6Mo 10D Post Op Update. (Weight Loss, Weight Goals, Leak, Hairloss, Etc)

[SML1997 308]

omg! i weighed myself this morning & im 2lbs down since yesterday! a total of 96lbs down & only 12lbs from my short term goal & 32lbs from my long term goal.

Wow...that's awesome!!!! Great Job!

[jasleeve 440]

thank you!

Wow...that's awesome!!!! Great Job!

[jasleeve 440]

i have 6wks to lose 12lbs.

hopefully starting monday, i will be hitting the gym and i will be working hard to lose these 12+ lbs. i am 27lbs away from my longterm goal and im almost 7months post op.

[victoria guinn 0]

I'm now 10mo post-op and I've lost 90lbs so far....happy but a little unsure as to what stage I'm suppose to be at this point. I had my precedure done in mexico so I don't get follow up cae back here in the states. I would really like to communicate with post sleever's to see if I'm on theright track with things....a little decouraged with myself because I'm eating and drinking regular foods again....I don't want to regain the weight:(......my confidence has hit the roof but my body needs an emergency lift...lol.....also in need of exchanging, selling and/or purchasing size 18 clothes......getting rid og 3x & sz26..I'm new here so please respond or feel free to e-mail me: msbubbles73_9897@yahoo.com

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

jasleeve, so glad you are feeling great and doing so well!

My hairloss got pretty bad - but seems to have stopped now. My hair is probably 1/2 gone - but luckily I started with massive hair so it looks fine. My Protein and Vitamins have been good - it sometimes happens no matter what you try.

It is a tough one - to ask the question "is it worth it?" My personal feeling is that WLS is very drastic and is really only worth it in extreme cases - all else has failed. It is easy for me to say, since i had no complications, but I do think it is worth it for someone like me - high BMI, reaching middle age and a lifetime (starting age 4) of fighting obesity, mostly unsuccessful. The last few years, it got harder and harder to even temporarily lose weight and I felt pretty out of control.

I just returned from my sister in law's funeral. She dropped dead of a heart attack while still in her early 60s. A lifetime of carrying around an extra 100-200# caught up with her frankly. I am 48, and the handwriting has been on the wall for me for awhile - question was just which risk is the one to take - risk of surgery or risk of obesity.

I would suggest that people with lower BMI, especially if they are younger - try try try really hard another way before resorting to surgery. Even though I had no complications, this isn't so easy and I have permanently modified my body. For me, I just didn't see another choice, but I strongly suggest that others in earlier stages of the obesity disease should really exhaust those avenues before surgery. Just my 2cents.

Continued success to you Jas!