could use some reassurance...

hi all, so it's been 8 weeks for me. i am a slow loser. trying not to be discouraged. i lost around 5 pounds pre-surgery. my surgery day weight (on my scale) was 320, a few days ago it hit 286. now today it's 290. a gain! i am trying to see the humor in this. and also realizing i could be premenstrual (at 49, i've been perimenopausal for a while so i never know when i'm due). the last few days, it's been harder to eat food. i'm not sick, just not hungry at all and a bite or two fills me. i've been getting my protein mostly from fish and hitting the 60 gram mark. started to eat fresh romaine salad, some fresh pear and apple. getting my water in. walking more, climbing stairs alot more. still being in the same size is a bummer but my pants are pretty big everywhere except in the waist. i'm going to the avenue today to see if i can buy one pair of decent work pants that fit. i don't know what i'm asking for. i know that the scale is going down. i know i haven't been under 290 since 1984. i know that i will continue to lose and i won't be THE person who this surgery failed. oh well. a bit discouraging. susan

(((((Susan))))) ok 1st off i only weigh once a week and it works much better for me!! I dont want to know about the daily water weight or fluid retentiona and i also dont want the stress of the ups and downs that every normal body has. I think you are doing great!!! When is the last time you lost weight like 34 pounds and knew you could keep it up and keep the weight off??? Hun you are doing fabulous..so your a slow looser, me too but maybe our skin will stay caught up woth our loss (c: good luck sweets!!!! Lets chat anytime you want!!!

I have only lost 25 lbs. since surgery (6 weeks ago), so I think that I am losing slow too, but my nutritionist said that 4-5 lbs. a week is perfect. Any more than that, and you are losing muscle. I too am 49 and perimenopausal. As a matter of fact, I haven't had a cycle since my surgery!!