Melly,
Yes 30# can make a big different, my highest weight was 242 and I couldn't climb a flight of stairs without being winded. I was down to 230 at surgery, I am currently @ 212 and I was able to walk 2 miles 2 days ago, 15 days post op. But today I did something to my back and that is not happening for a few days!
Good luck!

Michele

Thanks Michele....I hate feeling tired. I have to hook up a truck and trailer and take my daughter and her horse somewhere later and I am not looking forward to it. Just too much work.

Oh absolutely. When I started my preop died for the bypass, I was at 372 and felt like doing nothing. I'm 3 weeks post op and down 45 lbs, and I already feel so much better, I feel like excersizing and doing so much more. I know 30 or 40 lbs doesn't sound like a huge amount but when your body is having to carry it around it is. Good luck

I am tired all the time!! Unfortunately I don't know if that is from my surgery or my 6 kids and being the taxi service, maid service, and being in school! I do notice that on some days there is more of a pep in my step, and I feel now like I am capable of more than before, but I haven't found the secret ingredient to feeling like that every day... YET... but when I do, I will share with you.

Kimmie

Even five pounds can make a difference. I had problems pre op. Could not even walk my puppy. I am 1 yr post op, and have lost 110 pounds. I walk every day, twice a day with my dog, I swim at least three times a week and I don't feel tired anymore, out of breath, and my knees, feet, and back do not kill me anymore. All in all the surgery has given me a new lease on life.

23 years ago I had GBS and lost 140 lbs. Before my surgery I was a healthy woman however I was not happy with my weight. I looked like I was 7 months pregnant but it was obesity. I used to live in Buffalo, NY and there was a lot of upstairs apartments 1 flight of stairs was a killer I was totally out of breath. Now I live in Florida and I live in a downstairs Condo. I don't know what I would do if I lived upstairs now. Not because of being out of breath but because of my knees. LOL. I'm getting older.
Do you consume a lot of sugary foods if you do that could be the culperate because Sugar causes your body to spike and then drop fast causing us to be extreemly tired.
It makes a big differance losing the excess weight. Beleive me you will not be as winded or tired. Good Luck.

Any added poundage can make a difference. At 311 I couldn't walk, anywhere without being tired and pain all over. At 193 I feel like superwoman. Up stair without being winded, walking forever without pain..it really is a miracle!!