post op blues

Hi there I haven't done a lot of posting on here, but now it's time. I'm having a bit of a problem, I can't seem to find anything on the boards that addresses this. I had my surgery on 8/25/06. I don't weight myself at home, I have scale phobia.lol I rely on the dr office to keep me focused on my loss. I began going to the gym last week, and I did something dumb....I saw a set of scales in the locker room. Yup, I was feeling pretty good about myself, so I got right up on them. According to these scales, I have lost only 2 pounds in 2 weeks. I'm feeling horrible about it. What am I doing wrong? I thought that things were a-ok, isn't it early to hit a plateau? I was down 32 pounds at my 6 wk follow up....now what?? ugh. For what it's worth, I'm getting a lot of positive comments from people about how nice Im looking...I'm scared that I'm going to get more discouraged than I already am. HELP???

Hi Jodi, Your body is still trying to recoup from a major surgery. I'm 3 months out and have had 2 pretty long plateaus, then the next thing you know you'll be down 8 pounds in what seems overnight. I think you're doing very well, stick with the plan and you'll be fine. I tend to want instant results, this isn't instant but it is pretty quick, i'm down 62 lbs at 3 months. Ann

I agree with Ann...everyone knows God didn't make any two scales the same! If you've only weighed yourself there at the gym how can you be sure it's acurate. Besides, it's the long term loss that counts. Don't stress over it!!