How is it possible??

H.A.L.A B.
on 6/26/15 11:30 am

why you are eating fat free things?

same amount - normal real food it would be much better IMO.

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

Lily2
on 6/26/15 6:03 pm

I guess im eating fat free because it was half the calories per Tbs than none fat free.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 6/26/15 5:45 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

As already pointed out, many of the people you see losing 20 pounds in the first month weigh significantly more than you do.

How fast did you expect to lose?!? Did you expect to lose 20 pounds per month and therefore lose all of your excess weight in just 3 months?!? (If 130 pounds is a healthy weight for you, you only have about 60 pounds to lose, which would be only 3 months at 20 pounds per month! That is NOT realistic.)

You are doing what you are supposed to be doing. Just continue doing it and the weight WILL come off. It isn't going to all come off in just 3-4 months, though. Even people with a small amount to lose (under 100 pounds, often referred to as "lightweights") usually take at least 6 months to lose all of their excess weight. most people take more than a year, and heavyweights frequest ly take 18-24 months to lose all of the weight they want/need to lose.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Lily2
on 6/26/15 6:08 pm

I certainly did not expect to lose 20 lbs a month and be done with it, would I like that, heck yeah but I realize my weight loss will be slower being that Ive got only 60 lbs to lose. I guess I just baffles me that my intake is so little and Ive only lost 1 lb last week and 1.5 this week. How is that possible? Ive never had such a small intake like 500 calories a day, so realistically it stands to reason I would lose more than 2.5 lbs in two weeks?

rocky513
on 6/26/15 7:18 pm - WI

Check the fat free label against the real stuff. When they take out fat in fat free foods, they add in carbs and sugars to make it taste good. Fat does not make you fat. Carbs do! A small amount of real fat is OK as long as you are not eating a lot of it.

HW 270 SW 236 GW 160 CW 145 (15 pounds below goal!)

VBG Aug. 7, 1986, Revised to RNY Nov. 18, 2010

Lily2
on 6/27/15 7:43 am

I will check it, thanks for the advice!

marymo362
on 6/26/15 5:58 pm

RNY on 03/18/14

stop comparing yourself to other people and whatever you 'think' your loss 'should' be. why the fat free but keep tracking all the time.

you are losing so make this YOUR journey. keep tracking, keep walking, keep exercising. I was 312 pounds when I started so I of course lost faster, you will see that. YOU are a lightweight. as long as you are doing what you are supposed to do, keep it up. Stop comparing.