Did any of you ever wonder...

[longer-life 139]

"That would be breaking the laws of physics." And he's right

I will need to remember this when the inevitable stalls happen! Love it.

[lunarose 97]

Oh yeah I spent my first month thinking that I just spent a fortune on what amounted to snake oil. Now 11 months out I am happy to say it works.

[Janese58 11]

I am still down only 2 pounds since my surgery on July 26th..pretty frustrating.....at least Im not hungry too!

[sleeve 4 me 910]

YES I toooooootally thought maybe it wouldn't work...and here I am 11 months out and 5 lbs. below my goal lovin my sleevie wonder.

[mythreechildren2001 7]

Tuesday I will be 5 weeks post op. The scale hasn't moved since I was 2 weeks post. Frustrating is a huge understatement.

[readytolive 1]

Wow! This was just the thread I needed to read! I have been feeling this way during a 3 week stall. It is so good to know this feeling of "this won't work for me" is common and that even the people who have already reached their goal felt this way at one point. Thanks everyone!

[Khy 16]

Yes I think everyone goes through this. For me I have lost about 20 lbs including the 5 pre-op. I look at myself in the mirror and I think surely I should be able to see 20lbs off... Nope stomach as big as ever, arms and thighs as big as ever. But I keep on keeping on. If I keep losing it eventually will have to show up somewhere. I want to lose that belly so bad that last night I dreamed that I did. LOL

Khy

[Janese58 11]

The thing is now....we cant really go eat a couple burgers and fries and then just give up on the "diet". Our little stomachs make it almost impossible to give up.

[mythreechildren2001 7]

Yes I think everyone goes through this. For me I have lost about 20 lbs including the 5 pre-op. I look at myself in the mirror and I think surely I should be able to see 20lbs off... Nope stomach as big as ever, arms and thighs as big as ever. But I keep on keeping on. If I keep losing it eventually will have to show up somewhere. I want to lose that belly so bad that last night I dreamed that I did. LOL

Khy

Have you measured yourself at all? I measured the day before surgery, and I measured again this morning. Yesterday was 1 month post op. I've lost 13 inches total, and I can definitely tell in my clothes. I'm able to fit in some clothes that were way too tight before, and I'm 'almost' down a size in pants. I can get them zipped but they're just a tad tighter than I would like. My belly is definitely my biggest appearance enemy. lol No question that a Tummy Tuck will be necessary one day...assuming this stall will one day break! lol

[feedyoureye 3,087]

yes, yes and YES! I am one of the nuts that weighs every morning. My weight goes up and down like a see saw! Looking at those numbers is an exercise in fortitude for sure. I have had many stalls, including a 4 week stall at 2 1/2 weeks. That stall was not flat... it went up and down for 4 weeks then finally broke. At 8 months I still stall, and lose much slower than before, 3 pounds in the last month.. and I don't know when the weight loss will end. Maybe now! I don't know. But my Doc has good advice... it will end when it ends. Follow the rules to the best of your ability and you will lose as much weight as you lose. The End. At my checkup a couple of days ago, I was at the 78% excess weight loss point... The Nurse practitioner was thrilled. I have not been "perfect" but she just said, do what you have been doing, because it is working just fine. Just keep up the good work and let the body have its mysterious ways! Don't forget to enjoy your life along the way peoples!

[KellyL 173]

Absolutely!! I struggle with self doubt all the time, especially during the longer stalls. I have to constantly remind myself there are other measures of my success and trying to learn patience. Its not one of my better virtues.

[lyndynojo 140]

I did the exact same thing. I lost about 2 lbs a day for the first 3 wks. Then nothing!!! I'm 7 wks out now and this last week I've lost about a lb a day. So don't give up it will move again. Ive lost 40 lbs total in 7 wks!!! Another 50 to goal but I'm at 199 now and haven't been there in about 10 yrs!!

[Raine 170]

I am right there with you guys. At 3 weeks I stalled for 2 months. I lost a lot of my weight pre op so now it is not coming off as fast as I would like but as long as it does. My inches are way down and I like that a lot. I have more energy than I have had in years and years and I work out a minimum of 4x a week between weightlifting and fitness kickboxing and then adding walking when ever I can, today I did fitness kickboxing then later in the day walked about 3 miles. I still have my doubts that I won't lose anymore weight but that is probably an impossiblity considering how little I eat. I think its like someone said earlier, your body is just adjusting itself. I am also gaining a lot of muscle too, I can flex my arms and actually see the definition and shape of my bicep. When I am doing my leg exercises and walking, I see the outline of my thigh muscles completely. So I think that has a lot to do with the no weight loss too. Either way, I am going to keep doing what I am doing and one day I will be where I need to be. But it doesn't mean that I will never have my doubts mind you, my hubby hears them almost daily and he says I look amazing and then reminds me that last summer I couldn't even make it the store and back without help because I was out of breath and my lower back felt like it was going to explode. We have been on this roller coaster with our weight for most of our lives if not all of our lives, this is going to be no different because we programed ourselves to think we can't do it, but with the help of the sleeve, we now know that we can do it and get off that damn ride for good.

[Helen the Cat 42]

Dear Mythreechildren2001,

I know exactly where you are coming from! I too have struggled with my weight for my entire 62 years! I have probably lost and re-gained close to a ton of weight! (I'm not kidding, I have lost and regained anywhere from 75 to 80 pounds 17 or 18 times! [That's how many times I joined Weight Watchers!]) I have NEVER been able to make it to my goal weight, I have NEVER been able to maintain my weight loss! I always gained back everything I lost and then a couple more pounds for good measure. I finally gave up and just ate what I wanted, since I tended to do that anyway, and gained more! I thought I would never be a "normal" size, and had given up on every feeling good again, ever participating socially in life, ever being able to do the things that I wanted to do! My cousin is a bariatric surgeon and he suggested the VGS to me. (He himself had bariatric surgery and has maintained his weight loss for over 10 years now. He looks great!) Since my insurance wouldn't pay a penny towards the surgery, I cashed in my retirement 401K and paid for it myself. And then when I hit a stall shortly after the surgery, I thought to myself, "I have spend all my retirement money, and it's not working! Now I will have to work the rest of my life AND be fat to boot!" Talk about depressed. And everytime I hit a stall I tend to think those thoughts again.

BUT, today made me SO happy! I have been in a stall for about two weeks, gain a pound, loose a pound. Next day same thing. Day after no change, after two weeks I was getting pretty discouraged! Today I got on the scale and (DRUM ROLL Please!) I had lost three pounds! I can't see that it makes a difference if I exercise or not, if I eat right or not, or whatever; my body holds onto the weight till it is ready to loose it! (That is NOT to say that I am not trying to eat right and exercise wisely!!!) But three pounds overnight really restored my faith in my sleeve!!!

So try not to get discouraged. BELIEVE in your Sleeve! It works!

[mythreechildren2001 7]

Thanks so much for taking the time to reassure me. My scale was up a pound today which didn't help, but I know that it has go down eventually!