irishmadness

Wow! You are killing it. Nice work!

Tall people rule! 6ft 4in and I started out at 314. When you see people start out at 220 it can make your goal seem all the more challenging. Good to see some other tall peeps on here.

How much walking or exercise are you putting in? If you didn't do any and you ate 600 calories with a fully firing metabolism you would burn no more than 1400 calories(assuming a BMR of around 2000 cals) just being alive. So a pound is 3500 Cal. Based on that you would lose no more than 1/4 of a pound per day or just under 2lbs a week. I think the excitement and marketing of the surgery can lead to a huge misunderstanding. Weight loss and the methods of loss are still the same with the sleeve. It's those 2 and 3 pounds we see on occasion that make us greedy!

Ok. So I am guessing you are hitting between 145-155 Hr and that's good. I would say after losing 85 pounds (which is awesome) that you need to try a few things on the more aggressive side. 1. Get routine blood work and add these: ketones,dhea,B12 and cortisol. By doing this you can see if you are lacking anything major and possibly see if your adrenals are being overworked. 2. If the blood work comes back ok. Bring that cardio up to and over an hour at least 2 days per week. 3. Cross train on cardio but with something that keeps the HR up. Start walk/running or do a different cardiovascular exercise every other day. 4. You could bring the carbs up slightly in the 50-60 range. I hope this helps and way to go on the 85 pounds! Hope this helps.

What type of exercise are you doing? and have you checked and applied a target Heart Rate during? Believe it or not your body will adjust to daily activities and become very efficient. Another school of thought is what is your hydration level?

The leak test is no big deal. They put you on a table and you drink Barium while they xray you live. The Barium is nasty tasting but after not eating or drinking for 24 hours you welcome any liquid. I was freaked out and waiting for pain upon drinking it. There was no pain and other than a medical after taste it was no big deal. Don't fear it. Good luck!