I'm almost 12 weeks out. With the exception of my husband and my son, I still haven't told anyone about my WLS. I had my gall bladder out at the same time, so most of them assume that my change in eating habits and weight loss is due to the gall bladder surgery. I'm down 49 lbs. right now, and wondering when or if they'll start questioning the weight loss. I'm not ashamed of the surgery, I just don't really want to hear everyone's thoughts on it, and I don't want everyone staring at me like I'm a lab rat when I go to eat something. I had such a hard time eating around my husband for a short time after surgery, because I felt like he was counting the bites I ate (he was worried that I wasn't eating enough, but I was getting in what I could). So I'm curious... I know that their were others who said they were keeping their surgery to themselves. Now that we're a couple of months out, who have you told???

I think that your weight loss is pretty normal for those of us who are lightweights. I had my surgery the day after yours, and as of today, I've lost 48 lbs. I just keep thinking "when did I last lose 48 lbs. in this amount of time???" I use Yahoo Diet Tracker, and it really helped when I put in my weight on Sunday, and saw that I was 49% of the way to my doctor's goal, and 41% of the way to my personal goal. We may lose slower, but it's because we have less to lose!

No raking over the coals, just my answer. I don't know because I am too afraid to try. I have not pushed the envelope. Dumping sounds abysmal and I plan to avoid the possibility as much as I can.

I had my surgery on 8/28 and I've lost 31 pounds. I try not to get discouraged, I havn't plateaued at all but I only loose 2 lbs. a week (although this week I lost 3). I'm a "lightweight". I started out at 5'7" and 240 lbs. so maybe that has something to do with it. I get in all my protein and water, walk every day and I'm about to start weights at the gym. I really feel like I've lost less than anyone and I can't figure it out.

gurl I know how you feel....try havin a stall of almost FOUR weeks! My surgery was 8/28 and at 4 weeks out I hit a stall until this past week and it started moving again! Thank God....I was so worried....I know its normal to stall but gah lee it was driving me crazy... I was just glad inches are falling off so Im TRYING not to obsess about that silly scale! Congrats to you!