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I hit Onederland this morning for the first time in 4 years! Woohoo!

I will be 4 weeks PO tomorrow.

HW 235

SW 216

CW 199.6

5'3"

39y/o F

I have had a fantastic 4 weeks, I've lost 16.2 lbs in this time. I've had a significant slowdown in rate of loss and even a few stalls during this time. I'm currently averaging about 2-2.5lbs of loss per week. This is fantastic to me, considering at my best pre-op I was luck to lose .5lb a week.

My question is, during the 'honeymoon' period, is it reasonable to expect to maintain this average rate of loss for a while?

I'm certainly not expecting a 16lb loss every month moving forward (and not sure I would even want that) but I'm just curious once I am out of the immediate 'post op healing phase' is 8-10lbs a month reasonable.

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I am almost three months out and have had my shares of stalls BUT I have kept up the the loss average through all three months so far. I am at close to a 60 pound loss as of this morning, and currently in a bit of a stall but that is how it has been for the last couple weeks. The scale doesn't budge for a few days and then it will slowly creep up a few ounces and then one day it will be down a couple of pounds......strange but its working!

I am praying that if I stay the course it will continue on as well.......I will be following this thread to see if some of the veterans can shed more long term light.

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I’m too new to answer the honeymoon question but just want to say congrats on reaching wonderland!

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Hi @KellyMarie8288...congrats on the milestone!! Yay you!

We have very similar starting stats, I'm 5'2", starting weight 235, (but am a good10 years older than you). We would be considered "low-weights" and cannot reasonably expect the same weight loss rates achieved by those heavier and taller in the first few months, or in the months following the initial drop.

With that said, not counting the first two months post-op, when I had a higher than normal pound droppage for ME (compared to later months), I lost anywhere between 10 and 13 lbs a month until I reached goal by 7 months. I need to note though that I was doing pretty low calories throughout weight loss phase, as well as progressively more intense regular exercise.

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7 hours ago, KellyMarie8288 said:

I hit Onederland this morning for the first time in 4 years! Woohoo!

I will be 4 weeks PO tomorrow.

HW 235

SW 216

CW 199.6

5'3"

39y/o F

I have had a fantastic 4 weeks, I've lost 16.2 lbs in this time. I've had a significant slowdown in rate of loss and even a few stalls during this time. I'm currently averaging about 2-2.5lbs of loss per week. This is fantastic to me, considering at my best pre-op I was luck to lose .5lb a week.

My question is, during the 'honeymoon' period, is it reasonable to expect to maintain this average rate of loss for a while?

I'm certainly not expecting a 16lb loss every month moving forward (and not sure I would even want that) but I'm just curious once I am out of the immediate 'post op healing phase' is 8-10lbs a month reasonable.

Sent from my Pixel 3a using BariatricPal mobile app

I think its super reasonable to expect the weightloss you experience per month to start off large then taper down as you get closer to your lowest weight. But 8-10lbs *every* month might be rare although it can happen.

You may even experience erratic patterns that don’t look like a steady slope down but like steps (stalls or plateaus, but not everyone does) I have seen people make calendars that show their losses :

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I hope the visual helps & congrats on Onederland ❤️

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