I'm 2 1/2 out of surgery and I was just wondering what everyone else has lost on average? I feel like I'm not where I should be which makes me very upset... PS--I've lost 28 pounds since July 11 (when I started my pre-op diet).

I sometimes think I should have lost more by now because I started at a higher weight. I was 320 lbs on my surgery date. 6 months later I weigh 250. Surgeon says he's happy with ten pounds a month average. And as I literally feel my body and really look at my body I feel happy. I only weigh 250 lbs.

May sound strange to some but to me...I only weigh 250 lbs.

Keep the faith. We are all losers, my friends.

This is great...Just ask yourself could you have lost 70 pounds in 6 months on your own...that is a lot of weight...keep up the good work and congratulations!

The best thing you can do is not get wrapped up in the short term. I know there were months where I lost next to nothing & then all of the sudden I would lose 4 - 5 lbs in a week. Now I only weigh myself once a month & have been much happier with what I read on the scale. Just stick with a diet, work out & don't get frustrated.

I'm 2 wks post op 27lbs down!

I also have a supportive backpack filled with weights, when I am in a slump I wear it all week (sun-up to sun-down) to remind myself how heavy I have been, how much I have lost!) and how good I feel without that extra weight!!!

Sometimes I can't make the backpack heavy enough or it would break!

P.s it also does make exercise harder and you do burn more cals too! I got the idea from Caesar Milan when I got a backpack for my kelpie and filled it with rice so his exercise was more intense!!!

Lol just realised I compared myself to a dog!!!!

Wish I enjoyed fetching, it seems like great cardio!!!! Mwahaha