The body's adjustment time and post-op weight loss..

[gmanbat 5,889]

Many of us have trouble with the speed at which the body operates. Many sleevers have registered frustration after the operation because of stalling and even gaining weight....temporarily.

My contention is that the body does not concern itself with time, only with function.

Consider the following examples of adjustment time:

Eyes dilating, food digesting, elimination, hair growth, muscle growth, cell replacement, aging, birth, death, etc....you get the picture. The body has it's own timing and gives no thought to it's inconvenience. It's timing can change on it's own and sometimes be changed by us but many processes are beyond our control.

We like speed. No one goes out to purposefully buy a slow car or computer. We would like to lose weight fast after sleeving. You can do all of the right things and it can still be slower than you desire. Let's face it, our bodies are doing OK, it's our brains that need to slow down. We are not our machines, we are much more complex. Complexity means it takes time to get things done. Honest scientists will admit that there are many things about our body that are yet unknown. We have to have faith in our bodies.

To all of the newly sleeved folks who are thinking you are a failure because you haven't lost weight immediately after sleeving or even gained. Slow down and breath. You can't speed up your body by worrying. Stress holds fat on, you know that. Do the right things, relax, and let your body do the work....on it's own time.

[sharonintx 1,275]

Amen to that. Wouldn't it be great if we were in total control of how our bodies respond on a given day??

I have one of the most stubborn bodies of all. I hate that! But I guess the weight will drop off when it gets good and ready so I may as well be happy about it and not sweat the timetable.

That was a great post - thanks.

[2Big2Skate 328]

_{Great advice. Thanks}

[CoreyCan 95]

Amen to that Gman! I definitely needed to here this today. I'm trying to reason with my overly obsessive mind! I know logically that eat less + exercise more = weight loss. I'm also 40 now so weight won't drop super fast no matter what I do. Also, the slower I lose the less chance I have of loose skin and Hair loss. I should print this out and put it next to my scale lol! Thanks again!!