lkleigh

Since I've been over estimating my food amounts, I'm probably over estimating my calorie estimates too. I wondered how I was still losing weight when I was eating so much! Lol

That's great news. I've been worried that I had stretched my stomach out.

Thanks.

This seems like a dumb question with an obvious answer, but it's been plaguing me. When they say your meal should be three ounces of protein, is that the raw weight or the cooked weight? I broke out my scale today because I feel like I've been eating way too much. Turns out what I thought was 3 ounces is just a little over one(cooked). Maybe that's why I'm hungry every two hours.

My friend told me "no one tells you that when you get skinny, you get a skinny vag too!" My reply was "that's a good thing? I'm pretty happy with my current state of things." She assures me it is much better. We'll see. Lol

Wow! You're tiny!

Find a picture of you pre surgery and do a side by side with a current picture, that helped me a lot. Although there are still days when I look in the mirror and see no change. My surgery was 3/21. Surgery weight was 251, current weight is 215, so I'm a slow loser too. Not too stressed about it though. I too am ready for the "tire" around the bottom half of my abdomen to be gone. The fact that my top half is shrinking faster than the bottom, just makes it more obvious to me.

You can buy low carb milk to use in your protein shakes.

I can't 'exactly' answer your question because I'm far from goal weight. I can tell you that for about the first six weeks after surgery, I was on a high. Now, at twelve weeks, I am leveled out and really struggle in some days. My negative thought train is still in my head and I've had a couple of emotional binge days and I'm struggling to get back on track. I'm starting to realize that I have the same thoughts and feelings, just in a lighter body. I've struggled with depression since my teenage years(when I was a reasonable weight), so I kinda doubt it's going to go away totally.

Gemma, I'm on track with you. My friend lost much faster, but she was very militant about her diet. She had less than 25 g of carbs a day and stayed at 600 cal per day. I'm not as strict as she is. Some days, I'm just sick of meat and have some carbs. She also has a lot looser skin than I do. So that's one positive of losing slower.

Thanks y'all! This was definitely an eye opener.

I've seen lots of folks on here post before and after pics. Tonight, on a whim, I decided to make one to see if I see more of a difference than I see in the mirror on a daily basis. Holy cow!!! I can't believe the difference! Of course, I know I've lost weight and I know I'm back in clothes that I haven't worn in years. I definitely recommend doing a before and after! Highest weight 274 SW 251 CW 221 (10 weeks post op)

We have that here in Tennessee too

That's a good way to look at it. I get frustrated that my weight loss is slower than my friend. Using your suggestion, I'm halfway to my goal!

I had surgery on my foot when I was 19 and you can't see the scar. I had my sleeve at 40 and I got keloid scars. . I guess maybe you're more prone to them as you age? I don't know. I was originally thinking of maybe someday getting plastic surgery, but what's the point if I'm going to get scars like these?