Week #4 Numbers

Highest known weight: 205

1/18 DOS 179

Week #1 171 (-8)

Week #2 167.4 (-3.6) 11.6 total

Week #3 165.8 (-1.6) 13.2 total

Week #4 163.8 (-2.0) 15.2 total

Total from Highest weight: 41.2

I feel like I am losing really slowly, but given my starting weight, I am very happy with a 15.2 lb loss in 4 weeks time! The scale hasn't budged in the last 4 days. I am playing tennis again and have played twice the last 2 days -- once for 2 hours and the other for 1 1/2 hours. Really good matches with lots of running on my part. I am playing again today for another 2 hours. I am a bit surprised that didn't help the scale to move a bit.

From here on out, I know my monthly losses will slow way down, and I am fine with that. Since I lost so much weight (27 lbs) in the months leading up to my VSG, lots of people are commenting on my weight loss which is nice. I am .8 lbs from just being overweight and not obese. I am hoping my monthly weight loss from here on out will be between 5-10 lbs per month. I think those expectations are reasonable.

I feel like I can eat more than I should be able to at 4 weeks out. I am still on soft foods, but had a salmon patty from costco yesterday and I was able to eat a little over half of it. Yesterday I couldn't get satisfied. I kept wanting to snack. I think I am going to try a different antiacid and see if that helps. For lunch I had an entire serving of tortilla soup. There were only a couple of chunks of chicken in it. I really don't think I fill up on liquids at all. I think soup will likely be my go to food when I eat out. At least I won't be self conscious and will be eating a normal portion.