100+ Lbs. Loss WithOut WT. Loss Surgery

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Great question! I've lost 30 pounds this year and kept it off for the first time ever. Would have been more but lost the last 6 months when I broken my leg in a few places and had to have surgery. Still recovering but maintained.

I was offered WLS by my doctor and was like NO THANKS.

Would love to hear some motivating stories!

WLS wasn't for me...not judging others, it just wasn't what I wanted. I've lost my weight with sensible diet and moving every chance I get - even if it's only up and down a couple of extra grocery store isles.

I think we all have ups and downs. Days that we celebrate or dine with friends that the calorie count goes out the window. What works for me is to consider this a lifestyle - if I totally blow one day it's not a biggie...just back on track the next day.

Good luck to you!

No WLS here. all calorie counting and exercise....i have lost a total of 89 lbs and still have 90 to go and i have no intention of having weight loss surgery either so yeah we are out here

I have just reached the 100 lb mark recently. First off I think everyone's journey is different but for me to get the results I have had thus far the inside had to change before the outside did. For me I was usig food as an escape from every day life. When I had that "wake up" call and realized God had some amazing plans for me (that did not include eating myself away) I started to change.

My goal is to lose 100 pounds! I've lost 63 so far with 37 to go. It's been a slow process (19 months) but at least I know I can do it and keep it off. I'm hoping by 2012 I'll make my goal. I'm against WLS. I think that it is a quick fix and not health. My sister has had it and she gained half of her weight back. A lot of the time the people who have surgery think they can eat the same way but in smaller portions and really that isn't changing anything.

When I started here five months ago, I had just over 100 pounds to lose, and that was such a daunting fact to deal with. It seemed almost impossible. But, I'm happy to report that I'm almost halfway there.

There are times that I struggle, but I try and remind myself of how far I've come. Making short term goals has definitely helped keep me focused. But most of all, making some good inspirational friends on here has helped more than I can put into words. I don't think I would have made it this far without them.

Also, when I think I can't go on, when I just want to quit, I click on the Success Stories and read through some of those threads. There are some AMAZING people on here, and it's so encouraging to read how they won (or are winning) the battle with weight. It gives me hope that I can do this, too.

i'm just starting. in all honesty, even being as close to 400 as i was when i realized "wow, i'm kinda killing myself here", i never thought of surgery as the way to go. basically, for me, i've tried "quick fixes" so many times... i think that i just realized that this wasn't going to be any different than my drug and alcohol recovery - i have to want it and i have to work for it, or it's never going to work. so far applying the same thought processes is really helping. "one day at a time" is helping a lot. as is the fact that my friends and i seem to have all come to the same conclusion at the same time on our own, so i have that support too.

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