able2cope 193 Posted April 12, 2015 Today I am embarking on a mission to lose hopefully 14lbs in 3.5 weeks... in reality if I just lose 8lbs I will be very happy - but probably won't accomplish what I am hoping for... as I will be back where I started at 4 months ago (pre-christmas) - I have my appointment with my surgeon on 6th May and he told me that if I lost X lbs then he would put me forward for skin surgery - at the time I thought it would be well manageable... in reality though these lbs are even harder to shift than pre-surgery...That said he is happy with the weight I am at now - its just the powers that be stipulate that I need to be a certain bmi before getting the skin removed. So today its Protein only - I've done this before - I can do it again.. and hopefully now that I'm off all diabetes meds it won't be so hard to control - ie, I won't keep going into hypo mode due to lack of carbs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
able2cope 193 Posted April 13, 2015 Thanks Yoga Lady - I'm one day down and did well - although I did have a low blood sugar in the evening.. which surprised me. I jjust need to keep an eye on that I guess.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoga-lady 217 Posted April 13, 2015 We were sleeved about the same time- I want to be 141- sitting at 148 I'm hanging til I get there too!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephanie Stroup McIntosh 157 Posted April 14, 2015 You can do it, but remember you want to be at a stable weight before having skin surgery. If that means you need to wait another month or 2, so be it. You dont want to lose 10 pounds before surgery to just put it back on and start stretching out the new skin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
able2cope 193 Posted April 14, 2015 You can do it, but remember you want to be at a stable weight before having skin surgery. If that means you need to wait another month or 2, so be it. You dont want to lose 10 pounds before surgery to just put it back on and start stretching out the new skin. Thanks - I think that I will have a bit of a waiting time before the surgery anyway - I had to wait over 6 years for my original surgery! Things are crazy over here if you go through the NHS - I couldn't afford to go private.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
able2cope 193 Posted April 14, 2015 We were sleeved about the same time- I want to be 141- sitting at 148 I'm hanging til I get there too!!! I think I'd be happy to be 150 - just not sure what my bmi would be then... I'm ony 5ft tall though. How long have you been at 148? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
