When does this SLOW DOWN?!

[Studio54 27]

Hello everyone! I know this may sound crazy but I’m actually concerned about losing too much too fast! My surgery was February 24, 2021. In eight months I have lost 111 pounds. On New Year’s Day 2021 I weighed 295…. Current weight 173! Went from a size 20W/22W to an 8/10. The comments I’m getting now after eight months range from you’ve lost too much weight, to how much more weight can you possibly lose? It’s hard to explain to people that I’m just following the plan, I’m not hungry, and I feel like I can’t control this weight loss. If I’m only eight months postop can I expect to lose at least another 20 pounds by the first year? I know I sound insane but I just want to weight loss to stop and level out how long did it take for you guys to finally hit the bottom of the weight loss?

[catwoman7 11,214]

it slows down as time goes on. Once I got to within 20 lbs or so of a normal BMI, it slowed to a crawl - like 2 lbs a month.

[ms.sss 15,662]

I had to put in an actual effort to purposely stop it after i reached goal (lost 108 lbs in 7 months). Ended up losing an additional 10+ lbs over the next couple months after that figuring out my maintenance calories. Ive been maintaining +/- 5 lbs of 115 lbs since about 9 mnths post op. I'm 3 years out today, and my weight is within the "healthy" BMI range or my height.

[Jaye W 219]

Hey Studio54 we are surgery twins! Must have been a good day because I am down from a size 20/22 to a size 6/8 too. I seem to be slowing down now and not sure how low I will go. Are you talking to your Nut about maintenance yet? I am not, I am instead focusing on building muscle to improve my BMR in preparation for maintenance.

[Arabesque 7,314]

I lost another 11kgs in the 11 months after I reached my goal. It took me a while to reach the sweet spot of the calories I consumed equaling the calories I burnt. The weight loss got slower & slower. I found it hard to eat more in a meal so I adding calories via additional Snacks. I was up to 4 or 5 snacks a day (yoghurt, cheese, fruit, Protein Bar, whole/multigrain crackers, hummus). I truely felt like I was eating all day & it took effort like @ms.sss also experienced.

Been stabilised for about 12 months. My meals are larger (about a recommended portion size) & I only have 3 or the odd fourth snack a day to reach the calories I need to maintain.

I didn’t really start to feel hungry again until well into my second year and I still have days I’m not hungry. On those days I try to at least eat Protein rich foods. My attitude to food has changed a lot. I usually eat to provide my body with the calories & nutrients it needs to function - I eat because I need to not because I want to.

My experience is similar to some but not most. So far, I’m more of an exception. An outlier who throws a spanner in the statistical data & does more (or less) than statistically predicted. I am on the low BMI range end but turns out I actually have a smallish frame.

Don’t know what your goal weight is but if you’re getting close you should definitely be slowing. You could start to add a little more to your diet via healthy snacks. Speak to your dietician for advice & suggestions.

Just ignore those comments. We all got them. I did when I was 60kgs but don’t get them anymore 11kgs less - get you look great ones now. It doesn’t help that as we near our goal weight we start to look drawn. Once we add some good multi or whole grains back in our diet & our remaining fat resettles we look less gaunt. Those comments are more about how others perceive you not whether you are healthy & happy. It takes time for their vision of you to catch up with the new reality of you.

Congrats on your weight loss so far.

Edited October 30, 2021 by Arabesque