Slowly But Surely.. But Slowly

[itscometothis 12]

Well, it's been almost 4 months since my surgery. I didn't have to do much in the way of pre-op so the weight I have lost is all from surgery. I am down 32 pounds. My start weight was just below 200 and now I am clearly Jennifer Lopez..lol I actually look rather 'normal,' I have no complaints and if I suddenly stopped losing weight and was stuck here forever I would be OK. At least I feel better about my self image. I am hoping that the hairs in my head stay put and that my skin finds it in it's heart to have a spring in it's step. At the ripe old age of 40 it still may have some elasticity although I get the strange feeling that the skin on my neck is not going to bother to cooperate. Since I am keeping this whole VSG thingy to a dull roar, not telling everyone I see, the slower weight loss is a blessing. I don't have to do much explaining, which is a relief. I think the slower weight loss may have something to do with the size I was when I started and with the amount of weight I had to lose. At this point I am at a weight that I was for about 10 years of my life(before having a child) My body likes this weight a great deal and getting below it will likely be slow. All I know is that when I put my jeans on after they have come out of the dryer I KNOW they are going to either fit or be getting a bit looser. No more dreading the thought of them shrinking(read as me gaining weight and blaming the jeans and dryer) When I sit down I don't have to pull my damn shirt out from a roll. Ya know? lol

So even though it is slow it is coming off. If anyone else is a slow loser please remind me to stop secretly wishing my ex-husbands new 18 year old girlfriend(whatever.. she is young)gains what I have lost. lol

Here's to all the slower losers... may the weight go away and never find its way back home!

[Oopsseedaisy 90]

Hear, Hear ... Slow losers of VST unite! As long as you are losing, you are headed in the right direction.

[whataloser 25]

And remember... some of us who have lost weight quickly at the beginning will undoubtedly experience slower weight loss and stalls as we go along... I'm trying to prepare myself for that, so it was good to read your post.

[Forensikchic 528]

Im right there with you girl! Its been almost 4 months and my weight loss is nonexistant this month. I did pull out a pair of 16's from the dryer this morning and they were loose right away!!!! No doing the jig to get them on.. they just slipped right on and now I need a belt to keep them up! So happy about that. I started out in a 20. I am going bra shopping this weekend for an inbetween size. I can tie the back in a knot to get it to fit...lol. Guess, I need a new size. I am hoping to be back in a 34c when I reach goal (135). I am a 40c right now but as I said, even on the tightest notch, it just hangs in the back and I feel the girls might fall out from under the bottom at any moment! I will take slow but sure because I am 43 and dont want my skin to sag too much... its already starting!

[juzmejnee 9]

im right there with you. Ive been on a stall for almost 2 months, losing just a few lbs and oz here and there. Im hoping it will pass soon, but it hasn't yet! we need to keep our heads up. Good luck everyone, and really when i think about it, this is amazing. i am finally starting to lose the baby weight i gained 9 years ago. LOL

[coops 1,790]

Remember ladies and gents... slow but sure wins the race!!

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

hi i would lose weight and gain it back, like many others.

my question is this (please don't get mad) I don't understand slow weight losses.

When i was in WW even if i only lost 1 lb. a week thats more than some of you for a month. The slow weight loss, does it have anything to do with our small stomachs now,

pouches?

i am pre-op WLS 12/15/11. So maybe i don't have any right to say this, its just a question ok?

Please no egg throwing thanx kathy

[coops 1,790]

hi i would lose weight and gain it back, like many others.

my question is this (please don't get mad) I don't understand slow weight losses.

When i was in WW even if i only lost 1 lb. a week thats more than some of you for a month. The slow weight loss, does it have anything to do with our small stomachs now,

pouches?

i am pre-op WLS 12/15/11. So maybe i don't have any right to say this, its just a question ok?

Please no egg throwing thanx kathy

Hiya Kathy...

Don't worry,won't throw any eggs... they are too nice poached...lol

I am 18mths out now and experienced slow weight loss since Feb/March of this year. To be honest, I don't know why it is slow. It is what it is! What I do know is that, I have NEVER lost a lot of weight before; the most that I have managed is a merge 7lb!! and that took many months! The sleeve has been my only way of losing and I am currently maintaining with ease.

I just think that we are all different... some the weight will melt off, some it will be a steady but sure loss and some will struggle and fight for every pound lost. I am in the latter! However, regardless of speed, we are all losers. I suppose there are pros and cons to both!

More recently I see myself as a success, whereas back in the summer I didn't because I didn't reach goal by my year marker.

I will get on the wagon again in the New Year and reach goal, at some point, in 2012!

Good luck with your surgery and weight loss, may the demon of the stall leave you alone...lol...

take care!

[SKCUNNINGHAM 298]

hi i would lose weight and gain it back, like many others.

my question is this (please don't get mad) I don't understand slow weight losses.

When i was in WW even if i only lost 1 lb. a week thats more than some of you for a month. The slow weight loss, does it have anything to do with our small stomachs now,

pouches?

i am pre-op WLS 12/15/11. So maybe i don't have any right to say this, its just a question ok?

Please no egg throwing thanx kathy

No eggs from me. I think those that are slow losers have a very eficient metabolism. Their bodies go into starvation mode and figure out how to survive on the limited amount of calories they are ingesting. It is a survival mechanism from way back when humans experienced times of real famine. If you could survive on fewer calories, you lived longer.

Back when I did Modifast- I ingested 450 calories for 9 months. At some point, my body stopped losing weight. I figured my Irish ancestors would have been ones that would have survived the potatoe famines, if they hadn't decided to decamp to the USA.

[Veda 12]

I am getting frustrated at the slow weight loss. I do all the things I am supposed to so that's not it. I'm excercising some, but do need to do more than twice a week. I lost 15 pounds preop, then 5 pounds one week out, then 3 pounds, then 2 pounds, and last week a big 1 pound. This is my fifth week out and there's been no loss so I now understand what a stall feels like.

It really helps to read the other posts! Patience is not my best virtue.