Getting Frustrated!

[Tiff1977 1]

I'm 1 month post op and am down 22 lbs. I thought it would he more. My head of course is telling me this isn't gonna work for you. I walk everyday, struggle with the Protein but I get at least 50g in daily. Calorie intake I struggle to get at 500. Has any one else felt or been thru this?

[reneeclark1276 7]

I had mine on the ninth, so I am almost two weeks post op now and I have only lost 3 pounds scale weight and I was thinking the same thing but measure yourself! I may have only lost 3 pounds but I went from a small 22, large 20 to an 18 jean so I am losing inches! Try keeping track of your measurements too and see what they tell you!

[MinaT 669]

At one month I was about 22 pounds. At 7 weeks I struggle and can't get 500 and I don't struggle with it, I let it go. Make sure your carbs are 40 or less a day, drink your Water, keep working it and it will go. I have no clue how much you lost pre-op, I have no clue how much weight you had to lose in the first place.

Have you ever lost 22 pounds in a month before? Really? Are you including the weight you lost pre-op to this?

I lost 10 pounds a month pre-op during the 6 month pre-approval phase. In the 2 week pre-op shake I lost a whopping 10 pounds only, where I saw others lose 20 pounds in the two weeks). I exercised daily before etc.

I am losing slower than others but I lost weight pre-op.

It will come in waves. Your weight loss needs to catch up to your body. Pay less attention to the scale, and more attention to doing what you are suppose to be doing and the weight will come off you. When you lose fat, there are open spaces, and your body has to readjust and it can't do both at once, so maybe you need to measure yourself and when you feel like you aren't losing measure yourself.

Do you feel better at -22 than you did before surgery.

Stop telling yourself this isn't going to work, because if you tell yourself that one too many times, you are going to start self-sabotaging yourself. One day you will say, this isn't working for me, I'm a failure and then that is EXACTLY how people find themselves eating donuts, bags of chips, eating Ice Cream. The more you tell yourself you can't or it's not going to work, the more you will believe it and give up and that's how real failure begins.

I know how it feels, especially when I see others losing faster, but it's not a race. I had it in my head I would hit 199 by a certain date and I didn't hit it. I was very disappointed. I even hopped on the scale one day and I was up a pound and wanted to throw the scale. I hit the 199 today, 2 days later. I hit it though.

Start seeing the positive in the 22 and know as long as you do what you are suppose to do, you will lose weight.

[Tiff1977 1]

Thank you MinaT. Your so right. ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT!!! I needed to hear that.

[MinaT 669]

Tiff, sometimes we all just want a hug though You are doing great. I know what you are feeling, I hop on the scale sometimes and weigh a pound more and I'm like really.....400 calories, 20 carbs and I gained a pound...then I realize, oh boy I haven't pooped in 3 days, oh boy, look at my bicep, is that really a muscle, oh okay - wow, my underwear just fell, I measure myself and I realize, the weird stalls or up a pound thing is not really realistic. The scale is not really an accurate measurement. I have had days pre-op that I gained 4 pounds in a day and think is that really possible on less than 800 calories a day and my exercise equals more than 800 calories? Not only is the cake a lie, sometimes so is the scale.

You are doing FANTASTIC!!!

[dar1983 751]

At one month I was about 22 pounds. At 7 weeks I struggle and can't get 500 and I don't struggle with it' date=' I let it go. Make sure your carbs are 40 or less a day, drink your Water, keep working it and it will go. I have no clue how much you lost pre-op, I have no clue how much weight you had to lose in the first place.

Have you ever lost 22 pounds in a month before? Really? Are you including the weight you lost pre-op to this?

I lost 10 pounds a month pre-op during the 6 month pre-approval phase. In the 2 week pre-op shake I lost a whopping 10 pounds only, where I saw others lose 20 pounds in the two weeks). I exercised daily before etc.

I am losing slower than others but I lost weight pre-op.

It will come in waves. Your weight loss needs to catch up to your body. Pay less attention to the scale, and more attention to doing what you are suppose to be doing and the weight will come off you. When you lose fat, there are open spaces, and your body has to readjust and it can't do both at once, so maybe you need to measure yourself and when you feel like you aren't losing measure yourself.

Do you feel better at -22 than you did before surgery.

Stop telling yourself this isn't going to work, because if you tell yourself that one too many times, you are going to start self-sabotaging yourself. One day you will say, this isn't working for me, I'm a failure and then that is EXACTLY how people find themselves eating donuts, bags of chips, eating Ice Cream. The more you tell yourself you can't or it's not going to work, the more you will believe it and give up and that's how real failure begins.

I know how it feels, especially when I see others losing faster, but it's not a race. I had it in my head I would hit 199 by a certain date and I didn't hit it. I was very disappointed. I even hopped on the scale one day and I was up a pound and wanted to throw the scale. I hit the 199 today, 2 days later. I hit it though.

Start seeing the positive in the 22 and know as long as you do what you are suppose to do, you will lose weight.[/quote']

Good information...I am nearly 3 weeks out, down 13lbs ( and down another 11 lbs pre- op). I am trying not to obsess over the scale, but it's hard not to when you read about others losing much more! Ugh...