Six Months O'Sleeve: Tell Me I am not stuck at 219...

[crosswind 134]

So it's been six months and I've lost seventy pounds. I am very happy I lost seventy pounds. I am thrilled I lost seventy pounds.

The thing is, I'm still fat.

I knew this would happen and I knew at some point around the not-yet-under-200 mark I would start to get a tad annoyed. And now I'm starting to get impatient, which is what I've been trying not to do all along, because emotionally just focusing on "being thin" has been a horrible habit for me and, well, you see where it got me.

My body has been dependably going through a strange cycle of loss. I will typically lose nothing for like three weeks, and then in a couple days just drop ten pounds. I'm trying to stay away from scale but that scale has been distracting me lately in all kinds of ways. I've been swimming almost every day and doing Pilates *every* day, and I am eating lower and lower carb just because I hate the way things like bread feel going down my throat. It's like there's something down there that bread is terrified of and is going to *kill me* trying to get out.

So seventy pounds is seventy pounds, but I am still dreaming about the next seventy pounds and wondering if I'm gonna get there. Logically, if I am eating low carb and under 1200 calories a day and working out every day -- this really should work. And I mean -- there's no more nuclear an option I can take aside from starting to cut parts of myself off with a steak knife. But I am getting impatient. I wanna be thin!

[coops 1,790]

Crosswind, I am hearing you loud and clear... just step away from the knife... you need both legs...lol!

But, seriously, 70lbs in 6mths is bloody brilliant... and I MEAN bloody brilliant... I have done that in 14mths, so be proud and try not to be so harsh on yourself!

Yes,this is a frustrating 'journey' that we are taking; reclaiming our lives was never gonna be easy, fat or thin! But my dear friend, you are getting there. Don't let that pesky scale get you down! It is just a machine! Look at how far you have come, and know, deep in your heart that you have committed yourself to a LIFE time of good health by getting the sleeve. You will lose the weight that you want to, you are sticking to your eating plan, exercising and ticking all the boxes.

Let your body react ... ok, three weeks no change than BANG... big drop...hey! I'll take that one for the team!

Keep your chin up... it is happening for you =]

[Janae 12]

I "recovered" from a two MONTH stall and dropped 9 lbs on Sept 6. No more loss since then even tho I'm doing all the right things. But I know I will keep losing and so will YOU!!! YOU ARE NOT ALONE!! Keep the faith and the weight will continue to come off.

[Driver Deb 10]

I lose weight the same way !!! Nothing for three weeks and then BAM!! 10 pounds gone in a couple days. You are doing great !! Don't get discouraged now, concentrate on other things and when you look again you will be another 70 pounds lighter.

[crosswind 134]

I'm trying not to worry about it. It can't be over, right? I guess I'd be happy if that was all I got but I was sort of hoping to get to my high school weight with this. One thing I will say is that I am so much more interested in exercising than I was six months ago. Six months ago not only did I not see the point, I felt like I could barely walk across the street. I guess we gotta take our positives where we get them...

[purple tulip 2]

I have almost the exact same stats as you. I am about the same time frame out from surg and loose the exact same way.....I also am stalled and frustrated. Though I haven't considered filleting myself yet I have been trying to reflect on if there is anything else I could do differently. I was stalled for quite awhile and I sort of became discouraged to the point where I started to let myself slide a bit....almost that old self- sabotage behavior (though not nearly has bad) This of course has really made be me stall even longer and thrown me off track for the past month and a half. It is time to regroup and go more hardcore towards this goal. It's ok...We can do this. Just stay focused (try not to derail like I sort of did for a bit) and the weight will eventually come off.

I'm trying not to worry about it. It can't be over, right? I guess I'd be happy if that was all I got but I was sort of hoping to get to my high school weight with this. One thing I will say is that I am so much more interested in exercising than I was six months ago. Six months ago not only did I not see the point, I felt like I could barely walk across the street. I guess we gotta take our positives where we get them...