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went to a Your Weight Matters convention in Orlando yesterday - free vitamin samples and classes!

So who determines my goal weight? did your surgeons tell you the goal or did you just pick a number.

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Weight loss

I wish I could lose weight as easily as I lose my keys and cellphone!

Weight loss is not only a physical struggle but a mental one as well!

when does the time come when you can start enjoying losing weight?

My new goal is to maintain my weight. That one's harder because the rewards are less immediate.

I'm really thinking hard about maintaining my weight loss. I have some stubborn bad habits, like watching TV or reading instead of exercising after work. I also find that I get hungry sooner after a meal than I used to. I don't want to walk down the road to regain.

63 pounds down....... my goal weight seems still very far:(

Making progress on weight loss, yay! My biggest victory....I am now off of diabetic meds, high cholesterol meds, and my BMI is down to 33 from 41! To me, it's not all scale.

if you eat more calories than you burn off, you will gain weight...regardless of WLS or not...

Day 6 liquid diet today. 9 days until surgery! 293.8 right now. Same weight as yesterday but my time of the month has shown up!

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I'm 4"11

first saw the Bariatric surgeon June 2019 an weighed 198. My goal weight has been set at 182 an Monday 7/6/2020 I finally reached goal an a negative nicotine test, just waiting on a date an approval 😭🙌🏼😁

Anyone post opt at least 10 years? Well i am and I have gained more weight than  when i started 10 years ago.. slowly been gaining weight so i had my band tightened in 2018. started throwing up so bad i had to have it emptied in 2019. i have gained 30 pds! i have an appt to have it filled again but this pandemic has had them reschedule.. i am miserable.. i am 300pds ..5"9! Any suggestions? i started at 275 when i was banded.. lost 75 pds the first year!! now look@!! please no trolls

As of this morning I'm only 9 lbs away from hitting 100 lb weight loss. I'm hoping to lose those 9 lbs by my 6 month post op mark. Time to put in overtime! 

Feel as if I am not losing the weight as fast as others that I know. Any advice that may help?

The only way I can tell that I'm losing weight is from the scale and my clothes "getting bigger".

08/20/18 - weight 165.5 / bmi 25.9 / bmr 1602 kcals / fat% 17.4% / fat mass 29 lbs

08/16/19 - weight 149.5 /  bmi 23.5 / bmr 1500 kcals / fat% 16.7% / fat mass 25 lbs

desired range fat % 11-22 / fat mass 17-38.5 lbs

just got back from my 2 year check up and wanted to post.  The kcal drop has me worried and thinking i need to up the weights and trim back the cardio. Never saw myself as a person who cared for bulky muscles but the increased calorie burn from more muscle mass certainly wont hurt. 

New goal for the next year i guess.

My weight loss has been at a halt.... But im getting back on it and will reach 100 down by my surgery anniversary date... possibly even in the 100's. Yes I will and can do it !