Jugee44

I am going crazy with my stall ... it has been 3 months since the scale moved , I had heard of people complianing about this in the past and I always thought to myself , "Maybe they are cheating or over eating " well now it's me . I don't know whats going on , I lost 50 lbs and i am happy with that but now i dont know what to do . I know that I am eating more but I also know that I am not over eating ..... I am not pushing myself more than I should .... but I am eating wheat bread , brown rice .... lots of water mellon and southwest salads....I am doing great with my vitamins ( got them all in gummies) I had never really excerised a whole lot maybe 2-3 days a week ,,,At work I move around alot ! I am an Infant & tot teacher ,so i am on the floor all day long , moving and stretching . I don't what to imagine that I went through all this so it stops now .... I was 237 , now 188 ... my goal is 140 ... and it seems that I will not reach my goal . I am still fat .

I am feeling so down .... I don't understand what's going on . I had my surgery Nov 13 , 2012 .. I lost about 50 lbs , but i have come to a complete stop . I have not lost a single ounce for about 3 months ..... people told me that maybe i wasnt eating enough ,,, but I know that i am not over eating and not under eating .... I am so deprssed that I threw out my scale . Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee help ! has anyone gone through this ?? by this time I should have lost more. It is very very sad to think that I went through all of this , and although i have lost 50 lbs ... I am still looked on as fat .

I had my surgery on Nov 13 , 2012 and only in the last 3 months or so , I have had the same feeling as you . Now that i can tolarate more food , I also find myself eating more, craving sweets and when I am moody craving salty stuff like cashews . I have lost about 57 lbs , and happy about it .... but for about 2 months the scale has not moved an inch, holding at 180 lbs. and at this point I am getting worried.

Wow , makes me wonder what i am doing wrong

Helppppppppp ! I am 5 months post op and it seems just the opposite for me , I am happy with my weight loss so of 57 lbs, but for the past month the scale has not moved from 180lbs , my doctor is happy with my weight loss and after talking to the nurtitionist and telling her that I seem to get hungry more often and I am able to take in more food , she said that , thats the goal and that I am doing fine. BUT! I don't feel fine with that, any tips on how to jump start my weight loss again ?

Dont feel bad , I think that we have all cheated including myself .. as long as your aware of it and control yourself .

I hated the scale before the sleeve and still hate it . I was sleeved on Nov 13 , 2012 . start weight was 237 current 182-184 , The first month after my surgery I was addicted to weighing my self everyday and it was exciting to see the lbs drop. By the second month , It was driving nuts when I had stalls , to the point that I just decided to put the scale away only weigh myself every 2 weeks and that gave me some peace of mind . But............................... in the last 2 weeks i have fallen back to the obssesion of the scale and its driving me nuts again , some days the scale says 180 , another day is 184 . Over all I am happy with my weigh loss.

Reading your story is like reading my own , I was sleeved Nov 13 , 2012 . I have lost about 54 lbs . Start weight 237 . I am exactly in the same senerio as you . Losing all this weight is a wonderful feeling , I also see some loose skin , I am ashamed to admit that I have not gone to the gym since my surgery , I am doing horrible with my water intake , I am lousy with my vitamins ( forget all the time) . I also have to commit to doing more on my part .

I find this hard to believe ( Not saying that your lying ) I had my surgery Nov 13 , 2012 . I am 44 yrs old , so my weight loss is not like that of a younger person . In about 4 months I have lost 52 lbs and God is my witness that , I have not gone to the gym once , and admit to cheating here and there , I have snuck in a 4 pc chicken nugget happy meal ( - the soda) I have had chocolate here and there but I stop as soon as my stomache tells me to and i never push in more . I know that if i went to gym and avoid some of the things i am eating , I would probably have lost more weight , so this is the reason I find it hard to believe. I hope that you get a reasonable explination for why your not losing .

I am 3 1/2 months post op , and I seem to get to easily worked up , I am by nature a person that stress about alot of things , but after my surgery I feel that my mood swings have gotten worst, I also had a full hystorectomy in late july ( before my sleeve) so I feel my hormones all out of wack. I am also more emotional , I can easily cry to a song or movie is I am alone.

Wow , you look great ! may I be as forward to ask you how much did the tummy tuck cost you ? I was sleeved on Nov 13 , 2012 , my start weight was 237 and i have lost 51 lbs so far and I can already tell that my belly is going to be the problem. Once I reach my goal of 140 lbs , I want to also have a tummy tuck , but I don't know if I will be able to afford it .

I was sleeved on Nov 13 , 2013 , so appoximatly 3 1/2 months post op . My start weight was 237 , Day of surgery 222 and as of this morning 185 . I found that the first 2 1/2 months , I was much like you after just a few bites and I was so full that if i took another bit ,I ended up throwing up but with the creamy or chunky soups I never had a problem eating a full cup . I find that with time , I can hold down more food but I don't know if that's good or not , because I have a sense of guilt . I don't push myself I have always known when to stop . This past month I have been craving hearty meals and I seem more hungry more frequent . I am not to worried because my weight lose seems steady 51- 52 lbs in 3 1/2 months is pretty good.

i never order anything anymore when we go out for dinner , I usually take a little bit from my husbands plate .

I think that we have all been there, I found myself doing the same on sunday ... I love middle eastern food , Kababs , hummus , rice , bread , my husband took me out for dinner , I orderd my food , knowing of course that I could only take a few bites and I was gonna take the left overs home ( which would be the entire plate ) . I took a few bites at the restaurant , I was full after like 4-5 .... took the rest to go , later that evening I opend the cooler and took the food out again , and took a few more bites , did it twice . I have done pretty good since I was sleeved Nov 13 , 2012 .... lost 47 lbs , but in the past 2 weeks or so , I been feeling hungry more frequently , I am trying to have self control by carrying with me some sugar free peach cups 60 cal , but I wonder if its actual cravings or all in the mind.

I feel the same way , I have lost 42 lbs went from a size 20 and 2 x , to a misses 18 and XL top ... so every time I go to the store i am happy to buy new things,,, but i have limited myself for the same reason ... I hate to spend so much when i dont know how long i will be able to wear it .... the thing that i have started to do , is to go to the thrift shops and if I find bottoms , I will buy some new tops or vise versa so that i can put together some outfits.

I totally understand you , I often feel the same as you .... My doctor had told me that I would not be able to tolorate chocolate and that if I ate it , I would learn to reget it( I tried it and I did not regret it ) , I have lost 42 lbs ,since my surgery on Nov 13 , 2012 . I guess when you hear 42 lbs , it sounds great and it is , but I would probably be losing faster if I drank more water , exercised and watch my snacking . I can tolorate more food and I am feeling guilty about it. I am also feeling hungry more often , so I carry around some diced peach fruit cups 60 cal , with no sugar added. I thought that I was not supposed to feel hungey , I thought that they had removed a part of the stomach that causes you to crave sweets ..... I still crave sweets sometimes . HOW CAN I PROGRAM MY MIND TO NOT WANT SWEETS , WHEN MY MIND REMEMBERS WHAT THEY TASTE LIKE?

I am happy to hear about your weight loss and success, I was sleeved on Nov 13 , 2013 and I have lost 42 lbs ( Start weight 237 , day of surgery 222lbs, current 195) I am very excited and happy about the weight that I have lost so far , but when I think about my goal weight , it seems like it will take forever even seems like it will never happen . ( My goal weight is 140 , that is my thinnest ,before I married) I am excited when I realize that I can no longer fit the plus size and now wearing regular XL and 16 , misses size ......... the down side to this is that I start to see my skin sagging .... I am very unhappy when I have to look at myself in a full lenght mirror , I see my belly overlapping and I pray that as I lose more weight , it will all even out. .

I am about 10 weeks post op , and I can hold down pretty much anything , I am even guilty of eating things that I was told by my doctor that I would not be able to tolorate such as Chocolate ( Not that I make it a habit ). you should talk to your doctor.

You are probably eating to fast , I was sleeved Nov 13 , 2012 , and this still happens to me anytime I eat to fast .

SamEd Your not alone on this , it's ironic that I came across your post. I have recently felt the same way , I have lost 42 ibs since Nov 13, 2012 and I am happy about it and excited , but I find myself getting all worked up more often and very easily. Even when i was at my highest weight 237 , I had never had any health issues or concerns , but the last 2 doctor visits my primary doctor is starting to have concerns that my blood preasure is a little bit elevated , I told him that I was just feeling alot of stress at work and that one night , I felt like i was having a panic attack ....... he gave me some anxiety pills and told me that if I ever felt like that again to take the medication , but he rather that I did not and urged me to tell him if and when I find myself taking it more frequent. I have not taken it , but I still find myself getting all worked up and feeling kinda down .

Wow, reading your story has given me something to think about , I have lost about 42 lbs , since my surgery Nov 13 , 2012 . I am feeling really good about myself , especially when I wear smaller clothing . I am able to wear a regular misses size XL and size 18 , It feels so unreal when I go into the woman plus size section and realize that everything looks so big now. I am 195 lb now and my goal is 140 ( what I weight when i was first married , back in 1991) I hope that i reach that goal ..... but I pray that I don't lose anymore than that , because I know I will look sick. I imagine that gaining weight should not be as hard to do . Good luck to you and congratulations on achieving your goal.

Thank you for this , I was just feeling so down about myself ... Had my surgery Nov 13 , 2012 started pretty good , so far lost 37 lbs ... but for the past 2 weeks "Nothing ". I also have to admit that I have not started excercising and I am feeling guilty about eating some of the things that I know I shouldnt be eating , I am not pushing food down or anything ,,,, I just feel that my stomach is able to hold more than before..... I sometimes with that I could have that uncomfortable feeling I use to get when I took an extra bite of something , and would send me to the bathroom to throw up ............ Yesterday , I went to subway and got a phily steak 6 ' on wheat with cheese and onions ( First time I got subway) I cut it in half and I was able to eat it , then about 3 hours later I ate the other half .Although I have the food list of what I should be eating ,sometimes when I am on the go , its hard to stick to it . I need some feedback.

I enjoyed reading about your journey and I share your joy , I was sleeved on Nov 13 , 2012 . My start weight was 237 and I am down 38 lbs .... I feel amazing ! I am able to wear clothes that I use to fit into before ..... I feel that I have probably lost more inches then actual weight . This week even pants that I had kept from long ago are now getting so loose . This weekend I plan to go buy some new ones because they all sagging in the butt and hip area. It is hard to take it all , I was wearing a tight size 20 pants , 2 x tops and , I am now able to fit a size 16 pants and XL tops ...... I can reach my entire back when I shower , I am sleeping better . I am so looking forward to ths coming summer !