I met my goal today! It took a little over 6 months and I didn't even try that hard.

If you think you will be the one person this will not work for, you are wrong. I just knew that I would be the one that failed.

It happened for me and it WILL happen for you! Don't even stress it.

Congratulations - that is very exciting!! Enjoy it

That's great news, especially for me because I've been feeling a little down about the slow weight loss in the three weeks since my surgery, guess I expected it to just melt off

Wow!! Congrats! How much did I lose? So u adjusted pretty easily after surgery? I do worry I will b the one it won't work for! Tx for the success story!!

I mean how much did you lose?

Thanks, i have been having thoughts about it not working. It was nice to read this. Congrats!!

Congrats...

I met my goal today! It took a little over 6 months and I didn't even try that hard.

If you think you will be the one person this will not work for' date=' you are wrong. I just knew that I would be the one that failed.

It happened for me and it WILL happen for you! Don't even stress it.[/quote']

I am 9 days post op and That is what I keep saying I will be the only one to not lose lol! What wt did you start with?

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I met my goal today! It took a little over 6 months and I didn't even try that hard.

If you think you will be the one person this will not work for' date=' you are wrong. I just knew that I would be the one that failed.

It happened for me and it WILL happen for you! Don't even stress it.[/quote']

Great job...so exciting!

I met my goal today! It took a little over 6 months and I didn't even try that hard.

If you think you will be the one person this will not work for, you are wrong. I just knew that I would be the one that failed.

It happened for me and it WILL happen for you! Don't even stress it.

That is awesome!!!!! Congrats.

Thank you all! I totally relate to you who are having the same thoughts I did...so much self doubt and fear for us all. For me it was so bad that I told no one I was doing this in case I failed (I have yet to tell anyone).

My goal was modest compared to some, but overwhelming for me. I have thyroid disease and a non-existent metabolism. I lost about 10 lbs on my preop and a little over 60 since then.

It sucked, let's be real, but I didn't bust my ass or watch the food intake and I even drank alcohol whenever I felt like it. Some may think it irresponsible of me to say these things, given how much we all have struggled and continue to struggle post op in many cases. But my intention is to encourage everyone.

It will happen! It will.

Oh yeah, quick tip...stay off the scale! Once a week will make your whole next week awesome! Seriously, no more than once a week. I went an entire month more than once and was elated when I finally got back on and found how much I had lost. What a rush!

OMG I'm so glad you posted this cuz I was convinced that I was that one person this wouldn't work for. I'm going thru that lovely 3 week stall and thought this was a joke. I'm so glad I read this. Congrats om your weight lose, and thanks for giving me hope

Oh yeah' date=' quick tip...stay off the scale! Once a week will make your whole next week awesome! Seriously, no more than once a week. I went an entire month more than once and was elated when I finally got back on and found how much I had lost. What a rush![/quote']

I have to do this,, because I was weighing daily and this week I waited until the end of the week and the results were much better ..only three pounds but it was much better than seeing none at all every day

Congrats! I have a way to go from my goal but if I get there ..it's wonderful! Congrats on the new you!

I'm so glad this is helping! I love your comments.

I honestly don't know if I had any stalls. I had read exhaustively about it before the surgery so this first 5 weeks or so after the surgery I never got on the scale. Not once. If I had done the weigh every single day thing (which is so like me when I'm "dieting") I bet I would have had many, many demoralizing days.

On another note, I was curious to see if losing 70 lbs in 7 months was relatively fast, slow, normal, whatever. I know of someone on this forum who had her surgery a week before me and her goal is to lose twice the amount I have. She is now half way to goal! In other words we lost at the very same rate with very different starting and ending points.

Don't sweat it my friends...just remember that the scale is STILL the evil little contraption it has always been.

Congrats to you all for doing something great for yourselves by getting your stomachs ripped out. We are total badasses!