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GIRL! WE ARE ALL BROKE haha! And i'm very fearful of the excess skin.... I lift weights and do a lot of AB workouts. Probably an other reason why the scale doesn't move.

Girl I FEEL YOU! I had surgery 10/20/17. Date of surgery 275 today 219. the scale has been 219, 220, 219, 221, etc. for 5 weeks! I feel smaller but damn that scale!

Girl, you’re doing great! I totally hear you and it feels like it’s taking forever for me too and I’m always stalling but I’ve started measuring my success using different metrics: how long I can run for, how many squats, how weight I can lift. That gets me through the stalls!!

I started at 222lbs and currently at 167lbs at 8 months post op. 55 lbs in 8 months may not seem like a lot but you know what? Ive never been able to do this before and I feel freaking great! So I’ll take it!

We got this! [emoji1434]

I also think a lot has to do with a few factors, like how much people lost on pre-op and how people are feeling. I have lost a good bit I went from 227 to 170 and I'm not even 8 weeks out. However, I haven't felt well most of the time and I have a hard time getting food down and getting the amount of Protein and fluids in. So honestly, I'm not sure it's healthy on my end. I'm scared that I will have a hard time keeping it off because of it. It sounds to me you are doing all the right things and are on the right path. Your hard work has paid off and you look amazing. I guess what I'm trying to say is we all have the worries, just in different ways. The great thing, is you have lost and kept it off and have toned your body at the same time. I wish my body looked as good as yours.. But because of not feeling good I haven't been able to exercise. Keep up the good work, and pat yourself on the back for how well you have come and are doing.

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Each person will lose at different rates. But look at your photos! Even if pounds are not dropping inches are? Are you measuring yourself? This will give you another method of seeing change besides the scale!

Hi. In your pics I can definitely see the changes in your face and stomach from weight loss. Congratulations. You are doing just what you need to (protein, Water, exercise) and your weigh loss is continuing with the exception of stalls here and there. The amount of weight loss seems very good to me. You’re really not that far from your goal weight. Keep up the great work. 🏆

Everyone is different and sometime the stats you see here are misleading because they include any pre-surgery weight loss. So it tends to inflate the pounds lost in the same period of time. If you are tracking weight loss over time perhaps is better to look at it in terms of %lost vs absolute pounds, because it's easier to turn 300 into 250 than it is to turn 250 into 200 (and so on).

You've lost 42 pounds. That's amazing and I'm pretty sure that that puts you right in the middle of the bellcurve for 6 months out. Someone else here has a good chart for expected weight loss, and I belive for a female starting in the 225-250 range the expected weight loss 6 months out is 35-50 pounds. You aren't even six months out and you are already in the middle of that expected range.