Well, I had an appointment with my surgeon yesterday. I am not to excited to report that I have lost 5 lbs more. That makes a total of 28 lbs in 6 weeks. I expected the 3rd week stall/slow loss. almost everyone goes through it. I thought I was immune somehow. so while I expected not to have numbers like my first weigh in I was still hoping to lose a lot more.

My doctor said that there is no reason for me to be disappointed, that I am doing great and that I need to relax. He said that VSG'ers are still losing at 1.5 years out and it has only been a bit over a month since my surgery.

So...I am going to take his advice and relax, be happy with my loss thus far and start exercising too!

I agree with your surgeon, relax :thumbup: Think about it, you're pretty much lost 5lbs a week consistently, that awesome in my book. So congrats on your progress!

Your doing great girl!! We all are way too hard on ourselves! I know it is way too easy to get disappointed with ourselves for not losing as quickly as we want (I have felt the same way many times), but it'll have to come off sooner or later right? Wow, 1.5 years, that is something to look forward too! We all have our good days and bad days, but try to stay positive, we have the rest of our lives to look forward to, and now we have this great tool that will help us get to where we want to be!! Keep your head up, and we're all here for you whenever you need to vent good or bad!!

Girl, that is AWESOME! Now tell me, when have you ever lost 28 pounds in a month and a half on a diet? Hmm? :001_tongue: You are doing GREAT! Keep up the excellent work!!! :thumbup:

You're really doing great, and your surgeon is right, ya gotta relax and not beat yourself up.

Many congrats on your loss so far ! ! !

Celebrate your success! Do some walking and stick with the program. It will work! : )

Could you have lost this much without surgery?? I know that I couldn't do it.

Congrats!!

Hey miss! I was wondering how you were earlier today its exciting to see that you've posted. Hang in there miss. There are days that it does get super frustrating because it feels like all you do in the wide world is focus on this sleeve and what you are supposed to do, there are some days that I feel like I should just wake up at goal. Then I have to remind myself that it took years to get here, I'm really fortunate that it won't take as long to get rid of it, but lady we are getting rid of it!

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! I have dusted off my elliptical machine and I have dug out my weights. I am ready to start working out and. I can't wait for the pounds to start melting off!

Congrats dear, i am one month post surgery and i have lost 24.25 pounds and I am proud of my progress. you are doing great to me and you just need to be positive that you are making a progress in shorter time. I tell you the pounds will go off very soon, you just need to be patient to reach there.