DylanRae

Fallowing. I’m 6 years out from my sleeve and have gained my weight back, and my new insurance covers the DS but won’t kick in till September. I’m very interested to watch your journey.

Tentative on going to Mexico at all.. But i think if i do im going with her... What was some of the total costs including airfare and such for some of you? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I was sleeved November 2014, just about a year and a half ago. I have lost a little over 100lbs since surgery. Oh, i had the sleeve. My recovery was a little rough, with dehydration problems and the inability to keep literally anything down, but after 3 months i was well on my way to a "full" recovery. Okay, more stats: Im 25 (23 at time of surgery) 5'4" tall Biggest 330lbs for several years Advrage pre-surgery 260-280lbs Day of surgery 275lbs Goal weight 125-135lbs (healthy bmi range) Current weight for the last... 6+ months 160-168lbs I have never once made exercise a priority or even a habit. (Although i am a active laborer working on construction sites) i never logged a meal for more than a couple days. I absolutely eat sweets (far more often then im willing to admit). The most I do in terms of dieting (outside of the healing process after surgery) is I always eat chicken and other Proteins before anything else, and I don't drink liquids after a meal. Outside of that, I know that im eating like a skinny girl. You know what im talking about. I eat like i have never once had a weight problem. I eat whatever i want. Just much less of it. Im worried that now that i have stayed the same weight for so long, in combination with my current lifestyle that the next step is gaining weight. I have started to do very basic body weight strength training exercises, nothing that gets my heart rate going though. I can come up with every excuse in the book as to why i am not doing better. When i talk to people about it i play down my habits as if they are not as bad as they really are. In other words I don't tell the whole truth. My boyfriend knows, but I don't think he understands the full "weight " of my habits. We started dating after my surgery so he doesn't really understand it all, in his mind I already am eating somewhat healthy. While most days i wont admit it, i know that the #1 top thing i need to absolutely change is my sugar intake. I eat so many sweets all the time (in comparison to how much i can eat). Ugh. I feel so stupid because i KNOW im smarter than this. I know all the things im doing are wrong and the exact opposite of what i was told to do at the beginning. I even watched the warning signs fly past as I continued to eat whenever i was hungry. I don't really know what else to say. This was mostly me venting, but also part fishing for others willing to admit they are as stupid as me, and of course advice or what you did to kick the bad habits. Also, I should mention that i know how to break habits. I can stop doing something all day long. Its the starting that i have the issue with. I should also mention that i am actively looking into plastic surgery options. I have quite a bit of skin on my belly and thighs even a bit on my arms. I know the photos don't show all that much extra skin, but as any originally morbid obese person can tell you, im a master of disguise. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I am 25 and will have kids some time in the distant future. But now 1.5 years out from my sleeve, i have quite a bit of extra skin. I have thought about this for a long while now. I have decided that for me, the extra skin i have from being over 300lb at only 5'4", is much less desirable then that plus a baby pooch, which some women are able to work off, especially if you are preparing your tummy to make that stretch. So for me, im not waiting. Im going to get the body i see in my head now, then have something to work back to after children. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

What was your grand total of cost?hotel, flight, surgery, extras? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hey everyone. I have not felt comfortable to admit this to the people close to me, but I need advice.. or something. I have not done any exercise and very little food monitoring. Mostly because of lack of motivation. I'm so use to physically not being able to move around with out pain that my brain has me convinced that even now (110lbs lighter) i will still be in the same amount of pain. And the eating bit.. i want to be a "Skinny" person so bad that I have started eating the way naturally skinny people eat. Which will NOT help me lose or keep of any weight. I am still not at my goal weight. I would like to loose 20-30 more lbs. I have been stuck in the 160s between 165lbs and 169lbs for the last 6 months. the longest i have gone without loosing anything. I am guilty of not being nice to my body since my surgery.. I also am still not happy with my body. I have SO MUCH extra skin i'm sure that if it was removed or tightened up i would lose at least 10lbs right there. I also think that a lot of my issues are surrounded around the fact that i have disconnected from my Beri community. both in person and online. I need to reconnect.

Look I'm a success story now! Surgery November 18th 2014 biggest at 330 (in summer of 2012). Day of surgery 275. Today somewhere between 150 and 160! Honestly haven't seen a scale in literally months..

Nearly a year out from surgery. I'm sorry for the radio silence on all fronts! But here are some photos to make up for it!! And the last few are just a few reminders of where I was at before surgery... Largest record weight: 330lbs Day of surgery weight: 275lbs Today's weight: 165lbs Goal weight: between 130lbs and 145lbs. I truly believe I would lose at least 5lbs from all the extra skin I have right now. And if I did lose the skin, I would definitely drop from a comfortable 9/10 to a comfortable 6/7.

While I never enjoyed being hot and sticky from sweat just thinking about walking to the other room, now, 100+ lbs smaller, AND it's winter time, I am so cold all the time! Shiver down to my bones. There was a brief moment in my weight loss some point in the summer where I had found a neutral temperature. It was really nice. :/ now I'm just always cold. But the bright side to that is that I have much more motivation to finish making any one of my throw blanket projects that I started.

One year anniversary is coming up... how's the progress November sleeves!?

I will be there!

I'm not actually vegan, but have found that after surgery I am lactose intolerant. This makes it very hard to get my Protein in while in liquid diet stage! I need some help! My doctor has extended my liquid diet for a couple more weeks because of other complications. But I am not getting any protein in because I can't keep down any dairy products! Also, so far the only things I can keep down are frozen/very cold liquids. Any suggestions? I have tried Soup, and other warm drinks with vegan Protein powder, because of the temp, it won't stay down. And the frozen things won't desolve the protein powder. Any suggestions would be very appreciated. Dylan

Ok just kidding about the 15 min liquid thing. I'm back to square one, ice chips.