Question:
Help! I am 5 1/2 months post op and have lost 109 pounds. I am not losing any

more weight. Could my weight loss have stopped? Will I continue losing or is this it? I drink water and walk 2 times 5 times a week. I hope that because I am at 6 months I will not stop completely. Please advise me. Thanks.    — Judy W. (posted on January 2, 2003)

January 2, 2003
Stop stressing over this. The weight loss is not over! I know that it slows significantly at this point but this is also a time when some people experience terribly long plateaus. Keep up with the exercise, eat healthy, think protein (supplements or your diet) and hang in there. You'll make it!
   — ronascott

January 2, 2003
Hi Judy, Is this weight that you are currently stuck at a weight that you were at for a long time pre-op? I noticed that my plateaus corresponded very closely to weights that I had been at for a long time. 230 took me a couple of months to bust, and I had weighed 230 for about 10 years. Don't dispair, your body is just adjusting. Good Luck!
   — Cara F.

January 2, 2003
You have lost a significant amount of weight in a very short period of time. Your body is trying to catch up with it. It will start again, but when its ready. You are too new a post-op for this to be it. Keep up with the water, exercise and lots of protein and eventually it will start up again. Remember the window is up to 18 months.
   — Cindy R.

January 2, 2003
I am at 5 months down 90 lbs. and about a month ago, I got the flu, dropped 8 lbs. and then sat there, the scale actually went up 2-3 lbs. I know it's easy to get upset, but you have to remind yourself that you are doing everything right, and it's just a temporary thing. Also, remember the old days when we would be on a diet? We also platued, only then we would have given up and gained 10 lbs back in a week. Your weight loss so far is great, keep up the hard work and it will start up agian.
   — Dana B.

January 2, 2003
Judy, I am so glad you asked this question, I have been freaking out over the same thing. I am 7 months post op and have lost 102 lbs and I keep thinking, this is it. I know it is it. I worry about it all the time. It is nice to know there are other people out there having the same issues and worries that I have. Good luck to both of us.
   — Dawn L.