8 months out update! Pics(:

4 pounds a month in the beginning is NOT acceptable. As I said, you need to be honest with yourself and can make the new habits you need to be successful long-term. Your daughter needs to healthy to raise her to adulthood. That was my motivation. I hope it can be yours. Personal responsibility is key.

You can be angry at me for speaking the truth and ignore my advice, but that will not help you.

That's not even the upper range for lapband, that would be slow even for a lapbander. They are expected to lose 4-8 lbs a month and that is the worst form of WLS! I'm losing that much and more even with my band removed and no revision just with a high protein/low carb diet!

Please listen to Lora.  At your age - you should be dropping the weight like crazy.  I am much older than you are and before RNY I had long long history or gaining and losing, with insulin resistance.. but I used my  first few month most op RNY to lose the most of my weight. 

I am very diligent about recording EVERYTHING I ate or drunk.  Proper diet - proteins proteins proteins  - is the most important part of losing weight., 

Good luck... 

Absolutely you can see the difference - look at the neckline and the length of the dress.  Use this as one of your motivators to kick it up a notch or two - you still have a fair bit to go until you lose your malabsorption, so use it wisely and review what you are eating so you can kick that 4lbs a month to 8 lbs + a month.  I am 11 years out and can still lose 2 lbs + per week with effort!

Please don't get disheartened, there are some great people on here and they far outweigh the "experts" who think it is their duty to "put people in their place". I had it happen to me when I posted a question as well, don't take it to heart and just listen to what your surgeons and medical team, after all they were the ones that went to school for years and also deal with a diverse amount of people on this journey.

I do have to say I agree with keeping a food journal whole heartedly. My pysch gave me a good piece of advice that helped sink the fact in for me . . she said that diabetics have to take insulin to keep their disease in check and it is the same for people with WLS surgery, they have to journal to keep their disease in check as well.

I wish you all the best on your journey!

Thank you Laura for your wonderful advice.  It's been a great help to my success --