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04-08-2008, 11:05 AM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: AZ
Posts: 1,281
Weight Statistics January 1, 2008 Start Date:
January 11, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 339 lb Start Weight:
217 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
122 lb Weight Loss:
52 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.98820059 % % Lost:
July 4, 2009 FIREWORKS, BABY! Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 53.0891067053 BMI Start:
33.9832924928 BMI Current:
25.8398306973 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  What's the Opposite of a WOW? OK I am trying really hard to be positive but for some reason this has been a bad week. I have lost 67 pounds, but not at all the way I gained it. In fact I have only gone down 1 size! Then yesterday my daughter was pushing up my "bat wings" on my upper arm (apparently I have lost a lot there so I already have lovely hanging skin). As she was pushing it she was saying I can't find your bone...... I know I should be happy the weight is coming off, and I am.....but I still look horrible, and in fact I look WORSE. I can't imagine when I lose more, I am going to look like a melting candle. I could just use a few positive words....and none that talk about plastic surgery! LOL
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04-08-2008, 11:13 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near St. Louis, MO.
Posts: 950
Weight Statistics 04/17/2007 Start Date:
April 30, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 296 lb Start Weight:
160 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
136 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.9459459459 % % Lost:
05/21/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.2515976331 BMI Start:
26.6224852071 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | I know, I have the same feelings at times. I compare my weight/height to others on here and they're in 10's or 12's and I'm STILL in 16's!!! They are loose, but still not small enough for a comfortable 14. It IS discouraging. But bottom line is....I feel SOOO much better. And for that I'm thankful. And the melting candle sysdrome is pretty much what everyone goes thru. We knew this before surgery. That is WAS possible for our skin not to go back to normal. I don't have any words of encouragement except you're doing a great job! It will get better, I promise! ((((HUGS)))) |
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04-08-2008, 11:29 AM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: coarsegold california
Posts: 1,414
Weight Statistics 8/23/07 Start Date:
8/22/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 315 lb Start Weight:
193 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
122 lb Weight Loss:
23 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.7301587302 % % Lost:
I have no idea Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.3305858766 BMI Start:
30.2247716641 BMI Current:
26.6228558699 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I am with the both of you, still in a 16, bat wings, jiggly thighs, my stomach is indescribable!! BUT.. I feel great, most clothing hides it all and the compliments are really giving me a BIG HEAD!!! just kidding about the big head, but they do lift you up! I have even kinda gotten used to my wings, I am wearing baby doll Tshirts and not really caring as much as I did at first! If you dont like the way they look then you dont have to look at them, look away, look away!!!
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04-08-2008, 11:32 AM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Davenport, IA
Posts: 1,214
Weight Statistics 12/28/06 Start Date:
May 14, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 253 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
59 lb Weight Loss:
44 lb Lb Left to Lose:
23.3201581028 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 42.0968047337 BMI Start:
32.2797633136 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | I don't know your age, but from your picture I would say you are younger than me. That's a plus, younger skin eventually will shrink up some. I too get amazed at the people who are whizzing right by me in sizes, but I know my health has improved tremendoulsy since surgery and my hair is thicker that before surgery too. So that is something to look forward too.
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04-08-2008, 12:02 PM
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| WLS Mentor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Troy,ny
Posts: 1,110
Weight Statistics Since birth:) Start Date:
postponed until ? Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 319 lb Start Weight:
294 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
25 lb Weight Loss:
144 lb Lb Left to Lose:
7.83699059561 % % Lost:
sometime in 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 51.4823232323 BMI Start:
47.4476584022 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method - | No words of wisdom or advice because I haven't had surgery to say I know how you feel. However you have to learn to love yourself as you are. It is much easier said than done but look at all the positives in your life now that you have lost 67 lbs! You can move around easier, you don't have as much pain as you used to, you can play with your children easier. Those are all positives. If you want to improve the flab or the all too famous bat wings then do exercises that will tone up or firm those areas more. You are beautiful and special. Don't let a little hanging skin get in the way  ((((HUGS)))
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04-08-2008, 12:03 PM
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| WLS Mentor Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: AZ
Posts: 1,281
Weight Statistics January 1, 2008 Start Date:
January 11, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 339 lb Start Weight:
217 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
122 lb Weight Loss:
52 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.98820059 % % Lost:
July 4, 2009 FIREWORKS, BABY! Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 53.0891067053 BMI Start:
33.9832924928 BMI Current:
25.8398306973 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Thank you all- it is just so odd to be losing just a little all over....I sure gained it all in certain spots the first time! I had just assumed I would lose it in those spots as well. As for the skin- I have always said I can still do all I want to do and be healthy with loose skin. But, now that it is happening to me, it's harder to keep that mentality! 
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04-08-2008, 01:23 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 3,577
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 280 lb Start Weight:
142 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
138 lb Weight Loss:
-8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.2857142857 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
21.5886678201 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | would you believe....my horrible skin is starting to look better and better all the time....I guess you kinda get comfy in your own skin....you are still VERY early out and you are NOT done!!! Keep your eye on the prize...it seems like between the 50-100 pound mark, it's a long haul...but you will look up and it will be over!! TRUST ME!!! |
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04-08-2008, 01:36 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 1,250
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10" Height: 330 lb Start Weight:
248 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
82 lb Weight Loss:
68 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.8484848485 % % Lost:
Summer 09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.3448979592 BMI Start:
35.5804081633 BMI Current:
25.8244897959 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Kara, I've been missing you! Anyway, I read in 'weight loss surgery for dummies' that the skin, again depending on age and health, does play catch up a little after a while. You lost that 67 pounds pretty quick - so you probably will tighten up some, then lose more, then tighten up some...also, look into body creams that target elasticity, usually a little pricey, but worth a try. I just bought one but I haven't started using it yet - go here to read about it Elastin, skincare, collagen, tropoelastin, anti-aging, skin care, anti aging. No doubt we'll have loose skin, but how much and what we can do...? From what I read in 'dummies', you should not consider plastics until about 2 years from bypass (I guess they figure you lose for about 1 to 1 1/2 years...so 6 months after that??) Give the skin time to catch up a little. But everyone is different. As for the not going down in size - me too for the most part. It was almost 6 weeks before I even really felt a change in my clothes. It's just the last few weeks that pants are loose and tops are really roomy and I'm down almost 50 pounds. Is it possible my clothes were tighter then I thought?? Or had stretched some from always wearing...most likely. So Maybe now instead of being a rrrreeally tight 26 I'm a comfortable 24?? I also think I read by Doc that you lose fat, then build muscle and it takes the body some time to 'reshape' so to speak - it seems to me the further out you are is when you start zooming through sizes. Continued success!
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04-08-2008, 02:04 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 4,860
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
7/16/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11" Height: 230 lb Start Weight:
139 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
91 lb Weight Loss:
24 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.5652173913 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 46.4492961793 BMI Start:
28.0715311692 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | It Takes Time And Im Not Promising All The Skin But Some Of It Will Firm Up And Look A Bit Better. It Will Take Time For You Skin To Catch Up And Tighten A Bit. Also Try Doing Some Wts To Firm Up. Hun It Will Get Better Trust Me!!!! I Felt Like That In The Begining Also But It Has Gotten Alot Better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04-08-2008, 02:06 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: upstate ny
Posts: 1,371
Weight Statistics 1/10/08, the final endeavor, I WILL SUCCEED!!! Start Date:
3/12/08 Surgery Date:
5' 3" Height: 298 lb Start Weight:
195 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
103 lb Weight Loss:
55 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.5637583893 % % Lost:
7/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.7825648778 BMI Start:
34.5389266818 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Your Doing Fabulous!!!! As Far As The Excess Skin, Don't Have Issues Yet So I Can't Really Give Much Advice Since I Don't Know How Your Feeling....... All I Can Say Is To Be Proud Of Your Accomplishments!!!!!!!! Your Doing Wonderful!!! Lol, |
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