Seraya 46 Posted April 8, 2017 I'm 5'8 and via a 1 year long liquid diet went from 350 to 180 lbs. 180 for me was perfect for my frame, bearing in mind dome of the extra weight I had from excess skin. I also had a fair bit of muscle as I worked out a lot. Sadly, I'm back to 300 lbs as I get ready to be sleeved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barefoot_gardener 18 Posted April 8, 2017 I'm 5'8 and via a 1 year long liquid diet went from 350 to 180 lbs. 180 for me was perfect for my frame, bearing in mind dome of the extra weight I had from excess skin. I also had a fair bit of muscle as I worked out a lot. Sadly, I'm back to 300 lbs as I get ready to be sleeved.I think that is what a lot of us have been through - losing weight and then gaining it back. Sometimes I think "hey, you can do this with just a diet, you've done it before". But then I remember that I gained it all back (plus more). It's been such a cycle time and time again. I'm hoping that with the sleeve, when I'm weak, it will help me get through. When is your surgery? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seraya 46 Posted April 8, 2017 I just got my date yesterday and will be going in on May 2. My pre op meeting is 4/19, which is my birthday. I think it's kind of poetic[emoji846]. I fall down with the nutrition but actually still work out and see a personal trainer twice a week. I think this will help with my recovery that I'm going in to surgery being pretty fit (for a really fat person anyway). I thought long and hard about surgery and always thought, let me try one more time on my own. I haven't gotten anywhere except fatter and I thought to myself, what am I waiting for? I don't want to be in this same position in 5 years having been losing and gaining again. So I decided to just do it. 1 Dashofpixiedust8 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1poundatatime 174 Posted April 8, 2017 3 hours ago, barefoot_gardener said: How do you determine body fat? I've always sworn I'm "big boned", but who knows. Maybe I can be small. The nutritionist has a body composition scale. Immediately prior to surgery I was 44% fat... nice, hey? For a woman my age the healthy range is 21-33% body fat and they recommend the goal being 30%. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newsoulz 11 Posted April 8, 2017 How did you or your doctor determine your final goal weight? Doc and I haven't talked about that yet and I'm curious how people calculate it. My doc basically said that the average weight loss is 30% and that I can expect to lose 90lbs and made that my goal. He said that once I reached that I could work to lose 40 to 50 more but the 90 is the expected goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barefoot_gardener 18 Posted April 8, 2017 I just got my date yesterday and will be going in on May 2. My pre op meeting is 4/19, which is my birthday. I think it's kind of poetic[emoji846]. I fall down with the nutrition but actually still work out and see a personal trainer twice a week. I think this will help with my recovery that I'm going in to surgery being pretty fit (for a really fat person anyway). I thought long and hard about surgery and always thought, let me try one more time on my own. I haven't gotten anywhere except fatter and I thought to myself, what am I waiting for? I don't want to be in this same position in 5 years having been losing and gaining again. So I decided to just do it. Mine is on May 9th, so just a week after! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barefoot_gardener 18 Posted April 8, 2017 The nutritionist has a body composition scale. Immediately prior to surgery I was 44% fat... nice, hey? For a woman my age the healthy range is 21-33% body fat and they recommend the goal being 30%. Well, I looked online for calculators and one said 28% and another said 50-some %. I'm betting mine is more towards the 50% [emoji6]. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
