Benefits of losing weight slower than expected

[Mandyctr 75]

I'm an April sleeved. Mine was on April 15th. I'm 48 pounds down and happy about it. The loss is slowing down so I'm working out more now. I started at 243. I'm okay with 195 for now and excited about the next three months. I finally fit in my wedding rings yesterday and could wear them all day for the first time in two years! Very happy with that!

[ZoeyBear 64]

I am an April sleever, too...4/9/15. My sw was 285 and today I'm at 230!!! I feel like it's moving slowly, however, any other time I have tried to lose weight in my life, the numbers went down and up, down and up...not anymore! I'm loving the fact that they only go down now! Sometimes, even if the numbers don't move, I go down another size! I've gone from a 26 to a 20 and getting closer to an 18! When I look in the mirror, I look mostly the same to myself, but others don't see me that way. Wonder why I can't see what they see? Looking forward to the day I see a totally different person in that mirror! Let's keep on encouraging each other! Glad to hear from other April sleevers!

[butterfly23 423]

Thanks everyone for your comments.

@@rp1980 - I was sleeved 4/15/15, how about you? Congrats on your success thus far! As you say, as long as we get there, does it really matter how long it takes? I saw a good quote today "Those who succeed are the ones who look in the mirror and see no change, but continue anyway, knowing they will get there in time."

@@borg/assimilated - I am hoping we are slow and steady losers (for example, I didn't have the dreaded 3 week stall everyone talks about) so perhaps in the end, slow and steady wins?

Congrats fellow April sleevers @@ZoeyBear and @@Mandyctr on your success!

[Croaker 26]

The important thing is to do the right things. That's what I'm focusing on.

I'm 5 months out in a few days, and my surgeon has a goal for me of 60% excess body weight lost by 6 months.

Right now I'm at 42%, so I'll likely wind up short of the goal.

However, I'm still holding to the principles of sustained weight loss, so I'm not particularly worried. I can't make my body lose weight faster (I tried shouting at my gut for awhile and it ignored me), so I pay attention to the things I can control.

Great post!

[rp1980 116]

Wow @@Croaker, 60%-70% is the average weight loss, period, so I wouldn't stress about meeting that in six months either. Sounds like you have the right idea about focusing on the things you can control.

@@butterfly23, I was sleeved 4/6. It was a pretty easy experience, too.

I don't even know how much I've lost now because I'm trying to weigh only once a month. I was finding that whether I lost a little or a lot would have too big of an impact on my day. So I'm just going to stick to the game plan. I go to the surgeon next Thursday for my (early) four-month check in, so I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

[mrsbailey921 117]

Some of these responses claiming slow weight loss are nowhere near slow weight loss. My surgeon said more than 10pds a month loss is excellent for the surgery, considering 10 PDS a month is average.

I am 10 months out and about 54 pounds down... Now that is slow!

Benefits of a slower weight loss is... I'm not shocking my body... The loss is more gradual and thus looks very good on me. Plus no one knows I had surgery unless I tell them. I don't have what I call "Bariatric face". ????