167, but I'm pretty happy here. My face is thin, you can see my collar bones and even my ribs.I'm a size 12, but my pannus is so sizeable that I'd easily be a 10 or an 8 after plastics. I'm 5'7" with an average build. I can't see myself getting below a size 8 and being happy with how I look.

I'd revised my goal to 159, which would put me at a normal BMI, but I don't think I'll bother worrying about hitting it. In my mind, if I have to sweat, starve and die to get to a weight it's not a place I was meant to be. I'll stay where I can maintain easily and let the chips fall where they may.

Honestly, there's something wonderful about being able to say that I'm happy with my weight now. I'm not skinny, but I'm pretty damn comfortable in my own saggy skin. So be it.

Thanks for all of the advice and encouragement guys!  My phone didn't notify me of any of th eresponses like it normally does... I was sad no one responed, but then I can to check... I should have known better :-)

I am SO thankful for all of the support here!!!!

"Anyone else thinking they may not quite make it?" ME! I'm now a year out and I bounce from 178-180 on any given day. Scale hasn't stayed put since Feb. I started tracking and I'm eating about 950 calories a day with 50-70 carbs on average. I'm in a solid size 12 with a couple of 10s thrown in here and there. Normal BMI for me would be 164 at the high end...I just don't know if my body will do it. If I honestly evaluated myself, I never thought I could ever even be here, in the 170s in my life! I would like to be normal, but at a year out with a "mature" sleeve now, I don't think I can make it on 600-800 cal a day. I tried and always end up between 900-1000...I feel you! And thank you for this post! :)