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I had surgery 4/12 tomorrow is my 1 month. And I have only loss 18 pounds.. as crazy as it sounds I am really upset. I follow my program w my fluids Proteins Vitamins and exercise. I heard the bigger the bmi more weight loss. I was 341 @surgery. I'm so happy w this tool but just discouraged I'm doing something wrong

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"Only 18 pounds in a month"??? When have you been able to do that before? I'm pre-surgery and headed to my NUT this morning for my 2nd appt and have lost nothing (and have been dieting). 18 lbs in a month is a great success! If you're following the plan and getting your Protein and Water - you're not doing anything wrong. It seems that with that loss - you're doing things properly!

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I "only" lost 14 pounds my first month. I "only" lost 8 pounds my second month. I "only" averaged 6 pounds a month for a long time after that. And I eventually got down to where I was "only" losing 2 pounds a month. You know where all of those "only"s got me? To goal, where I've been maintaining for almost 9 months!

Rate of loss is completely meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Are you following your plan? Are you getting in your Water, Protein, and Vitamins? Are you getting up and moving around? Is the scale generally trending downward? Then the only things you are doing "wrong" are comparing yourself to others and being impatient.

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I've only lost 15 lbs but I'm grateful I have never been able to lose that much in two wks right now I'm on a stall but I don't care because it'll get better I'm confident . I'm 3 wks post surgery I'm gettin all my Protein and my two Multi Vitamins hang in their it'll get better we didn't come this far for negativity !!

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Thank you all for the comments.. but let me clarify. I am very Grateful for the weight I have lost as well as this entire process!! I have lost 65 pounds in total from my highest weight and I know I could not have Done we that with out preparing for my surgery. I was b err ing honest when I said I was discouraged. If I would have know that sharing my feelings about my Journey I would h a very never posted anything. I know men and women from my surgery center that have lost close to 30 or more pounds during the first month...but no worries...sorry for posting the a nks for the input I guess.

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Thank you all for the comments.. but let me clarify. I am very Grateful for the weight I have lost as well as this entire process!! I have lost 65 pounds in total from my highest weight and I know I could not have Done we that with out preparing for my surgery. I was b err ing honest when I said I was discouraged. If I would have know that sharing my feelings about my Journey I would h a very never posted anything. I know men and women from my surgery center that have lost close to 30 or more pounds during the first month...but no worries...sorry for posting the a nks for the input I guess.

You really cannot compare yourself to other people.

None of us lose at a constant or steady rate. None of us lose at the same rate as someone else. We all experience periodic stalls and slow downs. Almost everyone experiences a stall about three weeks post op.

There is nothing wrong with sharing your feelings. I think what everyone is saying to you is that you are doing great.

Embrace the Stall

http://BariatricPal.com/index.php?/topic/351046-Embrace-the-Stall

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@@joiB I'm sorry if you my post came across as negative or not acknowledging your feelings. I was trying to be supportive and give you hope that a "slow" loss isn't the end of the world and you can still eventually reach your goal. I guess it wasn't clear to me from your original post exactly what kind of feedback you were wanting.

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