Question:
HAS ANYONE OVER 400LBS LOST ONLY 20 LBS 2ND MONTH OUT?

I AM NOT LOOKING FOR SYMPATHY BUT I AM 2 MONTHS POST OP DOWN 58LBS (WHICH I KNOW IS GOOD) BUT MY FEAR IS 38 1ST MONTH 20 2ND MONTH IS IT GOING TO KEEP BEING DRASTICALLY LESS EACH MONTH. I HAVE SEEN WEIGHT LOSS LIKE THIS ON PEOPLE WHO STARTED MUCH LIGHTER THAN ME 429, BUT IT SEEMS THAT MOST SUPER HEAVYWEIGHTS LIKE MYSELF LOSE ALOT MORE THE FIRST FEW MONTHS??????????    — [Anonymous] (posted on April 26, 2001)

April 26, 2001
Relax....................... All of us feared we would be the one to blow this surgery Your body is in shock... my body completely freezes up every couple months and I have hit Platues since week 3 that last upwards of 6 weeks I have only lost -72 lbs in 6 months and that scares me also I still fear being the one to blow this But then I started out with a BMI in the low 40's I am sitting on 188 now and yes I do feel great Hang in there up the Proteins and walk walk walk and my Doctor said that the first 6 months were the biggest losing time so take full advantage of this stay completely off the carbs and sugars why sabotage yourself and have faith
   — Kathleen M.

April 27, 2001
I lost 60 lbs the first two months post op. I'm now 6 months post op and have lost a total of 120 lbs. So over the last 4 months, I have lost an average of 15 lbs a month. Sometimes, I'm fustrated about the slow lose but I would have never lost it on my own. If I can lose an average of 10 lbs for the next year plus, I would be very happy. I seem to hit plateus for a week or two and all of a sudden drop several pounds in another weeks time.
   — Jan M.