Does anyone else have these feelings?
Just wondering,
I am 6 months out and down 87 pounds. I feel like that is pretty good for weight loss although I was hoping I would be one of those people who could loose 100 pounds in 6 months. Anyway, I still want to loose 75 more pounds, and I stay scared that I won't make it because the weight loss has slowed down so much. I eat mainly protein, trying to stay under 20 grams of carbs a day. I never eat bread, chips, crackers, etc. unless we go to a mexican restaurant (maybe 1-2 times a month) and then I am a glutten and eat too many chips, and VERY SELDOM do I eat pasta or rice, and then it's only a bite or two. My weight loss is 2 pounds or a little under a week. I find it easy to stay on this plan, and have no plans to change up anything, unless someone has any suggestions. I guess what I am asking for is encouragement - Does anyone else stay scared that they won't reach goal? I guess it just seems so unreal to me to be at 150 pounds because I have never been there in my entire adult life. I want it so bad I can "taste" it, but it seems so unreachable at this point. Please someone, I need words of wisdom and encouragement. Thanks guys!! you are all the greatest. I don't know how I would make it without this website and everyone on it.
Stacy McClain
310/223/140-150 goal
Open RNY 10-1-2003
Stacy, I think you're doing GREAT! Congratulations so far. I am about the same loss as you. I've lost 83 pounds so far since 10/31/03. I want you to remember that you didn't put it on over night so it won't come off over night. You sound as if you're doing the correct things so that's good. I'd look at your sodium - if you're getting too much that can slow stuff down. Do you exercise? if not, time to get started. I really notice my weight fall off when I do something. How abou****er? you don't mention anything about that. I get in darn near a gallon 5 days a week. The weekends are tougher because I'm not sitting at my desk.
good job so far!
RNY 10/31/03 257/174/150
Stacy,
I have been having feelings of failure because I am probaly not going to reach " 100 lbs in six months " well then I decided that it is just a saying and the fact that I have lost 88.5 lbs is better than where I was at 5 months ago. I did notice that yesterday I got out in the yard and played around with my gardening I woke up this morning and lost had 1.5 lbs.
Kathy 
318.5/230/-88.5
318.5/230/-88.5 
Stacy,
Sometimes I have those same thoughts, but I know that at five months, I'm NOT finished losing. Unless something has gone wrong with my surgery, which it hasn't, I WILL lose more. I also know that slowing down or even taking a rest from losing is very normal at our stage. Just in our little group we've seen most everyone say the same thing...stuck...no matter how much we've lost up til now.
I take great solace from the wise post-ops who've gone before me and believe that things will pick up again. Make it to goal? Depends on how realistic the goal was to begin with. I'd like to lose 90% of my extra weight but I know the national average is 70%. So instead of one goal, I have several...get under 200 (11 lbs to go) BMI under 30 (@185 for me) realistic goal 175, and fantasy goal 165 (90% of excess weight.)
I'm just so darn thrilled to be alive and healthy, I don't care if I make all of those goals or just some.
Sandra
5'7", 55, Open RNY 10/17/03
317/211/175
Hi Stacy! Yes, yes, yes! It's as though you and I are speaking from the same "heart of fear". I had my surgery October 13, 2003. I weighed 332 lbs. on the morning of my surgery. I'm 5' 6" tall. I've lost 98 lbs. so far... and I'm sticking right there. I'm eating pretty much just like you are. Protein, very little rice, pasta, bread. Just like you, I do eat too many chips when I go out for mexican a couple of times a month! My goal is 150 lbs., too! That means I have 82 lbs. to go, and I'm scared to death my weight loss will just stop, or I'll stretch my pouch, (I never eat more than 3/4 c. - l c. which my doc says is normal) or something. I was losing 5-6 lbs. per week, and now it's 1-2 lbs. I just started walking and taking exercise seriously, on April 1st. So far, I like it! It's not so bad now that I can move without starting myself on fire due to the friction between my thighs... I hope I'm doing everything right. I do drink diet soda. I want to get away from that, or just have a can every other day. That's my biggest vice. I've been having some cravings lately, and dealing with the emotional/psychological issues around how I used to use food as my drug of choice. I am not usually hungry-- it's "head hunger" that I battle. I won't give in to bad choices. I don't want to be that woman anymore. I won't go back. We have to be confident we'll make it! I know we're not done losing yet. We can't be! Our current caloric consumption cannot possibly support our current weight. We *will* lose weight, it's a scientific fact! Hang in there... I'm hanging right with ya!
Hi Stacy;
I feel the same way. Your doing great! 87 pounds in six months, wow! I wish that I was doing that great. I had my open rny on 10/31/03. so far to date I've lost 65 pounds. My weight loss seems very slow. Sometimes I blame myself because I don't follow a low carb diet. I just can't seem to "DIET" at all. I just eat smaller portions. I was hoping to loose 100lbs by now also. At this rate I'll be lucky to get there in a year. I started my weight at 272 and am now at 206. I can't wait to get out of my 200's. Anyway, I'll keep chugging along as will you and we will get to goal.
Stacy I think you are doing fantastic!!!! I think we read these stories of some people that lose so much so fast and we want it to be us, which it will but maybe it will take a bit longer. I am confident I will meet my goal of 150 but maybe it might take me a bit longer than orginally thought but like someone else said, if we didn't have the surgery 6 mos ago we wouldn't even be here! And where we all are compared to where we were 6 mos ago is INCREDIBLE!!!! Hang in there Stacy you'll be celebrating again soon!
Erin
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