30 YO Mom That Has Battled Weight for a While..gastric Sleeve..FIrst Appointment - Margate, FL

I can’t believe it’s already been 3 years since VSG surgery. Just wanted to give an update on my weight and eating habits at this point. I can pretty much eat anything I want. Really rich foods are still harder to get down but overall I can tolerate most anything. My high weight was 257 pounds. My lowest weight was 143 (about a year and 1/2 ago) and right now I fluctuate in the 150’s. I am usually somewhere between 153-158 and my body seems to like it there the best. I’m ok with staying in the 150’s. I still try to be mindful and not take in tons of carbs or sugar because it shows on the scales. If I am having a week that I feel like my weight is rising higher than I would like.. I always start back with an egg fast and lots of water and it seems to bring me back down the quickest. I still take my supplements daily and would still recommend the surgery to anyone who’s thinking about doing it. It really has given me my life back!

I am just one month away from my two year port op for gastric sleeve surgery. I do believe I am now at the lowest weight my sleeve will take me and honestly yo-yo between a four pound difference weekly. I can eat around a cup and a half to two cups of food (depending of the density of the food.. heavy foods are still only a cup or so) and it's very easy to sit and eat with everyone else at this point. I feel very normal again at this point and catch myself wanting to snack and pig out with everyone else and have to reel myself back in and remember it's a dangerous slope. Even though I still have a little restriction with my sleeve.. being able to eat whatever foods I like at this point is something I am going to have to watch. Remembering that the sleeve is ONLY a tool and not a solution is what I believe will help me (hopefully) maintain where I've settled. I am happy to say that I achieved my goal of getting into a "healthy" BMI range and couldn't be happier! Before surgery I had gotten up to a size 26 bottoms and am now a size 2-4. Also, my weight fluctuates between 143-147. I am 5'7. Would I do it again? Without a doubt. Hands down. I can't imagine where I'd be today health wise if I wouldn't have taken the steps to get my health back under control. I also suffer from hypothyroidism and I was always skeptical that weight loss surgery wouldn't work for me because of that. But I was wrong and am living proof it can work for anyone! Starting weight:257, surgery weight: 247, current weight: 145.

So I'm just a couple months shy of my 1 year VSG and I've def slowed down in my weight loss. I notice I can eat more but still try to make a conscience effort Abt what I eat. I have lost 5 pounds since my last review.. But it's hard to accept the fact that my major weight loss has finally slowed. It was easy when it was falling off 10 pounds at a time.. Now it's something I have to work at a little more. Still very optimistic. I have a final goal of losing 20 more pounds and I know I can do it if I just put my mind to it!! My goal is to be out of the "overweight" section on the BMI chart. So wish me luck! :) Starting Weight:257, Surgery weight: 246? Current weight:170