Wendyfm

That’s five years out.

I was fifty two almost fifty three when I had my sleeve. I am now fours years out. I lost 100 pounds and have kept it off. I walk five days a week at least in the summer and try to walk or dance or just move in the winter. I usually do al least three days a week in winter. I am starting to have some health issue. I have arthritis in my hips and have the very beginning of heart disease,mild changes , but I don’t have to treat it yet. I also have some bone thing. These are all wait and watch things and they don’t affect me,other than the arthritis, which causes constant discomfort that I ignore.

I usually/90% of the time hit my protein goals. I take vitamins and calcium religiously in the am. I forget sometimes at night. I am also 57 and have developed osteopenia. Which is thinning bones. My blood levels are always good.it is possible that it was caused by not taking all of my calcium. But I will never know for sure. But it is better to obey all of the vitamin rules.

I’ve been in maintenance for about four years. I lost a total of 100 pounds and currently weigh around 175 which is still considered obese. My body just decided to stop losing at this weight. I currently eat around 1200 calories a day and excercise an average of five times a week. I weigh myself daily and still track what I eat, how much I eat and how many calories I eat. Although I have relaxed some.

I’m five years out and had a rough winter weight wise. I have arthritis in both hips and step aerobics bothered them. I wasn’t able to walk much because of the weather, so I went from exercising 5 times a week to maybe one or two. As a result I gained between eight and ten pounds. Which isn’t’t much I know, but for me was frustrating especially because I hover between overweight and obese according to the charts , even with a hundred pound loss. I started paying attention to my eating and no that it’s summer. I am walking at least two miles a day and a down nine pounds and feeling happy again.

You should be getting at least 60 grams of protein a day

Cesileyray. I had the same issue, turned out it was my blood pressure med

I had my remorse the day after when I was throwing up and miserable. Once that stopped I was happy with the surgery % five years later, a hundred pounds down I don’t regret anything.

I’m five years out and still have to be careful of dense meat. Chicken breast pork or steak. I don’t get the foam is anymore, but if I eat in a hurry and don’t chew enough these sit in my stomach like a lead weight.

I haven’t failed, but I have gained ten pounds five years out and it’s a struggle every day not to gain more. Part of my issue is a fairly high inhaled steroid for asthma a nd the need for other steroids this year for the same asthma. so I just keep trying every day it’s all that we can do.

I think you might be pushing it if you go back that soon. It took me a week before I felt comfortable driving. I was also tired for about a month. I would say two weeks would be a good amount of time to take off. i work in a school, so had my surgery in the summer for just this reason.

I had to do six months of nutritionist appointments and had to see a counselor twice and lose ten pound, plus go through the usual pre op diet to shrink my liver. I then had to see the Bariatric nurse practitioner several time over the first 18 months. I now see them yearly and do yearly blood work. So I have a hard time understanding people who do none of these things.

Hi, I’m 56 and was sleeved in July of 2014. I lost 100 pounds going from 272 to 172. I’ve managed to keep all but 4 -7 pounds off. I fight that through the year. I feel better and more confident.

I would say for the first year cravings were not a big deal for me and I was basking in a sea of praise and support. Then I hit the end of my weight loss and things got more difficult. That being said at four years out, I’m two to five pounds up from my lowest point. It’s hard work. I walk five -7 days in the summer and struggle to walk five in the winter. This last school year I was bombarded with temptation and gave in too many times. But, I held myself accountable if you gain a couple of pounds you have to work on losing it again. Work the plan. High protein low carb and what ever calorie restriction your doctor calls for. Make a routine of exercise and keep track even on the bad days and have a support group or person. But you can do it .

Prunes work for regularity.

I had a seven day pre op diet off 1,000 calories up to 100 grams of carbs 3 meals a day

I told every one. I work in a school and had it done over summer break.

I’m four years out and I still retain fluid and will gain a pound or two for no reason and then lose it again for no reason other than I ate too much salt or too many carbs. So, don’t despair.

Well I eat 60/80 grams of protein and keep my carbs below 150. This seems to work for me. I eat meat, veggie, some whole grains, fruit and try to Avoid cookies, cakes and muffins. Most of the time, I do indulge occasionally. So basically this is healthy eating more than high protein low carb

I’m almost four years out from a sleeve and have kept almost all of the hundred pounds that I lost off. I gained sevenish pounds over the winter lost four pounds of that and am struggling with the last three. I know that doesn’t sound bad, but I could visualize that seven becoming twenty etc. so I upped my exercise and am paying better attention to what I eat. You can keep it off once you lose it. You just can’t stop working at it.

I work in a school, so I’ve always got compliments for something, you know, love your shoes or your shirt things like that. When I had surgery and started losing weight in 2014, the complements tripled to the point where I started to expect complements, although we have one sub who would look me up and down like I was a horse for sale, which was less than flattering. At four years out I still get complements, just not for weight loss.

I started losing hair at about month four post op and a couple months later it started growing back.

I think slow and steady is better. It took me a little over twelve months to loose 100 pounds and four years later I am still at a100 pound loss. Don’t panic and don’t get frustrated you will lose it.

I drank coffee within three months of surgery and have had no issues.

I used nicotine gum to quit smoking. It worked well, although I became addicted to the gum, temporarily. I haven’t done either in ten years.