Surgery is over, I'm ready for my weight loss

[catwoman7 11,223]

9 minutes ago, Raw188 said:

I'm a month out now. Down 18 lbs since surgery. I didn't come out of surgery at a higher weight and I continued to lose weight the first week or two. Then the stall hit.

It's hard not to get frustrated when the weight isn't dropping. Especially since I saw it drop so fast on the liver shrinking diet. The pace of loss now is not nearly as exciting. Even knowing in advance that I won't see the same rate of loss and that there will be a stall.

I just have to remind myself that the 19 lbs I've lost in the last month is still a greater weight loss than I was able to do on my own in the last 10 years.

And I have to remind myself that even at a relatively slow weight loss of 5 lbs per month I can reach my goal weight in a year. That's really pretty fast when you think about it.

I only lost 16 lbs the first month - but my weight loss continued for 20 months. I lost 235 lb altogether (have regained 15-20 lbs, which is unfortunately very common after you hit bottom, but I'm OK with that now...). Anyway, my point is, the weight WILL come off, whether fast or slow, as long as you stick to the program.

[doobie31 178]

Today I reached my pre-surgery weight. It's all downhill from here (I hope). Can't help it - I really look forward to my daily weigh-in.