HOW MUCH HAVE YOU LOST TODAY??

Do any of you get tired of people who know you had surgery asking every day "how much have you lost now? I had surgery 9-12-05 and I am down 15.5lbs so I am proud of my weight loss but I lost most of if in the first 2 weeks I have not moved down any in the last 4 days my surgeon said the wait loss would slow down I am doing every thing right so I know in the next day or so the scale will show it but I get so discouraged when everyone asks every day how much have you lost now and I have to tell them still 15lbs my husband said I though you had lost that much last week I said I got to 15lbs Friday it is now Monday I am sorry how much did you think I should have lost maybe I can tryer harder to meet your expectations if I know what they are!!! Then he felt really bad and appologized which made me feel bad for being so mean to him when I know he is just excited for me, and wants to know how I am doing. I guess I feel confused I want support but It is hard enought to jump out of bed every day and run to the scale "which I do every day" then to have to feel like everyone is juding your weight loss every single day! Am I the only person in the world who feels this way?

I havent had that problem YET...But I know what you mean about the scale issue.Maybe you would feel much better if you put the scale away and just weighed your self on one day out of the week.I know it is hard because I feel the same way I just want to see result's but believe me you will soon enough.I went for my 2 week post op appt. yesterday and I am down 18 lbs and I was hoping to have lost at least 10 so I went past what I wanted but I am not going to weigh myself anymore and see what the scale say's at my next appointment on Oct.12th.

I start work on Monday and I just KNOW everyone is going to harrass me. They mean well, as they have gone through the whole process with me and just want to know how it's working out. I have already decided to tell them I am only weighing once a week, and that I will let them know when I am at goal weight. Who needs the pressure? Shannon LAP RNY 9/14/05 275/245/140

Tabitha, I was having the same issue's and it was getting kind of depressing! So I decided I would no longer torture myself with the scale weighing in everyday because it wasnt moving. So I weigh in on tuesday's now and started walking again. If people ask you, tell them you only weigh in once a week so you dont know. Also I found that even though I had kinda stalled at 254 that my clothes were fitting looser. So I think even though we stall sometimes, our body is just readjusting and prepairing for the upcoming weight loss. Dont be discouraged. All we can do is follow our doctors guidlines and let our body's do the rest. Hope this helps. I am totally there with ya! Krista

Just tell them it's like growth spurts in kids. Sometimes they stay the same height for months, and then BOOM, they shoot right up! Weight loss is the same way.....sometimes your body is simply preparing itself for the next phase, and then weight just drops off 'overnight'. --BT