Prior to having this surgery I thought it was the ANSWER to my prayers. I've been on every diet known to man and I've probably tried each of them 2-3 times each. I have struggled with my weight FOREVER. I did have a few good years senior year of high school ... through the age of 22 then it was up up and away with the weight. I feel like I've been on a diet my entire life and I'm SICK of it! So I decided a few years ago that I was going to get the lapband and got denied, denied, denied. So I finally said *&^% it I'm going to pay for it myself and started saving my pennies. Then I heard about the sleeve and researched and watched countless Youtube videos. Which led me to choose it instead of the band.

I started my PreOp diet on Aug 4th ... I lost 12lbs from preop to 2 days after surgery. I started preop diet Aug. 4th. I expected to lose because I was STARVING and not eating any food for 2 weeks so I figure HOW can you not lose on this?

Today is my 1 month Surgiversary and I have MADE myself not get on the scale everyday for the last week so I could weigh myself today and finally see it UNDER a certain number. I was only 6 lbs away the last time I weighed myself. I figured even if I didn't hit the # I'd probably only be 1-2 lbs away. Which would be the first time seeing my weight under that point in years for me. Soooo I get on the scale and it's 5lbs above that number. I've only lost 16lbs since that 3 day Post Op surgery.

I'm kind of sad because I feel like no matter WHAT I do my body just won't lose this weight. This seems like deja vu all over again. Every diet I've tried I've been starving 99.9% of the time and the freaking scale still barely moves. I've tried the stupid diet pills and exercised like a crazy person and the scale barely moves. NOW I've cut out most of my *%! stomach and the scale BARELY moves!!! I am sad and pissed off at the same time. I only told a few people about my surgery but I'm already feeling embarrassed thinking ... what if this doesn't work either?? My mind is spinning and all I can think is ... I actually PAID someone to cut out most of my stomach and I might still be fat the next time friends/ family back home see me because this didn't work either. UUGGGHHHHHHH I just want to rewind the tape and have a do over. If I could lose 12lbs in 2 weeks WITH all my stomach and only lose 16lbs in one month after cutting out most of my stomach I feel like I've made the WRONG decision and this was for nothing!!!

Sorry ... I had to vent I'm feeling really bad right now and I'm thinking there's NOTHING I can do about it. It's not like they can put my stomach back in. Super Annoyed right now...

You didn't do this for nothing. You barely had surgery a month ago. It takes time!

Watch your carb intake and you will lose weight. We all go through these plateaus where we think we aren't losing fast enough.

I also am a month out and lost 16 pounds. I think 16 pounds is a great number for one month. That averages 4 pounds a week that I would never have lost without the sleeve. Sure it may be slower than you would like or not as fast as others weight loss but I am sure weight will continue to come off. I hope you don't get to discouraged.

it sounds like both of our minds are on the same page in the same book.

my loss has been much slower than i expected, i've only lost 22lb since surgery and i was expecting more like 60lbs by now.

i don't kno wat i'm doing wrong or wat's going on but this is not wat i was expecting at all.

i haven't voiced my feelings of regret out loud but they are def in my head.

your not alone hun! i'm right here standing right next to you.

It's crazy how that number can change my entire mood!

lol bcuz it can! the scale can take a lovely day attitude and turn it into stank real quick! it's like another bf/husband in the bathroom!

I have decided I will ONLY get on the scale Saturday mornings. This way I won't drive myself crazy all week several times a day. I'm trying to remain confident because I know this HAS to work for me.

I like to weigh myself 1st thing in the morning naked after i go potty! I feel thats the true weight! Cause weight will fluctuate during the day when you eat and drink and with what you wear. I also weigh my self every 2, 3 or 4 days. I have a pencil and paper hidden with the towels and I log the date and how much I weigh in at! I have one of those scales that even give oz.'s.! Even though tempted, I dont get on at any other time during the day.

Hi Sunny702,

I have a similar situation. Pre surgery I lost 20 lbs. I had my surgery on 8/8/11 at my 3 week check up I lost another 19lbs. I haven’t lost one pound in 3 weeks. I am supposed to go back to the doctors on 9/30/11 and my doctor wanted me to lose another 15 lbs. I am a little stressed because the scale has not moved. I don’t think I would be stressed if my doctor didn’t give me a goal. I wouldn’t feel too bad if he told me to lose 15lbs and I was down 10lbs…but I haven’t lost a single pound. I hope this stall ends soon.

Toyia

I think 16lbs is wonderful!

If there is a pity party going on, I should be the belle of the ball!!!!

I am horribly depressed over my situation. I am only down 3lbs since my surgery on 8/25. Yep, 3lbs.

It was 6lbs at one point but I seem to have added 3lbs over the last couple of weeks.

My husband has hidden the scale and I am only allowed to have it on Monday mornings for 5min.

I have only been on mushy foods for a few days and know its not what I am eating.

I walk 4 days a week for 30min. I just did 35 actually.

I don't know what is going on and I am incredibly sad.

Seriously, there's nothing we can do about the stall. It will come of when it's ready to. I think of weight loss like a feather... when you drop it, it falls, but catches a wind and floats up a little before it falls some more. Just keep getting in your Protein, making healthy choices, and using your sleeve to it's full potential and the feather will eventually hit the ground.

Love the feather analogy Great way of looking at it!!!!

It seems the body is a wonderful and frustrating thing!!! We go through all this trouble jumping through massive amounts of loops for insurance or saving/borrowing/charging our pennies if we are self pay. Then hop up on that table and count backwards until the lights go out. All the while praying that THIS IS IT FINALLLY!!! Then we eat sample sizes of food and exercise and you would think that our bodies would fall in line and just get with the freakin program!!! Gotta laugh to keep from crying. :-(

WE WILL SURVIVE ... AND BE SMOKIN HOT WHILE DOING IT!! :-)

I was embarrased about my weight also just like you but then I thought about it and said damnit yes 372 pounds is where I was before I started to take charge of my life and do something about it. I used to wanna hide that number in the back of my mind but now I will tell anyone that asks me because Im not ashamed anymore. I did something about it and you did too. I wanna run around and tell the world now that there is hope for me and everyone out there now suffering from the same issue that I have. Its not gonna be easy by any means physically or mentally but now we have this thing to help us in our struggle. I admire every single person on this site that was brave enough to say enough is enough and had this drastic means of changing their lives including you. We will all get through this thing one way or the other because we have each other as a helping hand. In about a year from now you'll be laughing at how silly it sounded thinking you wont lose the weight. You'll do it, keep the same faith as before you had the surgery!

Our bodies have to get used to the new weight before it will up more. Going on plateaus are really frustrating but eventually the scale starts dropping again.

it sounds like both of our minds are on the same page in the same book.

my loss has been much slower than i expected, i've only lost 22lb since surgery and i was expecting more like 60lbs by now.

i don't kno wat i'm doing wrong or wat's going on but this is not wat i was expecting at all.

i haven't voiced my feelings of regret out loud but they are def in my head.

your not alone hun! i'm right here standing right next to you.

Seiously? You were expecting 60 lbs in a little over a month?

Seiously? You were expecting 60 lbs in a little over a month?

yes i was! but a lot of the people i was looking at were bypasser's and i now kno they lose different from us sleevers.

Hey, I am right there with you. The weight is not coming off like I would have hoped but when I was working my butt off last January it took a month and a half just to break 15 lbs off of my butt so....I am convinced from others who have chimed in that my body is just different and it is in SHOCK and trying to hold on for dear life everything until the very last moment and then give me a 10lb loss SURPRISE.

My cycle came on 3 days after surgery for 7 days.....I have been looking for for the last week and can't find it no where.....I have been consitipated taking miralax.....

our bodies are in shock and we have to wait it out