I am not sure where exactly I fit in on these boards.

1. I am a revision
2. I started at 235.5lbs (at 5'0)

At my last appointment they called me a slow loser. I thought I was doing great. I have lost 68lbs - my surgery from band to bypass was in May 2017. My weight loss has definitely slowed down a lot.

I work out A LOT. I actually enjoy it. Working out is the easy part for me. I do cardio every morning at 5am and then in the evening I do some type of strength training, High intensity training (bootcamp style workouts)

I feel great other than I really want to lose another 30ish pounds. My measurements are the same as when I was 155lbs (so about 12lbs smaller than I am) which leads me to believe my years of working out and weight training have paid off.

I am so worried that I am done losing. I am approaching month 9 and just so discouraged.

I track everything and lately I am soooo hungry in between snacks and meals - I was trying to research what calories should look like at this time and everyone said something different (I was seeing a lot of 900 cals and I am closer to 1000) and AHHHHH.

Help meee....

also I saw this and was wondering how accurate it might be

It's not POUNDS, it's PERCENTAGES!
by Carolyn M.

Two people, both 6 months post-op. One has lost only 63 pounds and feels bad about her "slow" weight loss. The other has lost 96 pounds and thinks she's doing great.

They are both wrong.

Person A had only 105 excess pounds, so she has already lost 60% of her excess weight. She is actually ahead of the game at 6 months out and is on track to lose it ALL.

Person B had 265 excess pounds. At 6 months out she has only lost 36% of her excess weight. At this rate, she will end up retaining 28% of her excess weight, enough to keep her in the obese category.

See what I mean? Don't compare pounds to pounds, that's like apples and oranges.

Percent of excess weight lost: pounds lost divided by total excess pounds
Use a BMI of 25 as a goal weight

On track to lose it all is 25% lost after 2 months, 50% after 6 months, and 80% at one year.

Please note: These are averages. Your mileage may vary.

I hope the brain scan gives you some answers as to what is going on.

I love getting my hair done, thats always a day I feel super pretty.

B - Protein shake

L- hamburger patty, lettuce and tomato

S- Banana

D- Undecided

S- Yogurt

Hi Roz! Hi Gina! It?s nice to see that you?re as active and community-enhancing as ever Roz!

Today I finished a huge 2-day cook of freezeable foods ( started out by needing to empty the root cellar ) . I?m thoroughly amazed how many servings of cooked veggies I eat a day ... I finally realized it after roasting pan after pan of peppers and eggplants, and making tomato sauce with carrots , garlic, onions...mushrooms .. the list never ends.

Judging by these recipes - its no wonder I don?t regain ( despite horrible self indulgent habits ) because im basically eating the Weigh****chers 200 free foods lists lol.

I still can?t pretend that brown rice , some kind of bean, veg, and lean protein doesn?t both taste good and keep my health and energy levels high.

Breakfast - stuffed eggplant Turkish style with organic low-fat Andouille chicken sausage , brown rice, roasted peppers , mushrooms onions and fresh garlic, fat free cheddar cheese . ( served with fat free sour cream)

snack- Pumpkin Spice Chai tea latte with truvia and fat free milk

Lunch- red wine spritzer ( peach sugar free seltzer red wine ) fennel orange and mandarin cilantro green onion chopped salad with fat free coconut Thai dressing homemade

Dinner - maybe air popped popcorn with salt and butter buds . Smoked wild caught trout with fresh baked bread , dill and fat free sour cream sauce.

WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!! AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!! THEY ARE ADDICTING!! THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!! THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.

Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD CHOICES during the Honeymoon Period.

I feel I need to repeat this: I am a FIRM believer in Good Whey Protein Drinks!!!!! It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!

Morning LW's!!!! I really appreciate Gina taking over while I've been busy!!! Thank You Over and Over Again!!! WOW...have we been busy!!!!! Until indoor baseball finishes up in mid March. We've finished as much as we can for right now at our DD's new All-star Cheerleading Gym. She has over 200 families signed up in our Portal for when this season ends and 129 taking tumbling classes now. My girls are VERY Excited!!

I have to be honest....I have been eating on the run and sampling sweets that have been showing up at the gym. My scales are still in my good range but I need to get a handle on it before it explodes!!!

9 + Years!!

Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g

Breakfast: dry Honey Nut Cheerios

Lunch:

Snack: Nuts and Cheese

Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g

Snack:

Dinner: Not Sure

Snack: Lightly Salted Popcorn

Very nice and awesome steps!