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Not everybody loses weight after plastic surgery, but I know I did it looks like you will too. I predict that half a person I used to be will to finally be here next week
Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014
Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16
#lifeisanadventure #fightthegoodfight #noregrets
Congratulations on the 1!
While I'm still working on weight goals, I also have a lot of non-weight goals - so maybe those would work for you in maintenance? Like... my big one this year was to run a half marathon in March. And I did! WOO! That'll be a goal every year I think :P And I'm sure I'll feel like a rockstar every single time I manage to do it.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Haha. Recovery is challenging, that's for sure, but it's better every day and I've never had a single moment of "OMG what did I do to myself?!" which I was sort of expecting to go through. I'm tired a lot, which makes sense. I'm starting to feel trapped at home, which makes sense. I have limited brain time each day, which makes sense. But these are are like secondary complications that come with any surgery, if you know what I mean?
And my weight is 159.7 today. w00t :)
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Good morning,
I had a better diet until the weekend. Still having problems with constipation so miralax all wee****il I'm better then go back to my regular ritual.
HW 368
LW 174.8
TW 171.6
Have a wonderful week
Good morning everyone!
I'm trying to get back to posting here regularly. :) I need all the accountability I can get.
My weight is kind of stuck- last week I hit a low of 207.1 but went up 2 lbs and that's where I'm at today. We are in the middle of packing for a move- we have a small house so there's no room for the boxes, and the furniture and the stuff that's not packed yet so it gets frustrating to say the least, and cooking is a challenge- which means there has been a lot of eating out. Always protein but like Erin said, very likely higher sodium and so on. Everything will be done by Tuesday, so it will improve after that.
2017 has so far been a year of great changes. Started with my surgery on Jan 12, now the move to our new house which is about 500 square feet bigger than our current house. Still not big but it will be fine for us. We've lived 9 years in an 1100 (1650 with the basement) square foot townhouse with 3 kids, so we feel like we've really made out well not that we have about 2000 square feet including basement. It's a back split and every level is finished. And then in 2 weeks time my office is moving to a brand new building. Our oldest finishes high school at the end of next week although his grad won't be until November.
HW: 294.6
LW: (June 4) - 209.7
TW: 209.1
Have a great day everyone!
RNY Jan 12, 2017 Lost 137 lbs but regained 82.
68 lbs lost and counting!
Losing the regain! I got this!
That is such an awesome milestone!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
RNY Jan 12, 2017 Lost 137 lbs but regained 82.
68 lbs lost and counting!
Losing the regain! I got this!
Yay! Hope you're healing well! I was telling my husband about your surgery. Even though I have a long ways to go, I was just talking through the logistics of it with him. ...and that I'm feeling pretty whimpy about it haha
RNY Sept 8, 2016
M1:23, M2 :18, M3 :11, M4 :19, M5: 13, M6: 12, M7: 17, M8: 11, M9: 11.5, M10: 13, M11: 10, M12: 10 M13 : 7.6, M14: 6.9, M15: 6.7
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Wooo! Amazing! I'm the same with goals too. Always onto the next one. I never thought of how that will play out in maintenance. Good point!
RNY Sept 8, 2016
M1:23, M2 :18, M3 :11, M4 :19, M5: 13, M6: 12, M7: 17, M8: 11, M9: 11.5, M10: 13, M11: 10, M12: 10 M13 : 7.6, M14: 6.9, M15: 6.7
Instagram:InsertFitness
I think this is my first checkin post-op? Recovering from plastics is weird. I range from "protein shakes all the time" to "mac and cheese and how about ice cream."
HW: 319
LW: 168 (I was 166 at surgery, so some of this is fake weight due to fluid injection.)
TW: 160
Next goal: 159.5, half the weight I started at! I predict I'll be there by my check in next week.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Morning everyone!
I've been in a bit of a weird head space too. My shoulders are quite boney now which is so bizarre, never ever thought I would use boney as a descriptive word for myself but the melt is on and my top half is much smaller than my bottom. When I hugged my sister the other day she complained "your shoulder bone just hit me in the throat!".... and there have been a few "you must be at your goal weight now" comments. My poor brain is a little overwhelmed trying to rationalize the reflections it sees and the comments it hears.
It became "official" this morning.... for the first time in my life I stepped on a scale to see a number that started with a 1. It was cool to be able to record it but it also feels kinda like "Ok, check, now what's next?" I think I need to enjoy these moments a little more and not always look to the next goal so quickly because I worry about how that goal chasing mindset will effect me in the long term... specifically for the years and years of maintenance.
HW- 386
LW- 202.4
TW- 198.4
After a moment or two of sharing my good news and enjoying the onederland milestone... next goal is 193 (half my starting weight) and 186 (200 lbs lost).
Have a great week guys!
RNY - Nov 21st 2016
HW 386 SW 309.8 CW 174.1
M1: 17 M2: 17.2 M3: 12.6 M4: 18.8 M5: 14.4 M6: 18.4 M7: 13.5 M8: 13.1 M9: 7.8
Christine
