6 Months post op w/pics

[panda 14]

Wow Great job!!! You look fantastic, what a difference!

[kewlaid585 3]

Thanks for all the nice comments. These forums helped me a lot with questions i had and all the helpful people and links. I would have never learned about the world according to eggface without it.

[Raine 170]

Amazing job! You look great and I can tell you feel fantastic too!

[Sweetybabs 13]

Someday that will be ME!

You have accoplished so much in 6 months! You deserve this moment..and you know it! Congrats!

You are a great inspiration to us all! Looking forward to your "goal" pictures, too!

[rhondarina 13]

Amazing transformation. thanks for sharing.

[jb14075 10]

Congrats, you look fantastic. Thank you for the month by month breakdown, you & I seem to have started around the same weight & are looking to end up in the same area, very similar plans (lose some weight but also start building some serious muscle). I was just sleeved on 8/23 & am in that 1st 2 month stage where a lot of things can get you down, reading how that has improved for you (and seeing your results) was a huge inspiration, thank you!

[Disney 20]

GET. OUTTA. HERE!!!!!! Where did you go? You look fantastic!! Great job

[decamom 31]

GOOD FOR YOU!!! Thanks for posting the pics. As everyone else said...you look great and from the smile on your face, I can tell that you feel great too! Congratulations!

Living the dream,

Laura

[mlord11 0]

Fantastic!

[SouthernSleever 228]

It’s been 6 months since I've been sleeved. There have been upsand down but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I've lost 123lbs as of this week and have gone from a 4xl to 1x and size 50 pants to a 38. I attached some pictures and my weekly tracking sheet. Here is my progress and how I've done things.

The 1st and 2nd month were really tough for me. Getting used to how to eat and the small amount of food i could eat was mentally exhausting.Also starting to do more physical things (gym & golf) I was still sore attimes. I had lots of conversations with God about what the heck did I do tomyself during this time.

3rd month things start getting better. Weight loss is startingto show and I am able to do more at the gym and eat more. I adjusted to mystomach and accepted my food intake. i am able to go out to eat with friends now and not feel too strange.

4th month in full stride now. I was able to intake more and nowhad worked to being able to hit the gym hard 3 -4 times a week. I started inmonth 2 doing 1/2 to 1 mile on elliptical. Now am I am able to run 2 miles ontreadmill and 3 miles on elliptical plus lift weights. I eat what I want when I want and normally until I’m full. I find myself just wanting better foods but if I want something sweet Ieat it.

5th month I already hit what i assumed was my final weight that i wanted to be. Down 100 lbs. i had to make a decision on where to go fromhere. I cut down on cardio so much to about 2 miles per gym trip and added moreweights. I am still eating what i want when i want but added in a lot more carbs. I use the bodybugg to measure my calorie intake and burning rate. For the last 2 months I had an avg intake of 1200-1400 calories a day and burned an avg. of3200 on a no gym day and 4300 on a gym day.

6th month I am still losing and eat carbs for every mealnow. As for rules around eating I don’thave any, for me that works well. I have slowed my loss down to a crawl which iwhat i wanted. I am used to my portions and what my body wants can vary from day to day. Some days I can’t eat much and others I can eat a lot (my new a lot ex. 1 Chicago dog in 30 mins.) I still like sweets and I still allowmyself to eat them. I just do at a much more manageable rate. A pint of Ben andJerry’s will last me 4 sittings now instead of 1. I now avg. around 1500-1700 calories a day intake and burn 2900 no gym day and 3600 gym day.

Dang! You are looking great! That's a lot of weight to be lost in 6 months, congrats. *whistle*