I need some good vibes!!

I have 2 weeks every month so far that I don't lose. And during that time the weight jumps up and down sometimes. My doc says the first 6 months are the most critical. It worries me as well. I still have 130 Lb.s to lose. I am affraid that I won't get there either. I don't feel I am doing anything wrong. So I just feel it's in my bodies hands now and that kind of scares me! Leeanne

Ditto for me too. I've had 2 weeks of virtually no weight loss. I keep telling myself, this is normal but it still p*sses me off! Sometimes I think, how much LESS can I eat? Just hang in there and ride it out with the rest of us.

You all don't even KNOW how much better I feel after reading all of your posts here. My scale is not moving either and I'm walking around hungry most of the time. I've wondered if the surgeon even DID anything when he was in there poking around! I've tried upping my calories, because sometimes before surgery that would help, but now it upped the scale instead. I've tried upping the exercise, the water, the protein, and nothing is working. I haven't even hit 40 post-surgery pounds yet and that is most annoying. I wanted to be one of those that dropped 5# each and every week and was at ultimate goal within 6 months. I still have almost 100# to go to get to the goal the doc set for me and I've heard the first 18 months are the 'golden window' of time for loss and after that it probably won't lose anymore. At least now I know I'm not the only one walking around feeling like a failure at this. I wanted to be a loser but not a failure

How long have you stalled? You didn't hit a real plateau till 5 weeks so don't fret yet babygirl. The weight will come off. Just you wait. Ha ha. Get it....weight/wait... In the meantime, why don't you join me and Renee and, put away the scale for awhile? I wouldn't mind the company Regards and hugs,

Even though you haven't lost pounds, is it possible that you lost inches? I hear that's what happens a lot. Just a thought. April

Hi, Two weeks ago I gained 3 lbs which I have lost - plus another - since then. Its making me crazy. I do see changes in how my clothes (dont) fit. And today when I had a massage the therapist went nuts on the changes since we met two weeks ago. She says there are all kinds of new lines around my waist and introduced herself to my kneecaps for the first time. At my three month I asked my surgeon about my progress and he said that its a 18 month process and I could always lose weight going forward depending on my behaviour and how I use my tool. So just keep following the rules, relax, put away the scale and keep moving. I have faith in the process and that we'll eventually get there....remember that we did not gain this weight in 6 months either, and that slower losses will benefit the skin. Tiffany

Oh please, a sense of humor is in order.

Yeah, you're right. You know, it could be worse. The cruise could be full of drunken Irish pagans. See the fun of harmless stereotypes.

Say...would that the Timothy O'Leary's Druidic Princess Line, leaving Belfast?...I've heard that the Colcannon Buffet was to die for!! But there is a limit to participation...only one person to a coracle!...

Yes, and I am laughing at that one as well, once again... a sense of humor..geez.