Mood swings

I was just wondering if I am the only one that feels this way. I mean one day I am feeling like my weight loss is too slow and that I am never gonna reach my goal, or that it just seems too fr away. And then all of a sudden I am feeling great, so beautiful and completely happy with where I am heading. That usually happens after trying on some clothes and finding out that they actually fit!!! I guess that it is just all a bit confusing and overwhelming and I wonder if you guys are like that as well.

Yes!  Have felt that many times, especially when you compare what you have done to someone else on here.  I know we shouldn't do that, but who hasn't?  Have to keep reminding myself, look at the big picture.  It definitely didn't get on my body overnight.  Good luck!

Yes!  That is exactly how I feel!!  One day I feel great.  I'm down 120 pounds - very close to my goal (surpassed my surgeon's goal a long time ago).  I'm a size 4/6 and I still have plenty of "fat" days, as I call them, where I just feel huge and gross and like I haven't lost a pound.  Then (and you're right, when I try on clothes that I pick up and think - there is no way this tiny pair of pants will fit me, and it does) that I feel invincible.  I think it's part of the journey.  I also think skinny people feel this way too.  I also think it is somewhat related to my time of the month!

I also concur with the other poster that mentioned comparing ourselves to others.  Especially on this site, when I was 4 or 5 months out, there were people that had lost so much more than I had at the time.  That did make me feel discouraged.  I did learn that we all lose at the rate we're going to lose and it's not a race.  I started out as a lightweight, which made it take longer to lose, but in the end, I'm almost at goal.  It's hard not to compare!

This journey is definitely ridden on a roller coaster! I just keep telling myself that it is part of it, one day at a time, don't sweat everything. Look at the big picture, my insides are so much healthier than they were the month prior and that was my main goal!

I think it is normal, WLS or not.