Head games

[myrori 55]

So I am bit down.

Let go back from the begining:

Jan of 2010 I was at my highest ever, 271! From Jan to August I lost 40 pounds. In August I had my first consult for the surgery. On Nov 23rd I was at 220 with my 2 week pre op diet.

Now here I am Feb 14th, I know not even 3 months and I have lost an additional 29 pounds and I frustrated as I have pretty much stalled since Jan 18th. I went up 4 pounds after starting the pill which I quit 2 weeks later and now yesterday I finally got down to 191 again where I was when I started the dang pill.

So I am sitting here trying to rationalize with myself that 29 pounds in under 3 months is huge, yet there is this nagging feeling that it should be more faster! I am in a daily guilt fight with what I put in mouth even though I have not ate any bad foods since the surgery. I don't do breads and I watch carbs like crazy. I try to keep them under 30 a day.

I guess I am wearing myself out emotionally with the fight to lose in what I perceive is not enough fast enough. I get down when I see folks losing 40 or 50 pounds in 2 months and think what am I doing wrong? I know when I look in mirror the person looking back is not bad at all compared to what I used to see, but when I look at my belly and legs I see the fat left to loose and feel like yuck. I have avoided buying any clothes as I keep thinking it will be a waste because I should loose more weight soon, but deep down I am not trusting that is going to happen any time soon because of the stall. (See the head game????)

Just for example a typical day of food is like this for me:

1 160 cal, 30 gram Protein shake

Greek yogurt with Torani Syrup or one with the fruit already.

2 or 3 oz of chicken or one of those tuna cans with crackers

some days a afternoon snack of a 160 cal, 15 Protein power bar

more chicken for dinner.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

You are doing great. Your food for the day looks great.

If you can fit some exercise in there, it should speed up the weight loss. Find something you like to do for at least 30 minutes that will break a sweat.

Stop worrying that the sleeve won't work. People lose at different rates. I went on a lot of stalls, but eventually I would drop again.

[myrori 55]

Oh I should have added that I am doing step for 30 minutes at least if not more than 3 times a week and at work I tone with a hand weight and elastic strap we keep for down times.