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b Kinda unhappy because I have slacked in the gym but still am beyond happy! Highest weights:270 surgical weight 240, current: 160

I hated food at first! Ivs 2.5 yrs out and food doesn't hold the joy it use to! ( just went to a 5 star all inclusive and was sad i couldn't indulge in the food!) but the bites I had were amazing so it comes back

Ok I'm 2.5 years post op, I've never hit my goal weight. I have a belly and saggy boobs ( im only 29 ) I've been on 5 dates with a guy that im really falling for... We talk every night and I'm close to thinking I'm in love. I don't know when I should tell him about my surgery. i've intermittently been with guys since I had the surgery but nothing was serious so I just didn't care about it so I didn't tell him about the surgery. I also don't know how to bring that up into conversation. I am very self-conscious about my saggy stomach. I do not believe he will care because he has had physical issues in the past but I don't know how to handle the situation. tomorrow he will see pictures from my vacation last week in Mexico with girlfriends so I'm sure he will realize that underneath the winter clothes I'm not as small as he thinks I am. So I need to have that conversation. I don't know how to handle it!

I stick with muscles in broth or soup, both easy to hide what you have eaten. I've also gone as far as when the guy leaves to use the bathroom calling the waitress over to take my plate.

I am like you I'm 18 month out and can't touch pasta or rice! My lunch is 2 slices of turkey meat and a little bit of hummus rolled up, and I feel sick with that sometimes. I have a huge restriction and still vomit once every 2 weeks.

I have battled with this for going on 13 years now, only diagnosed for about 9. It is a very very frustrating disease! I was told for years I was crazy and nothing was wrong with me. I gained so much weight for no reason and was told I was lying about what I was eating so i gave up. They finally diagnosed me with it and it took 6 years of constant all over the place tsh readings. I finally ended up on 200 mcg. I am 18 months post op from my sleeve and just found out in severely hyperthyroid now( and still 20 lbs over weight wtf is that!?). I also just got tested for celiac's. There is a strong correlation between gluten sensitivity and autoimmune disease. The gluten causes inflammation . It also causes the hashimotos to flair up and not be well controlled. I wish someone had told me this 10 years ago and maybe I wouldn't have gotten to 260 lbs and had to be sleeved! Look into the gluten thing, I've been told by many it helps. I am removing it from my diet starting this week!

I am 15 months post op and still haven't reached my goal, I started at 240 and I'm currently 158. The lowest I have gotten is 156. since march I have only lost 15lbs!! I had my gallbladder out in march and since then my body won't lose well!! I bust my ass at the gym! For the past 3 months I have been doing an hour of intense cardio 4 times a week and weights for another 45 mins every other day. I am very active at my job, I work all over a hospital. I am still extremely restricted in my diet, I can only eat a few bites. My normal diet is 2 Greek yogurts, a protein shake, and some sort of protein( seafood salad with very little mayo, turkey chili, lunch meat). I have almonds as snacks and don't drink calorie drinks. I honestly am soo frustrated because I feel like I'm doing everything right and it's not working. I am measuring my % body fat too. It's holding steady at 33%. Has anyone had a stall like this and conquered it!? I am not at goal, I am only 5'1" I want to be 135. I still have a big belly on me! Ugh sorry this is so long but no one gets my frustration because they all say ohh but look how much you have lost and your skinny now(I'm really not it's just relative to what I was). I did not get my stomach cut in half not to get to my goal!

I am almost 14 months post op and haven't been on a date . I have had more attention I use to but not from the type of guys I want to date. I am terrified of dating because I still can only eat about 5 bites with out feeling sick. I also am terrified of being naked around a guy! My stomach is so bad and saggy and I know tmi but I swear the top of my nether regions is still really fat! I am 28 and single and haven't had anyone seriously interested in me since high school. I have given up. I just don't think it's going to happen for me! Guess it's just me and my romance novels for a while

Thanks everyone. I definitely have body dimorphic disorder. When I was fat I never looked in the mirror and saw someone that big it wasn't until I saw pictures I finally saw how large I had gotten. I am just really struggling with it all. I hate hate hate my stomach the skin is so bad and there is just to much fat there right now to do anything via surgery. I am 28 and single. The idea of dating let alone being intimate gives me panic attacks because how much I hate how my body looks. Even when I do the body image things online I hate what a 5'1" 160 person looks like! For once I want to be normal. People don't see it because I wear scrubs at work and they hide a lot. I don't know I'm just so discouraged and upset

I was sleeved aug 28th 2012. I am down from 240 to 157. I am so discouraged because I'm not at goal. I bust my ass at the gym. I don't eat 100% perfect but i am still so restricted I can only eat a bite or 2. I stay away from pasta and rice. I eat dairy, meat and protein shakes for the most part. My np said I'm crazy that I'm right on track but the hell I am. I am 5'1" and still have a big belly! I don't get why it won't come off! I swear since I had my gallbladder out last march my body won't give up this fat! I want to have a tummy tuck and a boob job this winter because I start school in the summer but can't till I get to goal! I thought with the weight loss I would feel better about my self but I feel life a failure! I hate hearing everyone say how skinny I am because I'm really not! I don't know what to do I feel so helpless

I had my sleeve aug 28th 2012 at Sinai hospital on Baltimore. Dr li did it.

Hey i was sleeved aug 28th 2012. I have been on a horrible stall! I am 157 right now I started at 240. Since March when I had my gallbladder out I have only lost 15 lbs! I bust ass at the gym normally doing 1 hr cardio and lifting for at least 30 mins. My np said I'm doing fine but I feel like I'm never hitting my goal! I see so many ppl sleeved around when I was already at goal! I'm so discouraged

On August 28th. I will be a year post op. I haven't lost anything in 4 months!! I am 165 right now. I got down to 158 briefly but then gained weight and can't get the scale to move! I work out and lift 4 times a week and the other 3 days I work but am on my feet for 12 hours at work. I am getting in all my protein. I find eating meat still difficult. Steak and chicken make me sick a lot of the time. 2 pieces of turkey lunch meat with a little hummus in it fills be up, sometimes to the point of being uncomfortable. I find that since I had my gallbladder out I can't get any weight to come off! My year appointment with my doctor isn't until mid September. I am so upset I am not at goal. I feel so fat still! I know I have lost a ton of weight but its still so disappointing. My start weight was 240 and I wanted to be 135! Any advice? When I get back from vacation I am thinking about doing this shred program that I saw on Dr Oz.

I had my gallbladder out a month ago, I was 8 months post sleeve. I never was put on any meds to prevent it. I had a gallbladder attack that sent me to the er 2 months before my chole. It was the worst pain of my life! I had 4 more attacks that I managed at home and was in pain every day. My surgeon couldn't do my chole so she referred me to another general surgeon. I knew him already because I work at the hospital I had my surgery done at. He did a single incision lap chole, they just went through my belly button! It was so cool I have no scars! My diet has improved so much since I had it. Before I was eating yogurt and protein shakes and now I'm back to normal. I do have alot more gas then I ever did, normally bad in the morning. And my bowl movements have been very irregular. I am glad I got it removed and didn't try to manage it. The surgery was a breeze, my OR time was 730 and I was on my way home by 130!

I am completely agree. I really want to see someone I just haven't had any time between work school and being sick with my gallbladder. I also am scared and don't know where to start. I have been to like 6 people through out my life, and never found one I like or that actually helped. I really want to find the one haha, between my body image issues, fear of intimacy and severe add I know I need it if I want to move on with my life :/ just wish there was a directory saying this person is perfect for you lol