Just needing a little reassurance....

I'm sure everyone's surgeon has different goals, but when I saw Dr. Huse last week for my 3 month visit, he said he likes patients to be at a 15-20% loss by the end of 3 months. 

I have the same fears though.  I'm on my second stall, I just keep trying to tell myself I didn't put all this weight on over night, so it's not gonna fall off that soon either.  I just keep praying I'll get there eventually.

Keep your head up...Jenn

Sweety,
You are doiung wonderful!Those harmones do rage- and so do the emotions. Mine were all over the place as well as my concerns about my loss. None of us are the same, and each of us have differant levels of loss. You are doing a wonderful job of taking care of yourslef, and your body. Please know that your efforts to improve your health are showing in ways other than weight. 53# is amazing! Be proud of all of your accomplishments!!!! I am!!!
Love ya,
Ellen

I had the same fears myself!  I am sitting here at about 155lbs right now - and have been in this range for almost 2 years now!

So it really does work!  And obviously, you are working it really well with 53lbs off in 10 weeks -- that is great!  Better than I ever did!

Keep doing what you are supposed to do and you will get there.  And just know that it is normal to have these fears -- so you are normal after all!

Jennifer

Christe, I dont have anything different to offer.  Except to send you a big ole hug and tell you keep it up.  Your feelings are normal but dont let them get you down.

Huge hugs,
Tracy

Christie
Sweetie i hear ya i will be 1 year out on the 18th and i see my surgeon tomorrow and im so afraid he will be upset with me.
I have lost 190 -200 it goes up and down but i always feel i could do better.
But as far as being normal  i dont know what that is .
But i compare myself to others and how they have done and then get upset when i dont do well.
But i think you have done wonderful sweetie or should i say awesome.
As far as hormones i cry at commericials and then my mood gets bad and i am like broom hilda a soon as i raise my voice everybody in my house scatters.lol
Just keep up the good work and im sending you a big hugg.
love ya christie

 

Christy,
There is nothing different that I can say except now I know why I am so moody, after ready the last couple of post about hormones being in fat cells and they break out when we are loosing explains why my moods keep going up and down.  Dr. Inman put me on a low dose of lexapro but some days I wonder if it really works. I am sure my DH is wondering what the heck I would be like if I was not taking the lexapro.
I thought I was loosing very slowly also, I kept reading how people had lost 50 60 70 or more pounds in just a couple of months and thought holy moly Dr. Inman just let me stay overnight in the hospital and she really didnt do anything to me, but I am now almost 4 months out and I have lost 63 pounds.  And after last night I know she did something, oh my gosh I had fixed some beef ribs with BBQ over the weekend and they where just fine, I ate one rib last night for supper and within 5 minutes of eating I was sicker then I have ever been.  Not sure what happened there but I will not fix those things for a long time. 
So you might not be normalbut your weight lost is great.

Christie,
      I've known you since before you had your surgery and you have prepared well for this journey.  We all hit some bumps in the road but we are all here to help get you over the top of that bump.
     Today I am 8 yrs & 5 mos post op and someone asked me if I am still afraid of failing.  I said, yes.  I think some fear is healthy as long as we don't allow it to consume us or set us up for failure.  I also said that I was alot more afraid 8 yrs. ago than I am today.  With each milestone I have gained so much confidence; I'm getting to know who Kathy is on the inside and why I made so many of the crazy and stupid decisions I made about putting the wrong foods in my mouth all my life.
      How do you define normal?  I had my role models when I was a newbie too.  But I still focused on doing my own personal best and I will always maintain that positive attitude.  God will not help me be somebody else, but he will help me be the best me.  That's all I need.
       The bottom line is, please don't compare your numbers to anyone else.  I don't mean any disrespect to anyone but our actions speak louder than our words.  It is how we work the program day to day and long term that speaks volumes.

Kathy 
    

I read everyone's post and I feel mine is a going to sound like a broken record. I am so close to where I want to be. I want to be 130-133 and maintain at no more than 135. I drive myself crazy thinking about  those numbers and they are just NUMBERS! I am now about 19 months out and have been in that range for about 7-8 months now. I have gained and lost the same 3-5 pounds for that same timeframe. Two weeks ago I did the 5 day pouch test and lost 4 pounds and then last week I gained 2 of it back. Well I am back to 140 which is what I said I would never go above. My greatest FEAR is that I will wake up tomorrow or the next day and be where I was and look like the morbidly obese person that I was before this surgery.  It literally scares the living daylights out of me to think if I let this up 2 down 2 slip out of control I will go up and up and up!!! I work out at a gym for 45 minutes Monday through Friday, and also on nice days I walk 1/2 hour of my lunch hour.. I keep telling myself if I didn't do that what would happen. I am certain that I would be on a roller coaster going downhill putting all this weight back on even though I am making good healthy food choices just consuming TOO many of them. I have come to the conclusion that this is a daily struggle to do what we learned in the beginning and just keep on doing the things we learned right after surgery.

I want to thank everyone that responded to me in this thread.  I love you all!  I was having a down day and wondered if this was working for me the way it should.  Seems like after I have a day like that, all of a sudden I have lost inches or more pounds.  Guess it is the hormones coming out that's doing it!

In any event, it is representative of the support that comes from all of you.  You are all my heroes and ones I look up to, and I love all of you to pieces.

PS:  Yes, I know I'm not normal....  I'm about half a bubble off level....  gotta remember - I'm the girl that had a party in her room the night of her surgery!!