Weight Loss

[Fox-E 27]

Wow, it's been a long time since I've been on here. I'm 3 months post op and feeling great. I have my appointment tomorrow. I'm realizing I can pretty much eat anything I want, but I am dying for a salad!!! I don't know why, but salad and roughage scare me. They are off limits for now, but so are many other things I eat. I probably shouldn't eat anything I want, and I'm surprised at how well my stomach handles things.

Since I started this journey a year ago with my first (of many) pre-op appointments, I've lost 70 pounds. I lost 35 before surgery and 35 since surgery. I'm loving shopping for new clothes (although spending way too much money), and I love having more energy. I should be happy, but my weight loss has slowed down tremendously! I'm used to seeing the scale drop almost every day, and now a week or two will go by without one pound dropping off.

Am I done? This seems to have happened so fast!!! Was my weight melting off that quick and now I'm stuck? Am I just stalling?

Hope you are all enjoying the holidays and are having success in eating at all the get togethers.

[Bobby46 327]

Hi. I am a little over 3 mths post op and lose about 2 to 3 lbs a week most weeks. Some weeks I only lose 1lb. I have been on many diets in the past .....always put the weight back on. On Weight Watchers I lost 70lbs once putting me about 35lbs from goal and the weight loss came to a crawl. I believe the closer you get to goal the harder it is to drop the weight. What I did learn on Weight Watchers is that when you hit a stall or the weight is coming off really slow, is to up your calories 1 or 2 days a week by 100-200 calories a day or change your exercise....I would just do the treadmill most of the time then I would go to a zumba class for a couple weeks. I was told that your body gets used to the low calories or the same exercise routine so it just gets in a rut. If you flip things around every once in a while it gets the signal that all is ok and it will start dropping again. It worked every single time for me. I would do that or have one cheat day a week and eat whatever I wanted.

And...I eat a small salad once a week. I have about a 1/2 cup of lettuce/spinach and add chicken, egg, cheese and veggies and low fat dressing. Tastes like heaven! I completely understand the salad craving thing! It goes down pretty easy, I think you will be pleasantly surprised! Good Luck! Enjoy!