How do I know?

I am kinda frustrated, I feel like I am not losing enough. I started out at 300 lbs, I weighed 270lbs the night beofre surgery and am now between 230-235 lbs. I know part of it is that my drs diet progression is much faster than many physicians. The nutritionist I work with warned me that things may seem slower in the short term than others, but in the longterm my weightloss will be the same. How do I know if I am on track? I don't see my surgeon again until may. Thanks, Janet

Sounds about right to me. My surgery was 11/18/05 and as of this morning I have lost 49.5lbs (since surgery--I actually gained 4 lbs before surgery ) Roberta 255.5/206/140

Thanks Roberta I probably shouldn't compare myself so much, but it is tough when I see others who have lost 50 or more with similar surgery dates when I have lost maybe 35. I did lose 30 right before surgery, I had to to get my ins company to approve..... but I don't count that as "weight loss since surgery" **hugs** Janet 300/270/235/150

Janet; Call your surgeon or nutritionist and discuss your concerns with them. Are you consistently losing weight or have you had any stalls? I had my surgery the same day as you. I started at 253, was 241 day of surgery and now weighed in at 200 last Tuesday. So it looks like we've both lost about 40 lbs. since day of surgery. I've been stalled the last two weeks, but 200 is also a very comfortable weight for me. I weighed this for three years withou****ching my diet or doing much exercise. I figure my body is kind of "evening out" after the quick initial loss. Blessings, Jennifer 253 / 200 / ???

Hi Jennifer I actually have an appointment with the nutritionist this thursday, so I will talk to her then. Maybe she will have some suggestions. I did have one plateau that lasted THREE WEEKS I thought I was done losing. That was a more than a month ago, and since I have been losing at a snails pace. I am looking forward to going to my GPs office on March 1st.... I use his scal as my "official" weigh ins and the one at home once a week just to make sure I am progressing in the right direction. Thanks **hugs** Janet 300/270/235ish/150

You are doing fine. I started at 302 and had surgery 11/7. Last week at my 3 mo I was down 56. I have the same feeling of losing to slow and get frustrated but we need to believe it will all work out. Take Care Tammy