Question:
"Window of Opportunity" 9 Months or Better?

I am 9 months post op and have not lost any weight in about two months now. I am 5' 6" and started at 250 lbs. Yesterday marked my 9 months and I have lost 71 lbs. To me I feel that I should be much further along. I am not complaining but I am very frustrated. After all, it is 71 lbs less than when I started out which I am thankful for. I have consistantly hit a three week plateau every month since month two. I get in plenty of protein and water and I walk/jog for approx 1-1.5 hours 3-4x a week. I am just really scared that this is it and I'm not going to lose any more weight. I never wanted to be a super model but I was hoping to get down to 150 lbs. Will it happen in time or is this the end for me? Thank you in advance for any help or words of wisdom you can supply.    — THE NEW M. (posted on July 23, 2003)

December 27, 2005
i can't answer your question from my own personal experience because i'm not quite 5 months post-op but i did speak to a lady in my community this week that said she experienced this. i think her weight was about 300 plus pounds before surgery and now she's lost 150 pounds. she said she went 2 whole months and did not lose a single pound. after 2 months of losing no weight she started losing again pretty fast. she's still losing and is about 160 pounds and is 6ft tall. for her height she looks good. I do hit plateus for about 2 weeks at a time. it worries me so much. i lost 61 pounds in 3 months then my scales would stick for 2 weeks and sometimes longer. some people say if you don't eat enough your body goes into starvation mode and stores all the food and that is when we don't lose weight. it still scares me to think theres a chance i may not lose all the weight. jan. 2 i will be 5 months post-op. i weighed 240 before surgery and now weigh 172. i have lost a total of 68 pounds. when i look at how much others have lost i worry that i'm not losing fast enough. i think we will lose it but just not as fast as we would like to. lets just continue doing what we are supposed to and have faith that we will lose
   — kimber2