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Okay I had great loss the first 6-8 months after surgery but then..... I feel I slowed to a crawl if not stop. The last 6 months of this last 20 months since surgery have been stable weight running between 154 and 162.  I felt I had hit a stpping and sablizing point. I took a trip and during that trip over christmas this year I lost 5 pounds but then gained it back at a steady hold at 160. This last week I had the flu. Dropped 9 pounds (in 5 days), got over the flu two days ago and am still loosing since lost another couple pounds. I am back to loosing about a pound a day without any great effort. I am not complaining matter of fact very excited since I am now only 8 pounds away from my personal ultimate goal. I have lost a total of 162 pounds in 20 months. My concern though is will I continue to lose? atwhat point do I need to seek help to maintain a weight, should I be worried? is this common? While at the same time I am thrilled and excited and just can't whait to see me at my personal goal. But once there how do you stablize? I do not do anything special to lose weight.  How fearful of the underwieght battle yet excited at the idea of getting to my Ideal personal weight.

Wish I had an idea!  LOL It's all a juggling act isn't it?  All I can say is to lose weight it usually takes work, especially after your body decides you are done losing... Gaining???...that is MUCH easier to do...So...with that in mind...maintaining will take a bit of both...not doing much, but doing the right things. Continue working out, eating right and following your WLS rules...Keep up with labs and vitamins/supps...and you should do fine. If you continue lossing at an alarming rate...something is probably wrong and go get it checked out...Til then, enjoy getting to your dream goal without the big effort!  Just keep an eye on things and get yourself checked by a doc if you think you are moving too fast. Good luck, Anita PS:  You are sooo cute...You remind me of Icelandic singer "Bjork"...She's too cute! Crazy, but cute

Everything Anita said plus...stay in touch with OH. You look great ! Keep Smiling

You had RNY two weeks before me, and we were the same weight. I'm glad the 300's are gone, aren't you? I actually dropped a little lower than I meant to, and don't really know why. My surgeon says we can expect to put a few pounds back on somewhere around the 2-year mark, so I'm sort of glad I've got a few pounds to play around with. I don't think we need to worry about getting TOO little at this point, unless we just put a lot of effort into losing more weight. I've been very emotional lately (daughter's getting a divorce from a big lying sack of sh**/pond scum) and I dropped about 10 pounds from that, but since I've calmed down most of them have come back. :( I expect we'll have some ups-and-downs, but that if we do the right things we'll settle in at a weight that's best for us. At least, that's what I hope.

Honestly, I'm not making light of your concerns, but . . . you are living my fantasy!!  But to answer seriously, I would guess that since your body pretty much stopped/stabilized before, it most likely will again.  Losing weight over Christmas--wow!--unusual (considering you weren't doing anything particular).  Of course totally understandable to lose from the flu, but NOT so usual to keep losing!  So your body is a little crazy right now, but I'd say to just enjoy it and look forward to reaching your personal goal!  If you run into problems, you can probably stabilize again by adding some higher calorie healthy foods or more frequent healthy snacks. Congrats on your success! Jo

a freaking juggling act. i'm 5'4  prefer to be 115 (never quite got there, 117 3 weeks ago was my lowest). i fluctuate now btw 121-125 anf, basically 125.5 is my "freal out weight. as long as i stay under it, i can live with myself. i'm only 14 months post op and have a LOT to learn about maintanance. one thing i know is that RNY was my last chance and that re-gaining would kill me emotionally, i just would not be able 2 handle it