Do more women have WLS, or do the men just not post as much?
I had no muscle tone to lose. I am finally starting to get some after starting on weights in July.
Surgery Date 04-22-14 HW 2011 388(lost 60lbs on WW, regained 40) Surgery Consult Weight 1/10/14 - 367 SW 357 - CW 9/15 210.
Stalls are your body's way of telling you not to get too cocky.
5K - 1st 59:00(9/14) PR 33:45(9/15)
10K - 1:14(10/15) 1/2 - 1st 3/20/16
Seek out JustePete- he has lost over 200 pounds and has the exercise thing down. He is pretty darn buff now actually! He can give you some good level headed advice.
Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!
1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost
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I think more women choose to go to internet forums for support.
My husband will be having RNY this winter...no way in hell would he be on a message board like this - just not his thing.
I've been on pregnancy and parenting message boards before, so seeking one out for my WLS was a logical next thing for me - but my husband is more of a reading articles type than conversational advice type.
5'-8",HW 347,SW329,M1-25 M2-17 M3-11 M4-13 M5-14 pregnant-->
The figures I have seen say that between 70 and 80 % of WLS patients are women -- and the men who choose WLS are older, sicker, and fatter than the women patients, on average.
Sadly I had no muscle tone to lose at the outset but I am loving working on my muscles now! I even love that when I sit up in bed in the morning, if I have my hand on my tummy I can feel that I have abs! I never imagined that in my life!
I'm a guy, 54, got sleeved 6/2/14-- down about 75 lbs. back to a weight my wife of 21 years had never seen (280's!) I'd heard from my doctor that more women get WLS (about 75% or more). I am concerned about muscle tone, too. I always felt that I had serious muscle in my calves, biceps,etc., but the quick weight loss seems to vaporize muscle, too. The sleeve is a pretty blunt tool in some ways…almost medieval in the mechanical brute-force way it reduces your ability to eat. Works like crazy, though. :-) I'm walking 5-10K steps --(need to get back on this- had a week's break), doing lots of curls at my desk(at home at least). Mostly eating protein- sashimi, sushi(some rice..not much), other fish and ground meats. Chunk chicken breast seems to be a problem I try to avoid drinking during or after. (that's my hardest challenge) I'm eating low-carb--kind of Atkin's. I avoid bread, tortilla's, much dessert (just a spoon). Alcohol tolerance is a little lower(not the crazy lower like Kim Bassinger in Blind Date), and I'd had a few drinks socially, but tend to avoid the empty calories. I make wine, so I have a taste of that occasionally, but it seems kind of sharper now. Beer, pop (even diet) are just nasty now- foam, phlegm, yuck. Although the one comment impugning our manliness stung a little-- about guys not posting-- I figure it's worth a minute to jot something here from another guy. It's most remarkable (in a truly male sense) to be able to see my 'little friend' again without a mirror. Been a while. :-)
