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I'm 37 years old, 5'3" and about 200lbs, I would love to hear some results of others my age and size. I'm wondering how my skin will do after, will I need cosmetic surgeries, or am I catching it before I get too old that I've lost all elasticity? Btw, I'm also very bottom heavy, if anyone out there has similar situations.

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I am 42, 5'4 and started at 242 with a surgery weight of 222. Today I am down to 187, 55 pounds down from my highest. 55 pounds makes a big difference when you are vertically challenged like myself :) My sleep apnea is gone and so is my planters faciitis among many other issues from being overweight.

Lower BMI's tend to lose much slower but they still lose. Im actually glad that I lose slow because my skin wont sag as much and I may not lose hair because my body isnt going into shock from losing a large amount of weight in a short period of time. My goal is to lose a total of 100 and Im over half way there so Im very happy with my sleeve. Its the best decision Ive ever made for myself.

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That's awesome! Congrats!! How far are you out from getting sleeved, if you don't mind me asking? Mine is scheduled for April 3rd, I'm both excited and anxious

That's what I am hoping for. I want to get ALL the weight off eventually, but would like to not have the added issues of hair loss and loss saggy skin (although I'll take that over the extra lbs).

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That's awesome! Congrats!! How far are you out from getting sleeved, if you don't mind me asking? Mine is scheduled for April 3rd, I'm both excited and anxious

That's what I am hoping for. I want to get ALL the weight off eventually, but would like to not have the added issues of hair loss and loss saggy skin (although I'll take that over the extra lbs).

My surgery date was December 5th. Im 3 months post-op. So 35 pounds lost since surgery. Thats 11.66 pounds a month which averages almost 3 pounds a week which doesnt always happen because some weeks I stall but I find that if I up my calorie intake, I break thru it. I know it sounds counteractive but its true.

You are having surgery on my birthday :)

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My surgery date was December 5th. Im 3 months post-op. So 35 pounds lost since surgery. Thats 11.66 pounds a month which averages almost 3 pounds a week which doesnt always happen because some weeks I stall but I find that if I up my calorie intake' date=' I break thru it. I know it sounds counteractive but its true.

You are having surgery on my birthday <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/quote']

Wow bunny! That's awesome!! Hope I have similar results. I would be pretty happy with that!! Thank you so much for sharing with me.

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In the times where I had stalled, I was still losing inches too so just because the scale isnt moving doesnt mean something isnt happening. Sometimes the body just needs to catch up with the scale lol. Also, Ive read that when the body loses a good amount of fat, the body replaces the fat in the cells with Water and once the body lets go of the water....the scale moves. So drink drink drink. Good luck to you. Only once and it was when I first woke up from surgery did I question what I had done. But that was just one time on one day for one moment. No regrets at all since :)

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Thank you for sharing. I am looking forward to my results. Hope mine are just as good as y'all's. :)

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