Weight loss has stopped...getting worried

[skgirls2016 21]

@@startingmylife lol I know! Almost like I'm replacing my food obsession with weight loss obsession.

Good luck to you as well!

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Small reality adjustment coming at you here for those who have recently been sleeved.

Below are my weight loss stats for the first four months post-op:

Month 1 -10.4 pounds

Month 2 -11.8 pounds

Month 3 -9.2 pounds

Month 4 -10.4 pounds

Then things slowed down.

Yet here I am today -- 100 pounds lighter and maintaining at 135 pounds.

Guys, this isn't about how fast you can lose, but about learning how to change your life and your lifestyle in a way that will support your health and a healthy weight for the rest of your life. THAT should be your WLS goal.

Good luck to you all.

[singinshell 13]

Thank you for the reality check! I was sleeved and given paperwork and that was it. I don't have a support group. Well thank goodness I have this app to vent on. Thanks Ann for the pep talk.

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[JamieLogical 8,708]

My signature has the stats for how much I lost each month post-op. My numbers are even lower than VSGAnn's and yet I still reached my goal and have been maintaining for 10 months! I don't know why everyone is in such a hurry to drop the weight. How fast you lose soooooo doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Once you are at goal and maintaining, the rate of loss is completely irrelevant.

[Robin244135 1]

I am at my three month mark, lost 25 since surgery and am stalled. I cried when I talked to my doctor about it. She gave me a really good reality check. Not everyone who has had the surgery are on these forums reporting, so the stalling is probably an issue in most people. [Not that this forum is bad! I love it.] She also gave me some tough love and said, "it's only been three months. Come back when it's been a year an remember this conversation."

For many of us, a year to lose the weight seems like an eternity. But it's mere seconds in the life we have been in our bodies. Slow and steady wins the race!

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I am at my three month mark, lost 25 since surgery and am stalled. I cried when I talked to my doctor about it. She gave me a really good reality check. Not everyone who has had the surgery are on these forums reporting, so the stalling is probably an issue in most people. [Not that this forum is bad! I love it.] She also gave me some tough love and said, "it's only been three months. Come back when it's been a year an remember this conversation."

For many of us, a year to lose the weight seems like an eternity. But it's mere seconds in the life we have been in our bodies. Slow and steady wins the race!

I don't know what posts you are reading, but I would hazard a guess that a large majority are about stalls. Otherwise, your surgeon is absolutely right.

Embrace the Stall

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