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I am just curious obviouslly its different for all, i have 80lbs left to lose and it feels like .

a. it will never happen seems like such a big amount.

b. it will take me 5 years so not point thinking about goals now lol just curious! :)

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I'm still pre-op, so technically, I will be of zero help. But maybe this can help? I have about 90-something pounds left to lose to reach my first goal. If I allow myself to look that far down the line, it makes me freeze up and have terrors about not reaching my goal, about failing...AGAIN! LOL. Yeah, I'm a master of "failing at weight loss." Epicly! So I simply do not allow myself to go there. I make myself only think about the present decade of weight to be lost. Right now I'm still in the 240s (barely)...and I'm doing everything possible each day to ensure that at some point in time, I will break through and get out of the 240s. I've no idea how long that will take. Each day I only commit for that day and focus on eating the best meals I can possibly eat, sticking to my caloric and macro goals for today, doing my exercise as prescribed by my surgeon, and working on processing emotions/feelings/thoughts rather than using food to calm them. I also practice stress reducing techniques such as four-square breathing and visualization. I've been a pretty slow loser, historically, but today I've lost over 45lbs of a post-cancer regain since May3. That may sound slow to some, but it's HUGE to me. :) I think I will have to practice this mind set and these actions the rest of my life--even post surgery.

Hope that helps? Hugs and congrats on beginning your journey to health!

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I make small goals.. I'm 44 days out and down 44 pounds my first goal was 20 lbs. Now it's 50lbs. But also I can jog now and I can cross my legs. Look at overall goals not only the scale.


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7 months post op and down 48 pounds. I see others lose much more. So many factors that influence rate of loss. I learned I'm a much slower loser but I'm also not a fanatic to every morsel I eat. I started out a fanatic when I was healing. Now I am losing at a much slower rate but still going down. I had 80 pounds to lose and am more than halfway there. 32 pounds don't seem so far away now but at the beginning it seemed like a lot. My next check up at a year out is in February. My doctor has a goal of 11 pounds from now until then. That almost seems like a drop in the bucket and I will surely meet that.

This is not a marathon but a long slow sprint. Your body, skin and future success depend on it.

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I'm about 7.5 months out and I'm down 110 lbs. I also have about 80 pounds left to lose! I've been totally slacking lately though, so far I've been bouncing between 195-200 for a few weeks. So I guess it could be just a few months to lose 80, but not if we don't put the pedal to the metal!

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One day at a time and small goals at a time...that's how you'll meet your goal. :)

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The reset is a way of getting yourself mentally on track rather than really changing anything physically. But, since you restrict calories, the weightloss does tend to start back up.

As for how long it takes to lose 90lbs.. that is completely dependent on how much you needed to lose to start plus your own metabolism.

Average weight loss is about 1.5-3 pounds a week after the first month.

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