Weight Loss Surgery

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  • acorsaut89
    acorsaut89 Posts: 1,147 Member
    My BMI is right on the cusp at 40.3 (I believe it came in at) but I don't have diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure or cholesterol . . . so I don't have any other conditions that can come with being this overweight, yet. And I think the concern is that losing that much weight takes so much willpower and determination - and that I've already lost 75 of it - I will lose steam. And that line of thinking isn't wrong, obviously I've lost steam already as I've gained 25 back this year. I know it's not linear it's just that I gained back 1/4 of what I lost in 6 months . . . it was a stressful 6 months, but still.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    acorsaut89 wrote: »
    My BMI is right on the cusp at 40.3 (I believe it came in at) but I don't have diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure or cholesterol . . . so I don't have any other conditions that can come with being this overweight, yet. And I think the concern is that losing that much weight takes so much willpower and determination - and that I've already lost 75 of it - I will lose steam. And that line of thinking isn't wrong, obviously I've lost steam already as I've gained 25 back this year. I know it's not linear it's just that I gained back 1/4 of what I lost in 6 months . . . it was a stressful 6 months, but still.

    You do have to change what you're doing as you go. If you can be more active, go for it, but don't burn yourself out. If the exercise is too much to keep up, you can relax a bit and focus on diet. Your calorie goals have to change as you lose as well.

    What I'm getting at is, if you've lost 75 lbs doing what you're doing now and the loss has stopped, it's because 75 lbs is all you set yourself up to lose. It doesn't have to be daunting or exhausting and you don't have to suffer to get more weight off. You just have to make adjustments.
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