5 Months and 94 pounds down (caution, underwear pic)

[SheWins1 207]

Wow! Thank you all for your comments! They make me feel so good!

You look aaaaammmaaazing! I just got sleeved 6*24*13 day before surgery I weighed 273!! Im 5'3" tall? So we are kinda in the same boat! I hope I can be as successful as u have been. Thanks for keeping those pic up! Such a great motivation to see. Thank you again * keep us posted.

[mom2five 292]

DAMN!!!

Woohoo!

You look great! Lovely tummy and thighs!!

What's your few tips u felt truly made a diff fir you?

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I don't think I am more successful than others. My sleeve seems to be pretty small. I can only eat about an ounce or a little more at a time. I keep my calories pretty low...about 600 per day and I keep my carbs under 20 if I can... I don't do well with my Protein though. I never get enough...I don't recommend that though.

I do exercise almost every day. I think that really has helped with the weight loss.

[SheWins1 207]

I don't think I am more successful than others. My sleeve seems to be pretty small. I can only eat about an ounce or a little more at a time. I keep my calories pretty low...about 600 per day and I keep my carbs under 20 if I can... I don't do well with my Protein though. I never get enough...I don't recommend that though.

I do exercise almost every day. I think that really has helped with the weight loss.

So do you feel with not getting all your proetein in, have you lost a lot of hair?

[mom2five 292]

So do you feel with not getting all your proetein in, have you lost a lot of hair?

Yes, I have lost some hair and my doctor said it's because of the lack of Protein. I hate Protein shakes, but it's no excuse... I really should do better on that.

[SheWins1 207]

Yes' date=' I have lost some hair and my doctor said it's because of the lack of Protein. I hate Protein shakes, but it's no excuse... I really should do better on that.[/quote']

Also, are you reallu the mom of 5?!!!

[MyFatPublicSecrets 5]

I don't think I am more successful than others. My sleeve seems to be pretty small. I can only eat about an ounce or a little more at a time. I keep my calories pretty low...about 600 per day and I keep my carbs under 20 if I can... I don't do well with my Protein though. I never get enough...I don't recommend that though.

I do exercise almost every day. I think that really has helped with the weight loss.

Thank you for this info!! Ill be 2 weeks post op sleeve tomorrow and I've been losing a pound a day! I'm looking way ahead at how to keep the momentum.

... I was wondering, even at 5 months out are you still full on only 600 calories per day?

Also, how much exercise and what types? Just curious.

THANK YOU

[Dawnyellow 80]

You look amazing! Wow so much younger!! I'm pre-surgery and am completely inspired by your success!

[Arts137 1,811]

Well done dear!!! And don't worry about the pictures, they help tell the story and we all give up modesty here! Thanks.

[Eva Linder 47]

You look amazing. It´s so inspirational to see what can happend in just 5 month. Thanks for sharing.

[PhoenixTheDiva 112]

You look wonderful! I'm so glad you had the courage to put these pictures up. It will inspire me to do the Same. I applaud you

[WifeyMaterial 139]

Yeah don't no how u did it but good work god is so good. Keep up the good work:):)

[jdedeyan 6]

You do look great! What are you doing for exercise? I hear yeah about the Protein. I'm doing Protein Bars to help, but in France its hard to find the shakes.

I'm going to continue to look for shake products!! 3 months out and down 47 pounds so want to keep it going hehe

Cheers,

Jodi

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Wow! Amazing job!

[LIN140 15]

Wow you look amazing. Congratulations on your accomplishment. I will have mine on the 8th and the thought of enjoying some success like yours seems so distant, but I am very excited and hopeful.

Can you share the type of workouts you do?

How much pre planning do you do for your meals?

Thank you for sharing And I am glad you kept the pic.

[mom2five 292]

... I was wondering, even at 5 months out are you still full on only 600 calories per day?

Also, how much exercise and what types? Just curious.

You do look great! What are you doing for exercise? I hear yeah about the Protein. I'm doing Protein Bars to

Can you share the type of workouts you do?

How much pre planning do you do for your meals?

First of all, thank you all for all the compliments. It really blew me away to see all the comments on this post! I want to say that I don't think I have done anything more/different than anyone else. If you look at percentages, I probably haven't lost any faster than anyone else.

600 calories do fill me up...actually about 400 calories will fill me up but if I have a Protein shake, I get about 600 calories... it's hard for me to choke those things down though.. yuck. I try to make them taste better, but even then, I feel so full before I'm done with it... But it is getting easier. I'm not keeping my calories that low on purpose. I just cannot eat much at a time. Sometimes I will get out a portion of food thinking I will eat it all but I never can. Even if I try.

I love to do Leslie Sansone's workout videos. She has the "Walk Away the Pounds" series. That's all I do. When the doctor cleared me for exercise, I started doing the One Mile walk. It was hard at first because I wasn't used to moving around that much, but slowly I worked my way up, and now I do the 4 Mile fast walk. There are 2 4 Mile workouts that I do. One uses weights and the other one doesn't but it has intervals where you jog. The first time I did the workout that has jogging intervals, I was in tears because I would've never thought I'd ever be able to jog! It is so exciting to experience the changes that are taking place!

I still can't wrap my brain around all these changes... Losing 94 pounds in 5 months is mind blowing! But, for all of you pre-ops or new post-ops, remember, I was YOU just 5 months ago... looking at pics and wondering if I'll ever lose the weight... hoping I'll be successful... and if I can do it, you definitely can! You just have to follow your doctor's advice.

I'm working on my food issues in my head. I think that is the biggest part. Before surgery, we eat for all sorts of reasons, and rarely do we eat because of real hunger (because we don't allow ourselves to get empty). But we have to learn to think of food as fuel, not fun. (I think I borrowed that line from Banded Wendy on YouTube) Something I have been battling is late night eating. That has always been my worst thing. Eating just because I'm watching TV or whatever. But, I do fight it and for the most part, I am doing pretty good with it. Another thing is emotional eating! When I was about 2 months out, my husband and I had an argument and I went in the kitchen and got a bag of chips, a candy bar, and a coke!! I took it to my bed and I ate 3 chips, one bite of the candy bar and I took a drink of that coke! I felt like I was going to die...or puke... I didn't puke but I really regretted trying to eat my feelings! I was so frustrated that I couldn't do that anymore! It was a dumb thing to do, but I was working through my mental battle with food. I have not eaten chips, candy bars, or tried a sip of coke since then. Believe me, the carbonation was not friendly to my sleeve. Plus the fact that I was eating and drinking at the same time. UGH! Anyway, we have to learn to stop turning to food for comfort, or something to do when we are bored. And if we keep working on this mental battle, I think we can all be successful at losing and keeping off the weight.

I think something else that really keeps me motivated is watching YouTube videos on weight loss surgery. There is a whole community of people on there who have had various weight loss surgeries and they post videos weekly. It really helps to watch others and see the struggles and successes they go through. It helps prepare me and inspire me! I highly recommend that, if you aren't already doing it. Just go to YouTube and search Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, or VSG, or WLS... I learn a lot of stuff even from people who've been banded or had the bypass. We have differences, but a lot of it is the same.

Again, I appreciate all the comments, compliments, and questions. Thank you all!

Oh yeah, yep I really do have 5 kids. They are all my biological kids too... as you can see from the before picture, I gained a lot of weight during pregnancy and after my kids were born. I'm working on losing 20 years worth of baby weight! LOL