Letty's journey post-op

[lorri716 256]

Oh my time goes by so fast! 5 months ago I had my sleeve surgery 8/10/2015 and I don't regret it one bit. It's been the best thing I have done for me.

It's a commitment and I knew since I had my surgery that the sleeve was only a tool and I have to put my effort to make it work. Weigh in today is 187 lbs and wearing a size14 in jeans and size large blouse compared to size 20-22 in pants and 2xl blouses.

I've lost a total of 66 lbs so far! I have another 37 lbs and if it takes another 5 to 7 months to get there I will be ok. ImageUploadedByBariatricPal1452471949.385328.jpg

You look fabulous. Congrats on the loss. I'm down 64 from my highest of 260. I'm in a 14 also from an 18-20. Hard to believe!

Edited January 11, 2016 by lorri716

[Rdsegobia 121]

Oh my time goes by so fast! 5 months ago I had my sleeve surgery 8/10/2015 and I don't regret it one bit. It's been the best thing I have done for me.

It's a commitment and I knew since I had my surgery that the sleeve was only a tool and I have to put my effort to make it work. Weigh in today is 187 lbs and wearing a size14 in jeans and size large blouse compared to size 20-22 in pants and 2xl blouses.

I've lost a total of 66 lbs so far! I have another 37 lbs and if it takes another 5 to 7 months to get there I will be ok. ImageUploadedByBariatricPal1452471949.385328.jpg

You look fabulous. Congrats on the loss. I'm down 64 from my highest of 260. I'm in a 14 also from an 18-20. Hard to believe!

You look amazing also and yes I agree is hard to believe!

[Rdsegobia 121]

[lorri716 256]

Just checking in. Hope you are doing well. I had a terrible eating say yesterday. I ate bread twice...ugh. I'm not beating myself up about it though. It was one day and today I'll do better. Thankfully we are visiting family and there is no scale in sight. I can only guess that I'd be up 1 to 3 pounds.

[Rdsegobia 121]

Just checking in. Hope you are doing well. I had a terrible eating say yesterday. I ate bread twice...ugh. I'm not beating myself up about it though. It was one day and today I'll do better. Thankfully we are visiting family and there is no scale in sight. I can only guess that I'd be up 1 to 3 pounds.

Good morning I'm doing good.. I'm drinking my cup of coffee it's really good ???????? don't beat up yourself on eating those pieces of bread just remember to go back on making good choices. It's really hard to stick every single time on eating right.

I started eating more fruits. I had some clementines, strawberries, and apples this last week. I been staying away from the fruit cause I love fruit and I know they are good however they have a lot of sugar. So I been staying away from my favorite fruit like mangoes, watermelon, pineapples. I'm not a big bread eater so I don't have an issue with sweet stuff.

I also started eating a Protein Bar, I like the Quest bars - I bought the strawberry cheesecake and raspberry with white chocolate. Both are good and they do fill me up.

Enjoy your time visiting your family!

[lorri716 256]

Happy to report I'm still 195. I didn't gain but I didn't lose either. Hoping this week to be able to get atleast 3# off. The dr wants me to lose another 30 to 40# in the next 4 months. I see that as almost impossible since most months I'm only losing 5#. Being a slow loser sucks but atleast it's coming off. You are so lucky not to be a big bread eater, I'm ok with regular sliced bread, but it's the heavy Italian or french breads and things I can't avoid. I will be trying much harder now though. I like my fruits too. Especially cantaloupe and pineapple, they are my favs. I avoid fruit most times too because of the sugar. But every once in awhile is ok. Hope you have a great day.

[Rdsegobia 121]

Well just wanted to give a quick update I'm up 2lbs from last time I weight on 1/10 - today I'm 189 lbs little disappointed, but I just think I need to change things since my weight is been stuck for couple of weeks. I will keep up with my 3 mile walks every day, however I will start doing 40 min workout during my lunch hour at work. I believe tomorrow is spinning will see how it goes.

My eating have been good, I put in all the Protein needed between 70-90 grams, Water between 70-80 oz however I do see carbs have increase to 60-70 grams, but they are usually from Beans, vegetables , yogurt and flaxseed. I'm going to stop eating beans at least for a while cause I been eating them with every meal, I used to have 1/4 cup per meal but now is closer to 1/2 cup.

I also changed the yogurt which now has more carbs I should have never tried those in the first place cause now I want them, but they are the yoplait whips 100 calorie ones. I'm going back to chobani 100 calories or I'm going to look for the fage Greek yogurt. Other thing is the nuts of course those are my weakness but I will stop completely eating them since I cannot control the portion that I'm eating. I just know this is stopping the weight loss.

Well on the bright side: I did not took measurements when I started my journey with the exception of my waist.... Well when I started my journey I had a HUGE waist of 52in and as of today is 36!!! that just makes my day ????????????

[lorri716 256]

I had a huge waist too. I'm also at a 36 now. The only Greek yogurt I can eat is oikos triple zero. Yes nuts are the devil. I have issues with just eating away like it's nothing with them too. Glad your getting back on track. I weighed in at 193 today.

[Rdsegobia 121]

That's great to hear the scale is moving. I just finished walking one hour on the treadmill it's really cold outside to go around the neighborhood for my 3 mile walk.

[lorri716 256]

That's great to hear the scale is moving. I just finished walking one hour on the treadmill it's really cold outside to go around the neighborhood for my 3 mile walk.

It is terribly cold here also. We are supposed to get 12 to 18 inches of snow tonight into tomorrow night. I am not looking forward to that at all.

[lorri716 256]

We ended up with 30 inches of snow. I've shoveled and shoveled some more. Every joint in my body is screaming, I have arthritis terrible and might be lucky to walk tomorrow/today lol. Hope you didn't get much if any snow.

[Rdsegobia 121]

We ended up with 30 inches of snow. I've shoveled and shoveled some more. Every joint in my body is screaming, I have arthritis terrible and might be lucky to walk tomorrow/today lol. Hope you didn't get much if any snow.

I'm in Texas we hardly ever get snow, oh but how I miss it sometimes well not really ???? today is like 56 and just two days ago was in the 30's we have crazy weather over here.

[lorri716 256]

Aren't you lucky! I hate snow. My body is rebelling against me right now. My daughter may be moving to Arizona just to get away from the snow. Can't say I blame her lol. Hope all is well. 193 and holding here.

[Rdsegobia 121]

Great tip* as I mention before I changed the Greek yogurt I was eating, I now eat Fage total 0% Greek yogurt and honestly it doesn't taste that great, however today while I was drinking my Crystal light drink I started thinking what about if I add some of the crystal light powder to the yogurt to make it sweet.

I have the fruit punch crystal light and oh my I was in heaven I absolutely love it!! This will be my dessert from now on. The nutrition facts on this Greek yogurt are awesome!!

That one cup serving could be for my mid snack and afternoon snack, just that 1 cup will be 23 grams of Protein? ???

Edited January 26, 2016 by Rdsegobia

[Lemm61 206]

Greek yogurt is good mixed with Torani SF syrups or try SF Jello. ❤️????