Only down 22lbs since surgery. Help!

[newsleevedme79 5]

Sleeved 6 weeks ago. I picked up grazing on crap. Getting back on wagon NOW. I feel like I'm failing already. Only down 22lbs since surgery. My new tummy handles food fine, I almost hate that. Need some encouragement. I can't fail! My parents paid for this! I know I can't beat this. Definitely do it when I'm bored old habit I guess. Starting gym tomorrow too. Ugh someone yell at me or slap me 🙄

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[catwoman7 11,212]

22 lbs in six weeks is fine. Grazing on crap this early out is NOT. STOP DOING IT!!!

[newsleevedme79 5]

22 lbs in six weeks is fine. Grazing on crap this early out is NOT. STOP DOING IT!!!

I will! Thank you for replying.

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[Rainbow_Warrior 996]

3 hours ago, newsleevedme79 said:

Sleeved 6 weeks ago. I picked up grazing on crap. Getting back on wagon NOW. I feel like I'm failing already. Only down 22lbs since surgery.

22 pounds in SIX WEEKS is quite good ... about 1.6kg per week or 3.5 pounds per week ... well on the good half of the standard bell curve.

Methinks you're over-worrying about nothing.

You're losing at a very acceptable rate.

Just discipline yourself to steer clear of C.R.A.P. (Calorie Rich And Processed foods!)

You owe it to yourself to follow your WL clinic's recommendations. (And you probably don't want to disrespect your parents' $$$$ outlay!)

Edited December 28, 2017 by Rainbow_Warrior

[TeresaBlount 9]

My mom paid for mine as well, I had to sign a contract with her, that if this fails, I have to pay it all back as well. But I feel the same way. Sleeved 12/14/17. I lost 15 lbs before surgery. But have only lost 18 lbs so far, I feel like I am failing as well. I have been walking on treadmill but only doing 75 kilometers. So I have picked it up and last night walked for 15 min and 230 kilometers.

[KimTriesRNY 1,853]

Worry more about the bad habits and breaking those. The I only lost X amount of pounds in X amount of weeks is pointless. You cannot out exercise a terrible diet. Eat right and according to plan and you will lose weight. It’s just normally not as fast as we want to.

[catwoman7 11,212]

10 minutes ago, TeresaBlount said:

. Sleeved 12/14/17. I lost 15 lbs before surgery. But have only lost 18 lbs so far, I feel like I am failing as well.

18 lbs in two weeks is a phenomenal rate of loss. Most of us lose 15-25 lbs in the entire first month. You are going to end up on the higher end of that range, if not over. You may be basing your expectations on what you see on shows like "My 600 lb Life". Yes, those people do drop a ton of weight the first month or two, but don't forget, they are starting out at 600+ lbs. For those of us more "normal" obese people, that much of a weight loss isn't at all common.. You will undoubtedly see a few of us who drop 30 lbs the first month, but they are outliers. Your weight loss is right on target - in fact, it's above average.

P.S. I *only* lost 16 lbs the first month (and that's in a month - not two weeks), and I lost over 200 lbs. Your commitment to your program is what makes the difference - not your rate of weight loss. But again, yours is absolutely fine.

Edited December 28, 2017 by catwoman7

[Rainbow_Warrior 996]

2 hours ago, TeresaBlount said:

I have been walking on treadmill but only doing 75 kilometers. So I have picked it up and last night walked for 15 min and 230 kilometers.

Are you sure of your metric measurements?

230 kilometres is 230000 metres ... equal to 143 miles. It's quite IMPOSSIBLE to go that far on a treadmill in just 15 minutes. (It takes about 160 to 175 minutes to drive 230 kilometres in a car on a road trip.)

An average fit athlete might make 2.3 kilometres easily in a quarter of an hour.

I suspect that, if you've been building up since late October, you might be doing 2.3km (2300 metres) in a quarter-hour.

[TeresaBlount 9]

Probably right, if one thing is for sure, I am horrible in math, lol

[Healthy_life2 8,324]

13 hours ago, newsleevedme79 said:

Sleeved 6 weeks ago. I picked up grazing on crap. Getting back on wagon NOW. I feel like I'm failing already. Only down 22lbs since surgery. My new tummy handles food fine, I almost hate that. Need some encouragement. I can't fail! My parents paid for this! I know I can't beat this. Definitely do it when I'm bored old habit I guess. Starting gym tomorrow too. Ugh someone yell at me or slap me 🙄

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I love that you are open to the loving slap upside the head from us. Makes me giggle inside.

You are not failing, You slipped ..Get back on the horse. (or your waggon) Beating yourself down is not productive. Start building yourself up. You will overcome this.

Much of this process is the mental side of wight loss. Just because my tummy can handle/tolerate anything doesn't mean it's the correct choice. Giving myself permission to eat bad choices/graze was something I had to work on.

Might want to try getting rid of the temptation foods in your home...Or ask family to hide them from you..lol Yes, I have to do this when my willpower is weak.

[newsleevedme79 5]

I love that you are open to the loving slap upside the head from us. Makes me giggle inside.
You are not failing, You slipped ..Get back on the horse. (or your waggon) Beating yourself down is not productive. Start building yourself up. You will overcome this.
Much of this process is the mental side of wight loss. Just because my tummy can handle/tolerate anything doesn't mean it's the correct choice if I want to lose weight. Giving myself permission to eat bad choices was something I had to work on.
Might want to try getting rid of the temptation foods in your home...Or ask family to hide them from you..lol Yes, I have to do this when my willpower is weak.

I I have seen some pretty rough responses to some stuff in here but honestly sometimes that's what we need. Thank you that's exactly how I feel this morning I woke up positive I had one scrambled egg for Breakfast I took my time eating it it filled me up I've got my Protein Shakes and I got my G2 and
my water

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[AmyP619 10]

I'm 4.5 weeks post-op and down only 16 lbs from surgery date. I've had a remarkably easy recovery, I haven't had an ounce of nausea, and everything I've eaten so far has agreed fine with me, plus I'm able to eat more than the 2-4 tbsp they say at this stage... I can eat up to half a cup already, so I hear you. I feel like this is going to make it WAY too easy to fall off the wagon at some point, so I make sure I LOG everything I eat on myfitnesspal, and I don't snack. I eat my 3 meals and get my liquids in, which helps keep me at the 600 calorie goal right now. I almost wish I had more complications to keep me from splurging, but I'm overly grateful that I haven't had any complications at all!!!!! It just means we have to work a little harder to keep ourselves on track. 22 lbs is great, keep it up!!

[bogglesauce 238]

On 12/28/2017 at 8:58 AM, catwoman7 said:

18 lbs in two weeks is a phenomenal rate of loss. Most of us lose 15-25 lbs in the entire first month. You are going to end up on the higher end of that range, if not over. You may be basing your expectations on what you see on shows like "My 600 lb Life". Yes, those people do drop a ton of weight the first month or two, but don't forget, they are starting out at 600+ lbs. For those of us more "normal" obese people, that much of a weight loss isn't at all common.. You will undoubtedly see a few of us who drop 30 lbs the first month, but they are outliers. Your weight loss is right on target - in fact, it's above average.

P.S. I *only* lost 16 lbs the first month (and that's in a month - not two weeks), and I lost over 200 lbs. Your commitment to your program is what makes the difference - not your rate of weight loss. But again, yours is absolutely fine.

Hi @catwoman7!

Thank you so much for saying this. I feel so much better now because I was sleeved on 11/22 and have only lost 18 pounds. I feel like I should be losing much faster because so many others who were sleeved around the same time I was lost way more than I did in a shorter amount of time.

Why do you think you only lost 16 in the first month?

[bogglesauce 238]

On 12/29/2017 at 8:53 AM, AmyP619 said:

I'm 4.5 weeks post-op and down only 16 lbs from surgery date. I've had a remarkably easy recovery, I haven't had an ounce of nausea, and everything I've eaten so far has agreed fine with me, plus I'm able to eat more than the 2-4 tbsp they say at this stage... I can eat up to half a cup already, so I hear you. I feel like this is going to make it WAY too easy to fall off the wagon at some point, so I make sure I LOG everything I eat on myfitnesspal, and I don't snack. I eat my 3 meals and get my liquids in, which helps keep me at the 600 calorie goal right now. I almost wish I had more complications to keep me from splurging, but I'm overly grateful that I haven't had any complications at all!!!!! It just means we have to work a little harder to keep ourselves on track. 22 lbs is great, keep it up!!

Same here!

[catwoman7 11,212]

3 hours ago, bogglesauce said:

Hi @catwoman7!

Thank you so much for saying this. I feel so much better now because I was sleeved on 11/22 and have only lost 18 pounds. I feel like I should be losing much faster because so many others who were sleeved around the same time I was lost way more than I did in a shorter amount of time.

Why do you think you only lost 16 in the first month?

I'm not sure about my genetics or my metabolism rate, but I'm female and was post-menopausal when I had surgery (age and gender make a difference). Plus between the six-month supervised diet my insurance required, and the two-week pre-op diet my surgeon required, I lost 57 lbs. People who lose a lot of weight before surgery tend to lose slower the first month, too, because they've already lost most of their "water weight". So I had three known factors going against me - and for all I know, I could have slow metabolism and some genetic reasons for it, too. I really worried that I'd never lose all my weight, but I did - over 200 lbs. I just kept plugging away, following my program. I hardly ever went off my program until I hit maintenance because I knew this was my one chance, and I wasn't going to blow it. Although I do know others who lost about that much the first month, too. It's not really all that uncommon.