Surgery on a "smaller" patient

[mamamichelle716 5]

I went for my 4 week post op appt yesterday. I lost 15lbs, 2% body fat, lowered my Bmi by 1.4 & am down a pant size. Even though I was in a stall I still lost inches. The doc expects me to understand 200 by April appt that's only 12.5 lbs. I am determined to be in the low 190 by then. I am so determined

[dapplepie26 0]

@@dapplepie26 ... lol ....

I was also 206 on surgery day. During Month 1 pre-op I lost 10.4 pounds.

Congratulations. You're already ahead of where I was.

BTW, I now weigh 135 pounds.

Wow, congrats on your weight loss.

That's terrific!!

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[mamamichelle716 5]

That's great. My goal is 135 lbs. I am told I need to lose 100 lbs for a Tummy Tuck which I want & will need.

Good luck maintaining.

[rln52 136]

I am 5'2" & weighed 195 day of surgery August 10, 2015. Today I weigh 144lbs. At first weight came off steady then the holidays came around and it slowed down but usually i lost about 3 lbs per week. I am trying for 135lbs and wishing for 125lbs. I haven't done any exercise. Will try to incorporate that and hope it pushes me to lose more. I will say it was about the first week of February that I really noticed i looked thin. I also went down a size. People are now saying slow down - maybe i need to stop losing weight. Lol imagine someone telling me that I could only dream before but it has become a reality. My diabetes is controlled without medicine since after surgery and my AIC has been normal since my 3 month follow up so that alone was a BIG WIN for me.

[mrs w 56]

Hi everyone,

I'm finally back for an update! I had been in the typical stall for quite some time, so was hesitant to post too much and come across pessimistic.

Here's a recap. Had my surgery January 9th in Mexico. BMI was 29, weighed in at 153.4 (only 5'1) on January 1st when I started my pre-op. I had an easy pre-op, basically just did Protein shakes for Breakfast and lunch and then veggies and chicken for dinner. Three days before surgery was yogurt only diet, but I did add a Protein shake once a day just to keep my Protein up and my carbs down. Day of surgery I weighed 148.4 lbs, which put my BMI at 28.

I went down to Mexico on the day of surgery and spent a few days in San Diego afterwards. First time I weighed myself on my home scale I was 139.2 and that was on January 17th.

Jan 18 - 137.2

Jan 19 - 137.0

Then my weight started to bounce around and stall out so I stopped weighing daily.

Feb 1 - 137.6.

I started working out Feb 1, scale was still moving super slow, so again just weighed every once in a while

Feb 5 - 136.0

Feb 23 - 135.2

Then I went on vacation to California. Just got back last night and I weighed in this morning at .... 129.0!!!!!! That puts me at a BMI of 24.4, the high end of NORMAL WEIGHT.

Why did I finally drop? I don't exactly know, but here's two things that probably helped.

1. I ate out a lot, and although I didn't eat lots at a time, my calories were definitely higher, so I think that actually helped boost my metabolism.

2. I got super sick the second last night, stuck in the bathroom (sorry if this is TMI - but basically all night pooping and puking --- although it was mostly dry heaving since there was no food in me). So I probably am down quite a bit of Water weight, and fully expect I may gain a couple pounds once I get hydrated again and eating somewhat normal.

Anyways, I just wanted to post an update since it's been a while, and I feel like I may have finally broken this stall. I am less than 6 lbs above my lowest weight as an adult. Still 14 lbs above my goal weight, but that being said, I am looking forward to increasing my exercise and putting on muscle, so realize it may be difficult for the scale to drop steadily if I'm toning up.

Hope everyone else is doing well!

--I am going to copy and paste this post to a few of the other "low BMI" threads, so sorry for the repeat to those of you that follow those threads as well--