When did your loss start to taper off?

[eliminnowp 113]

I know we all have a wide range of experiences when it comes to our weight loss, but I'd like to get some general perspective on how quickly people's losses started to slow down post-op.

Long term, most of us don't continue to lose as fast as we did the first few months. So when did that change for you, and how much did it slow down?

I am between 7- 8 months out and it seems like things are slowing down (and I've been a relatively slow loser to begin with!) My first month post op I lost about 17 lbs, and immediately after that I dropped to 8-10 a month until the past month. Now it's looking like 5-6 a month.

I'm not sure if it's just a stall or if this is part of the "normal" progression. Thx

[Pescador 1,374]

I would advise work your butt off while you have restriction! You don't have that long even tho some say it is easy. NOT.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

Well you always have restriction, 85% of your stomach is gone forever.

Look online for a WLS expected weight loss calculator. There is one on another site I can't link here.

When I got the average expected weight loss for my start weight, age, and height, which was around 220, my weight loss slowed down. This was also at around 14/15 months post op.

I have lost another 32 pounds in the past 5 months. So it slowed down but the majority of my weight was gone already. It was cold and I wasn't walking as much and YOLO, I haven't been as strict about my food (too many Protein bars).

I think everyone slows down once they get under 200 pounds, or at least it seems like that from posts I see here.

[eliminnowp 113]

@OutsideMatchInside - what you said about hitting your target makes sense. When I had my 6 month follow up they told me I had lost 65% of my excess weight, and for VSG they tell people to expect 50%- 60%.

They said people can definitely push past that, so I'm not going to give up yet! I'm still tracking food and exercising. I'd like to lose at least another 25- 35 lbs. I just need to accept that it may not happen as quickly.