Distortion looking back at me right in the face

First off let me start by saying TGIF!! What a long week!! Does anyone ever look in the mirror and wonder if the journey has come to an end? I am 7 months out and in the last 6 weeks the scale hasnt budged, not even an ounce.  I have blogged about this before but today was different.  When i looked in the mirror I said to myself, I think the adventure is over, and I do not look the way I want to look.  I am experiencing the bones on bones thing which is GREAT, and i love all the compliments that I get on daily basis but I think I am waiting for the one day I look at myself and compliment ME!!! I love the gym and have even started taking bootcamp classes, I have increased my protein and have lowered the carbs b/c those were starting to creep back into my daily life here and there.  I know the reality of it all is that the adventure is not over, in fact its far from over but I think I need some reinforcments to put that smile back on my face.  As of today and 6 weeks ago I have lost 84 pounds.  Leaving for a cruise on May 7th and wanted to hit 100 but at the rate I am going, I dont forsee that goal.   Thanks for listening everyone and enjoy your weekend.

I really doubt you've stopped losing.  You've just hit a stall.  I had a four week stall at six months.  They suck.  But they're normal.

I think the difficulty complimenting yourself is probably not really due to your stall though.  I bet it's a self esteem issue.  It's one of the head things we gotta work on because surgery does not fix that.

good to know I am not the only one that hits stalls.  I know that I am not done losing its just the waiting period that sucks! :)

We had surgery on the same day and I am experiencing the same thing.  The scale has hovered between 197 and 200 for about six weeks now.  I am totally discouraged and fearful that this is all I am going to lose.  I have lost 121 pounds as of today (that could be less tomorrow) and I am eternally grateful that I have lost that much.  I just really want to get to goal.  I will admit that I have not exercised like I should have but I started back to the gym this week.   I am hoping that exercising will rev up my metabolism and start the losing again.  From what I have read on here, it is pretty common to stall around 6-7 months out.  I just hope it picks back up again.  Hopefully, all us 8/24 patients will soon start back to losing and get to our goals!