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On Monday I went to see my surgeon for my 6 month follow up. To be honest, I was extremely nervous. I’ve been following my program and working out as I’ve been told to do, but there is always this little voice in the back of my mind saying “am I doing it right? Am I doing enough? Am I on track?”

Turns out that I am on track. Better than on track, actually. My surgeon said that I have lost a little more weight than most have a six months and that, if I keep doing what I am, I’ll have lost 90% of my excess weight by the time he sees me again at the end of the year. 

For me, that was exactly what I needed to hear. It’s nice to know that I’m on track and that the habits I have started (and maintained) are working. 

There are some things that I do need to change:

I’m eating too much

My surgeon says that, at this point, I should only be eating 3/4 of a cup at a time. I’m finding that I’m eating more than that. Almost twice as much. It does take me almost an hour and half to eat this much. He suggested that I add an additional meal into the day rather than overeating.

I need to keep up on my meds

I’ve had a hard time keeping up with the amount of medication that I have to take on a daily basis. I’ve tried setting alarms, taking my pills with me everywhere, but I often find myself slipping just a little bit. For instance, I’ll get all of my meds in except for a single missed Calcium Citrate pill.

I need to vary my exercise routine

I work out 5 - 6 days a week, but it’s mostly cardio. I need to figure out how to work in some weights, but I don’t know where to start. I’ve been doing the leg press in order to strengthen my knee, but aside from that I’m basically lost. I also need to figure out how to work in some Ab stuff...but again...I’m basically lost. Gym class did not prepare me for this bs.

All in all these are changes that I know I can make... I think.

No. I know I can. In the past 6 months I have made harder changes than these and as long as I am focused I can do anything I set my mind to.

Hi gang,

Feeling a lot better now that I’m a week out from gallbladder surgery. Off the pain meds, able to (seemingly) eat whatever I was eating before and back at work. Bandages are off and I now have a total of 9 keyhole wounds. A few of the 4 new ones are very close to my sleeve wounds, so once the swelling/bruising goes down it’ll be an interesting comparison I suppose. Not thrilled to have more cuts but anything is better than the pain of gallstones, and anyone who has been through it will agree.

Didn’t eat so much calorie-wise while I was stuck at home, but can’t go back to gym yet so I’m not anticipating much weight loss for a while. I have 5 weeks until my 1 year surgiversary where I’d hoped to be at 80kg but I’m not holding my breath for that. We’ll just see how we go.

Start Weight: 138.1kg (304lbs)

Current Weight: 86kg (189lbs)