Recycled "slow loser" post :)

I posted this in November, but I think that it needs to be posted again:

 

I have been trying to answer questions to common threads as I think of them (or keep reading about the same things).

Today's post, thoughts about "slow losing".

I was a 'relative' lightweight going into surgery at 205 (40 pounds lost pre-op). At my 3 week checkup I had lost 9 pounds. Geeezzzz!! I lost more than 3 pounds a week many weeks BEFORE I had surgery. At this appointment my surgeon told me to expect a 2-3 pound a week average weight loss. I almost cried . "I had surgery for THIS???"

Well, he was right.....and I reached my original goal of 140 in 5 months. If you go to my profile and click on my "Health Tracker" and then the tab that says "Body" there is a graph. I was pretty good about entering my weights. If you want to see actual dates and weights on those dates look at the upper right of the graph. You will see 08/11/2008 (the date I started this process) to 11/11/2009 (the last entry that I made), just above that click on the little box. That will show you every entry that I made.

In the first few weeks after surgery, you also have to lose all the pounds gained during surgery. They pump you full of fluids! I came home from the hospital weighing 11 pounds more than when I went in. I have always weighed myself every day, fat or not. I still do today and every day since surgery. I was OK with not losing every day or even every week because I knew that it was normal. Not that I liked not losing......but it didn't make me crazy. If you are going to freak out then don't weigh yourself every day!

As a final though (in this post, LOL) try to remember that this is a process, not a race. If you follow your plan then you WILL lose. I know that it is hard, especially right after surgery to remember this, but try. Many will lose much more per week on average if you start with a higher BMI or didn't have a large weight loss before surgery and others won't. Just remember, if you can, that it will happen.....HONEST!

Martha 

"try to remember that this is a process, not a race. If you follow your plan then you WILL lose."

Awesome conclusion ... it says it all!!!

We know that now, don't we?!?!

Martha 

Thanks for sharing!  I didn't know we could see other people's health trackers.  You did lose consistently.  And you look amazing now!

Thanks Stacey!

I plan to have a tummy tuck and breast lift after all is said and done.  It was great to see your pictures!  I'm glad they can make you look "normal" again. 

I am a slow loser. But I knew going in that it could be a possibility. I expected it. I didn't fret. Just let it happen. I'm still not at goal. But I keep working at it. I won't give up til I get there. I didn't keep a graph of how much I lost. I would just write it in my calendar. I guess I could go back and look but I'm too lazy for that.

Maybe yours is slow, but you sure have gotten results!!

Martha 

Exactly. So even as a slow loser, you can get there. That's what's important. We all take different roads.

thank you for the post!!  As a newbie, that was great to read!

I have a ?-- was your goal 140 and now you are down to 105??