I Want To Be Normal!

[Muffin18 11]

So I feel crazy have the time. I'm always thinking about food and planning a meal and calories and Protein. I think the stress of all this is causing me to not lose weigh! Half the time I'm scared to eat. When I don't see change on the scale I get depressed and I am driving my husband crazy. I just to be normal again!????(fighting back tears)

[favoredone 590]

You will be your "new normal" soon.. It's very important to start changing habits and planning early out.. so as you progress it will become easier and a part of your normal routine.. Optimize your time.. Try not to stress out too much... it is counterproductive... Take 1 or 2 days a week and plan for a few days... Then you will kind of know what foods work for your body and what you need to avoid.. You will also know how much of something is enough (protein, veggies, etc.).... Take it one day at a time.. Breath and ROCK your sleeve!!! Let me know if I can assist you or answer any questions for you...

[Rootman 1,101]

Funny thing you go from feeling "abnormal" as a fatty to losing weight to suddenly being "abnormal" as a thin person.

I just sat in a meeting where they were passing around donuts, I passed explaining that I hadn't eaten one in over 2 years. They laughed at me in derision that I was denying myself something wonderful and how they themselves cannot do without them. I just sat there looking at them, all with pot bellies and two or more chins, some I know have diabetes and other health issues. *I* was the normal one NOT them. It's all the perspective.

[Bos123 221]

So I feel crazy have the time. I'm always thinking about food and planning a meal and calories and Protein. I think the stress of all this is causing me to not lose weigh! Half the time I'm scared to eat. When I don't see change on the scale I get depressed and I am driving my husband crazy. I just to be normal again!dde14(fighting back tears)

Give yourself time:) "normal" is a learned behavior I think. My normal for last 10 years is wearing stretch pants and hoodies, avoiding bathing suit and pictures, and having a evening snack in front of the tv after the kids go to bed. Is that normal, or my normal? My date is dec 3 and I often worry about what life will be like after... What will my normal be? Will I mourn the loss if my

Old normal? I think I am sick of my normal. It won't be easy but I can't wait for my new normal to be my normal lol. Good luck, we all need it:)

[CowgirlJane 14,260]

When was your surgery?

It is pretty normal to feel abbynormal (Young Frankenstein reference here!) for awhile. I feel pretty normal most of the time these days, but in the early weeks I certainly did not.

Don't become obsessed with the scale. In the end, you lose weight week to week or month to month... the day to day has alot of variation that just don't matter!

[Muffin18 11]

I was sleeved in April and try not to stress about the scale but it is easier said than done. I just feel depressed a lot lately and frustrated with no weight loss. I don't want to think about food or calories or anything anymore

[deltatrans44 32]

Muffin....u havent lost ANYTHING??

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

Don't worry, your not done losing weight yet. Switch up your calories and keep it low carb for a while. Go back to basics of Proteins and greens and you will burn the fat in your body.........What was your starting weight and what is your current weight?

[Muffin18 11]

Starting weight was 269 current weight is 214-216 just depend on the day