if it would really work for you? I just have this feeling in my 'gut' that I won't actually be able to lose this weight. I'm in my 3rd week and have stalled (which I know is very common), but I just can't help but be filled with doubts. I've dieted and lost soooo many pounds in my life that I'm not sure I can believe in the possibility any more. I know this may sound silly, but it's really gnawing at me. Did any of you have serious doubts only to be proven wrong?

Thanks for humoring me

I still feel like this 10 months out. The scale will go up a couple pounds or I will stall for my normal 3 weeks and every single month, without fail, I think. Okay that's it now I'll start gaining back. Just a few days later it starts dropping again and voila somehow I'm down 100 lbs. Amazing how it works!

I pray that one day I will be on here announcing my 100 lb weight loss! Congratulations on your success! Hopefully once we move toward maintenance, we'll acquire confidence as well.

I absolutely thought that. I have had such a hard time losing in the past and I thought I would be the ONE it did not work for. I still sometimes think of myself as a slow loser compared to others, and have weathered two stalls in my three months- but somehow I am here three months out and 61 pounds down. The sleeve works as long as you do the work, I promise. For me, that means counting everything, logging everything, keeping to under 40 net carbs, drinking the Water, getting the Protein, exercising, blah blah blah...the usual! ;-P

I have posted this article many times (thanks to Swizzly who posted it first) and it really helps explain the chemistry of stalls and that you are really still losing weight.... hope it helps!

http://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.html