What should I be expecting

[marie8905 0]

OK so I had surgery March 27 of 2018 oh my day of surgery I weighed 277 pounds today I weigh 219 pounds my doctor seems to think that all said and done I will weigh under 140 my goal is about 160-ish I am 5‘8“ tall
anybody else out there who has had surgery who maybe can lend a hand or some kind of insight into what I should be expecting thank you in advance

[magpie26 244]

I wish I could help. I don't think my doctor ever told me any expectations. I started at 292 my surgery day I was 283, my surgery date was 4/17/18 and I'm currently 244. I thought my nutritionist said something about 180 (I'm 5' 5) so I guess they didn't have high expectations. They say the average is half of your excess body weight. I think a lot of people lose more. Most people I know hit their goal plus more. I bet the veteran people are more helpful, my goal is the same as yours, I will work hard to hit it!

[sillykitty 10,775]

I'm 5'3" and my surgery weight was 243. My surgeon said 80 lbs would be good, and I could probably get to 100 lbs. 100 lbs loss would put me right inside the healthy BMI range. So my goal weight is 140 lbs, so a 103 lb loss. At 4.5 months post op I'm down 64 lbs.

I have no doubt I will be able to reach my goal weight and have a 100 lbs loss. I'm still losing steadily, but with stalls of course.

I think a large part is commitment. I stick to the program for the most part. I eat only when I'm hungry. I focus on Protein first. I make (mostly) good choices about what I eat. I'm excited to see the scale move, my body change, and have my clothes hang off me. But if you aren't committed, you can ceetainly eat around your sleeve, graze, make poor choices, and sabotage yourself.

[magpie26 244]

@sillykitty how's your exercise routine? I need to figure that part out.

[sillykitty 10,775]

Just now, magpie26 said:

@sillykitty how's your exercise routine? I need to figure that part out.

Ehhh ... I feel like I should be doing more. I walk for 30-45 minutes a day 3-5 days a week.

I keep telling myself to join a gym, but quite honestly I'm intimidated.

[magpie26 244]

4 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Ehhh ... I feel like I should be doing more. I walk for 30-45 minutes a day 3-5 days a week.

I keep telling myself to join a gym, but quite honestly I'm intimidated.

Lol me too! I'm not good at making grunting noises while lifting weights yet.

[TropicalBeachDoll 70]

Congratulations [emoji322]

[marie8905 0]

In 3 months I’ve lost 58 lbs
I swim a lot but other then that I’ve not done much
I do still graze but I don’t anything fried and when I graze I might eat one cracker lol
But mostly my meals consist of a 1/4 of a frozen burrito or three shrimp
And no sides
I have gone from a size 22 jeans and XXL shirt
To a size 12/14 and L shirt

[domi 237]

Ehhh ... I feel like I should be doing more. I walk for 30-45 minutes a day 3-5 days a week.
I keep telling myself to join a gym, but quite honestly I'm intimidated.

It’s scary joining a gym. Instead I started with a personal trainer in a private gym. I’m finally going to a public gym tonight.

[wjgo 272]

Ehhh ... I feel like I should be doing more. I walk for 30-45 minutes a day 3-5 days a week.
I keep telling myself to join a gym, but quite honestly I'm intimidated.

It's really not bad. Find a gym with a lot of machines. People keep to themselves, lost in their headphones, or talking in small groups. Go at low use times and few people there. I am a LA Fitness member, and they have classes everyday to join.

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[teresa75044 7]

[mention=333899]sillykitty[/mention] how's your exercise routine? I need to figure that part out.

I just started with the Exercise Coach. If you have one near you, you should check it out.

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[Creekimp13 5,840]

The average result of gastric sleeve....is a 60% loss of your excess weight in 18 months.

Some people do a lot better.

Some do worse.

You get out of it what you put into it.