Unhappy, depressed and fat!

Hello all, Whine fest...This has not been a good weekend for me. My weight is just not coming off as I would expect it to. I only lost 9 pounds this month, that is only because the last 2 pounds came off the afternoon of my anniversary. So far since the 12th, I have lost a total of NOTHING!!! I am beginning to think that this is the end for me. I know weight loss slows down, but geeze, mine has been super slow all along. Others have lost 100 pounds and more and here I sit at a measly 73 and not moving. I have been having to take my weekly anti-depressant early for weeks, I don't know if I am not absorbing it or if the hormones are raging and causing me to get more depressed. UGH!!! I want out of this hole!!! I want the weight loss to start again! Cranberry water isn't helping! I think the tea that I drink keeps me flushed out. HELP!!!!!!!! Think I'll go back to bed and try to start this day over again! Maybe the scale will move then. UGH! Sorry for the whinefest, Tracy

I thought I was doing really well and then I decided to add up my total inches lost etc on my monthly spreadsheet and just realized I have ONLY lost 4 lbs in 16 days. I have less than 2 weeks to lose 6 lbs to maintain my 10 lb goal for each month. I was sooo thrilled that I finally got to -60 lbs and didn't realize that I was CRAWLING the past 2 weeks to get here. NOW of course I know it is all my fault bad water intake and protein and too much junk. I was cruising steadily along doing what I wanted and the weight was coming off at a nice slow pace....but this is BAD! SO my goal for today is to get in the 64 oz of WATER and up my protein with better food choices. I am still happy with the clothes I am fitting into etc....I know I look ten times better.....in fact I was admiring my SKINNY looking wrists last night! FIND something you are happy about thus far and focus on that! I just hope my 2nd plateau isn't looming

Tracy, You are my inspiration girl. Get out from that bed. I have the same problem. I have not lost anything and my anniversary has passed the 15th of this month. We have come too far to be depressed. I will hold my head up high and keep going. Our weight loss is not over yet so don't think that ok? Our 6 month anniversary is coming so set a goal and lets try to get there.Mine will be and I hope will happen will be to weight 155 lbs which will take me down 90 lbs. I can't try any better than this. You must remember that alot of people who have hit the 100 lb weight loss were much heavier than us.....love: LORRAINE

Hi Tracy, I'm sorry you are feeling so down. No matter where we all are in our journey, there is always something that isn't the way we wanted or hoped. Unfortunately I know sometimes it just takes the scale to move before I'm happy... plain and simple. I know the weight loss is slowing or has been slow for you, but there are benefits to that. It is more likely to stay off and your skin will do better, and I am almost at100, but I still have 70 to go to get to my pre-plastic surgery goal. Also, I don't know if I posted this before or not, but my Surgeon and nutritionist say that it isn't really considered a plateau until you lose nothing for 6 (SIX) + weeks! The rest is just our bodies doing the nec. catching up. As far as the weekly anti-depressant... Get a daily one!!!! As a patient, I was warned by over and over about how I could not take time-release anything! There just isnt enough evidence to support that we do absorb it correctly. I'd hate for you to be feeling so bad because your basically getting a dose of antidepressant once a week when you first take it and thats it. I hope things start to turn around. Sometimes it just calls for time, but we have all been there, and it will get better. Lots of ((((HUGS)))) to you!!! Shawna

Hi, Tracy! Shawna's right - better look into the daily antidepressant. I wouldn't trust a time release in your tummy! I HATE it when the scale doesn't move and I know I'm doing everything right. Just seems that's how our bodies like it - they'll only let so much go at a time, almost like it's "pet" fat! I just got my period, so that explains my whinefest this weekend. Maybe you ARE retaining water. I ran out of cranberry juice for a couple of days and swelled up like a tic****il I got more. Maybe stopping your tea did the same to you? Well, if it makes you feel any better, you are MUCH closer to goal than I am - I still have 109 pounds to go! Ouch!! Happier days are coming! Donna

Awwww Tracy, I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. ..and no apologies for the whine fest.. that's what the boards are about right? I have lost 70 lbs so you got me beat.. can you try to focus on where your weight loss would be without having had the surgery? That keeps my chin up when I see others huge weight loss totals. .. and have you talked tot he doc about the possible malabsorption of your antidepressant? Maybe the doc has a solution..it doesnt help that this is a pretty emotional time for all of us.. so many changes to deal with ... Hugs for you, Elaine

Hang in there, Tracy! I hit a plateau at 68 pounds for about 3 weeks, but it broke and now I am down 80 pounds. I think I am hitting another plateau, but I am confident that I will start losing again soon. Stay POSITIVE and motivated. I also drink at least 64 ounces of water a day and make sure I move my butt at the Ladies Workout Express or my treadmill at home. You are the only one who can make this great surgical tool work to your advantage, so don't give up! I found that when it slows for a few weeks that is when I will eat my one piece of low carb bread or have a few bites of pasta. All of a sudden you get on the scale and the weight starts dropping again. Then I cut out all my carbs and stick with the protein and vegies only. I have still not eaten one piece of real sugar since the day before my operation. Too afraid of the dumping, you know? Keep positive, it really works!

Hi Tracy, I am a couple of weeks ahead of you, 12/1/03. I know exactly how you feel. I was at a stand still for a couple of week with even gaining a couple of pounds and it wasn't even period time... I was out doing one of my morning walks and cried the whole time. BUT I prayed about it and I hope that I have learned something through this. I am not going to let it bother me! Say it out loud: I am not going to let it bother me!! Our bodies HAVE to adjust. Just do the right thing and it will come off. I have to tell you that last week I went to GNC and bought whey protein, tasteless, I put a teaspoon here and a teaspoon there. I have lost like 5 pounds since last week. A total of 78! Just evaluate what you are doing, add more protein, add more liquids, add more walking/exercise. Do whatever you think you have to but don't get mad get glad! You know why, because you can do it! That's what I learned from this last "adjustment". At least we have a tool that will help us and we can not and will not fail!! Celebrate where you've come from and look forward to where you are going. Now say it out loud: I am not going to let it bother me!! Many of us are in the same boat! Just get up and start moving!! Jill

Whoa Jill!! I love you new picture!! I was wondering how much you are down... I know I shouldn't compare but we had surgery on the same day. Guess what!! I'm down 77 pounds so I think we are right on track...lol!! Have a good day! ~Rachel

Thanks Rachel! I think we are doing fantastic! Have a great Tuesday! Jill