Whine, Complain, &%(*%, Kick the cat, etc.....
Nancy, it feels like I wrote your post! I've been on a slow down since the second half of December. I went to my six month check up on 1/24 weighing 228 by my scale and promptly put on about 3.5 lbs. It's moving VERY slowly down again, but still not at that 228 that I was almost 3 weeks ago. The only thing that I can offer you is to hang in there, because at six months we are NOWHERE near being done! We still have a lot of losing left. It WILL pick up again! In the meantime, reflect back on the AWESOME success you've had to date.
To illustrate (or compare):
I started at 322. I'm now down around 230. I would like to end up weighing 150 which would give me a total loss of 172. The reality is that having "only" lost 92 lbs by six months out, I probably won't make that goal of 150 unless I continue to lose really well for the next 6 - 12 months. When I feel like I'm getting depressed about this, I just talk to myself and remember how far I've come in six months. I often tell myself that when I was 240, I was feeling SOOOOO much better that even if I didn't lose another pound, I was thrilled with what the surgery did for me.
I know that you started with a lower weight than I did, but you've lost more than I have. The reality is that you will make your goal, based on how much you've lost already and how much you have left to lose. Just hang in there and keep fighting the good fight!
irene
((Nancy)) I know how hard it is when the scale stops moving. We get so used to seeing daily changes. And, when the honeymoon is over, we aren't ever really ready. I wish there was something that I could say to make you feel better. But, I am fighting for every pound now too. And, often I find myself fighting the same pound over and over. It seems like I have gained two for every three I have lost in the last month. So, I see movement on the scale. But, up is just as frustrating and no movement. I am constantly rethinking everything I do. Should I eat more? Less? More protein? Move water? Why was I able to eat that much? Maybe I should have tried harder duing the honeymoon stage. Am I going nuts?
I hope your day off from worrying about every bit was enough to bring your spirits back up. You really are doing fantastic!
Hat
I am with you girlfriend. Every pound from day one has been a struggle for me. G-d knows how much I still have to lose, and I have averaged
only 10lbs per month. I say only 10 as I measure msyelf by other's
successes here at the site. But no way in the world would I have had
even this amount off without the surgery. I have figured out that my
body will do like 6 lbs in a month...the boom- 12 or 14 the next...and
so it all seems to even out. I think are bodies are just shocked by all
of this and need time to adjust. I guess they are going to do what
they do, and control freaks that we are- we just can't control what
the scale is going to say at any given time. I have promised myself
not to become a slave to the scale and govern my day by what it says
but sometimes its just a kneejerk response. One minute I am bummed
because the scale isn't moving or as in the case of this week I actually
saw a 3lb weight gain. But our weight fluctuates daily so the important
thing is also to measure the non scale victories. And, for me there
are many of them - nFor the first time in about 8 yrs I can fit in a
restaurant booth, and in theatre seats again. I am shopping, cooking
cleaning, and running around like a crazy person and it feels good to
be able to make up for lost time and do that. But...I have to admit
I would love to be able to brag about higher weight losses too, and
am not looking forward to that which is obviously a plateau.
I guess when it all boils down to it...we are all the same. So hang in there
and have pity on the cat!!
Marcy
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