Slow losers anyone else??

My HW was 401 in 4/2011 i lost 104 lbs pre-op my SW for surgery was 297 and my CW at 15 weeks post op is 250.2 so i am down 46.8 lbs. My friend started at 320 and is now 241 and her surgery was at the end of Feb,, she is down 78lbs since surgery.

You've lost a ton more weight than her-you lost before surgery likely what she is going to lose total. If you compare, you have to do apples to apples. Not apples to pineapples.

She is at an earlier point in her overall journey, unless she also lost 100+ lbs pre-op. So farther down the path your losing is going to be slower than hers is, but don't let it discourage you. Just keep on, keeping on!!

I was a year out in March this year. I now loose very very slowly if at all. I still have a long long way to go. But my health is so much better now than before.

If your loosing at all your doing great!

 

 

46 lbs is still great!  I had surgery a few weeks after you and i've only lost 42 lbs since surgery, it feels like its been REALLY slow lately.  Try not to let it get you down, you're doin great ;)

15 weeks out I'm down 56.

I know someone who has lost over 70 and had surgery two weeks after me.

She also is taller

There are SO many variables that affect weight loss that it really doesn't so anything but make you crazy to compare your loss to anyone else's.  There are always going to be people who lose faster than you and slower at you.  Some people have more messed up metabolisms than other people.  Some people have medical conditions that come into play, and some people get more physical activity.  Some people intentionally eat far less than they are supposed to (but lie about it to their surgeon, nutritionist, family, people here, etc.) because they mistakenly believe that less food will make them lose faster and ultimately lose more while the caloric malabsorption is greatest (when, in fact, they may be shooting themselves in the foot both in the short term (causing stall(s) that they may not ave had otherwise because their body is in "starvation mode") and in the long term (by causing their body to permanently drop their metabolism which will make it harder for them to maintain the weight loss for the rest of their lives).

Moreover, the bottom line is that how much or how fast or slow someone else loses doesn't change YOUR loss at all.  So you gain NOTHING positive from comparison.  So stop it!  

 

Lora

Thanks Lora...I have been having my own personal pity party. I am 17 days out from surgery...I lost 14 per op and now and stuck at 12 after surgery and have been for 6 DAYS! I am wallowing...in sadness. I started treadmill yesterday did a mile. At a pace that didn't kill me....not sure what else to do. I am true to my plan getting 60-65 gr of protein and min of 64 oz of liquid....not sure what else to do...any advice?

I don't usually post but I feel for you and wanted to share.  I started this process about a year before you at approximately the same weight.  I'm 5'4" and started at 233.  There were times I became depressed comparing myself to others.  Long story short....I kept doing what I needed to do and it just kept coming off.  No big leaps and bounds but pretty consistently.  I just had my one year follow up and weighed in at 134.  Just hang in there and look ahead.  You'll get there. Hope this helps.