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I was sleeved 9/19 - and I have only lost about 25lbs.

5lbs in the month after I was sleeved.

I feel like this is failing too.

I literally had my guts rearranged to not have success.

Does this really not work for some people?

Could I be that small percentage that I destined to remain fat?????

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maybe you hit a stall early on. Just keep at it and get in some exercise (or increase it) each day. don't give up on your sleeve. Oh, try counting your calories...If you burn off more than you eat then you know you'll be losing weight.

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Your body needs a set number of calories just to function, for example 1500 calories. You don't need to "burn off the calories you eat". We are already at a deficit eating 500-800 calories a day. Go for a walk and keep doing what you are doing, the weight will come off. Trust me I have been there too.

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How many calories are you eating? How much Protein are you getting in?

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It's tough to comment if we don't know what you are eating, how much you have to lose, if you are counting your fats and carbs....you could be losing slowly because you're breaking all of the smart rules, or you could be losing slowly because you never had a huge amount to lose, or your body might just lose slowly. That said...you are LOSING not gaining right?????

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I was sleeved 9/19 - and I have only lost about 25lbs.

5lbs in the month after I was sleeved.

I feel like this is failing too.

I literally had my guts rearranged to not have success.

Does this really not work for some people?

Could I be that small percentage that I destined to remain fat?????

I feel the same way! I was sleeved Aug 31, and have lost about 30 lbs. it goes 28- then 30- then back to 28-. It's very frustrating, cause I am so afraid that I ripped out my stomach and still won't get there. I chart everything on my fitness pal and probably over estimate, but get about 1200 cal per day. I need to lose about 100 lbs, so I feel like it is so slow. However, as one post said I am losing, so that is good! We need to stick with it and see where this adventure goes.

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That's me too we all expect the weight to fall off cuz we got the surgery every one body is diff nd da past month nd da half I think I lost like 10 :( nd I got about 100 pounds to go.... good luck

MaryLynn

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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