patienceamelia

Hello everyone! My name is Patience and I am 22 years young! I had RNY gastric bypass November 15th 2011. A little over 8 months post op now and I am down to my absolute goal weight! 240lbs pre op - 127lbs post op!! I lost everything really quickly due to my high excersise level and very healthy eating. I am overwhelmed with my success and love hearing others success stories as well! Please ask any and all questions you have and I'd love to help any way I can! My big question today is about calories! Have any of your nutritionists or surgeons suggested a specific number of calories you are allowed to have during a day or have they discouraged you from counting calories? Let me know! Thank you! Eat healthy, Be active, Stay happy!

My age definitely aided in my loose skin problems. Working out has literally made the loose skin on my arms and legs nonexistent! My tummy on the other hand is fairly loose no matter what I do for my abs. Standing up you can't tell but when I bend over like to throw my hair up in a towel after the shower it all just hangs there. I'm already saving to get that taken care of though. Just remember that everyone is different though. I carried my extra weight everywhere evenly.

Thank you all so much for your kind words! My excersises now consist of Monday wednesday and Friday I do an hour each of yoga, Pilates, step class(or sometimes my gym offers a basic stretch class that's really nice to take instead of step class) and then I do an hour of this really fast paced fitness class where we do a total body work out. Then on Tuesday Thursday and some Saturday's I do an hour of cardio. 30 min on bike or elliptical and 30 min on the treadmill. And then an hour of weights.