Pammie

Well today marks my 6 month since my surgery on 12/21/11, I am down 40 pounds. I am not certain as to how I feel about that number . Now I know that I am loosing (“at a snail’s pass!”) and I will welcome any loss what so ever, but I will say that I imagined the loss to be greater at my 6 month mark! Good news , as I have to keep telling myself, is that I am not saggy, my skin is good, in addition, and I do exercise and work out with weights. I am very curious to see how my next 6 months will go?

Thank you all for the kind words, I really do appreciate the encouragement!

Well...today makes 4 months for me and I'm down 30 pounds. Needless to say I am not happy about the SLOW weight loss! I could just scream as I never dreamed that my journey would turn out like this, I'm sad!

Thanks y'all!

Oh and my bmi was 40.8 now it is 35.6

@carbgrl, my surgeon was Dr.Kuhn in Dallas, TX, he is awesome!

I know that everyone is correct about losing slow will minimize the loose skin issue and I can truly say that I do not have any loose skin, yeah!! I just wish that I could see the numbers change on the scale too, thanks all for the encouraging words, best to all of you!

Thanks y'all, everyone one you have wonderful positive comments! I will just try to be patient, which by the way is not one of my best qualities!

I am blessed to say that I had no pre op nor post op, co morbidities!

My starting wright was 245 with bmi of 41 day of surgery, 243. I had 1 week of pre op dieting, my 2 week check I lost 13 pounds, the scale has slowly trickled from that point on! I exercise 3 to 4 times a week and yes I've used my fitness pal. My doc states that I just have a slow metabolism, not what I want to hear, but it is what it is!! If I average the loss it comes out to 1.87 pounds a week, but I do not loose on a weekly basis!

Dang...I am such a slow loser, my surgery date was 12/21/11, I'm down 30. I exercise weekly/daily, I do not get it, it makes me so mad! Congratulations to all you, y'all are doing great!

I am just done with the "flip-n" scale! I am 3 months today post op, I have not lost any weight since week 9! In all reality the scale has only moved 3 times since my surgery date, I have never lost on a weekly basis, I'm down 25 pounds, I'm pretty much feeling as though this is it for my weight loss!

Thank you Cludgie. @frumpy69, my surgery date was 12-21-11

Coops, thank you for your kind words and understanding! I have 10 + friends who have had some king of WLS and have all lost a great deal of weight. I try not to compare myself to them, most of them do not work out either, I just wish that I could have my "numbers" change in the manner in which they have.

Thank you so much for the encouragement, I truly love your post!

Well....today marks 2 month post op, I have not lost any weight since my 6 week visit, Wednesday, is my "weigh in day" but I could not bring myself to do it, in fear of being discouraged! What amount of weight have you all lost at the "2 month post op" mark?

Thank you for the tip!

Thank you all!

Hi everyone, well today I had my 6 week check up, everything is great. Im down 22 pounds since surgery which was on 12-21-11. I'm excited to be able to eat fresh fruits and veggies! I hope everyone is doing great, take care.

Thanks y'all!

I'm 6 weeks today, just curious how everyone else was doing at this time frame? I've lost 22 pounds since surgery date, 12-21-11, my recovery couldn't have been better I would have to say.

Hello everyone, today is my 1 month post op, I am doing great. I have lost 19 pounds, I feel as though I am losing slow compared to others at 1 month post op. I will take it though, I keep telling myself "at least the scale is moving down and not up"!

My Insurance required 6 months (consecutive) of dietician monitoring so for me, first visit with the doctor was on 06/29/11 and my surgery was on 12/21/11.

I had one as well, I did not know this unil I woke up from surgery and they Doc told me. But all is good, I have my repair and vsg on 12/21/11.

Hi, I also had the repair as well as VSG on 12/21/11, at first it seemed as though I had "2 restrictions" when I swallowed. The first one was up high, chest area and the second was lower, in the stomach area. But all is good, didn't really have pain though, I hope that you have a speedy recovery!