Plateau Already?

[c_gargano 1]

If the idea of weight loss is to burn more calories than we consume and that is exactly what I'm following to a T, then why am I not losing weight! Any thoughts from my fellow sleevers?

[shaundra 5]

im not losing either it started out great with 15 pounds gone in the first week, but im a month out today and i have lost nothing more since that first week. it sucks!

If the idea of weight loss is to burn more calories than we consume and that is exactly what I'm following to a T, then why am I not losing weight! Any thoughts from my fellow sleevers?

[clk 3,519]

Look, it's hard to do, but just try not to stress.

Everyone is different. And I know some here won't agree with me, but if it was as simple as the science of calories in vs. calories out, I never would have needed surgery in the first place! I think weight loss is far more complicated than that, and that it has more to do with our own individual bodies than it does with a scientific formula.

Surgery is stressful. Your body is completely shocked that it just dropped a huge amount of weight in a short period. Give it some time, keep working your sleeve and you're going to keep losing. I promise.

Some of us lose slower than others - I lost half my post op weight in the first two months and the rest slowly over the last six months. But guess what? I'm losing. You will, too.

Just hang in there, and try to put the scale away for a few days. It's hard (sometimes I have my husband hide it from me!) but it will help you focus more on what you're eating than on what the scale is saying. And I'm sure you've heard it before, but TAKE MEASUREMENTS. Seriously...I've only lost 5 pounds in the last two months but I lost seven inches and went down a full size in shirts and pants.

~Cheri