That fear of the weight loss just stoping freaks me out

I am right about 4 and a half months post op. My consult weight was 370 and my surgery weight was 368. Today I weighed in at 288. I guess my first question is this on track with what I should be losing? I know everyone loses different but I was wondering if maybe some of the heavyweights could tell me where they were at, at this point. Also I am sooooo grateful for the weight I have lost but that nagging feeling of what if I just stop losing gets to me a lot. I still have a long ways to go. Im a very anxious person and sometimes I just need to hear things from other people to calm me down.

The OH weight loss planner was pretty accurate for me:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/information/post+op+planner.php

Here was my loss by month.

Highest weight: 339

Surgery Weight: 311

Month 1 (9/2-10/2) -30 pounds (281 lbs)
Month 2 (10/2-11/2) -18 pounds (263 lbs)
Month 3 (11/2-12/2) -18 pounds (245 lbs)
Month 4 (12/2-1/2) -14 pounds (231 lbs)
Month 5 (1/2-2/2) -12 pounds (219 lbs)
Month 6 (2/2-3/2) -9 pounds (210 lbs)
Month 7 (3/2-4/2) -12 pounds (198 lbs)
Month 8 (4/2-5/2) -9 pounds (189 lbs) * "overweight" bmi
Month 9 (5/2-6/2) -10 pounds (178 lbs)
Month 10 (6/2-7/2) -8 pounds (170 lbs)
Month 11 (7/2-8/2) -11 pounds (159 lbs) * "normal" bmi
Month 12 (8/2-9/2) -7 pounds (152 lbs)
Month 13 (9/2-10/2) -5 pounds (147 lbs)
Month 14 (10/2-11/2) -7 pounds (140 lbs) * reached goal weight

Thanks for responding! your a big motivation to me :)

Amber, as long as you follow your doctor's plan for you, you should reach your goal. And you're doing a great job thus far, looks like!

That said, the weight loss will slow down as you get closer to your goal weight. Right now you're reading that last sentence and saying "well, duh". . . But when it starts to slow, you will panic. Most people do. I would encourage you to find ways to define and celebrate success that do not involve the scale NOW -- because eventually the scale will stop "paying off" when you weigh. Measurements with a tape measure, a photo journal, keeping old clothes so you can see the difference in how they fit, tracking body fat, cholesterol/blood pressure measurements, whatever. Just find ways to track your progress that do not involve your bathroom scale.

This journey isn't just about weight. It's about overall health, right? So make a deliberate effort to focus on metrics other than the scale to tell you how you're doing. It's very easy to become dependent on the scale for a feel-good fix when you're fresh out of surgery and the weight is falling off effortlessly. . . But obsession with scale weight is no healthier than morbid obesity, and it can create problems if allowed to consume your thinking.

You and me both!  That weight loss planner thing has my head in a doozy cause to me it's saying that if I don't lose 56? 58? (one of those) lbs in the first two months that I won't make goal.  I know that's not how it's intended, but our minds play funny tricks on us.  Bottom line is I have no clue how this is going to pan out for me - all I can do is stick to the meal-plan I'll be getting tomorrow (yay for my "good" nutritionist appointment!), and exercise once I'm healed a bit more (waiting on the 4 week mark before starting back on the treadmill).  Hopefully everything else will fall into place.  Aren't head games "fun"? :P  Anyhow, know that you're not alone with your anxiety about all of this. 

Freaks me out too! 

BUT its a marathons not a sprint... And all that, right?!?

keep plugging along! 

Amber, I had my surgery a day before you, and I think you are doing awesome!  My surgery weight was 349 and I am at 287.  I think you are beyond "on track!"  Keep your chin up!  You rock!

Mine was a few weeks before yours. Surgery weight was 377, I'm now 389....I think we are right on track! I keep having stall after stall and was freaking out :) But now I see we are around the same point and I feel better