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So I'm 5'7 and started out at 278lbs. Within 8 months after surgery I hit 175lbs. My personal goal is 160-165. I am now 10 months post op and I have toggled between 175-177. I wonder if my body has decided this is it. Or can I continue to push the envelope. I go to the gym everyday. My eating is fairly good but it could be better, however once I see I hit 177 I get back on track to go back down. Even when I was doing perfectly for weeks it seemed like I could not get below 175. Coworkers and friends, who don't know I had the surgery, tell me all the time that I look so small and should stop losing weight. But I feel I still have 10 to 15 pounds in me before goal.

Thoughts?

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Our bodies definitely have set points where they LIKE to stick for a good long while. But just because they LIKE to stick there, doesn't necessarily mean that they SHOULD. Are you happy and healthy at your current weight? What be your reasoning behind trying to go lower?

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I'm certainly healthy at this weight. Two reasons that I would like to go lower is I still have fat around my stomach and thighs that I would like gone. The second reason is I want plastics later next year so I would like to get lower for optimum skin removal results.

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The last time I trusted my body I ballooned to 264 pounds. I've decided that my brain and my will needs to set the goal, because I obviously can't trust my body to do it correctly.

Yeah I'm still pushing forward in hopes to lose the extra 10-15 pounds but my body is definitely not making it easy.

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The last time I trusted my body I ballooned to 264 pounds. I've decided that my brain and my will needs to set the goal, because I obviously can't trust my body to do it correctly.

Yeah I'm still pushing forward in hopes to lose the extra 10-15 pounds but my body is definitely not making it easy.

Wait, whuuuuuuuut?? This ISN'T the easy way out???? :D They told me it was!!!!

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The last time I trusted my body I ballooned to 264 pounds. I've decided that my brain and my will needs to set the goal, because I obviously can't trust my body to do it correctly.

Yeah I'm still pushing forward in hopes to lose the extra 10-15 pounds but my body is definitely not making it easy.

Wait, whuuuuuuuut?? This ISN'T the easy way out???? :D They told me it was!!!!

Liars!

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