mariaelena1975

Okay for the sitting part, I had to relearn how to sit. My physical therapist helped me with this. When we are fat with all the padding we learn to sit in a way that accommodates that. Once we get skinny if we continue to sit that way we hit all the wrong bones and it hurts. Basically if you push your butt back to the back of the chair and sit forward onto the backs of your thighs (on the "sitz bones" as my yoga teacher calls them) and reclaim the natural curvature of the lumbar spine the weight doesn't go on the bones anymore.
Kinda hard to explain, she had to help me by adjusting my body, but I drew a picture to kind of explain. Hope it helps someone!

My brother thinks that I too took the easy way out and I felt very hurt by his statement. There is nothing easy about this. I had surgery on 5/31/16 and this is a tool I will need to use the rest of my life. Eating healthy choices and exercise will become part of my routine. Some people just don't get it!!
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Being skinny isn't solving all anyone's problems... No one walks through life problem free... Going from obese to skinny is more like trading problems... You still going to have to cope with life... The good news is you will be doing it in a more healthy more Moblie body...
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"
Einstein

I noticed that at just 42 pds down from 271 to 229. But it's more like they actually look at me when speaking in passing than they did before.
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You are being too hard on yourself. 69 pounds down in 9 months is great!
As far as why you might be losing slower than some:
Were you a lower BMI starting out?
(lower BMI peeps tend to lose much slower than someone with a large amount of weight to lose)
Are you tracking every bite of food and sip of liquid?
Are you weighing/measuring every bit of your food so you know exactly how much you are consuming?
Are you eating too little calories (starvation mode) or too many calories?
Are you keeping carbs low?
Are getting in your Water and Protein goals?
Are you exercising?
If all of that is on point, then you just got lucky and are a slow loser. There is nothing wrong with it, and while I know it sucks, you just keep at it and remember it didn't take you a few months to gain all your weight, so it won't be a few months to lose it either. It isn't a race - you'll get there eventually. And losing it slower means your body and skin has a better chance of minimizing issues like loss of muscle tone, saggy skin and balance issues as your center of gravity changes due to losing a large amount of weight.
Keep positive and don't compare yourself to others. Just keep on track with your Protein, Water, low carb and exercise and you will reach your goal!!