Warning....whining ahead

Chill out!  You are doing great!  It is kinda mind bobbling when you (sometimes) don't lose major weight on 600 cals during those first weeks!  I know I didn't - and stalled at 3 weeks out . 

This is not a race - this is a long term process that is absolutely amazing when you stick to the protein first mentality!  The weight will come off - just not overnight - lots of weeks with 2 lbs lost then none - then 4 lbs - etc.  It's a rollercoaster but I'm so glad I'm on this ride!!  I know never in my life could I have lost 54 lbs in 5 months even going through stressful times!  

Start reading this board and accepting that this is not a fast process - you didn't gain the weight overnight and will not lose it overnight.  Also - do not compare yourself to others on the board - everybody loses at different rates.  

Now go to the front page of Obesity Helps and read Sleevegirl's blog - two years of weight loss and 223 pounds gone - now that is inspiration and proof that this surgery works and this is not a fast process!! I'm overwhelmed and overjoyed!  

Well, you can't return it, so you might as well work it for a while. At that pace, where will you be by... say Labor Day? Halloween? Christmas?

As you get lighter, the rate of loss also declines. The graph will flatten out - Law of Diminishing Returns. I am currently only losing about 2 lbs per week and I am tickled with it.

LOL, you are right.  I can't return it, so I better love it!  Actually, I feel great.  I would just like to be able to have a salad, or even a slice of cucumber with hummus....I know that day will come.

I dunno, I no it isn't magical, but I thought I would lose noticeably more than I did without the sleeve.  I will suck it up now and be happy that I am on to soft foods today.  Yay!!

Anne