Need some answers

Well tomorrow will be my 3 month anniversary and im starting to get a little depressed I wanted to be down 60 but im stuck at 58 is this a normal amount of weight for 3 months. Please Help Sheila

shelia that is an awesome weight loss at 3 months!! just think where you will be in a year! hang in there we all go through the same feelings when we are a new post op, we are afraid of eating too much, not losing enough, we can't see that we lost, comparing ourselves to others , and getting depressed it is part of this journey. hang in there you are doing great and in a short while you wil be at the century club and here posting to encouraging others who feel the same way!! you are on track so stop fretting and start smiling that is 58 pounds you are not carry around any more!!! hugs!!!

Thank you so much for the encourging words but sometimes i feel like that im failing at this and not doing the right things like you said just somtimes it hard I get a little emotional thank again Sheila

sweetie just hang in there , you will get a little depressed after any major surgery , our bodies are doing so much at this point they get mixed signals to the brain on what is going on. just think it is healing , losing weight , not eating, and trying to figure the new plumbing out wow that is a lot and it just takes time , you are on track and doing really great so smile, you have a good reason to.... 58 pounds of smile there!!! just to let you know i am orignally form Parkersburg, family still there too , i visit often!!!

well im in the huntington area which is about 2 hours south of pakersburg i love wv so beautiful here I know that I should smile and my husband is such a great support he tells me that im doing fine and I look beautiful and just to be patient but sometimes its hard but I will make it by the way needed to post some pics do i need to email them and tell them i want them on my profile and by my name on the message board some help here would be appreicated I want everyone to see me not to read my post Sheila

sweetie right at the top of the page is a photo button click on it and it tells you everything from mailing to emailing your photos, can't wait to see that smiling face!!! hugs to you

hugs back to you Rhonda you are such an angel and I thank you for listening to me I will be sure to let everyone know when the pics online. Until next post Sheila

I am 7 months out and have only lost 52 lbs. You sound like you are doing great to me. Every one is different.

Thank you Judy

Sheila, It is not uncommmon to get depressed after all these changes going on in your body. All the staff at my surgeon's office (dr., four nurse practititoners and psychologist) encourage patients who are really having a hard time to go on antidepressants for a while. Your body chemistry can get really messed up from general anesthesia and all the body changes and the only thing that will help is medication to bring back the balance. It sounds like you might want to talk to your doc about this if you are depressed on a daily basis. BTW, 58 pounds at three months is pretty spectacular! Don't get so caught up in the numbers. Everybody loses at different rates. I think the important thing is that we are still losing weight. I'm a little over five months out and have lost 87 pounds. I wanted to be down 100 by now, but realize that it is miraculous that I am still losing weight after five months, and this weight will never come back! Ruth