Share your "slow loss" success!

[sheilarae 84]

Congrats on goal! What an awesome achievement! I have started noting the weight I was from last day of the month from the previous year - lets see for last August I weighed 222 lbs. - and this year I weigh 50 lbs less. I will take it! I am going to continue to try and stop comparison with those fast losers and just be mindful of my own progress and success - and the fact that I am not piling it all back on - which is what has always happened in the past. Just going to be that better version of myself and keep slogging away at it <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Ditto.

[Banned member 320]

Not sure if I posted in this thread but I'm definitely a slow loser by every definition. I will be 1 yr post op Oct. 2nd and have lost 55 pounds. Weight loss really slowed down after the 6 month mark and I stalled for about 3-4 months, probably self induced because I wasn't counting cals and probably was eating too much or at maintenance level. Well I've been back on plan and counting cals with MFP for the past month and have managed to lose the 4 pounds that I gained while stalled. I'm mentally back in the game and ready to start losing again and get this weight off. I think during the stall I took a mental break and that's probably what I needed and thankfully I did maintain during that time. I have about 50 pounds to goal and I so can't wait to finally break into onderland. I've been hovering slightly above it for the past 4 months.

[zenandnow 514]

Not sure if I posted in this thread but I'm definitely a slow loser by every definition. I will be 1 yr post op Oct. 2nd and have lost 55 pounds. Weight loss really slowed down after the 6 month mark and I stalled for about 3-4 months' date=' probably self induced because I wasn't counting cals and probably was eating too much or at maintenance level. Well I've been back on plan and counting cals with MFP for the past month and have managed to lose the 4 pounds that I gained while stalled. I'm mentally back in the game and ready to start losing again and get this weight off. I think during the stall I took a mental break and that's probably what I needed and thankfully I did maintain during that time. I have about 50 pounds to goal and I so can't wait to finally break into onderland. I've been hovering slightly above it for the past 4 months.[/quote']

Good for you for getting back in the game! You can do it, half the battle is being willing to try. Good luck to you!! Keep us posted, we need to encourage each other!

[Bos123 221]

Not sure if I posted in this thread but I'm definitely a slow loser by every definition. I will be 1 yr post op Oct. 2nd and have lost 55 pounds. Weight loss really slowed down after the 6 month mark and I stalled for about 3-4 months' date=' probably self induced because I wasn't counting cals and probably was eating too much or at maintenance level. Well I've been back on plan and counting cals with MFP for the past month and have managed to lose the 4 pounds that I gained while stalled. I'm mentally back in the game and ready to start losing again and get this weight off. I think during the stall I took a mental break and that's probably what I needed and thankfully I did maintain during that time. I have about 50 pounds to goal and I so can't wait to finally break into onderland. I've been hovering slightly above it for the past 4 months.[/quote']

This sounds like me! What are your stats if you don't mind sharing?

[newgrandmother 725]

mlkd i am so with you. my dr told me the norm is is 60lbs in the first 6 months i had only lost 53lbs she made me feel really low and like a failure every since then i have not lost weight. that was 6 months check up and than after that i stalled. i go from 217 to 225 back and forth. very depressing very depressing

[Banned member 320]

This sounds like me! What are your stats if you don't mind sharing?

I started at 260 the day of surgery and I weighed in at 205.8 this morning. I'm 5'3 and 29 yrs old. I so want to get in onderland and I'm finally motivated to make this push for goal. The first 6 months of surgery I didn't track cals or anything and when I stalled I thought my body would just naturally start losing weight again but nope. I definitely think calorie counting will be something that I may have to do for the rest of my life.

[Banned member 320]

mlkd i am so with you. my dr told me the norm is is 60lbs in the first 6 months i had only lost 53lbs she made me feel really low and like a failure every since then i have not lost weight. that was 6 months check up and than after that i stalled. i go from 217 to 225 back and forth. very depressing very depressing

NGM we can do this. It may take us longer than others but we can definitely reach our goals I've come to the realization that I probably wont reach goal until the 2 year mark. Maybe I'm meant to lose the first 50 pounds in the first year and then the other 50 pounds in the next year. I never would of imagined still being obese almost a year after surgery but I try to view it as I've NEVER been able to lose 55 pounds on my own, ever. It will definitely take longer and the weight wont come off as quickly as it did soon after surgery but we still have the tool

[JessicaAnn 564]

I didn't read all of the posts, but what makes a "slow loser"? I feel like I'm a slow loser compared to others that had surgery the same time. I've been slacking on exercise, but have been doing well with protein/water.

HW 299

SW (July 3 2013) 285

CW 250

[Heyher 581]

So I think I might have broke out of my stall. Down .2 lbs from doc appointment yesterday. Lost the two lbs I gained while doing steroids already. So this is down from my lowest weight before. I'm not going to say I have for sure broke the stall, but my fingers are crossed that I did.

[aroundhky 1,174]

I didn't read all of the posts, but what makes a "slow loser"? I feel like I'm a slow loser compared to others that had surgery the same time. I've been slacking on exercise, but have been doing well with protein/water.

HW 299

SW (July 3 2013) 285

CW 250

And how far out are you?

[aroundhky 1,174]

Duh...neverminf.....I now see it was July 13th. Sorry about that.

"JessicaAnn".....you are probably not far enough out yet to really get the feel for your sleeve or to know you are a slow loser. If you're like most, you're probably somewhere around that 3 week stall....or just coming out of it??

[JessicaAnn 564]

Duh...neverminf.....I now see it was July 13th. Sorry about that.

"JessicaAnn".....you are probably not far enough out yet to really get the feel for your sleeve or to know you are a slow loser. If you're like most' date=' you're probably somewhere around that 3 week stall....or just coming out of it??[/quote']

I'm 8 weeks out, and around week 2 I had a stall that lasted almost 3 whole weeks!

[aroundhky 1,174]

"JessicaAnn"......those stalls, almost all of us have been there. You'll probably hit another one, keep getting in that Protein and Water and you'll be fine.

[clk 3,519]

I'd say that I agree - you're too soon out to really know your pace. Your body is still recovering. And if you did a preop diet? You can expect slower loss in the first month and an earlier pause (I hesitate to say stall; they last three weeks or longer) than if you didn't do one.

I consider a slow loser anyone who loses at the pace of a typical, non WLS patient. So, 1-2 pounds a week. Many experience at least 5 a week until they get to the end, where everyone slows. I lost, on average, just over six pounds a month. Less than two pounds a week, with two nine week stalls in there and several weeks towards the end where I logged losses in the tenths of a pound.

~Cheri

[JessicaAnn 564]

I'd say that I agree - you're too soon out to really know your pace. Your body is still recovering. And if you did a preop diet? You can expect slower loss in the first month and an earlier pause (I hesitate to say stall; they last three weeks or longer) than if you didn't do one.

I consider a slow loser anyone who loses at the pace of a typical' date=' non WLS patient. So, 1-2 pounds a week. Many experience at least 5 a week until they get to the end, where everyone slows. I lost, on average, just over six pounds a month. Less than two pounds a week, with two nine week stalls in there and several weeks towards the end where I logged losses in the tenths of a pound.

~Cheri[/quote']

Thank you. I had a 2 week pre op diet and lost 10lbs. Then, 22lbs the first 2 weeks, stalled for 3 weeks, lost 9lbs the next 2 weeks, and have lost 10lbs since then (2 weeks ago).