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@Kindle@feedyoureye@jasminebsn3 thank you for your support. I will increase my calorie intake to 800-1000 an try my best to only weigh once a week!

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Many of us have slow spots or stalls. The one at 2-3 weeks has a name! "the three week stall" look it up. You may have slow weeks or weeks where you lose nothing, and are doing everything right. I lost pretty slow... I didnt get to goal for 3 years! But the speed of loss is not the prize, the end results are. Just keep with it and try not to stress. You are only at the very beginning of the journey... it lasts a lifetime!

Thanks - it's good to know that slow losers will eventually reach goal. I'm afraid that I will just stop losing at some point and then I will be in real trouble. So there is always that thought that if I don't do it all within a year, I'm screwed. They've kind of hammered this into my head at the surgery clinic, that we have to make major progress within the first year.

I've only lost 3 pounds in the last month for a grand total of 43 pounds - 20 less than where I wanted to be at this point because my six month check up is next month. But I have not been doing everything I should be doing (or not doing) and that's my fault so I really can't complain. Diabetes runs in my family and before the surgery my blood tests showed that I was on the cusp of diabetes. I have a sneaking suspicion that I am sensitive to carbs like so many others here. So I am now determined to make sure that I keep my carbs below 100 grams per day, drink 64 ounces of Water per day, get in my 80+ grams of Protein and hit the gym more than 3 days per week

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Thanks - it's good to know that slow losers will eventually reach goal. I'm afraid that I will just stop losing at some point and then I will be in real trouble. So there is always that thought that if I don't do it all within a year, I'm screwed. They've kind of hammered this into my head at the surgery clinic, that we have to make major progress within the first year.

I've only lost 3 pounds in the last month for a grand total of 43 pounds - 20 less than where I wanted to be at this point because my six month check up is next month. But I have not been doing everything I should be doing (or not doing) and that's my fault so I really can't complain. Diabetes runs in my family and before the surgery my blood tests showed that I was on the cusp of diabetes. I have a sneaking suspicion that I am sensitive to carbs like so many others here. So I am now determined to make sure that I keep my carbs below 100 grams per day, drink 64 ounces of Water per day, get in my 80+ grams of Protein and hit the gym more than 3 days per week

The first year is the honeymoon. It is easiest to lose it then. Do not lose your chance to get the most out of the first year... HOWEVER, with ditermination, and finding out what works for you, you can lose more later. The key is maintaining consciousness about what you are putting in your body, and not quiting! EVER! Statistics show many gain weight in the 3rd year. Hunger may return if it hasn't already, and you can just eat more at a sitting. So you have to really work on a plan you can stick too, and making good habits with eating and moving. Find things you like that work for you. I still slip up, but getting back on plan the sooner the better keeps me pretty close to goal.

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