Only 10 lbs lost in 4 months!

Hi Stacy, I have had a tought time also, surgery on 10/5 & have lost 71 pounds & had some complications that have made my loss slower. I've been told the lower your BMI to start with the slower your loss. Also, it seemed when I was being very restrictive with my calories I was barely losing, when I started allowing myself to eat more healthy calories I started to lose much faster, sometimes very low calorie intake makes your body think you are starving & it fights to hold onto every pound. Just a thought... good luck!

Hi Stacey, I had my surgery in August and while I am not a pro by any means, I do have a bit of advice. Don't average your losses week to week. Do it month by month. What I mean is this: Take what you have lost all together, which is 65 lbs. Phenominal loss, by the way. It really is. Okay, now take that number and divide it by the number of months post-op you are, which is 5. 65/5=13 lbs. You are losing 13 lbs per month. Sweetie, this is not slow at all. This is actually very, very good. I am 7 months post-op and have lost 93 lbs. I also average 13 lbs per month. But my losing patterns are WACKY. I stay the same for up to 2 weeks and then BAM! Nice loss. So, if I freaked out after a weigh in every week, I would be freaking out all the time, because my week to week weigh ins aren't good at all. That is why, at your stage in the game, you need to focus on monthly averages, not weekly. If you continue to lose at the pace you are losing at, you will have lost 156 lbs in one year. How on earth is this slow, bad or even "average"? Keep your chin up, hon. You are doing awesome. Hugs, Denise