Re: WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

It's here. I am also 2 months post-op and have only lost 43 pounds. I too

get a bit disheartened to hear that other WLS patients lose alot more than I

have. I know 43 pounds is great and I look great too but I too wish I could lose

alot more quickly. I know how you are feeling.

Australia

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????

I am 2 months post op & have only lost 31 pds. I keep reading about all

these other people losing 30 pds in two weeks, 80 pds in 2 months, etc.

By the way, congratulations to all of you. I know you must be

absolutely thrilled and I am so happy for all of you. I just wish I

knew what I was doing wrong. Is there anyone else out there who is

losing as slowly as me?

Pam

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

It's here. I am also 2 months post-op and have only lost 43 pounds. I too

get a bit disheartened to hear that other WLS patients lose alot more than I

have. I know 43 pounds is great and I look great too but I too wish I could lose

alot more quickly. I know how you are feeling.

Australia

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????

I am 2 months post op & have only lost 31 pds. I keep reading about all

these other people losing 30 pds in two weeks, 80 pds in 2 months, etc.

By the way, congratulations to all of you. I know you must be

absolutely thrilled and I am so happy for all of you. I just wish I

knew what I was doing wrong. Is there anyone else out there who is

losing as slowly as me?

Pam

[Guest guest]

I started out losing 30 lbs in my first two weeks and then stopped for a month.

By my second month I started losing again, I went into my 3rd month I think only

weighing like 40+ lbs as well. When I went and seen my doctor, he asked me, " are

you eating anything you shouldn't " Because I had only lost a 1/2 lb since my

last visit, yet I had not been eating what I shouldn't. His nurse told me,

" What? Did you think it was going to just melt off " , I said YES! I was hoping

hahahaha As I became more active and able to take in more protein and water, I

started losing on a regular basis. Protein and water is probably 98% of what I

eat now. Remember, everyone is different too. Right now you might be slow, but

it will catch up. This has to be a lifestyle change... and when your body is not

losing, it is resting and preparing to lose again. Also, us women have our

womenly's that also add on to the slow weight loss each month. Just keep up the

hard work!! It WILL pay off.

Best Wishes,

Shauna

wrote:

Hi Pam,

It's here. I am also 2 months post-op and have only lost 43 pounds. I too

get a bit disheartened to hear that other WLS patients lose alot more than I

have. I know 43 pounds is great and I look great too but I too wish I could lose

alot more quickly. I know how you are feeling.

Australia

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????

I am 2 months post op & have only lost 31 pds. I keep reading about all

these other people losing 30 pds in two weeks, 80 pds in 2 months, etc.

By the way, congratulations to all of you. I know you must be

absolutely thrilled and I am so happy for all of you. I just wish I

knew what I was doing wrong. Is there anyone else out there who is

losing as slowly as me?

Pam

[Guest guest]

I started out losing 30 lbs in my first two weeks and then stopped for a month.

By my second month I started losing again, I went into my 3rd month I think only

weighing like 40+ lbs as well. When I went and seen my doctor, he asked me, " are

you eating anything you shouldn't " Because I had only lost a 1/2 lb since my

last visit, yet I had not been eating what I shouldn't. His nurse told me,

" What? Did you think it was going to just melt off " , I said YES! I was hoping

hahahaha As I became more active and able to take in more protein and water, I

started losing on a regular basis. Protein and water is probably 98% of what I

eat now. Remember, everyone is different too. Right now you might be slow, but

it will catch up. This has to be a lifestyle change... and when your body is not

losing, it is resting and preparing to lose again. Also, us women have our

womenly's that also add on to the slow weight loss each month. Just keep up the

hard work!! It WILL pay off.

Best Wishes,

Shauna

wrote:

Hi Pam,

It's here. I am also 2 months post-op and have only lost 43 pounds. I too

get a bit disheartened to hear that other WLS patients lose alot more than I

have. I know 43 pounds is great and I look great too but I too wish I could lose

alot more quickly. I know how you are feeling.

Australia

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????

I am 2 months post op & have only lost 31 pds. I keep reading about all

these other people losing 30 pds in two weeks, 80 pds in 2 months, etc.

By the way, congratulations to all of you. I know you must be

absolutely thrilled and I am so happy for all of you. I just wish I

knew what I was doing wrong. Is there anyone else out there who is

losing as slowly as me?

Pam

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam )

I've also been a slow loser. I has surgery on April 5th of this year

and initially lost about 28-30 pounds, then hit a monthlong plateau!!

I was so worried and disappointed!! I wondered if I would be that

person the surgery just doesn't work for... but I knew I had the scars

to prove that he'd gone in there and done the surgery, so I just kept

the faith and did what he told me to do w/intake and light exercise.

Sure enough, one day I got on the scale and it had budged half a

pound. Not much, but I knew it was a good sign. Since then I've lost

steadily- sometimes faster, sometimes slower- but knock on wood, I

haven't hit another plateau yet. As of Wednesday, I'm 3 months out

from surgery and have lost 51.5 lbs since surgery, 66.5 including the

pre-surgery liquid diet, and 80.5 since my highest weight. So it's

coming off, but sometimes not as quickly as I'd hoped. I think the

speed of the weight loss also depends on how much you had to lose in

the first place... but don't worry, it will come off. )

Have a great day,

Susie

>

> I am 2 months post op & have only lost 31 pds. I keep reading about

all

> these other people losing 30 pds in two weeks, 80 pds in 2 months,

etc.

> By the way, congratulations to all of you. I know you must be

> absolutely thrilled and I am so happy for all of you. I just wish I

> knew what I was doing wrong. Is there anyone else out there who is

> losing as slowly as me?

>

> Pam

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

I don't know about you, but I can't remember ever the time I lost 31 lbs in 2

months prior

to WLS, can you? I know I would have been delighted with those results

pre-surgery.

Keep in mind a few things:

- The heavier you are pre-surgery the quicker you will lose.

- Men lose faster then us ladies (but we live longer on average!)

- At 15 lbs per month, in six months you will be down 90 lbs!

- It took a lot longer for us to get to our pre-surgery weight than it will

getting it off after

surgery. I lost about 90 lbs the first year, 40 additional the second year. I

would have

been horrified if I had gained weight at that rate.

- Some people exercise a lot the first year and lose weight quicker.

- Unfortunately, the older we are when we have surgery, the more our bodies seem

to

want to hold on to it.

Stay on track, get into exercise and follow your program, the rest will come.

Best wishes!

Terri

>

> I am 2 months post op & have only lost 31 pds. I keep reading about all

> these other people losing 30 pds in two weeks, 80 pds in 2 months, etc.

> By the way, congratulations to all of you. I know you must be

> absolutely thrilled and I am so happy for all of you. I just wish I

> knew what I was doing wrong. Is there anyone else out there who is

> losing as slowly as me?

>

> Pam

>

[Guest guest]

I agree Mike, all the weight from the highest weight should count.

Mike Tune wrote:

Why do most people only count the weight lost AFTER surgery? I feel

that

weight lost is weight lost, I had to lose some before surgery and I feel

like that is just as important as the weight after? For people like us, the

hardest weight we had to lose was before surgery when we could eat anything

we wanted.....Can some folks please give me your opinon on this issue.

Mike T

> wrote:

> according to my doctor only from surgery weight counts now.

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[Guest guest]

I count my weight loss before surgery as well! To me weight lost is

weight lost! I lost 18.5 lbs on my pre-op diet. I'm darn proud of it

too! :-)

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Mike Tune wrote:

> Why do most people only count the weight lost AFTER surgery? I feel that

> weight lost is weight lost, I had to lose some before surgery and I feel

> like that is just as important as the weight after? For people like us, the

> hardest weight we had to lose was before surgery when we could eat anything

> we wanted.....Can some folks please give me your opinon on this issue.

>

> Mike T

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well done

Re: Re: WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????

I count my weight loss before surgery as well! To me weight lost is

weight lost! I lost 18.5 lbs on my pre-op diet. I'm darn proud of it

too! :-)

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Mike Tune wrote:

> Why do most people only count the weight lost AFTER surgery? I feel that

> weight lost is weight lost, I had to lose some before surgery and I feel

> like that is just as important as the weight after? For people like us, the

> hardest weight we had to lose was before surgery when we could eat anything

> we wanted.....Can some folks please give me your opinon on this issue.

>

> Mike T

>

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