Realistic weight loss 6 yrs after RNY
I can lose 1-2 pounds a week when I am strict with my eating (low carbs, cutting back around 500 calories a day). I gained 7 pounds over the holidays. It took me 4-5 weeks to lose it.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
It took me app 4-6 months to lose for good and maintain my last 5-6 lbs of regain. I would get to my goal...and then 3 days later the scale would go up. Or a week later.. I aimed for my goal - 3 lbs... So when my weight fluctuate daily I am within my goal range.
The body gets comfortable at some number - and losing that and resetting the body weight point - may take a while.
Last 2 months just following my daily routine I easily maintain my current weight.. (i don't have to measure and log my food...)
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...."