This is crazy!
I'm seriously tripping. I stepped on the scale at home this morning and watched the needle bounce to...200! Are you kidding me? i haven't seen 200 in 4 years? Hard as I worked at getting that 30 pounds off and suddenly 6 days after surgery its just gone???? Ok I did lose 14 pounds before the surgery but I am kind of counting the whole 10 munths of work leading up to the surgeyr as part of the whole thing overall because quite frankly I worked my ass off for that 14 pound loss.
Here's why this is such a trip to me... In all the years that I have been dieting and exercising and try to keep my (ever increasing) butt on the straight and narrow I NEVER had this kind of results and my heaed is still stuck in the mode that we should be seeing a pound or two, or possibly if we are are really really super duper extra special good, three pounds in a MONTH... not overnight. Definitely not overnight. This kind of weight loss was something that happened to people on chemo or starving in Africa or something... not to chubby white girls who looooooove their hubbies spaghetti enough to eat 4 plates of it in one sitting.
I guess what I am saying is that nothing, not reading voraciously all the posts about how quickly or slowly people were losing, not the knowledge that I have a stomach the size of a large banana, nothing prepared my head for THIS actual, real live, omigod it's happening moment. I know about the 3 week stall and I am fully prepared for it, have a plan for it and will wait it out with patience knowing that my body will need to adjust to rapid weight loss. But for some reason my brain just doesn't want to get it that rapid means quite literally that I will drop 2 or 3 pounds in a DAY.
Sorry this is long, I'm just trying to wrap my head around what my brain knew if that makes any sense at all.
Here's why this is such a trip to me... In all the years that I have been dieting and exercising and try to keep my (ever increasing) butt on the straight and narrow I NEVER had this kind of results and my heaed is still stuck in the mode that we should be seeing a pound or two, or possibly if we are are really really super duper extra special good, three pounds in a MONTH... not overnight. Definitely not overnight. This kind of weight loss was something that happened to people on chemo or starving in Africa or something... not to chubby white girls who looooooove their hubbies spaghetti enough to eat 4 plates of it in one sitting.
I guess what I am saying is that nothing, not reading voraciously all the posts about how quickly or slowly people were losing, not the knowledge that I have a stomach the size of a large banana, nothing prepared my head for THIS actual, real live, omigod it's happening moment. I know about the 3 week stall and I am fully prepared for it, have a plan for it and will wait it out with patience knowing that my body will need to adjust to rapid weight loss. But for some reason my brain just doesn't want to get it that rapid means quite literally that I will drop 2 or 3 pounds in a DAY.
Sorry this is long, I'm just trying to wrap my head around what my brain knew if that makes any sense at all.
Congratulations!
One caution though: it cannot keep up at this pace. When the loss slows down (and it will) please, please, please don't feel like something is wrong! No-one loses at that rate for an extended period.
One caution though: it cannot keep up at this pace. When the loss slows down (and it will) please, please, please don't feel like something is wrong! No-one loses at that rate for an extended period.
Highest weight: 335 lbs, BMI 50.9
Pre-op weight: 319 lbs, BMI 48.5
Current range: 140-144, BMI 21.3 - 22
175+ lbs lost, maintaining since February 2012
Thanks for the words of caution Mom4Jazz.
I'm at 3 weeks post op. I haven't heard of the three week stall, but I think I'm there. I'm at a 17 pound weight loss and stuck. I lost fast at first at now at a slower pace. When my patient co-ordinator told me that I'd lose most of my weight in 3-4 months, I was excited. But I think it's going to take a bit longer for me.
I'm at 3 weeks post op. I haven't heard of the three week stall, but I think I'm there. I'm at a 17 pound weight loss and stuck. I lost fast at first at now at a slower pace. When my patient co-ordinator told me that I'd lose most of my weight in 3-4 months, I was excited. But I think it's going to take a bit longer for me.
I hopefully, will not be posting any "omigod i broke my sleeve" posts when it happens because as I said I have been voraciously reading and everyone keeps saying that its normal and wait it out. I just didn't really realize what "rapid" meant I guess. It's a little scary to me and I keep thinking something must be wrong with me because I am losing so fast right now. It's all the programming from all the TOPS meetings I think. Sensibly meant a pound or 2 a month... compared to that, this is not sensible at all. LOL Don't get me wrong I am thrilled beyond belief I guess I am just shocked that it's actually working like it's supposed to lol.
Right there with you, Kahlana!
I had surgery 1/23 and on my post op appt. on 1/30, I had lost 8 pounds. That puts me down a total of 23 pounds in 3 weeks! Unreal, have NEVER had that kind of result - 23 pounds is usually a 3-4 month process for me!
I am adjusting and working with my sleeve to learn my (many) limitations but am loving it so far!
Congrats to you :)
I had surgery 1/23 and on my post op appt. on 1/30, I had lost 8 pounds. That puts me down a total of 23 pounds in 3 weeks! Unreal, have NEVER had that kind of result - 23 pounds is usually a 3-4 month process for me!
I am adjusting and working with my sleeve to learn my (many) limitations but am loving it so far!
Congrats to you :)
Sleeved - 1/23/12 Starting weight - 331 Current weight - 195
Hope, 23 pounds for me would have been at least 6 months of total agony of starvation diets and working out every time someone saud the word exercise in my presence. I too am still adjusting and figuring out what works and what doesn't (so far cold right from the fridge anything does NOT make Milady sleeve happy at all but hot stuff seems to mellow her right out). And congrats to you on the 23 pounds! Thats super! You work that sleeve girl can't wait to see pics :D
It is surreal for sure and I felt exactly the same way as I watched the scale steadily go down. I really never experienced a pause longer than a week, and that was usually around my TOM.
After awhile I started to get scared at how fast I was losing (by fast I mean I am comparing it to past efforts). Even now that I have hit goal, I am still losing steadily, which means I am FINALLY going to have to change what I am doing slightly in order to slow the loss. I initally set my goal weight to 125 pounds, but based on what I look like right now, I think that would be too skinny. I want to look healthy not too bony.
Fantastic job Kahlana, your journey is starting out well!!
Ann
After awhile I started to get scared at how fast I was losing (by fast I mean I am comparing it to past efforts). Even now that I have hit goal, I am still losing steadily, which means I am FINALLY going to have to change what I am doing slightly in order to slow the loss. I initally set my goal weight to 125 pounds, but based on what I look like right now, I think that would be too skinny. I want to look healthy not too bony.
Fantastic job Kahlana, your journey is starting out well!!
Ann
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