jules44

I'm 7 weeks out. My surgery was March 25th. I've lost 23 pounds so far. Those pounds came off in the first 3-4 weeks. I thought it would be so much more by now but hey atleast its 23 pounds lost and not gained. I've had zero complications so far. No nausea/vomiting. No dumping syndrome (unfortunately, I find it easy to eat sweets). I'm struggling with everything they've told me to do. I find it nearly impossible to take 30 minutes to eat a very small amount of food. I've tried to slow it down but its impossible to even enjoy at that slow of a pace. It's really just not that much food. I'm getting my liquids in. Probably not as much Protein as I should. I'm going to go back to focusing on my shakes. It's just really easy to ignore them and eat food instead. I'm not losing weight because I'm probably eating too many calories and not exercising. So if I don't lose more weight I'm the only one to blame. I'm worried I'll be the only GB patient that never loses more than 25 pounds. I've always struggled with food and that hasn't changed since surgery. It's still my problem but now I'm just limited to small quantities. I thought that would be my salvation. It's looking like its not doing the job. I'm going to have to step up to the plate and seriously work with my new tool to get these pounds off. I didn't think I would be so discouraged at week 7. How is it that so many people appear to be doing this program so well when we all have similar problems with food before surgery. It looks like everyone's food issues have disappeared but mine. I don't think there's an amount of therapy sessions that would ever do me any good. Any advice for a nonloser?

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I know what to do just disappointed that Im not finding it easier. Back to my shakes today.