Selina333

Hi James! And welcome! I've been here since last fall. 👋

Keep going! Maybe keep logging food and bring it down a little. And over the next 4 months you will have lost at least 10 more lbs! Hopefully more! As long as I am getting smaller I am ok with it going slow. The last 3 months I only lost 9 lbs. Lost lots getting ready for surgery and right after. But am upping my calorie expenditure now and hoping I will meet my goal of being 154 by my year appointment in December. Good luck!! As my quote says on my profile, the only way out is THROUGH!! Stay intent on what you want to accomplish. You will do fine!

Glad you are doing well! Same for me, almost! Losing hair, I've lost a little over 60 lbs since sleeve surgery on Dec. 2, 2024, have sagging skin, but overall, I am very glad I did it in hopes I can KEEP it off this time. I'm eating 900-1100 most days I think. And have upped my water and protein since hair has thinned. Praying it comes back like normal soon. I have recently begun working out with resistance, etc 3 days a week and 5 days a week I have a goal of 10k steps. On day 2 of this. LOL! Just need to make it habit again like I did before. It helps! They said at my already-scheduled one year visit on Dec. 2, that I should probably be around 166. But my own goal is 154. So gotta up my game!! LOL! Then they said ultimate goal should be low end 115 and high end 125 lbs. Cannot imagine being that small. Lowest I ever got to was 155 as an adult and was there about 5 minutes. LOL! Thanks for doing a check in for us December Peeps! That's my month. Birthday and Christmas all in one! And now surgiversary too!!

easy though* LOL! I can't type!!

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Yes. My tastes changed for sure! And good luck with your surgery! Update us when it's over and let us know how you are doing. Hopefully everything goes smoothly. I didn't have any problems except wanting to be able to drink more at once. So keep water with you all the time and sip, sip, sip!!

Maybe one day I'll do this. Not until what I do at home becomes easy thought! So we will see in a few months!

I thought I replied to this earlier from my phone but don't see it here. So if you see it somewhere else, tell me! LOL! Thank you for the info! I will keep that in mind. Probably when these four levels are done and the last one is easy for me I'll start going to the gym again, even alone. LOL! I had been going alone. Just gets boring and I stopped. But we don't talk or even work out near each other when we go together. I just like it. He does too. Ah well. It's ok for now. I have a goal of losing more weight by my follow up appointment, one year from surgery. Dec 2 and it's already scheduled. They said I should be around 166 but my own goal is 154. One lb less than I've ever been since Jr High. LOL! Excited to get there this year! So once more weight is off of me, I really want to begin sculpting my body as much as it'll let me. I KNOW weights are the key. And I'll really need to do a challenging level and push myself but maybe that will be easier when I'm not as heavy. Things are easier when I am lighter. Pretty shoes don't hurt me feet too. Lots to look forward to! LOL! And I should be happy to lift weights every other day for an hour, compared to carrying them with me 24/7 for 48 years. :::sigh::: Thankful for all the great advice and info I have read here. I hope you all are enjoying your Monday. Mine went well and I'm home now. I also have decided I am going to hit 10k steps 5 days a week. Right now I have 7829 just from work. So it will be easy to do on work days. But I am going to rest some on weekends. Well, try to! I get our groceries and meal prep then clean the whole kitchen and fridge on Sunday and clean house and run errands on Saturdays (last few I've worked at a client's home because they are on vacation and had some special projects needing done.) But most weekends I am off so if I'm not doing an open house, etc then I'm still busy with our home and life. Walking 10k steps a day did a world of good for me when I lost weight all those others times. I feel sure the extra weight won't come back this time because I had surgery. Sooo glad I did it. I have severe osteoarthritis in my low back on the right side and degenerative disc disease in my neck and low back and often sciatica down my right leg so some days I'm in pain worse than other days. (Ha ha, my friends and I joke. The older we get the more we share what's ailing us every day. LOL!) But overall I am ok! I have many friends with diabetes and I worry for them. I'm lucky I don't. I don't even have pre-diabetes and I stay grateful for that. My dad had it. When he passed at age 73 he had had both legs amputated and had had congestive heart failure for 25 years as well as diabetes. He went many years not addressing his diet at all. He wanted to do what he wanted to do. Bless his heart. We have learned what not to do, at least. My brother is a carnivore and is doing well. Labs are great. His weight stays managed. Everyone must do what works for them. We miss Dad and wish he was still here. He taught us many positive things in life too. But we are trying hard not to go through what he did at the end. My husband had pre-diabetes, but has made it much better with diet and exercise. I am super excited to get to my first main goal weight of 154. Then I'd really love to work to get into a healthy BMI to hopefully have smooth sailing into my 60s, 70s, and beyond. My bariatric doc said lower end is 115 lbs for my height and high end is 125. I feel that the less weight that's on me, the more years I have left to live and enjoy my family and friends. Certainly worth putting in the work! 💗

Very true! Thing is I love lifting using weight machines. Especially leg day! I don't like going to the gym alone and my husband and I work opposite shifts. So it's hard to get to go together. I started my new routine this morning and excited to continue it. We swim about once a week. But rained the last time we were off together. So indoor things I can do myself is most helpful to me for now. Thanks for the advice!

Awesome! I am going to do these 3 times a week. Thank you so much. I hope this helps me! Amber and others have always given me good info too. And my husband just bought me some cards with instructions similar to this. He goes to the gym nearly every day and works a physical job. I just need to implement what I've been shown. I was walking and doing light weights here. But I need to commit to something more structured. I appreciate all your advice! Excited to get started! 🤩

Yes I'll do it! Send me what you think will help me build some muscle! Ty! And I had a Dexa Scan. At at nutritionist office. But stood and held handles with like cords attaching to the bottom? While it scanned.. ? She definitely called it a Dexa Scan but doesn't sound like what you described. This was way before surgery for me. Thanks for all the info! By the way I am SURE genetics has a lot to do with it for me. Nearly none of us are muscular at all. They aren't all like me, heavy since 3 yrs old, but some of my cousins have had surgery. Even if it's genetic, I am determined to be as healthy as I can while I age.

I am glad to read these posts here. I'm in really bad shape when it comes to muscle. Does anyone know about how much a person should have? I read like 30% of our weight?? I was 244 and had 26 lbs of muscle. Just doesn't seem possible I can walk around and carry that. Now I'm 183.8. But probably lost more muscle too. Every time I lost and gained 60 or 100 lbs over the years, I gained way more fat. So makes sense but scares me. Had eggs and half a protein shake so far today. Haven't liked the powder much. It's ok. But tried using it in cooking. Not really good. And don't like milk much to drink it. I'm doing resistance and small weights. But I feel weak and I work alot so not much energy left to do a full work out and go all in on that right now. Can't be good to have so little muscle. My heart is a muscle! 🙁

So sorry to hear that! Mine is super thin now too. No fun. Hope it gets better for both of us!

That's great!

I didn't expect this much hair to be coming out. I don't want to lose more. I know I don't eat enough protein but making it a huge priority now and ordered collagen pills. I get full too fast and so can't add it to coffee.. I never can finish a cup. Anyone losing hair or lost it around this time? What helps? I'm 190.6 today. And in Nov last year before surgery I was 244. Feeling way better but I want to keep my hair too! LOL! Thanks for any advice and insight!

Yay!! I'm so excited for you! That's wonderful. The trip and the surgery!

I was just thinking about this. So looked it up on a bmi calculator. I will at least know my health is better and I have a greater chance of living longer if I get to the 160s. Yes, less than that will be great also. And had a follow up today. Went well. I speak with the plastic surgeon about skin removal on my stomach in 7 more months (at year mark) and have to have weighed about the same for 6 months, so at 18 months is when they'll consider surgery. Excited about that as well. Would love to hear your experiences with getting under being obese and also about plastic surgery. I heard Aetna will cover it. But no telling until we get to that point. Not going to worry much about it right now. Happy to be in the 180s after being in the 220-250 range most of my life. 🤗💗

Thank y'all for all the great info and advice! Love hearing your stories and thoughts. I am not freaked out about not having surgery or having it. If I REALLY need it and insurance doesn't cover then I'll save up and get anything really bad fixed. But I'm ok either way! I look ok in clothes and never will look like a model naked no matter what. LOL! I'm 51 and happily married and he loved me at 244 so I'm good! LOL! Not trying to impress people. But would just be nice for at least my belly to be corrected one day, if possible. I also have body image distortion as well. Had it last time I lost a lot too. And right now I'm wearing XL and was in a 3x and some 4x at the end of last year. I am in 0 and 1 for most things at Torrid and I've been shopping there for 30 years. Have to learn other stores soon I guess. Torrid does have 00 so I may always be able to shop there. Will see. I feel the same size as last year still. And have to keep reminding myself to look at smaller clothes in the store. My mind hasn't caught up with my body yet. LOL. Again, THANK YOU. 💗

About to buy some so need advice on ones with less taste change and most protein for less scoops! I know y'all will know the answers to these questions! Best group EVER!!! Thank you!!

I am sorry you are going through that! I hope it doesn't worsen. The vitamins have to help some too! My mom takes some of this. Just for health. Wishing you the best. 💗

That is awesome!! Congratulations!! I was sooo happy to get out of the 20s to the teens in clothes. Largest was a 26 and right now at 187.2 I'm an 18. Slowly but surely! Happy for you!! 🤗

Welcome Liam! Praying surgery went well for you! I had sleeve on Dec 2 of 2024. I today am 189.6 from 244. Feeling a lot better. You'll be so glad you did this. Happy for you!! 🤗

Thank you!! Great to know!!

Thank you!

Wow! So happy for you! Our journeys have been similar! I started at 244. Was 228 day of surgery I think and I'm 190.6 now. I am more flexible and feel better all over. Hopefully the weight loss continues. I am not sure I want to get down into the 120s or 130s like I'd set before. Probably 140s or 150s will be ok for me. I'm 5'3" but I'm 51 so the smaller I get the more wrinkles I see! No likey! But will see. Congrats on your weight loss. I'm happy for you that you got to do this at your age. Wish I had! Keep going!! You look fantastic!!! 🤗✨️👏