HOW IS YOUR WEIGHT LOSS GOING ...?? Surgery 5/27/03

My surgery date was May 27 ... I am 5'10" tall and started out on surgery day at 260 pounds. I'm still 5'10" tall and now am at about 223-224 pounds. I think this seems rather slow - at least it FEELS slow! I'm eating pretty much REGULAR foods but only about 3-4 ounces of it at a meal. Doing VERY poorly at my protein intake -- and I will probably end up BALD as a consequence. Drinking water is getting boring too - but I keep trying. I'm probably not getting enough of that either. But anyway - I was hoping to see how others with surgery times around my time were doing. (I'm not discouraged - but imagined a much FASTER, more obvious change! *smile*)

I also imagined a more rapid, obvious change. My surgery was on 5/19/03 and I have lost about 50 pounds. I am 5'9" and have gone from 400 to 350 pounds. When I had surgery, size 32 was a little tight. Now size 30 is a little loose. I had imagined that I would have lost at least 2 full sizes by now, instead of just 1. Oh, well. 50 pounds is still a lot of weight, right? Try the Isopure protein drinks (available at GNC) to try to get your protein intake up. They are NOT milk-based, but are VERY thin and easy to drink in flavors like orange, green apple-melon, and other fruity, easy-to-drink flavors. I am trying to keep focused on the positives of my weight loss...50 pounds of fat is the same as 200 sticks of butter!!! 35 pounds of fat is the same as 140 sticks of butter! That is a pretty good loss for you. Are you taking your measurements? Sometimes you will see more "results" there than you do on the scales. Keep up the good work!

Hi! My surgery was on May 16th, 2003. I am just over 9 weeks post-op. So far I have lost 53 lbs. and many inches off my body. (10 inches just in my waist!) I started out at 5'2" and 295 lbs. Are you taking pictures of yourself as you lose? I found that helps me see the real differences. Otherwise, sometimes I feel like it's "not working". Please keep your chin up! You are less than 2 months post op and have lost a significant amount of weight! Have we EVER been able to lose 40-50 lbs. in two months before?!? Believe me, I know that it feels like it's been a lot longer since my surgery too. You are righ****er is getting very boring and I haven't been getting enough lately. I am trying to drink more iced tea and flavored waters to make it easier. Do you belong to a support group of any kind? My surgeon wants me to start going to one so that I have someone to talk to about some of the same things you write about (the boredom, the discouragement in feeling like we're not losing enough fast enough, etc.) Well, I am going to try it. It can't hurt! Anyway, hang in there! Really, you are doing very well!! Take care.

Thank you both for your words! I know that the protein thing must work. I have been (holding my nose and swallowing -- okay it's not THAT bad ... *smile*) drinking the protein for 2 days now and unbelievably the scale did go down about a pound and 1/2 ... so that is exciting. My husband took pictures of me about 5 hours before I left for the hospital. And each month on my 'anniversary' he is taking the same four poses (right now in the same outfit) ... we'll keep 'em in a scrapbook! I'm anxious for Tuesday to come this week - because that will be 8 weeks and it will be interesting to look at the pictures. My best to ALL of YOU too!