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I'm in, thanks for doing this.

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Goal 250
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Happy dance! Didn't think I was going to make it.

Last week 251
Goal 250
Today 249
Happy dance! Didn't think I was going to make it.

Last week 251
Goal 250
Today 249
Happy dance! Didn't think I was going to make it.

Last week 251
Goal 250
Today 249
Happy dance! Didn't think I was going to make it.

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Goal is 250, seem to be in a stall hope to make goal next week.

You forgot....."youth"

In my opinion, we didn't have vsg so we could be on a diet for the rest of our lives. Having said that, if you can tolerate the whole wheat and want to have a piece, eat it. I find myself making healthier choices because I think in terms of "how much time is this going to cost me working it off with exercise." An example: my husband ordered Papa Johns pizza while we were watching football. I smelled it and wanted to have a tiny piece but decided it wasn't worth it. I think for me it is about long-term success. I know that if I start letting "a little this and a little that" into my diet, it could possibly end up being "a little more and a little more". I know that sounds contradictory but it is all about being mindful and what works for you. I'm just 6 months out and not a pro but I am determined that I want to be healthy and not just thin.
Good luck.

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It's hard to say. I had a text book recovery, no issues and was feeling great after a week. My friend had the surgery and had many issues. She was nauseous and drained for the first couple months. Can you reschedule the trip if you find that you're not up to it? I would hope for the best and plan tha trip. You can order Soup or might even be able to eat regular food by one month out. Of course you won't be able to eat much at a time. I was cleared at 2 weeks for regular food, just had to take it easy and try new things one at a time. Good luck with your surgery and recovery.

It's hard to say. I had a text book recovery, no issues and was feeling great after a week. My friend had the surgery and had many issues. She was nauseous and drained for the first couple months. Can you reschedule the trip if you find that you're not up to it? I would hope for the best and plan tha trip. You can order Soup or might even be able to eat regular food by one month out. Of course you won't be able to eat much at a time. I was cleared at 2 weeks for regular food, just had to take it easy and try new things one at a time. Good luck with your surgery and recovery.

I didn't hit my initial goal until I was 20 months out. Some people hit goal in a year. MANY people don't. What you DID DO is lose 75lbs and that is awesome! Put your eye back on that prize and rock out that next 50lbs!

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Hoping this is not another stall starting

I was sleeved 7/24 and only down 36 pounds. Stalled for the longest time after week 2! scale finally started moving on a more regular basis at the beginning of this month. I'm hoping it keeps moving.

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You don't even look like the same person, great job!

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Last week. 267
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Starting weight 267. Goal weight 250.
I'm a slow loser so that might be aggressive but I have to think this stall will break sometime! Thanks for organizing this.

Thanks for this post! I am about 6 weeks out now and the first 3 weks I lost 16 pounds - 7, 6, & then 6 more. I knew this wouldn't continue, but I assumed at least I'd see 3 pounds a week or so. Especially since I've started back at the gym 5 days a week, I'm very active, and am eating maybe 800-900 calories a day. Sheesh! After 4.5 weeks when I suddenly saw no loss, I freaked and thought maybe I wasn't being stringent enough so for the last 10 days I have been absolutely strict eating almost nothing but Protein shakes, fish, and some steamed veggies. Absoultely no bread, sweets, or drinking Water less than 30 mins after meals. Even doing a food log religiously again. As I count it, I'm getting 800 calories or even less if you figure in the 350 calories I burn at the gym. But the scale is not budging!!
Some have told me to be patient - my body may be adjusting to the new low cal mode and hanging on to weight for a couple weeks until it realizes it won't starve. Then I'll lost a big amount all at once. (This did happen occasionally when I was taking weight of the year prior to surgery.) Others wonder if 800 calories is too little and my body thinks it's starving? Still others say weight loss is more like a step than a down ramp (drop, flat, drop, flat.) I know all this is very logical, and if I am as diligent as I would swear I am, then basic physics should apply at some point.
Still, it is so hard to accept for now. You hear all the stories of this 3-4 month honeymoon phase where weight melts off no matter what you do. That gives you the great motivation to stay strong when the weight loss slows down. So, of course, I'm panicking - my honeymoon ended after 3 crummy weeks?!!! WTH?? Already??
I kind of feel like this was all for nothing - but that's just the upset brat inside me pouting. Before surgery, I was trying to eat 1,200 calories a day and it took focus and hard work. Now with the sleeve, I am of course full much sooner, so eating less. But now shooting for 800 calories rather than 1,200, it's kind of the same struggle to stay on track, just a lower calorie count. Same fight, different rules. At the very least, I expected my weight to be dropping significantly and steadily. Otherwise, what's the point?
I'm glad to hear there are tons of posts on this, which I shall immediately seek out to help me feel more positive. I'm not giving up...I'm angrily determined but it does take a toll on my cheerful outlook.

That sounds very much like my experience. I lost 12 pounds the first week (I really would like to know how much stomach weight they take out). The following two weeks I actually gained 2 pounds. I had a break down at the doctors 4 weeks out because I had the same fears as you.
I am now 8 weeks out and have lost about 26 total since surgery. 7 of those pounds were in the last 3 days. I'm learning to accept that the weight will come off, but it'll happen when my body is ready and may not be every week. Moral of the story: don't stress, eat and exercise like you've been taught, and the scale will work itself out.

Glad I'm not alone, which you feel like when other people have dropped 40 pounds or more and they drop weight daily! I was sleeved 7/24 and down 20 since surgery. Feel like I'm losing at a snails pace, lol. HW 295, dropped 7 in the week before surgery. Sleeved at 288 and 268 now. Been holding at the 268 since Sunday so it appears I'm in another stall. Think I need to take the advice of hiding the scale.

Hello,
I got the gasteric sleeve on July 23rd. Initially I lost 8 pounds with my preop then another 19 the first two weeks of surgery. When I started soft foods my weight loss immediately stopped. Now 4 weeks out I have lost a total of 27 pounds. I'm feeling a little discouraged because for the last 2 1/2 weeks I haven't lost anything at all. I hear of some people loosing 40 the first month. I'm 23 hw 298 sw 291 cw 270 any suggestions would help. How much cardio should I be doing. Also I am able to eat anything including rice and bread. Please let me know what I'm doing wrong